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Chapter 4 Enter the Sky Cowboy
"Man I'm telling you she is perfect for you. You both like helping people and…" Carter wasn't listening to his best friend Joel Rawlings. Joel was always chasing after some pretty girl. Now though he was trying to juggle five books, a cup of coffee and his lunch trey. They were in the university's cafeteria.
"Man if you put half of your mind on your homework you'd have no problem with your school work." Carter shook his head even as he found them a small table off along the far wall.
"But what fun would that be?" Joel frowning.
"Man life isn't always fun." Carter told him taking the lid off his soup.
"I know," Joel sighed then said. "Maybe if you lightened up you might at least have a little."
"Hey I have plenty of fun." Carter argued crumbling crackers into his soup.
"Between studying, rescuing people from fires and saving children from wrecks what else is there time for?" The green sweater clad young man asked.
Carter didn't hear his friend as his eyes fell on a figure coming through the door. Her pretty blonde hair was pulled back into a white headband and she wore a rose colored sweater. Still he recognized her as Dana, the girl from the accident.
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Dana scanned the room for an empty table as she passed through the line. She didn't see one as she grabbed her chicken salad and iced tea. Why was it Prof Nelson always had to keep them so late? If he'd just let them go on time she might actually one day find a table to eat at. She really hated sitting on a bench in the hall.
Dana was just heading for the doorway when she heard the voice.
'Dana!" Turning her head she scanned the crowd for the owner of that voice and it wasn't long before they fell on the caramel haired guy in red standing by a table near a window.
She smiled when she saw he was indicating for her to join him but as she neared him she spotted another young man at the table.
"Dana hey." Carter was saying as she reached them. She was a little surprised when he got to his feet to pull out a chair for her.
"Hi. I didn't know you come here." She smiled at him.
"Oh well we really didn't' have that much time to talk before, with the crash and then the call…" he shrugged as he once more took his seat.
"Ha hem." The sound of the other young man's throat clearing seemed to bring Carter back to the present and he blushed a little.
"Dana Mitchell this is Joel Rawlings, stunt pilot and sometimes rescue worker." He said adding, "Joel this is Dana Mitchell, paramedic and student." Carter said easily and the two shook hands.
"Nice to meet you." She said and Joel nodded smiling a little mischievously.
"So how did you two meet?" Joel asked looking at Carter, wondering obviously why he'd not mentioned this girl.
"Remember what you were saying about me being so busy rescuing people? Well it was being busy that helped me this time." Carter smirked at the other man.
"Wait you met at a fire?" Joel's brows shot up.
"Actually a car accident." Dana put in and Joel looked from one of them to the other.
"Oh, you were the girl diving to save the kids?" He asked then remembering how Carter had gone on a little much about some blonde that had risked her own neck to save them.
"Yeah, not to smart at that." Dana muttered as she unwrapped her plastic ware.
"Hey," Dana found the hand covering hers and she looked up as Carter went on. "You saved them."
"With your help." She reminded him.
"So have you to gone on your first date yet?" Joel broke in seeing that this was a touchy topic.
"Joel…" Carter rolled his eyes sitting back in his seat and Dana wanted to hide under the table.
"Hey you two have a lot in common and so…" Joel shrugged as if in his mind that said it al.
"We just like to help people." Carter said quickly, not wanting his friend to embarrass the girl any more than he'd already done.
"And you both blush a lot." Joel pointed out as if Carter hadn't spoke at al.
"Joel man give it a rest." Carter muttered a little annoyed.
"Man I'm serious." Joel said and Carter gave him a look before turning back to Dana.
"Just ignore him, he thinks the only important things in life are flying and chasing girls." The young man in red said in exasperation and Dana laughed.
"Hey it's fun." Joel defended himself.
"Well, some of us have…"Carter began but Dana cut him off.
"You know something funny?"
"What's that?" Carter asked shutting Joel out.
"Ryan said the same thing." Dana admitted a little sheepish.
"You're kidding." He laughed too. What was the universe trying to set them up?
"No," she said then added thoughtfully. You know its good we're in the same field."
"Man that must have been…" Joel tried to put in his too sense but Carter cut him off.
"Well, this might be kind of forward but we could just go out and put their urgings to rest." He suggested.
"You think?" She asked and Dana couldn't keep the hopefulness from her voice. She'd been thinking about going out with Carter since the other day and now.
"Yeah, besides it might be fun." He pointed out.
"When?" Dana asked thoughtfully.
"Well I work tomorrow night so UN tonight?"
"Hmm, I have a lot of studying to get caught up on but…"Dana knew what had to be done but what she really wanted to do. "Tonight would be great."
"How about it then?" He asked hopefully.
"It's a date." Dana grinned and then she gave him her address.
TBC
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