Jamais Vu

Chapter 18: The Girl Scout Cookies

Briotami and Het were walking at the mall side by side. Anyone that looked at them would assume that they were a couple. Maybe what gave it away was how close Briotami was to Het.

Het: Sigh.

Briotami: What's wrong?

Het: Is it really necessary for you to be so close to me?

Briotami was holding Het's arm between her chest. He tried to pull away but Briotami just held him closer and tighter. Escaping her grasp was useless. Het didn't want to cause a scene so he just went along with it, besides they already had enough people staring.

Briotami: Yes. You promised that if I helped you with your training you would go out on a date with me. We are lovers after all, right? *holds his arm closer to her chest*

Het: Sigh.

If Het had a favorite word it would be the word "Sigh". He would literally say the word instead of performing the action. Briotami has taken the time to study and learn what each "Sigh" meant. True commitment indeed. She knew that last "Sigh" meant he agreed with her. And so their date began. Back at the base, Vell barged into the room with obvious signs of anxiety. He was walking back and forth, spinning around and shaking his hands.

Atlat: Hey! Hey! Hey! What's your deal? Need to take a potty?

Vell: *panicking* Atlat! I messed up!

Atlat: When don't you mess up? *chuckles*

Vell: No, I mean this time I messed up big time. Like for real!

Atlat: Hey take it easy. Relax and tell me what happened. I'm sure it can't be that bad.

Vell tried his best to explain the situation to Atlat. His story began with him remembering Glorisa talk about her favorite type of snack. A specific cookie brand that she really likes. Girl Scout cookies to be exact. They are only in town for a few days so getting a box would prove to be difficult. Vell remembered when they first arrived, Glorisa was the first one to show kindness by healing them up. He thought it was a good idea to go buy her these special cookies as a gift.

Atlat: Okay you want to buy Glorisa her cookies and then what?

Vell: Well on my way back there was some sort of accident or commotion.

Atlat: Oh really? Do you know what it was?

Vell: I am not sure. But from what I heard it was something gang-related. I think a citizen was fighting a gang member over a car crash or something.

Atlat: *clears throat* Um moving on. So what did you do since you could not come back the same way,

Vell: I took a detour.

It seemed that Atlat was somewhat familiar with the gang-related accident that happened earlier today but denied any connection to it. Vell went on his detour and from the shadow of the alley, he heard someone calling to him. "Hey, four-eyes you lost or something?" Poor Vell got jumped and had his things stolen. Not only did they take the box of cookies but they thought it would be funny to also take his glasses.

Atlat: Well, what are you waiting for?

Vell: What are you talking about?

Atlat: We are going to get your things back!

Vell: What? Are you crazy? There's no need to make things worse I will just buy another box of-

Atlat: No! It's not just about the cookies. Didn't Briotami give you your glasses?