What Arinel saw was a green bird with sunglasses driving off with her scooter.

"Hey, come back here!" she shouted, exasperated. "I need that to get back to work!"

The bird said nothing, and only gave her a raised middle finger as he drove off into the night.

"Oh no, this is not good! The pizza place is 12 miles away! I'll be walking all night to get back there!" Arinel groaned. "Well, better be on my way then..."

"Wait a minute, Miss Arinel," Nate said, approaching her. "I can't just let you walk that distance by yourself. It's not safe! So I'll tell you what. I'll let you stay the night at my house. I'll call the police and let them know about this incident, and you just have yourself a nice rest.

Arinel was touched by Nate's words. For someone to just offer her a place to stay after she had been scooter-jacked was the nicest thing she could have asked for. She had to thank him somehow.

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