Keeping her? It made Alex feel like a puppy, or a cute kitty. The idea made her laugh again. She tried to contain herself as the waitress came back to collect the empty dishes. If the woman thought the two of them were weird for laughing so loudly and so often, she was too well trained to let it show. Alex ordered two portions of their "surely delicious vegan chocolate cake", trying to keep her face neutral. She kept feeling the urge to make a funny face and try to get a laugh out of the straight-faced waitress. But she could let it pass for today, she was having enough fun already.
Alex pouted like a little girl when Erica confessed that she wouldn't stay long. "Aww," she complained. "That doesn't sound fair!" But she immediately shook her head and regained her eternal optimism. "Well, no point brooding over it and spoiling the next days because of that, no?" she said. "We'll just have to concentrate about one month of fun in five days," she added with a wink. "I'm not sure exactly where this place is," Alex added. "Though I suppose we could search it online, see if there's anything interesting nearby..." In her rose-tinted mind, Erica had already moved permanently at Archon's.