Free Chronicles of Eden - Act III by Alexander Gordon Page B

ant girl squeaked a few times then looked to Triska and Alyssa, both girls watching Daniel with worried eyes.
    “Daniel… I…” Triska said softly. Daniel reached over and unhooked the lantern from the roof, then smiled calmly at Triska.
    “Goodnight,” he said before pulling back into his part of the cabin, the curtain dropping to show an orange glow on the other side from the lantern. Triska, Alyssa, and Squeak sat there in silence as their side of the cabin became dark, the three girls then slowly returning to their sleeping spots while wondering what Daniel was going to do with Specca.
    Daniel hooked the lantern up next to the window in the back of the cabin then looked to Specca with a curious smile, the nixie watching him with a timid expression now.
    “Um… what did you have in mind for us?” she asked, her mind racing of many possible things the boy might do with, or to, her.
    Daniel chuckled then sat down on the sleeping blanket against the wall and motioned for Specca to come closer. The girl smiled bashfully and slowly came closer to him, getting down on her hands and knees to crawl over before sitting next to him, her tail sliding back along the wall behind Daniel as the boy watched her with an intrigued smile.
    “Well, this is like a first date for us, in a way,” Daniel pointed out, with Specca nodding with a blush. “So I thought, what would I want to do with Specca on our first date?”
    “I don’t know, what would you want to do with me?” Specca asked, growing even more excited for whatever the boy had planned.
    Daniel paused for a moment then reached to the side and pulled his backpack over to them, opening the flap and then presenting it to Specca.
    “First, I want you to pick out your favorite book from what I have here.”
    Specca looked at him with wonder then to the books in his bag.
    “Um, okay,” she said as she reached into the bag. She glanced over the titles then lifted a book out with a curious smile, wondering where Daniel was going with this. Daniel set his bag back over on the side of the cabin and looked at the book the girl had chosen.
    “Ah, The Temptress’ Key. That’s a rather good one.”
    “I’ve read it quite a few times back in Ashwood, I love the romance and action scenes so much. So, what now?”
    Daniel then gently slid one of his arms around behind her, the girl watching with surprise as he lifted her legs up with his other arm then brought her over to sit on his lap, the girl trembling a bit with a blush on her face as the boy held her upright against his shoulder while his other hand rested on her legs.
    “Daniel?” she asked under her breath, her heart feeling like it was going to leap out of her chest from him holding her like this. Daniel smiled at the girl then glanced to the book she was holding.
    “For our first date, Specca, I’d like to read your favorite story with you.”
    “What?”
    “I like to read and so do you,” Daniel reasoned. “So I thought, the ideal first date for the cute girl I found hiding in the library would be a good book to read with her.”
    Specca jumped with a small squeak and blushed further.
    “C-Cute? M-Me?”
    “Yes, you. Is this okay for a first date for you?”
    Specca glanced down to her lap then looked at Daniel with surprise as she realized something.
    “Daniel… I’m not… wearing… any…” she said softly, remembering that she was sitting on Daniel’s lap bare bottomed. The boy glanced down to her skirt then to her with a shrug.
    “I know, I don’t mind,” he assured her. “You are how you are Specca, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
    “Daniel,” Specca said softly as her tail slowly slid around his waist and held onto him, the girl using her reptilian appendage to keep him close. He smiled at her then glanced to the book in her hands, not minding the unique way of her holding him at all.
    “Is this an okay idea?”
    Specca nodded slowly as he looked into her eyes, the girl feeling her