TERRA: Age Of Terror

~15~

.Simon.

~Niger sea~

I stare at the crystal blue water as the ship; Ascianta pulls away from dock.

"You guys!" The princess calls turning my attention to her. As I look toward the princess, I catch Athena's eyes before she quickly moves her head away.

I raise one eyebrow and give her a perusal. She has long wavy brown hair she keeps in a ponytail and pale skin. She wore a blue dress with a crystal around her neck and beads on her waist. The jewels on her nose and ears told of quite a number of piercings. She looked Aciest.

Why was she looking at me?

"Here you go Simon! Your room is close to Pixel's." The princess' statement, along with her not very subtle wink after, cuts through my thoughts and my eyebrow shoots up again.

This is why I don't stay around many females. I collect the keys and give her a nod. Smiling she turns to give others their keys.

I walk across the ship to my cabin and close the door firmly behind me. I drop my bag beside the bunk and bring out my suitcase.

Sitting on the mattress, I open the suitcase and stare at the screen of the computer fastened inside. I lift my hands over the keyboard but I can't bring myself to begin typing.

The massive turn of events have completely destabilized me; my weeks of planning gone down the drain.

However....

I turn on my watch and record my notes; "This little detour would affect my plans, but it seems the potential the Exodus has is beyond its mere . I bel—"

The pink haired girl comes into my room opening the door wide. "Howdy, neighbour!" She said to me smiling widely.

Ignoring her I close the case and turn off the recording on watch. "Whatcha doing?" She says still smiling.

"What exactly do you want?" I ask her putting effort to sound annoyed.

"No waaayyyyy!" She says putting her hands on her round face. "He talked to me!"

I start to remove my gadgets from my bag and try not to look at her. She walks over and plops on my bed. I go completely still when I feel her body beside mine. "So what are you doing?" She says and picks up a weather device."

"Drop that!" I say and she raises an eyebrow at me and lets go of the device. I lunge to catch it before it reaches the floor?

"Are you mad?" I ask when it's safely in my hands. "That would have cost thousands to replace!"

"Oh really?" She says and picks up another device from my bag. "What about this one?" She lifts her hand and drops it.

I catch that one and she picks up another one, doing the same thing. That device; a storm tracker falls on the floor with a crack!

"What on earth is wrong with you?!" I exclaim picking up the device.

"Oh please I highly doubt it broke." She says with a satisfied look on her face.

"It could have." I say and check the device. "Can you get out now?"

"I guess I might as well. Next time.." She starts, standing up. "Treat me like an actual human being, and not some dirt under your shoe. Sexism doesn't look good on you."

She waltzes out then and I can't help but smile.

Why exactly am I attracted to you Pixel?