Chapter 293 Date night___3
At the corner table in the restaurant, Jelly was chuckling as her head tilted left and right and she made exaggerated gestures with her face. "Amazing, even the governors are here on a date, wow." she said. "Settle down, they are just as human as we are." Zorl told her. "I don't know why everyone acts like Esong Wu is a god among men. He is simply an excellent strategist and fighter, nothing more, nothing less." "Hi-hi-hi, you sound petty and jealous." she laughed, Zorl shook his head and frowned his lips, "Not petty and not jealous, I am simply stating facts. And besides, I am your date here and I am beginning to get jealous because another man has caught your eyes." Jelly rolled her eyes and said, "Pffft, it's not another man, it's our lady governor Scarlet that has my attention. She is my idol, she is so cool, beautiful driven, and she has all these brilliant ideas in her head." Jelly sighed.
"I think you are all those things and more." the captain told her. Jelly's eyes widened, they became perfectly round and she blinked three times. "You do," she said. The words sounding more like a question than a statement.
"I do." he repeated. "You are bold, beautiful, brave, driven, cool and you have brilliant ideas too. Don't see yourself short Jelly bean." She gasped and laughed finding it quite witty of him to call her by the name of a new popular candy. He was not the first to make a reference ever since that bean shaped colorful candy hit the market. Normally it irked her but when he said, it, she found it humorous and it made her laugh. "Jelly bean, how original!!" she chuckled. "I know, I am the king of originality." he joked. "Since you are here with me, you must be my queen of originality." She put a hand on her cheek and said, "Hmm, I prefer jelly queen because that would make you jelly king."
He took a sip of the soda in his glass and smiled. "It's great to see you outside the office and uniform, you look much more handsome like this." she told him. Zorl leaned back against the chair and stretched his legs. These short legged chairs had been making him uncomfortable ever since he first sat down. He was enduring this discomfort for her and he was willing to endure much more as long as their connection continued to develop. "In that case, we should plan a second date so that you can see me out of the uniform again, and if that date goes well then we can do it much more often." he suggested. Jelly was excited and her eyes sparkled, but she limited her smile and said with a serious face, "We will see, it will depend on how this one ends. It's almost time for the concert to begin, we should go." He made a payment on the terminal which was attached to the table and then he helped her stand up and they left the restaurant.
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As they were leaving the restaurant,
he made sure to guard her closely since other people were leaving and the exit was slightly crowded. When someone bumped into her, he grabbed her shoulder gently and brought her closer to his body.
This little bit of closeness between them made Jelly so nervous and shy that she looked down, and pinched her arm to keep herself from blushing. But she could not keep her heart from beating so fast as if it was seeking to escape from her chest and run away on its own.
Zorl noticed the shyness she was exhibiting and he laughed softly.
The commotion dispersed and they left the restaurant finally.
"Tell me Jelly, do you plan to work in the media industry for the rest of your life?" He asked her when he held the door of the car open for her.
The care directly opposite of theirs was Esong's car, in which he and Scarlet were preparing to drive off as well and go to the Evergreen fields, the venue of the concert.
Scarlet gasped and she slapped Esong's right bicep four times, small sharp slaps which caused an itch.
"What, what? My wife, please don't slap the skin off your husband's arm." Esong complained.
It was as if Scarlet did not hear what Esong said, she just gasped and said in a whisper, "It's Jelly, the t.v reporter. She is the one on the date with captain Zorl!!!! On my God, I should share this with Mina and Lena immediately. This is so cute, the cold captain and the pretty reporter who melted his heart."
Esong hissed softly and gently extracted Scarlet's hand whose nails were digging into his bicep firmly away.
Scarlet looked at the red scratch mark she had put on his arm and she smiled nervously. "Sorry," she said softly.
Esong looked at the marks and said, "Not that I mind being scratched at the appropriate time but that time is not now. I don't understand what you find so exciting about that couple. We are way more interesting than them. What possible conversation could that cold man come up with with the exception of praising the RGB and overly inflating his detective skills." He mumbled.
"Calm down, before you rip my flesh apart." He said.
Scarlet looked at the red scratch mark she had put on his arm and she smiled nervously. "Sorry," she said softly.
Esong looked at the marks and said, "Not that I mind being scratched at the appropriate time but that time is not now. I don't understand what you find so exciting about that couple. We are way more interesting than them. What possible conversation could that cold man come up with with the exception of praising the RGB and overly inflating his detective skills." He mumbled.
"Shh!!!" She hissed and looked around.
"They can't hear us, don't worry." He assured her. "Even if they could, what have I said that is not true?"
Again, she put her index finger on her lips and hissed at him, "Shhhh!" She said.
He shook his head in disbelief and said to her, "You are a lost cause, I blame this on those unrealistic soaps."
She laughed as the cars took off, driving a short distance to the fields which were easily accessible.
They entered through a different gate that was used by the governors and other city officials.
The Evergreen fields had four access points and all were open for use on this night. One was for VIP's, one for officials and two for commoners.
The fields had been transformed and a large floating stage was hanging in the air. Transparent private boxes for officials and VIP's were also hanging high up. Some were closer to the stage than others.
For the commoners, some would be seating in the pews and others would be standing in the field but a shield separated them from the large stage, preventing them from climbing up using the steps which went up to the floating stage.
A barrier had been set up around the entire field and on the outside it showed miss Du Fyne's holograms while the inside showed the stage and the venue. It was like one big round screen from top to bottom.
As soon as one entered the field, they could purchase different items with miss Du Fyne's image or hologram.
Scarlet was happy to see that glow sticks also existed in the interstellar. A clever craftsman had also come up with glowing foam fingers. Sweet cold drinks which had been diluted were being sold by wise individuals who got permits to sell drinks and snacks at the venue.
Music was already playing when Scarlet and Esong were elevated to their private box. She felt pumped and excited, ready to have a good time.