Guardian Angel: Chapter 3
The first thing Trance noticed was the poor lighting-she could barely see a thing! Then she noticed the dangling beads from the ceiling of the tent. She pushed them aside and stepped inside.
"Come in", a husky voice said.
Trance glanced at Harper who shrugged, and motioned for her to go in first. They saw a round table covered with a cloth. On the table they saw a crystal ball, some cards, gem stones and a single black candle that lit the old woman's face.
'Oh brother!' Harper thought, mentally rolling his eyes. He had read about old earth fortune tellers, and apparently so did this phony.
"Sit down", she said, showing them the chairs. Trance sat down and gave Harper a 'please stay with me' look and he sat down. A strand of red hair hung loose from her head covering.
"Shall we proceed?" She asked them in some gypsy accent. Her dark eyes turning from one to the other. "Who wishes to go first?"
They looked at each other. Harper gave her an 'I'm only here because of you' -look and she smiled nervously at the woman. "I guess I will."
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Dylan and Beka small talked through most of the meal. The waitress kept coming back, asking if they needed anything and if everything was fine. 'Yeah right', thought Beka. 'I bet that's the only reason. It has absolutely nothing to do with our boy Dylan here. Sure he's attractive-I get that. It's his fault for not turning her down- unless he wanted something to do with this kid…. None of your business', she told herself.
"She was right", she said. "It tastes just like chicken." Dylan chuckled. "I don't know about you", he said pushing his chair back. "But I'm full."
"Me too", she said getting up. This was nice-this lunch thing. They both knew it meant nothing, and why should it? They were just friends. Friends…. It was weird how just a little while ago she would have said that it's impossible to be friends with such an arrogant, possessive, egotistical and idealistic person. But when you get to know him, you see other sides of him. He's caring and compassionate and she likes him- though she'd never tell him that! The entire crew was like a family to her. Well, except Tyr-maybe even Tyr, even though he'd never admit that Andromeda was like a home. Even Dylan was bonding with them, and she liked that. And she liked him. In a purely 'like' way-oh God! She was thinking like a teenager!
"Going so soon?" The waitress asked.
"Yes-can we get the bill?" Dylan asked, smiling kindly.
"Coming right up", she said and went back inside.
"So", Dylan said to her. "Got any plans?"
"Well", Beka said. "After we check up on the repairs, I was thinking of checking out this fair-suppose to be good. You?"
"I'm stuck fixing up a new agreement for the Jesarians to sign."
"Sounds like fun", she said sarcastically.
"Oooooh yeah", he answered.
The waitress brought them the check, flashed them a smile and left. Beka noticed that Dylan was staring at the bill, so she insisted on paying for her half.
"What?" He asked, tearing his eyes off the bill. "Oh no that's ok, it's just this weird thing written here." He said pointing. Beka read over his shoulder. She read it over and over again but it still made no sense. They paid for their meal (separately-Dylan didn't want to argue) and headed towards the Andromeda. They left the bill on the table-after copying its message. It read:
"The one who has the biggest grin, bears even sharper teeth."
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"…So I guess the fortune teller's tell us right…."
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