Ariane had been very excited about Sirpa's date, and was now drapped across her own couch slightly discouraged that nothing exciting was happening in her own life.
Adian had been in his living room, and although he didn't understand the girls when they were jabbering away, he could tell at the moment Ariane was not feeling herself. So he poked his head into her living room, not wanting to intrude. "Um... are you okay?"
She sighed, "I guess..."
Adian had a feeling he'd have to press a little more. "How about's we go outside for a bit?"
"I dunno..." Ariane was feeling a bit more than apathetic.
Adian had no idea if he should keep pressing it, or just let her feel down. And then an idea struck him - maybe she wanted to go on a picnic like Sirpa, and was feeling left behind!
The poor boy hadn't exactly realized what kind of picnic Sirpa had gone on...
However, he put his plan into action anyway, and scooted off to the kitchen, and packed a picnic lunch for the two of them.
He then went back and popped his head in again.
Ariane had changed positions, and looked even more bored this time, as half of her was on the floor, and half of her was on the couch. And the half of her on the floor was her head...
"Um... I hope I'm not interupting anything..."
She flipped around, so she was right-side-up again. "No... not at all..." The words were strung with long pauses of boredom.
"Well, I thought since Sirpa got to go on a picnic, perhaps we should have one our out own..."
Ariane raised an eyebrow...
...which made Adian rather nervous. "Well, I didn't really meant to plan without you, but I thought it would be nice, so I packed us a picnic lunch already..."
Ariane hopped up, "Not to sound ungrateful, because it's a wonderful idea. But... I didn't know you thought of me that way!"
Adian was darn confused. "What way?"
"Well, silly, Sirpa and Squishy are on a date!"
"Oh... well... um..." He wasn't entirely sure he thought of her that way, but he wasn't totally unsure that he didn't think of her that way, either. "Does that mean we can't have a picnic then?"
"No! It doesn't mean that at all... I'd love to go on a picnic with you!"
Adian felt much better now, "Wonderful! Well, I'm ready when you are... It's already packed and all..."
"Aww, that's so lovely of you, let's go right away!"
And so, the two left a note for Sirpa, in case she got back before them, and headed off to have their own picnic. heart
