The Glyph Monado

Ch. 22: Nervous Jitters

"I hope you have a good date Luz."

"Thanks, guy." Luz said with a smiled

"Knock the socks off them!" Gus said with a fist pump.

"Okay, I have a day to prepare for it." Luz said.

"Prepare for what?" A voice asked.

Looking up, Luz saw that King and Eda had returned and saw sitting in the den.

"Guys, you're back!" Luz said as she ran to hug them.

"Yeah, it took you a little longer than expected." Eda said.

"To do what?" King asked.

"To ask out Amity and that triclops girl." Eda said.

"That Boscha girl? Why her?" King asked as Luz broke the hug.

"First off, I don't need a reason. Secondly, Eda, you've dated a lot of people, so what do I do? I'm panicking!"

"Okay, okay, kid. Just calm down and breath, if you face things rationally it will all be alright." Eda said to her.

"You know me, I don't think rationally!"

Eda saw that Luz was panicking a bit and did the one thing she knew would help her... she slapped Luz across the face.

"Ow!"

"There. Let's the pain bring you back to reality and take a deep breath." Eda said as she crossed her arms.

"Okay, okay." Luz said, "I don't know what to do, I've never had a date before."

"And there's nothing wrong with that." Eda said as she patted her shoulder. "It just means this will be a learning experience for you and maybe your dates too. They're probably just as green as you are."

"Come on, why would they be nervous?" Luz asked.

In Triplet manor, Boscha was pacing back and forth.

"Tomorrow's your first date, what could go wrong?"

Maya, her crab palisman, snapped it's claws to communicate with Boscha as she sat on her bed.

"I'm nervous, Maya! I've never been on a date and now I have one with the two most gorgeous girls I've ever seen! What am I gonna do?! I want to impress them but I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard!" Boscha said as she pulled her pink hair.

"Maybe ask your parents." Elizabeth said.

Boscha released her hair and turned to see her mother standing in the doorway, smiling at her.

"Mom?!" She said.

"Ah, you remind me a lot of myself when I was a kid. I was the same way when your dad asked me out for the first time."

"You were nervous as hex and felt like ripping every lock of hair out of your head?" Boscha asked.

"Exactly." Elizabeth said as she walked in and sat on Boscha's bed, "Now, calm down a little. Luz and Amity clearly love you don't care if something goes wrong."

"But what if something does? I want this to be memorable in a good way. Not a chaotic way." Boscha said.

"Sometimes the chaotic ways are a good way." Elizabeth said to her daughter, "And from what I've heard about Luz... chaos follows her."

"Yeah. It does." Boscha said with a small smile.

"Then why would they be surprised if something bad happens?"

Boscha looked at her work bench.

'Something bad, huh?' Boscha thought.

If something bad did happen, should she bring something just in case or was she worrying too much? She went over to her work bench, more importantly, the notebook, and opened it up to two short blades.

"Boscha?" Elizabeth asked her daughter, curious.

"Maybe, if something bad happens, I can help." Boscha said.

Rushing to her mother, Boscha helped her up and guided her out of the room.

"Thanks for the talk mom but I really need to prepare! It's private." Bosha said to her mother.

Boscha closed the door on her mother.

"That girl is something else." Elizabeth said.

And that wasn't a bad thing as Elizabeth left Boscha to work on whatever she was working on. At Blight Manor, Amity was rubbing Ghost's back.

"Nothing bad will happen, right?" She asked.

"Meow." Ghost replied.

"I am not being over dramatic!"

Ghost could only roll her eyes at her master's worries, she really was over thinking this date.

"Don't roll you eyes at me, this is my first date!"

Deciding to stop playing around, Ghost sat up on her master's lap and gazed into her eyes to be serious.

"Meow." Ghost said to Amity.

"What do you mean I shouldn't worry?"

"Meow." Ghost said to Amity.

"Just let things happen and deal with the bad things when they come?" Amity said as Ghost nodded to her.

"Are you serious? That's a horrible idea!" Amity said.

"Meow."

Amity looked shocked.

"Wha- there is no need for that kind of language!"

"Meow." Ghost said with a blank face. "Meow meow."

"Well, now you're just being rude." Amity said, "I am not coming up with worst case scenarios."

Ghost didn't reply as she just closed her eyes, shaking her head before she laid back down on Amity's lap.

Amity wiped some white hair off her dress.

"How do you even shed, you're made of wood!"

Amity got up from her bed and went towards her closet, looking over her dress for the date.

"I hope they like it." Amity said, "And I hope no one finds out about it."

"Find out about what, Mittens?"