Free Chronicles of Eden - Act III by Alexander Gordon

from being near him.”
    “Betchya she makes it five minutes then gives up,” Alyssa commented while fluffing her pillow.
    “Hey! I wouldn’t give up Daniel for anything, not even a little snoring.”
    “A little? Oh, that’s cute,” Triska said with a laugh.
    Specca glanced to her with annoyance then to see the other girls watching her questionably, with Squeak peeking out from her ball.
    “Say what you will,” she stated. “You will not scare me off from this in the least. And just to remind you all, when we go back there together none of you can disturb us, for anything.”
    “Unless the cabin catches on fire, we won’t bother you at all,” Triska reassured as she started unrolling her sleeping blanket.
    “You’d better not, or else you forfeit your own turns with him.”
    She looked back to her sleeping arrangements then quickly rushed over to the front of the cabin, peeking outside to seeing Daniel gazing up at the stars near Lucky.
    “And you’d better remember that you can’t touch Daniel unless he touches you first,” Triska reminded with a narrowed glance at the nixie. Specca giggled and held a hand to her cheek.
    “But if he does you can’t stop us from doing anything.”
    Triska dropped her pillow down and looked to Specca with a raised eyebrow.
    “What makes you think he will do something with you?”
    “I can hope,” Specca said softly. The other girls watched her curiously as she stared at Daniel with a small smile on her face. “I can hope, hope that he’ll warm up to me more. All I can do, all any of us can do, is hope.”
    The other girls glanced to each other from that remark then back to Specca as she watched Daniel with loving eyes. The nixie then jumped with a squeak and quickly scurried back towards the curtain, the other girls watching as she fidgeted her hands together in front of her before seeing Daniel climbing up onto the ride.
    “Okay, Lucky’s sound asleep,” he said as he entered the ride. “How are we all doing in here?”
    He stopped and looked around to seeing Triska, Alyssa, and Squeak watching him with small smiles while Specca was facing away still towards the black curtain.
    “We’re all set for the night too,” Triska said with a shrug.
    Daniel nodded slowly as the three girls just continued to stare at him then looked to seeing Specca still facing away from him.
    “Specca? Are you alright?”
    Specca nodded and glanced back to him with a timid expression, her tail swaying gently behind her as she tried to control her breathing.
    “Yes, just… a little nervous.”
    Daniel looked around at all the girls as Specca slowly turned to face him.
    “Um, are you all sure this is how you want to settle this? You’re… all okay with this?”
    “Y-Yes, I’m sure,” Specca quickly insisted. “I don’t mind that the others get their nights with you, just… as long as I get mine. I want us to have a chance with being together.”
    Triska and Alyssa glanced to each other then back to Daniel.
    “Unless you want to make your choice right now, then this is how it has to be,” Triska reasoned.
    “Yeah, this is the only fair way of letting you spend quality time with each of us,” Alyssa added with a weak smile. Squeak nodded with a few squeaks while still curled up in her ball. Daniel looked around at them then to Specca, the nixie jumping a bit then glancing to the curtain.
    “Do you… still want to sleep… with me, Daniel?”
    Daniel glanced around at all the girls then smiled a bit at the nixie.
    “Well, if you’re all okay with doing this, then I’ll give it a try as well.”
    Specca nodded quickly with an eager smile while the other girls looked to each other, all of them trying to hold back their frowns. Daniel started making his way back towards Specca, with the nixie then pulling the curtain aside and moving back into the private area. As the boy got to the curtain Triska looked to him with a small smile.
    “Daniel?” He stopped and looked back