Chapter 7
Or Maybe It Doesn’t?
[Aria]
The next day, Aria woke up, as she always did, at exactly Wake
Up time. She rolled out of bed and went about her morning stretches to
quickly get rid of the sleepiness. It was going to be another hectic day and
the earlier that they could get to work the better. They better return
things to the normal schedule once that ship has been completely cleared away.
They can't possibly make this permanent. The fact that even if they did,
there wasn't going to be anyone to say that it wasn't fair didn’t exactly help
her mindset.
Depressing thought
for the day achieved, she made her way to her brother's room. Unlike last
night, he was still fast asleep. She went through the motions, waking him up
and then ordering him to get ready. In about ten minutes flat the two of them
were ready and heading for the hall to meet up with Daisy.
The morning passed
surprisingly normally with them somehow avoiding the topic of the
door. Still, the fact that they had yet to reveal the information to the rest
of the camp continued to trouble Aria. If the occasional stolen glances in
the direction of the door by both Harry and Daisy were any indication, Aria wasn't the only one
thinking about it. They had gotten a surprising amount done that morning,
chipping away at the spaceship that was now starting to have noticeable chunks
missing as they had cleared away almost a quarter of the massive ship.
Soon they were
heading for lunch.
The trio began their meal in silence. For the first few minutes there was silence. Aria could
almost feel the awkwardness radiating off of everyone at the table as they
poked at the bland slop that they had to eat. Both Harry and Daisy seemed to be
waiting for the other to make a move and Aria wasn't thrilled to be the one
starting the conversation either. This is going to be a long meal if someone
doesn't speak up. Maybe I should. The tension has been building since morning
and someone has to let it out.
Aria continued to eat silently for a while longer. She could see Harry's
face slowly taking on a more determined look as he started to take deep
breaths. He was clearly steeling himself to be the one to break the ice. But
several minutes later, Harry had still not uttered a word and was looking at
Daisy who was mirroring his look. After a few minutes of that, Aria decided
enough was enough.
"So... why are
you two quiet today?" began Aria, keeping her tone as casual as she could
manage," something bothering you?"
"Umm....naa...,"
began Harry but Daisy gave him a stern look.
"You're really
going to make me do it?" asked Harry. Aria bit back a comment as Daisy
gave him one of the largest smiles that Aria had seen on the girl. Predictably,
he crumpled like a punctured air lock.
"Fine...so
the...the door," began Harry.
"And what about
it?" prompted Aria.
"The door,"
tried Harry again.
"Come on.
Spill," said Aria," it can't be that hard to say."
"Well...um so we
never told anyone about the...," he said trailing off into a series of
gestures.
"Yes...I guess
we'll tell them tonight or tomorrow morning if you two are planning on pulling
that late night stunt again," said Aria, giving them what she hoped was a
reassuring smile.
"Yaa...about
that.... that’s what I wanted to talk about," said Harry.
"So stop beating
around the bush and tell me what you want to say," said Aria, keeping her voice gentle but stern.
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