Krel took a deep breath. He was trying desperately not to think about what had happened back at the mothership, and he was trying desperately not to be sad. But that was incredibly hard.
Zadra was watching them from a distance he knew; he hadn't spotted her yet, but there was absolutely no way she was letting them out of the ship without her supervision.
"Earth to Krel," Andy said, waving her hand in front of his face. He snapped back to reality, finding himself on the stage in the square, setting up for Battle of the Bands.
"Sorry," he said, somewhat distantly.
She stepped in front of him, taking the box of equipment from him. "You good?"
"Hm? Yeah, I am fine."
"You don't look fine."
"Oh yeah? How so?"
"You look like someone ran over your cat," Andy said, tilting her head. "If you had a cat. You look like someone ran over your hypothetical cat. What's going on with you?"
"No one has ran over my hypothetical cat," Krel said, shaking his head. "And I am fine."
"I guess I will have to take your word for it," she conceded, shrugging. "Even though you look like you could use a million hugs."
He laughed. "Yeah?"
"Yeah. Here, gimme a sec," she said, trotting off to set down the box of equipment. "Okay, Krel Tarron, Dr. Hawthorne has come to administer your sadness cure," she said, marching up to him and putting her hands on her hips.
"Okay, I am ready to be cured," he chuckled.
She practically threw herself on him, squeezing him in a tight embrace. She pulled away after a secton, and kissed both of his cheeks. Then she hugged him again. "Do you feel any better?" she asked after freeing him from her grasp.
He gave her a side smile. "Yes, I do feel better now."
"Good!" she chirped. She ran back over to the box of equipment. "Help me set up the microphones?"
"You got it," he said walking over to help her.
"I'm no good with sound equipment," she giggled, pulling out the mess of wires in the box. "I can draw or paint or whatever, but when it comes to this stuff I'm hopeless."
"You are fine," he laughed.
Great Gaylen, he was going to miss her.
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Out of This World
FanfictionKrel has been having an okay time here on earth, despite not knowing when he's going to get home. He's settling into his classes and has even made a couple of friends. However, when one of his newfound friends develops feelings for him, he quickly d...
