“Bunch
of ass holes…. they probrobly did that because your planet isn’t space
travel…..but yeah… why not show you. And if you stay then… I can show
you more… the whole galaxy..”Carlos started to get a little flushed at the idea. Just
going around, seeing all the different planets, dwarf-planets, and star
systems. Maybe he’d even get to see Knowhere – from what he’d understood it was
the largest space station ever made. He thought. He wasn’t sure.“That sounds… really fun,” he said. “I mean, I actually would like to see as much of it as I can.” He smiled at Yondu.
Yondu Smiles and nods. “Then all of my planet sides I’ll take you with. So you can see the sites.”
Unless things don’t
work out and Yondu gets bored of you, a thought said in Carlos’ head. And…
yeah, that was a possibility. A surprisingly devastating one, if he were
honest.But Carlos just continued to smile, ducking his head
sheepishly. “Yeah, I’d… I’d like that,” he said softly.“Then we’ll do that. On the safe planets…. on ones not safe… I’ll ummm… I’ll record and take pictures… with my head set!”
Carlos looked at him, grinning. “I’ve got a camera on my
phone too,” he said. “Heh… I wonder if my dad would scrapbook it all.”
Probably.That was, if his dad was ever going to see any pictures.
Carlos’ smile started to waver and he looked down at his food. He tried to cover up his developing frown by scraping up the last of his food and shoving the last couple of forkfuls in his mouth.
“You have family huh….. I’ll get ya home as fast as I can Ok…”
“Not dangerously fast,” Carlos said quickly. “I mean… I just
mean, don’t do anything that’s… You shouldn’t take shortcuts if it’s safer.”God, what was he saying?
Carlos scraped at the last little bit of leaf and sauce on
his plate, busying himself with trying to get it on the fork though he knew it
was useless.“Of course we’ll be safe…. I just…. you miss your family..”
Carlos sighed, slumping his shoulders. “Yeah, I… I do,” he
said. “My dad and my brother… they’re wonderful people and I miss them. I… I’m
sorry… that probably puts a damper on this whole ‘dating’ thing, huh?”
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