Good Luck With That
Chapter 3 - What did she say?!
Angela panted as she tried to keep up with Luke, who was going at full speed towards Waffle Town. 'This boy…' she thought grumpily, 'really needs to pace himself…' As she stopped in front of the town sign to catch her breath, she heard Luke shouting a greeting at someone.
"Yo, Maya!"
Maya waved cheerfully from the front of the Sundae Inn. "Good morning, Luke!" she greeted.
"Do you have any free time today?" Luke asked her, grinning. "Let's go on a date!"
Maya blushed. "Oh, Luke, that's so embarrassing!" she said, covering her face with her hands.
"C'mon, it'll be fun!"
"Well…"
Angela rolled her eyes. 'Gimme a break, Luke,' she thought. 'Like Maya would go out with a pig of a guy like you!'
"Unbelievable."
Luke and Maya turned to find Chase frowning at them impatiently with his arms crossed.
"Maya, you're supposed to work today," he said in a disapproving tone. "How can you even consider going on a date?"
Maya hung her head. "I-I know, I know," she said in a small voice.
"Aw, come on, Chase," Luke said good-naturedly. "Cut her some slack! She could use a break!"
Chase glared at him, causing him to flinch. "What 'break' are you talking about?!" he lashed. "She never even does anything at the inn!"
"Hey now…" Luke began, but he was interrupted by Maya's sobbing as she ran inside the inn, slamming the door behind her. The two boys stared after her quietly.
'Poor Maya,' Angela thought. 'She has to deal with Chase everyday, huh?'
"Look what you did!" Luke snapped at Chase.
"What?"
"You made me lose a potential date!"
Chase frowned. "So?" he said coldly as he opened the inn door. "Go ask someone else then. There're lots of girls around here who are better than Maya anyway." He smirked. "Like Angela over there," he added, winking at her.
Angela felt herself blushing. 'Stupid Chase!' she thought.
Luke opened his mouth to answer back, but Chase quickly shut the door behind him. "Jerk," he muttered, as he turned away. "What are you blushing for?" he asked Angela.
"Nothing!" she snapped, quickly covering her face with her hands.
Luke flinched. "Okay, okay." Suddenly, he caught sight of Kathy as she arrived from the Maple Lake District. "Kathy!" he greeted as he rushed past Angela.
The blond spun around and smiled warmly. "Heya, Luke!" she greeted back. "You need something?"
Luke glanced behind him and winked at Angela, who rolled her eyes. "Yeah," he replied. "Are you free this afternoon?"
"Nope, sorry!"
Luke and Angela blinked; Kathy's blunt answer had stunned both of them.
"C-come again?" Luke said.
Kathy giggled. "You were gonna ask me on a date, weren't you?" she asked.
Luke rubbed the back of his head awkwardly as he nodded. "How'd you know?"
She giggled again as she walked coolly past the two of them towards the Sundae Inn. "A little birdie from Brownie Ranch warned me," she told them. "Oh, and Luke," she added, "you shouldn't be so desperate. You're practically on a date already." With that, she shut the door.
"H-huh?!"
The two looked at each other, surprised that they had uttered that interjection in perfect unison. Luke stared at Angela, confused, and her face turned into an even brighter shade of crimson as she processed Kathy's innuendo.
From the other side of the door, they could hear Kathy and Chase's voices, laughing.
A/N: Sorry I took so long with this chapter. Actually, I'm not so happy with this, but at least it's an update, right? I'm having a bit of writer's block since I haven't had time to play ToT. For now, there will be a hiatus on the story, until I get my muse back.