"Adam?" Cassie asked, a little scared, a little confused, still a little annoyed. "Where are you?"
"In front of you," he repeated.
Cassie's obvious mind went nuts. Adam…Phantom? Her logical mind jumped in. Well, it does make sense. Her questioning mind interrupted. How? Phantom showed up…She realized the crucial dates. Just over three weeks after he passed the powers.
"Adam?" she questioned. "You're…Phantom?"
The black dressed young man reappeared in front of her, bending on one knee. "Yeah. You surprised?"
She thought for a moment. "Honestly? I'm stunned!"
He smiled, recognizing the reference to their first conversation. The smile shifted as he saw her expression. "You mad at me?"
Cassie swatted at him. "Of course not! What would make you think that?"
He looked at the ground sheepishly. "Not a lot of luck with the ladies," he admitted.
"What about Tanya?" she asked, searching for a subject, any subject to talk about. I don't want to talk about…that.
He sat on the ground, motioning for her to sit. She did, smoothing her blouse self-consciously. She caught herself, and placed her hands firmly in her lap. A smile crept over his face as he watched her. As she looked up she saw the grin. "What? Do I have mud on my shirt or something?" she asked. He shook his head, still smiling. "Then what's so funny?" she demanded.
"You are!" he said, unable to control the larger grin he was fighting with.
"I am?!" she asked indignantly.
"You are!" he confirmed.
A playful smile made its way onto her face. "If I'm so funny, why aren't you laughing?" She pretended to think for a moment. "Maybe I need to…" Her voice trailed off as she launched herself at him. She went start to the ticklish spots, under his arms, anywhere she could reach. Before she could really set in, he started with her, going anywhere he could. Before long both of them were rolling in the ground laughing. They finally sat up.
"You're crying!" Adam exclaimed amidst a burst of laughter. She swatted him again. That led to another bout of rolling on the ground, laughing so hard tears came to their eyes.
Short, short, yeah, yeah, but you wanted me to update and the next one's coming soon. (I hope.) Anyway, I had a plea in the last chapter about the name for my Ranger, but I've had no names! Gimme gimme gimme!
