NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6: aquarium [5]
11:37
Lukas slowly opens his eyes to see Claire standing over him
Lukas:?
Claire:yo luke You like aquariums?
Lukas:never went to one before so i dont really have an opinion on them
Claire:well todays your lucky day cuz im feeling very generous and mostly bored im willing to take You to an aquarium i found online. Very cool and cheap. Really it was only $40 each.
Lukas:im not really a fan of under water creatures..
Claire:cmon it will be fun. Besides who doesnt like the cute dolphins
Lukas:sharks better
Claire:You said You aren't a fan of the marine life your opinion îs irrelevent to me besides ion have anyone else to ask to come with me
She grabs lukas's arm and pulls him off the bed
Lukas Falls ass first onto the floor
Claire:Tell me when You're ready
13:22
Lukas finally leave his room in a clean Nice outfit
Claire: almost 2 fucking hours what the fuck
Lukas: jealous of my outfit
As he strikes a pose Claire looks at him with the most judging face a human can have
Claire:okay anyways lets go
As She opens the front door shes greeted by soren ivy and Stephan.
Soren:ey girl
Claire: sorry we cant hangout today.. we already made plans.
Soren:yeah we know lukas said we all going to the aquarium!
Claire turns back to look at lukas whos standing in the middle of the living room
She turns back at the 3 of them
Claire:...well alright i Guess
Soren walks past her walking up to lukas
Soren:You sure You will be fine i know your experience with sea creatures
Lukas:yeah dont worry
Claire looks at them confused not
Stephan:hes terrified of them childhood trauma or wtv
Claire:yeah but dolphins are so cute
Soren:okay stop standing in the doorway lets go. I parked my baby right there
As he points to a rusty van
Lukas:dude i thought You got rid of that?
Soren:never!
Lukas shrugs as hes the first to walk towards the car slowly followed by the rest of the group
13:51
In the car
Soren:dude wheres that aquarium we been driving for atleast an hour i think
Lukas:no not even half an hour
Soren:fair enough
Claire:hey soren, Luke.
Lukas turns to Claire
Lukas:?
Soren:sup
Claire:can i ask Something
Lukas:go ahead
Claire:soren asked You If you gon be fine.. why Wouldnt You be?
Soren:ah when we were kids some dolphins almost drowned him, we go to the beach every summer but ever since then he never went in the water
Lukas:yeah thats about it
Claire:SO YOU ALMOST DROWNED? THATS WHY YOU HATE DOLPHINS?
lukas:hate îs a strong word id say dislike. Wait soren can we stop ahead im really thristy and theres a gas station
Soren:If You get me a drink too
Claire sits there inbetween ivy and Stephan silently.
14:05
Lukas returns to the car with a bunch of drinks
Lukas:Here Claire im not sure what You drink so i got You a coke
Claire nods taking the Coke from him
14:25
Soren:we arrived!
Lukas: finally
As the group leaves the car making their way to the enterance.
Lukas:how much money yall got on You
Claire:$60
Stephan:$36
Ivy:$43
Soren: nothing
Lukas: alright ima buy You a ticket then
Soren:îs this a proposal
Lukas:yes will You make me the happiest man on this planet by allowing me to buy You a ticket to the aquarium
Soren covering his mouth with his hands
Soren:yes!
The two of them walk towards the enterance while the rest 3 cant handle the awkwardness
Claire:whats up with those two theyre awfully close
Stephan:they known eachother since middle school i only met lukas when in highschool when soren introduced him to me when we were hanging out
Claire:ok lets go
The 3 of them slowly following behide soren and lukas as they enter the aquarium.
As they walk around lukas suddenly feels ivy holding his arm tighty.
Claire walking behide them cant take her eyes off those two.
15:36
As they all keep walking and looking at the Fishes swimming around them they eventually find themselves in a gift shop. Ivy goes in first slowly followed by the others. As the rest look around lukas stands there doing nothing.
Claire slowly walks towards him She stops
Ivy approached lukas first
Ivy:Luke come quick!
She grabs his hand and walk to the other side of the gift shop as Claire watches them
Ivy wanted to show lukas a cute shark keychain
Ivy:You like sharks right? And its cheap and adorable.
Soren and Stephan looking at some weird shit
Claires walking around sometimes turning back at lukas and ivy
Lukas went to the cashier
He looks at the Little name tag the cashier had
Lukas:hello.. kenan
Kenan:moring sir did You see anything youd like?
Lukas:yeah this Little keychain how much îs it
Kenan:thatd be $10
Lukas hands him the 10 bucks
he leaves the giftshop waiting for the rest of the group
Claire walks out just a few seconds before him
Claire:hey
Lukas:yo Claire anythin you liked?
Claire:nah... Hey can i ask Something?
Lukas: go ahead
He says as he watches the Fish
Claire:why did You call every else? Do You really not want to hang out with me?
She says looking into his eyes
Lukas:...
Claire:so?
Lukas:wel-
Before he could speak ivy grabs his arm showing him Something.
Ivy:i saw that your shark missed a part well apperently theres usually two and look they match
She says showing the Little shark keychain She bought
Lukas:oh thats cool (wait did i pay the full price for only one piece)
He glances at Claire whos not even looking at them
Soren:ey
The 3 of them look at soren and Stephan
Stephan:yk its getting boring yall wanna leave?
Lukas sensing the tension between him and Claire building up he nods
Ivy:okay
Claire nods
Soren:lets go to my place
Ivy:cant got studies
Stephan:well why did You agree on summer classes.
Ivy:education îs important
Soren:Luke?
Lukas:me and Claire are going home sorry
Soren: Stephan?
Stephan:bet
As the group leaves the aquarium and into sorens van they start driving towards their houses
16:21
Soren:there you go. Bye Luke bye Claire
Stephan waves to them as lukas waves back Claire walking inside without looking back
Lukas slowly following behide
Lukas:soo wanna watch a mo-
Claire slams the bathroom door without even hearing him out.
Lukas shrugs as he heads for his room..