Chocolate Wright

Chapter 7

Edgeworth stares at me for a moment before giving me a small smile. The remaining Psyche-Lock disintegrates.
I blink. "Wha...you..."
"Emeri had suggested that we make a statue for you....but I was the one who asked her to give the suggestion." is my friend's reply. "I didn't want you to know that this was a valentine not from Emeri, but from me..."
"Why is that such a bad thing, Mr. Edgeworth?" Maya asks. "You guys are supposed to be friends!"
"It's been hard for Miles to express affection towards other people ever since his father died." Emeri says. "He hasn't even liked anyone other than me and Franziska for a long time...until he bumped into you again."
"I think Edgey is also way too proud of himself." Larry adds. "He didn't want to lose his dignity by letting people find out he gave Nick a present." He pauses for a couple seconds before his eyes widen and he waves his arms around. "H-hey, what's with the atmosphere in here? It's Valentine's Day! Love you guys~" And with that, Larry's back to his old self.
"Larry's right. There's nothing wrong with giving presents to others, and I really, really like mine. Thanks, Edgeworth. Happy Valentine's Day!" I smile, feeling the sentiment around me.
Edgeworth blinks, and we all gather around him as he ponders what to say next. "Don't thank me. I was just doing the Wright thing." he finally says, and we all laugh as he chuckles and shakes his head at his own joke.
"Mr. Nick, isn't it time for kisses?" Pearls asks innocently, glancing towards her cousin.
"Hu-whaaat?" I feel my face burning. "I....sorry, what?"
"I think Mystic Maya would love it if you kissed her right now!" Pearls squeals, hands on her cheeks and eyes sparkling.
"Pearly, it isn't like that!" Maya pouts, and Pearls giggles.
Suddenly the door is thrust open, and we all spin around to see Detective Gumshoe standing in the doorway. "Whooooooop! Happy Valentine's Day, pal!" he booms with a laugh. He notices the rest of them standing in my office next to the statue of me.
"Whoa, pals! Hope I'm not interrupting anything." He uses his signature line, but this time, he really isn't interrupting.
"You aren't, luckily for you and your salary." Edgeworth says with a smirk.
He sighs with relief. "Whew, that's good, cause I was going to spend all of my last month's payment to eat out for Valentine's Day....say, you pals want to come with me?"
"Sure, that'd be nice!" Emeri says.
"That's really nice! Thanks!" Pearls says.
"Hooray, lunch!" Larry and Maya say.
I pause to think for a moment before saying, "Yeah, why not? Edgeworth it."
"Quite Wright." Edgeworth agrees, and everyone laughs.
"All right then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Gumshoe whoops again and we all set off to go on our next adventure.
Finished February 15th, 2015