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this
time she still refuses to tell me why she just walked out on me. I don’t think
it’s asking too much to know why, do you?”
“I’m not getting into the middle of this. You two need to
talk and figure this all out. We all are working together now. Even if we don’t
see any more rippers here, we do live together.
“Hey, what happens if we don’t find any more rippers here?”
I looked between both Ash and Lancer as I had not thought about that before.
“B, the other squads have been out looking every night for
rippers, they found a couple and killed them. But they have not seen any signs
of ripper activity for a week now. If we can’t find any more of them,
eventually Command will have us move to another city. By next week we will have
a small group travel to another city and check it out. The rippers wouldn’t
have gone far. Commander Tera has been looking at reports of people missing and
he thinks they may have gone up to Santa Barbara, but he isn’t sure. There is a
party college there and the missing students could just be out partying.” Ash
said that we could all go somewhere for lunch tomorrow. Maybe even Joe’s Taco
Shack.
I went and spoke with Xandrie later that night and asked
her to talk to Lancer and let him know why she left him, it was only fair. She
said she would the next morning.
When lunch time came the next day Ash, Lancer, Toren, and I
all went to Joe’s for lunch. Lancer was in a better mood, but still not back to
himself.
“Lancer, are you upset over Xandrie, or is it something
else that’s bothering you. Since your return I have hardly seen you. And I know
it isn’t because of her, there have been plenty of times we could have done
something and you just stayed in your room or sat on the couch playing video
games. Don’t become an Earth boy who stays inside and plays video games all day
long ignoring real people. That won’t work well for you. You need to be outside
and fighting the bad guys in real life, not in video games.” I sat down next to
him at lunch and put my arm on his shoulder and tried to give him all of my
attention while Ash and Toren looked around to see if they could find the
humans who worked with the rippers.
“B’Lana, I have a lot going on right now. While I was back
home I learned some things that are just weighing on me. Don’t worry though, I’ll
be back to myself soon.”
“Lancer, if you need someone to talk to, I’m here for you.”
“NO! I… I mean I learned things I can’t talk to anyone
about. Sorry, I just have to deal with this. I’ll try harder to make time for
you and Ash. I want to see how you are developing with your abilities and with
your fighting skills. Maybe tomorrow I can join you for your training?” Lancer
looked almost frightened when I suggested he talk to me. Something was up and I
needed to find out what happened.
“Of course, you will be most welcome in my afternoon
training session. Fillie is still not letting anyone watch our morning training
sessions. She is afraid that I will be too distracted if anyone else is in the
room.”
“I bet she only means Ash. I see the way he flirts with you
and Fillie is not happy with that.” He leaned in closer to me and whispered,
“How do you feel about all of his flirting? Do you still think he is just
playing around? Or has he started to develop real feelings for you?” Lancer’s
eyes were downcast and he couldn’t look at me when he asked the last question.
“Honestly, I don’t know. Yes, he flirts a lot and sometimes
I know he does it in front of Fillie just to make her mad. But when it is just
the two of us, he can be really sweet and attentive. He has a serious side that
he doesn’t seem to show to anyone but me, when we’re alone. I honestly don’t
know what to believe.”
“Do you want him to truly care for you? Or to even be in
love with you?” Lancer looked around while he asked that question. Almost like
he was looking for Ash.
Right at that
time she still refuses to tell me why she just walked out on me. I don’t think
it’s asking too much to know why, do you?”
“I’m not getting into the middle of this. You two need to
talk and figure this all out. We all are working together now. Even if we don’t
see any more rippers here, we do live together.
“Hey, what happens if we don’t find any more rippers here?”
I looked between both Ash and Lancer as I had not thought about that before.
“B, the other squads have been out looking every night for
rippers, they found a couple and killed them. But they have not seen any signs
of ripper activity for a week now. If we can’t find any more of them,
eventually Command will have us move to another city. By next week we will have
a small group travel to another city and check it out. The rippers wouldn’t
have gone far. Commander Tera has been looking at reports of people missing and
he thinks they may have gone up to Santa Barbara, but he isn’t sure. There is a
party college there and the missing students could just be out partying.” Ash
said that we could all go somewhere for lunch tomorrow. Maybe even Joe’s Taco
Shack.
I went and spoke with Xandrie later that night and asked
her to talk to Lancer and let him know why she left him, it was only fair. She
said she would the next morning.
When lunch time came the next day Ash, Lancer, Toren, and I
all went to Joe’s for lunch. Lancer was in a better mood, but still not back to
himself.
“Lancer, are you upset over Xandrie, or is it something
else that’s bothering you. Since your return I have hardly seen you. And I know
it isn’t because of her, there have been plenty of times we could have done
something and you just stayed in your room or sat on the couch playing video
games. Don’t become an Earth boy who stays inside and plays video games all day
long ignoring real people. That won’t work well for you. You need to be outside
and fighting the bad guys in real life, not in video games.” I sat down next to
him at lunch and put my arm on his shoulder and tried to give him all of my
attention while Ash and Toren looked around to see if they could find the
humans who worked with the rippers.
“B’Lana, I have a lot going on right now. While I was back
home I learned some things that are just weighing on me. Don’t worry though, I’ll
be back to myself soon.”
“Lancer, if you need someone to talk to, I’m here for you.”
“NO! I… I mean I learned things I can’t talk to anyone
about. Sorry, I just have to deal with this. I’ll try harder to make time for
you and Ash. I want to see how you are developing with your abilities and with
your fighting skills. Maybe tomorrow I can join you for your training?” Lancer
looked almost frightened when I suggested he talk to me. Something was up and I
needed to find out what happened.
“Of course, you will be most welcome in my afternoon
training session. Fillie is still not letting anyone watch our morning training
sessions. She is afraid that I will be too distracted if anyone else is in the
room.”
“I bet she only means Ash. I see the way he flirts with you
and Fillie is not happy with that.” He leaned in closer to me and whispered,
“How do you feel about all of his flirting? Do you still think he is just
playing around? Or has he started to develop real feelings for you?” Lancer’s
eyes were downcast and he couldn’t look at me when he asked the last question.
“Honestly, I don’t know. Yes, he flirts a lot and sometimes
I know he does it in front of Fillie just to make her mad. But when it is just
the two of us, he can be really sweet and attentive. He has a serious side that
he doesn’t seem to show to anyone but me, when we’re alone. I honestly don’t
know what to believe.”
“Do you want him to truly care for you? Or to even be in
love with you?” Lancer looked around while he asked that question. Almost like
he was looking for Ash.
Right at that
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