Chapter 46

During the meal, Sirena realized that Fey had almost successfully diverted her attention from the appearance of a remarkably handsome angel in her life. Determined to get some answers, Sirena pestered Fey about it throughout their meal and afterwards. Despite Fey’s most skilled efforts, no amount of distraction was able to get the mermaid permanently off the topic. Finally, Fey resorted to the non-confrontation method of resistance, making only vague sounds in response to Sirena’s questions.“It was a date, wasn’t it? Admit it,” Sirena said as they left Seaport.“If you say so.” Fey sped up her walk to make it hard for her shorter friend to keep up.Sirena was having none of it. She hooked her elbow around Fey’s arm and latched on. “You can’t escape my questions by running.”“One, I totally could, and two, I’m not running.”“Um, where are we going?” asked Blade. Feeling sorry for Fey, he had attempted to change the subject quite a few times, to even less effect than Fey’s distractions (*low manipulation level*).“Yeah, where are we going?” Sirena repeated teasingly.Fey gestured ahead with her free arm. “That way.”“Are you sure you’re not running? Methinks(1) that you’re running.”“Positive.” Fey did indeed have an intended destination, but to reveal it would add more fuel to Sirena’s pestering fire.Sirena began to hum the chorus from the song “U Got It Bad”.Fey rolled her eyes. Other than the title (which didn’t count because it wasn’t spelled correctly), none of the lyrics applied to her.When she received no response, Sirena ended up singing through the entire song. She switched to telepathy because it sounded better.