Of Rocks And Robots Ch. 13 - A Work Of Art

Of Rocks and Robots Ch. 13 - A Work of Art

Varian was just putting away the last piece of the portal when Honey Lemon burst through the lab door. He and the rest of their friends were packing up his stuff to move into his new private laboratory. Having disassembled the device yesterday, he planned on moving everything today and to start rebuilding upon the morrow. If all went well, he could have his invention up and running again by Friday.

Honey Lemon however took no notice of the task her friends were currently busy with. She was far too excited about the news she had to share while she waved two small slips of paper in the air.

“Guess what I have?!” She exclaimed in a singsong voice and, before anybody could answer, blurted out, “Tickets to the newest exhibit at the San Fansokyo Art Museum! Who wants to come with?!”

“Ah..gee, that sounds great, Honey Lemon buuuut….” Hiro searched the lab looking for an excuse, his eyes landing on Wasabi who stood next to him, “Wasabi and I have a group project to do this week.”

“We do?”

Hiro gave Wasabi a nudge in the ribs.

“Oh! Oh, we do!” Wasabi caught on and collaborated with his friend’s lie. “Big project. We’ll be busy with it all this week and possibly the weekend.”

Honey Lemon narrowed her eyes and gave them a pout, clearly not believing them. They however could only nervously laugh and held onto their plastered grins.

Honey Lemon shrugged. “Oh well I’m sure someone else will go with me, liiike my best friend, perhaps?” She leaned in close to Gogo as she said this and gave her a big smile.

But Gogo wasn’t having any of it.

“No.” She said and turned back to packing.

Honey Lemon’s face fell. She looked about the room to see who was left. “Freddie?”

“Sorry, Honey Lemon,” Fred answered. “I’d love to, but after the museum found out I was the one behind the water fountain incident I’ve been banned from the building.”

“Won’t anyone go with me to see the Da Vinci exhibit?” She wailed in exasperation.

Varian’s ears perked up. “Da Vinci? As in Leonardo da Vinci ? The famous painter and inventor!?”

Honey Lemon inhaled in renewed excitement as she began to regain hope. “Yes! They have a bunch of his paintings on loan from Paris.”

“Oh, oh, do they have his blueprints for a flying machine on display?” Varian asked, his own excitement now beginning to match hers.

“Uh huh! They even have the Mona Lisa!” She squealed. “Do you wanna come?”

“Would I?!” He breathlessly laughed.

“Yaaaay!” Honey Lemon hopped up and down repeatedly, barely unable to restrain her excitement. She then grabbed Varian into a big hug catching him off guard. He was still in a daze when she pulled away.

“We’ll meet up at the bus stop after school tomorrow, okay?”

“Okay.” Varian agreed hazily. He still hadn’t gotten used to the girl’s exuberant nature.

“I can’t wait!” She gave another squee and hurried off to her next class.