Cosmic

Night Out On The Town

Selene slammed her locker closed and startled to see a boy behind it. The boy had tan skin, blue eyes and light curly blond hair. He looked nervous and kept glancing back behind him. Selene raised an eyebrow.

"Can i help you?" Selene asked. The boy took a deep breath and then stuck put his hand. Selene stared at it before remembering that humans shook hands when they were introducing themselves. She stuck out her own hand and grabbed his.

"My name's Jack Henri." The boy introduced.

"Selene." Selene said. Jack nodded.

"That's a nice name." Jack said.

"Sta- I mean, thank you." Selene said.

"So, uh... I was just wondering- you don't have to say yes or anything! But uh.... my friends and I were planning on heading to this sushi place after-school and we were wondering if you and your friends wanted to come." Jack said, toeing at the ground with his beat-up sneakers. Selene blinked. It was pretty much an unspoken rule in the school for no one to interact with them. Why this boy decided to break that unspoken rule, Selene had no idea.

"I'd have to check with the other girls, I'll let you know after lunch." Selene said. Jack nodded.

"Right. Again, you don't have to say yes, just thought I'd extend the invitation." Jack said. He turned around and walked to his next class, hands shoved into the pockets of his jean jacket. Selene turned around and headed off to her next class.

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Selene carefully dodged students as she made her way over to the table the girls all sat at ever since they had first arrived at the school. It reminded Selene of their old table back at the academy. Selene set her tray down and sat down. Lunch today was grilled cheese, pizza and burgers with side servings of fries, tomato soup or broccoli. All the girls had lemonade, cause well... lemonade was delicious. The girls were all talking about their classes and class assignments. Selene waited until Nova had stopped talking about one of the kids in her class who had drawn all over the whiteboard when the teacher wasn't looking (which considering Nova's penchant for long winded stories was quite a while) before saying anything.

"So, this boy came up to me in the hallway and invited us out with his friends to this.... sushi place after-school." Selene said. The whole table froze. Estella, who had been lifting her pizza to take a bite out of it, froze mid-bite. Faye almost spat out her lemonade. Callisto raised an eyebrow while Skye's jaw fell open. Whether it was surprise or shock, Selene didn't know. Vela nearly choked on her soup and Halo almost spat out her grilled cheese. Juno, Maia and Rhea all had looks of equal parts surprise and shock while Lyra blinked a few times in surprise.

"This boy extended an invitation to us?" Callisto asked, skepticism in her voice. Selene nodded.

"Yeah. To sushi." Selene said. Lyra scrunched up her face in thought.

"Is that the rice stuff wrapped in seaweed with fish?" Lyra asked. Selene nodded.

"Pretty sure." Faye nodded affirmatively.

"It is." Faye said. Halo, Juno, Callisto, Vela, Rhea and Maia all nodded as well.

"Well, he invited us with him and his friends there and I told him I had to talk it over with the rest of you. So... what do you think?" Selene asked, looking around the table. The other girls all looked at each other. Estella had recovered enough to chew on her pizza thoughtfully.

"Did he mention anything else? Like where it is? What time is everyone going? Is anyone from school gonna be there? Are we gonna have to bring our own money or is he and his friends gonna pay for us? Do we meet him outside the school or is he gonna send us the directions? Also, when he says after-school, does he mean after-school after-school? Like, as soon as school's over, we'll all gonna head there? Or does he mean that we give him our address or he sends us the directions where we're all gonna meet up and we all head there together?" Estella asked. Maia nodded thoughtfully.