science fiction

“It is” she nodded “Everything good with you?”

Gaby nodded. “Yes, everything’s good. I mean, I think so,” she answered. “What about with you?”

“Its kinda relaxing isn’t it?”

Gabrielly nodded. “It is, yes,” she agreed. “I like it a lot. It’s a nice break.. from everything going on out there.”

“It’s not something I can say I’ve done often.”

“Really?” she asked. “I.. used to do this a lot. Back home. It’s a lot of fun.” Gaby kind of smiled. “At least, that’s what I remember.”

“Thats true” she nodded “So, out it is”

Gaby smiled, excited. “I.. can’t say I’ve ever had dinner at an actual restaurant.”

“Do you wanna go out or order in?”

“If we go out, we can enjoy the weather,” she suggested.

“Well, whatve you got?”

She spun her laptop so the girl could look at them. “Whatever you want. I use Spotify,” she smiled.

“Awesome, what are you in the mood for? Because I’m kinda craving chinese food”

“I don’t really have a preference,” she shrugged. “Chinese sounds great.”

“Don’t worry about it” she smiled

Gaby looked down at her laptop before looking back up at the other. “Do you.. have any requests?”

“Well, theres only two of us here isn’t there?”

“I... Yes, you’re right,” she nodded. Gaby had detected what she was feeling, categorizing it as somewhere between nervousness and happiness. “Um, yes. I would love that.”

“Honestly, its the worst” she chuckled “A break sounds like a good idea”

“We could order something to eat,” she suggested. “Get your energy restored and all that.”

“Uh, yeah, everythings fine- just trying to do this homework” she shrugged

“That sounds like a bore,” she said, laughing a little at the words she’d picked up just from being here. “It also doesn’t look like it’s going very well. I’m suggest you take a break.”