" I know he said he liked me when we played the whole Truth or Doom game,
but I just don't get it Cat, I am confused. Wait! I know! He still felt
embarrassed about the whole game that he wanted to show me he liked me
privately, and he knew I liked this book, so he stuck this letter in about
how he really feels about me. Oh Radu!" she gushed. " That is very sweet.
This bump on my head! I better put tape or a giant Band-Aid across my
forehead so it doesn't look that bad. I think that is why Radu left
earlier. This bump is enormous! Harlan, I'm going to get you for this!"
Suzee took her ice pack, book and letter and headed out of the galley.
Harlan was in the Command Post trying his hand at navigation this time, with Rosie at the helm. He had felt bad about Suzee earlier and had also offered to do the dishes when it was her turn. Maybe that was why he was doing badly at navigating. Then he was not used to navigating. Rosie was doing well at the helm. She was doing a pretty good job at flying through dead meteors and space rocks. She had not hit anything so far and had managed to get around the little things as well, which should not have been hard anyway. Commander Goddard was looking on happily as his two students successfully made it through a field made up of floating space rocks and meteors.
" Great job!" Goddard smiled at Harlan and Rosie. Rosie jumped up and down.
" Did I do good at my first time at helm?" she asked him.
" Yes, you did!" Goddard beamed. " I am very proud of you!"
" What about me?" Harlan asked throwing his hands up in the air.
" You did well too Band," acknowledged Goddard. He did not get as much recognition as Rosie did. Harlan shook his head with a smile and walked out of the Command Post.
" Someday Rosie, you will be great at the helm!" Goddard put an arm around Rosie. She smiled and he gave her a high five.
Harlan began to run down the hall, not looking where he was going and bumped straight into Suzee who was carrying her book and an ice pack. He had almost knocked her down.
" Suzee, I'm sorry!" he said looking at her forehead. " For your forehead and for now. I feel bad, really I do. Let me make it up to you somehow."
" For my forehead okay," Suzee rubbed the top of her head making a face because her forehead still hurt. " But for this, don't worry about it. It's all right. I was just on my way to class. I need help with one of mechanical transdistatial physics problems for my project. I don't know what to do for this one. I just can't seem to solve it."
" I would help you, but you know, like Bova, I don't pay attention in class," Harlan smiled at her.
" I know," Suzee tried to smile. " Remember I get your dessert!" She began to walk down the hall.
" Unfortunately," Harlan shook his head. He should have just told Suzee that there was a wall there. Now he had to miss out on cookies and cream ice cream with hot fudge, whipped cream and sprinkles tonight. Harlan pretended to slap himself in the face. He looked down on the ground and noticed a piece of paper folded in thirds. " Hey Suzee!" he called out. " You left your problem here!" There was no response. Harlan shrugged his shoulders and picked up the piece of paper Suzee dropped. He opened up the piece of paper and noticed it was not a physics problem. He began to read it. " I can't live without your love?! My heart burns with passion for your love?!" Harlan fell against the wall with the letter clutched in his hand.
" Suzee is in love with me!" he whispered to himself. " I knew it! I had a feeling it was true and oh man is this great news!! I should have listened to Cat the first time when she told me that Suzee thought I was cute. I guess I am a ladies man! Heck, I knew I was a ladies man since I was three. Her heart burns with passion for my love? I think she was scared to tell me in person. No lady can resist my charm!" Harlan ran a hand through his braids and stood up proud and tall. " Time to work the charm!" Harlan headed off to the boys' bunkroom with the letter in tow.
" Sparkly white!" Harlan said flashing his best smile into the mirror he had put in between his and Radu's beds. Harlan had brushed his teeth three times, flossed and used mouthwash, all to impress Suzee, who was apparently in love with him according to the letter he had found on the floor. It was obvious that she had wanted him to find it. Harlan put on his best deodorant and the shirt that was the cleanest in his pile of clothes. Now that he knew Suzee wanted him for sure, he was going to try his best to impress her and not have her run into walls because he forgot to tell her they were still there. He heard the doors swoosh open as he was putting on some cologne. Rosie walked in the room.
" Sorry to bother you Harlan," Rosie said. She waved her hand in front of her face. " Do you have enough cologne on?"
" Just about enough," Harlan posed in front of the mirror. He then stopped and turned to Rosie. He walked over to Radu's bed where a mass of papers took over the top half of it. " Radu wanted you to have these. I think they are for your project." Harlan scooped up the papers and handed them to Rosie.
" Thank you Harlan," Rosie smiled at him.
" I threw a little surprise in there for you," Harlan gave her a wink.
" Ooh!!" Rosie said excitedly. She quickly scurried out the door with her papers.
Harlan continued to look at himself in the mirror after Rosie left. " Everything is looking good!"
Rosie took all of her papers back to the bunkroom and dumped them on her bed. Nobody was in there, and Rosie had assumed Suzee would be in here, but she wasn't. Rosie picked up a few papers that were in her pile and examined them. She could not seem to find a blueprint that she and Radu had made for an engine. Radu had said it was in the pile, but maybe Harlan knew where it was. After all, he had said there was a surprise in there for her. Rosie began to sift through more papers in hopes of finding the surprise from Harlan. Papers began to occupy the floor, but in the middle of her pile, she found a paper folded up in thirds. " Maybe this is it," Rosie said out loud to herself. She unfolded the piece of paper and began to read it. " You are hot and drop dead gorgeous?!" Rosie's face lit up with a big smile. " Harlan likes me!! No wait, scratch that, he LOVES me!!" Rosie began to blush and did a little dance around the room. " Harlan likes me, Harlan likes me!!" All of a sudden she stopped dancing and looked at Suzee's bed. " But I thought Harlan liked Suzee? Now I am confused! But now he likes me!" Rosie shoved all the papers from her bed onto the floor and pressed the letter to her chest. She jumped up on her bed and lied down. She began to think. " So that was why Harlan was putting on all that cologne and brushing his teeth for the first time in.days. He was doing it all for me!" Rosie jumped down from her bed and walked over to the bathroom where she could look at herself in the mirror. " I always wanted to get kissed by a future Stardog!" She gushed out loud with a hint of mischief. " Now I've got myself one! Time to go find Harlan and see what he is up to!" Rosie turned off the light in the bathroom and grabbed the letter she left on her bed and looked all over the room for a pen. She wanted to make some minor adjustments to the letter. At the end of the letter Rosie had written, " Let destiny help you find the way into my heart. You make me wild and crazy for you! Show me you feel the same way." Rosie giggled with the improvements that she made to the letter and ran out the door, trying not to over heat.
Harlan was waiting in the lounge for Radu to come and challenge him to a fencing match. Radu was running a little late and was usually there before Harlan was. He wondered what could have been taking Radu so long. Then again Harlan should not have put on so much cologne to fence Radu. But maybe the over powering smell of his cologne would stuff up Radu's nose and he would lose the match. Harlan smiled. It could work, he thought to himself. He heard the doors swoosh open. Looking over and thinking it was Radu, he got off the couch and reached over for his sword. But it was only Rosie carrying a piece of paper.
" Hey Rosie," he greeted her.
" Hellooo Harlan," she said mischievously walking towards him. " You smell nice today." She sniffed the air.
Harlan made a little face and thought Rosie was going all weird on him and was not sure to make of her new behavior. " I'm glad to see that you like my cologne. I think it's Radu's though, it has an 'R' on the bottom of it, but then again he will never notice."
" Well, it smells good on you!" Rosie smiled fluttering her eyes at him. " You should wear it more often."
" That is what I was thinking!" Harlan smiled back at her. " Thank you for the second opinion!"
" Anything for you," Rosie said moving over to stand next to him. She put her arms around Harlan.
Harlan did not know what to say or do at this point. Radu's cologne must attract people to him. Well whatever it did, it attracted Rosie to him. " You feeling okay Rosie?" he wanted to know.
" I feel.hot!" Rosie leaned on him. " Hot, hot, HOT!"
" Yes, I can feel the side of my thigh going up at least thirty degrees," Harlan nodded his head making yet another odd face. " But I need to save my strength and energy so that I can fence Radu!" He raised one of his arms in the air.
Rosie backed off a little and unlatched her arms from around Harlan. " Well, I hope you win!" She smiled cheerfully. Rosie reached into her pocket and pulled out the modified letter. She handed it to him. " This is for good luck." She blushed and practically danced her way out the door.
Harlan's jaw dropped. What was wrong with Rosie? There was definitely something wrong with her. Maybe he was wearing too much cologne? He was almost afraid to see what she had given him, but he did not want to be mean. Harlan opened the letter and began to read it.
" Some parts of this letter sound very familiar." Harlan drifted off. He continued to read anyway. " You make me wild and crazy for you?! WHAT?! Now Rosie is in love with me?! I make her wild and crazy?" Harlan sat back down on the couch.
What was happening to him? First Suzee, and now Rosie, something was happening and Harlan was not sure what it was. He had to admit though, he was enjoying this a little bit. " I am just turning the girls on with a switch!" Harlan walked straight out the door, just as Radu was walking in.
" Hey Harlan!" he called out to him from the door's entrance. " Aren't we going to fence?"
" Later on tonight!" Harlan shouted back. " I have some things to do!"
Radu was confused. What was going on around here? Some people were acting very strange, and he was not sure why.
Harlan was in the Command Post trying his hand at navigation this time, with Rosie at the helm. He had felt bad about Suzee earlier and had also offered to do the dishes when it was her turn. Maybe that was why he was doing badly at navigating. Then he was not used to navigating. Rosie was doing well at the helm. She was doing a pretty good job at flying through dead meteors and space rocks. She had not hit anything so far and had managed to get around the little things as well, which should not have been hard anyway. Commander Goddard was looking on happily as his two students successfully made it through a field made up of floating space rocks and meteors.
" Great job!" Goddard smiled at Harlan and Rosie. Rosie jumped up and down.
" Did I do good at my first time at helm?" she asked him.
" Yes, you did!" Goddard beamed. " I am very proud of you!"
" What about me?" Harlan asked throwing his hands up in the air.
" You did well too Band," acknowledged Goddard. He did not get as much recognition as Rosie did. Harlan shook his head with a smile and walked out of the Command Post.
" Someday Rosie, you will be great at the helm!" Goddard put an arm around Rosie. She smiled and he gave her a high five.
Harlan began to run down the hall, not looking where he was going and bumped straight into Suzee who was carrying her book and an ice pack. He had almost knocked her down.
" Suzee, I'm sorry!" he said looking at her forehead. " For your forehead and for now. I feel bad, really I do. Let me make it up to you somehow."
" For my forehead okay," Suzee rubbed the top of her head making a face because her forehead still hurt. " But for this, don't worry about it. It's all right. I was just on my way to class. I need help with one of mechanical transdistatial physics problems for my project. I don't know what to do for this one. I just can't seem to solve it."
" I would help you, but you know, like Bova, I don't pay attention in class," Harlan smiled at her.
" I know," Suzee tried to smile. " Remember I get your dessert!" She began to walk down the hall.
" Unfortunately," Harlan shook his head. He should have just told Suzee that there was a wall there. Now he had to miss out on cookies and cream ice cream with hot fudge, whipped cream and sprinkles tonight. Harlan pretended to slap himself in the face. He looked down on the ground and noticed a piece of paper folded in thirds. " Hey Suzee!" he called out. " You left your problem here!" There was no response. Harlan shrugged his shoulders and picked up the piece of paper Suzee dropped. He opened up the piece of paper and noticed it was not a physics problem. He began to read it. " I can't live without your love?! My heart burns with passion for your love?!" Harlan fell against the wall with the letter clutched in his hand.
" Suzee is in love with me!" he whispered to himself. " I knew it! I had a feeling it was true and oh man is this great news!! I should have listened to Cat the first time when she told me that Suzee thought I was cute. I guess I am a ladies man! Heck, I knew I was a ladies man since I was three. Her heart burns with passion for my love? I think she was scared to tell me in person. No lady can resist my charm!" Harlan ran a hand through his braids and stood up proud and tall. " Time to work the charm!" Harlan headed off to the boys' bunkroom with the letter in tow.
" Sparkly white!" Harlan said flashing his best smile into the mirror he had put in between his and Radu's beds. Harlan had brushed his teeth three times, flossed and used mouthwash, all to impress Suzee, who was apparently in love with him according to the letter he had found on the floor. It was obvious that she had wanted him to find it. Harlan put on his best deodorant and the shirt that was the cleanest in his pile of clothes. Now that he knew Suzee wanted him for sure, he was going to try his best to impress her and not have her run into walls because he forgot to tell her they were still there. He heard the doors swoosh open as he was putting on some cologne. Rosie walked in the room.
" Sorry to bother you Harlan," Rosie said. She waved her hand in front of her face. " Do you have enough cologne on?"
" Just about enough," Harlan posed in front of the mirror. He then stopped and turned to Rosie. He walked over to Radu's bed where a mass of papers took over the top half of it. " Radu wanted you to have these. I think they are for your project." Harlan scooped up the papers and handed them to Rosie.
" Thank you Harlan," Rosie smiled at him.
" I threw a little surprise in there for you," Harlan gave her a wink.
" Ooh!!" Rosie said excitedly. She quickly scurried out the door with her papers.
Harlan continued to look at himself in the mirror after Rosie left. " Everything is looking good!"
Rosie took all of her papers back to the bunkroom and dumped them on her bed. Nobody was in there, and Rosie had assumed Suzee would be in here, but she wasn't. Rosie picked up a few papers that were in her pile and examined them. She could not seem to find a blueprint that she and Radu had made for an engine. Radu had said it was in the pile, but maybe Harlan knew where it was. After all, he had said there was a surprise in there for her. Rosie began to sift through more papers in hopes of finding the surprise from Harlan. Papers began to occupy the floor, but in the middle of her pile, she found a paper folded up in thirds. " Maybe this is it," Rosie said out loud to herself. She unfolded the piece of paper and began to read it. " You are hot and drop dead gorgeous?!" Rosie's face lit up with a big smile. " Harlan likes me!! No wait, scratch that, he LOVES me!!" Rosie began to blush and did a little dance around the room. " Harlan likes me, Harlan likes me!!" All of a sudden she stopped dancing and looked at Suzee's bed. " But I thought Harlan liked Suzee? Now I am confused! But now he likes me!" Rosie shoved all the papers from her bed onto the floor and pressed the letter to her chest. She jumped up on her bed and lied down. She began to think. " So that was why Harlan was putting on all that cologne and brushing his teeth for the first time in.days. He was doing it all for me!" Rosie jumped down from her bed and walked over to the bathroom where she could look at herself in the mirror. " I always wanted to get kissed by a future Stardog!" She gushed out loud with a hint of mischief. " Now I've got myself one! Time to go find Harlan and see what he is up to!" Rosie turned off the light in the bathroom and grabbed the letter she left on her bed and looked all over the room for a pen. She wanted to make some minor adjustments to the letter. At the end of the letter Rosie had written, " Let destiny help you find the way into my heart. You make me wild and crazy for you! Show me you feel the same way." Rosie giggled with the improvements that she made to the letter and ran out the door, trying not to over heat.
Harlan was waiting in the lounge for Radu to come and challenge him to a fencing match. Radu was running a little late and was usually there before Harlan was. He wondered what could have been taking Radu so long. Then again Harlan should not have put on so much cologne to fence Radu. But maybe the over powering smell of his cologne would stuff up Radu's nose and he would lose the match. Harlan smiled. It could work, he thought to himself. He heard the doors swoosh open. Looking over and thinking it was Radu, he got off the couch and reached over for his sword. But it was only Rosie carrying a piece of paper.
" Hey Rosie," he greeted her.
" Hellooo Harlan," she said mischievously walking towards him. " You smell nice today." She sniffed the air.
Harlan made a little face and thought Rosie was going all weird on him and was not sure to make of her new behavior. " I'm glad to see that you like my cologne. I think it's Radu's though, it has an 'R' on the bottom of it, but then again he will never notice."
" Well, it smells good on you!" Rosie smiled fluttering her eyes at him. " You should wear it more often."
" That is what I was thinking!" Harlan smiled back at her. " Thank you for the second opinion!"
" Anything for you," Rosie said moving over to stand next to him. She put her arms around Harlan.
Harlan did not know what to say or do at this point. Radu's cologne must attract people to him. Well whatever it did, it attracted Rosie to him. " You feeling okay Rosie?" he wanted to know.
" I feel.hot!" Rosie leaned on him. " Hot, hot, HOT!"
" Yes, I can feel the side of my thigh going up at least thirty degrees," Harlan nodded his head making yet another odd face. " But I need to save my strength and energy so that I can fence Radu!" He raised one of his arms in the air.
Rosie backed off a little and unlatched her arms from around Harlan. " Well, I hope you win!" She smiled cheerfully. Rosie reached into her pocket and pulled out the modified letter. She handed it to him. " This is for good luck." She blushed and practically danced her way out the door.
Harlan's jaw dropped. What was wrong with Rosie? There was definitely something wrong with her. Maybe he was wearing too much cologne? He was almost afraid to see what she had given him, but he did not want to be mean. Harlan opened the letter and began to read it.
" Some parts of this letter sound very familiar." Harlan drifted off. He continued to read anyway. " You make me wild and crazy for you?! WHAT?! Now Rosie is in love with me?! I make her wild and crazy?" Harlan sat back down on the couch.
What was happening to him? First Suzee, and now Rosie, something was happening and Harlan was not sure what it was. He had to admit though, he was enjoying this a little bit. " I am just turning the girls on with a switch!" Harlan walked straight out the door, just as Radu was walking in.
" Hey Harlan!" he called out to him from the door's entrance. " Aren't we going to fence?"
" Later on tonight!" Harlan shouted back. " I have some things to do!"
Radu was confused. What was going on around here? Some people were acting very strange, and he was not sure why.