MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!
Chapter 7
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Wheeler sadly turns and walks away. I am torn. Part of me wants to continue making him feel guilty and beg for my forgiveness. Then part of me worries that he'll give up and stop fighting for me. What then? Then my plan will have backfired. I lay down on the hammock and contemplate the situation…Why am I being so childish anyways? I am being no better than Wheeler and his childish reasons for breaking up. All I want to do is go to him and have him hold me in his arms and kiss him and…
I know I am doing this to make him suffer, but I am making myself suffer as well. And laying in this damn hammock is adding to that suffering. I cannot stay here. This is where we would come to be alone where no one else could find us. Where I would lay for hours in his arms, sleeping, talking, kissing…alot of kissing. I must go. There are too many memories, too many reminders of how good things used to be. And it is my fault that we are not laying in this hammock right now, forgetting the events that transpired today. Pretending it never happened. It is my fault for being stubborn and not taking him back as soon as he admitted he was wrong…that is all I wanted…was for him to realize he was wrong…and when he did…what did I do? I was a fool. I had to make him suffer more. And now I am suffering more too. I am just as big an idiot as he is. We really are perfect for each other…which is exactly what I am going to tell him…tonight.
I consider going back to my cabin and changing out of my bikini and into some real clothes, but that is just precious time that I do not want to waste. I run back to his cabin as fast as I can. All of the lights are off. Maybe he is asleep…last night was a rough night and neither one of us slept very well…perhaps he went to be early...but I have a few things in mind that will wake him up.
I knock softly on the door so as not to startle him. No answer. Maybe he just wants to be left alone…but maybe if he knows it is me, he will open the door.
"Wheeler?"
Still no answer. So I pound harder on his door.
"WHEELER! Let me in…I need to talk to you."
Silence. And then I hear foot steps behind me.
I turn around quickly, hoping that it is Wheeler.
"Kwame? Have you seen Wheeler?"
"I am afraid you will not find him in there. Or at all. He left a few minutes ago."
"Left? Where did he go?"
"He did not say. He came out of his cabin with his knapsack and asked if either Ma-Ti or I would take him to the States," Kwame explains.
"Back to New York?"
"I do not know where he wanted to go. Just that it looked like he was planning on staying there for a while."
"I need to talk to him. It is very important…before he goes and does something stupid," I say.
"What do you think he would do?"
"I do not know…it is Wheeler…he is impulsive. What if he goes home and goes out with his friends?"
"And how is that a bad thing?" Kwame asks.
"I do not know…what if he goes out and has too much to drink. What if he gets drunk and…" I pause because I cannot even believe that I am thinking it.
"And what?" Kwame asks.
"Trish."
"What about her? Surly you do not think that Wheeler would…"
"Nyet, of course not…well, maybe…I do not know!" I say as I shake my head, trying to get the image out of my head. "We are not together…he is free to do what he wants."
"He wants you Linka," Kwame says as he puts his hand on my shoulder. "He will not betray you."
"But that is just it…it will not be a betrayal if he thinks that we are through…and Trish…she drinks…alot…and she gets flirty…and…well, they have a history."
"Whether you are officially together or not…Wheeler will not do anything because he will see it as a betrayal of you. It is why he would never do anything more than flirt with other girls. He would do it to get your attention, but would never do anything more because he was never interested in anyone else but you. Plus he knew that even though you tried not to show it, you cared for him and that if he ever did move on with another girl, it would hurt you. And he would never do that intentionally. He would not do it then, and he will not do it now."
"Thank you Kwame."
"You are welcome…now that you have calmed down, think about how you can get in touch with Wheeler."
"Bozhe Moy! I am so stupid! The communicator on the Geo Cruiser! And I can also track where they are going!" I shout as I rush towards the Crystal Chamber's control panel.
Once I get there and turn it on, I get a blank screen and no radio response. They are not showing up on the radar either.
"Chort voz mi!"
They must be in stealth mode…but why? We only do that when we are trying to sneak up on Eco Villains. Obviously, Wheeler is going out of his way to avoid me. Fine. He can shut off the radio, but Ma-Ti cannot shut off his power! So I close my eyes and concentrate…
"Ma-Ti…Ma-Ti, can you hear me? I need your help."
To Be Continued...
