Chapter 11 by c1ph4r

What's next?

Bob insists on showing Erica his new science project.

Originally posted to Writing.com - Erica's Great Adventure; ID#2056594 on 11-03-15 - 9:15pm

"I was hoping I'd find you around campus again," Bob exclaimed.

"Why?" Erica asked.

Bob looked at the ground, as if he was embarrassed. "Jake and I wanted to apologize for what happened to you before."

Erica blushed as she remembered when she was **** to strip naked because her clothes contained metal (buckles, buttons, etc.) that interfered with their liquid metal experiment when they demoed it in front of a panel of scientists. With her clothes locked away inside of a containment unit with a time-lock, programmed to remain shut for 24 hours, the two of them had been nice enough to let her hide under one of their spare lab coats. "That's all right, Bob. Don't worry about it."

"The thing is, we wanted to make it up to you," he explained.

"What?" Nancy demanded.

"Come to our demo. We just completed our project, and I promise what happened before won't happen again. I was going to head over there as soon as Jake comes back," Bob continued.

Nancy looked extremely upset. "You guys never invite me to see your work!"

"I don't know," Erica said. "Your liquid metal experiment didn't go over well with me there." She was on the fence about the invitation.

"Don't worry. We've had more time to finish this work. It's all completely safe, and what happened last time is exactly why we want you there. To make it up to you," Bob reassured her.

Erica looked at Bob, his face sincere; Then at Nancy, seething. "All right. Thank you for inviting me."

"Awesome. You won't regret it!" Bob exclaimed excitedly.

The door opened again and Jake entered the room only to be welcomed by Nancy's outburst. "If you're going to have that nudist go to your demo, then you're sure as hell going to be taking your girlfriend, too!" Nancy snapped at him.

"I am not a nudist!" Erica yelled at her.

"What?" Jake asked dumbly.

"Erica's on board for the demo!" Bob explained.

"Oh. Right!" Jake finally understood. He turned to face Nancy. "Of course you can come, too, babe." Nancy immediately calmed down. Jake addressed Bob again. "We better get going. It's time."

The four of them left the room to head to the demo.