He looked at her with great interest and suddenly she felt self conscious.  “I’m nineteen.” he said softly.  His voice was a bit raspy but pleasant and E.V noticed that he had a crooked smile and straight teeth.  “How old are you?” he asked.  Not once did she see him look away from her face and that only made her flush more.

She smiled and said, “I’m twenty three.  You know, I actually thought you were younger.  More like fifteen or something.”  He blushed in acknowledgement because just about everyone he met thought he was very young.  When she looked down for the briefest moment he took his chance to look her up and down and wondered if he even had a chance or if his youthful looks or maybe even his limp would keep her away.

“Hey, your mom wants you.” Vivian said as she came upon them grinning stupidly at each other.  He nodded and Vivian thought that the color of his eyes changed from green to hazel to light brown.  She watched him limp over to his mother and turned curiously to E.V, “What was that about?”

It wasn’t like she had never seen E.V become attracted to anyone before but usually that only happened if they were staying a few days in a town and especially not just a few moments after meeting them.  With Roderigo gone she knew that she would of course have to play both friend and guardian and she gave E.V an awkward grin.

E.V shrugged and said, “I don’t know.  He’s nineteen but still too young to be worth anything.”  Vivian laughed when she realized what E.V was talking about.  “Well, I was talking to Dia and she said that they came because of the smoke.  They clapped because they thought that we meant to call people.  They’re coming with us to the next town.  E.V’s face went crimson again and she nodded before getting into the driver seat.  When she was about to shut the door Vivian grabbed it and said, “Yeah, I’m driving.  I’m not sitting in the back with some munchkin.” 

A wave of reluctance washed over her and she looked from Vivian to the Icio’s and then back to Vivian before getting out and going around the car to get in behind the passenger seat.  Vivian saw the look on her face and said, “Just be nice.  We’ll be in the next town in no time.”  At first Dia was going to get into the back with E.V but then she and Marxes caught each other’s eyes and they switched places.

http://authspot.com/short-stories/roderigo/

http://quazen.com/arts/airiahnna-ventum/

http://authspot.com/novels/crypto-hibii/

http://authspot.com/novels/poama-nobi/

http://gameolosophy.com/games/sports/total-club-manager/molly/

The seventh will be titled “The Voice” (I submitted them at the same time)