Astrologa is is sitting on the schoolyard stump. She'd like to play with the other kids that she likes, but they think she's weird. She goes up to the boy she likes, Astrom. "H-h-hi." She stutters.He glares up to her from his game of scientific debate with his best friends, Quantum and Physic. He doesn't give her any more recognition than that annoyed look. "Um, well" She begins, trying to think of what the cool think to say would be. "I thought it be really groovy if..." Quantum and Physic are beginning to giggle patronizingly, Astrom's face doesn't move. It holds it's solemn look through it all. but she continues. "I think it would be cool if, you know... if you'd let me play your game? Her voice was starting to trail off, she knew it was stupid, she'd ask so many times and this time would be no different.
"Alright." Astrom says, still looking serious. Astrologa is elated. She's never been so excited in her life. But Quantom and Physics begin openly questioning this action, "She shouldn't be playing with us Sciences, she should be over there with the philosophies, or the faiths!" And Quantum stands up ready to leave, "Bah, she says she backs up her research with facts and numbers.. but it's always theoretical."
"You should talk, Quantum. What facts have you brought in for us to play with recently?" Astrom stated. Quantum quickly shut up, and sat back down.
"Okay." Having taken control of the situation Astrom turned his attention to Astrologa. "In this game, I ask you, why should Pluto be a planet?"
Astrologa smiled warmly. "That's easy. Because it adds balance to my chart. Before you found Pluto I had..." Than she was interrupted.
"You still carry that chart around with you?" Physic snickered.
"Well, yeah." She said innocently.
"Aren't you a little old to drag that security blanket with you every day." He stated spitefully, trying to make a grab for the chart. Astrologa quickly pulled it away.
"Astrologa, you were saying about pluto?"
"Oh, yes... well... without pluto there is confusion. Mars is ruled by both Aries and Scorpio, it is forced between two homes, one is masculine, fire, active... the other feminine, water, passive. Sometimes they balance each other out. But it is a bigger hassle mathematically." She concluded. "And that is why Pluto is a planet."
"But it isn't a planet." Astrom said coldly. "It's too small, it's too far out, and there are dozens just like it out there. And it doesn't add balance."
Astrologa is nearing tears. "No. no. no! Pluto has to be a planet!" She shrieks. "No it cant' it can't be that way!!"
"Sorry, it is that way."Astrom states matter of factly.
"And... and... you need to find more planets. Where is Valcan?" She asked angrily.
"I don't know, ask some star trek nerds. They're always bothering me with that shit." Astrom stated, completely serious.
"No, not like that. We need a planet for Venus to rule! And than it wont need to be in Taurus. That should be earths planet anyway." She complained.
"Listen, I know how your little chart works, perhaps even better than you. The farther the planet is the slower it moves about the chart. If we found a ninth..."
"Tenth!" Astrologa tried to correct.
"Ninth!!!" Astrom stated loudly and firmly. "If we found another planet out there, and it fits our description of a planet than we'll be sure to call it Valcan, hell last time we diverged from the roman god shit we ended up with Uranus, and nobody wanted that."
"No, it's not fair!" she yelled, "You're cheating!" She than turned and stomped off.
And what was the point of that?" Physic asked Astrom.
Quantum answered. "I thought it was kind of entertaining. And you sure proved her wrong Astrom." Than Physic and Quantum began laughing at and mocking Astrologa. But Astrom just coldly watched her as she stormed off, and he thought to himself... how could he ever tell her his true feelings. Sure, he thought most of her ideas were silly. But she had tried to take his numbers, his planets, everything he had worked on. She tried to give them meaning. How couldn't he appreciate that, in some strange little way.Somehow, he had fallen in love with her.
She hated him though, and he wished she could have seen the love letter he had put right in front of her. Why did he take Pluto off the planets roaster. It wasn't because of science, it was because of love. But she hadn't even taken note of it. Putting Pluto back in with Mars in Aries, two opposing personalities. It was him and her. And that was what he was trying to say to her this whole time. But that was the only way he knew how.
...of course now she must hate him. Oh well, science heals all wounds.