Chapter 41: Hi

Aila shook her thoughts off after the others caught up to them, and they continued with their day of shopping. By the end of it, Aila's feet were hurting, and her stomach was growling. They spent the whole day shopping and didn't stop since to eat or sit down. She didn't know how Ajax and Finn kept up or not showing their own boredom when the girls went into a store to buy makeup. 

"Gamma Chiara-" Aila mind-linked, but the Gamma cut her off, "Just Chiara. Please, I'd like to think of us as friends after going through the same exhausting experience!"

Aila giggled in reply and stopped when Nairi looked over suspiciously at the pair of them before continuing with their shopping. She forgot what she was going to ask the Gamma and ended up trudging through the rest of the day at the back of the group.