Only a Moment..
Chapter5
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"A Question To Ask.."Beep."
Pull blanket over head.
"Beep, beep, beep."
Roll over.
"Beep, beep . . . BEEP!"
Sit up, look around.
One flashlight was on at the door of the hole sending shadows over everything through the branches. Wufei glanced down at the spot next to him. Sally was not there. Turning he found her sitting a few feet away. She was still wrapped in the sleeping bag from the night before. Wufei rubbed his eyes.
"Sally what are you doing?" he asked.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." She turned back to the beeping object in her hands.
Wufei crawled over beside her to get a better look. It was a tracking beacon of some kind or other.
"Where did you get that?" Wufei asked.
"Actually, I kind of made it. From the other broken communicator that got trashed in the last swim in the river, some parts I picked up at the factory . . . and your razor. Hope you don't mind too much. I almost have it working."Argh women, some times you . . . " he trailed off not knowing the words he wanted.
"Drive me crazy?" Sally finished his sentence with a smile. He gazed into her eyes. They were laughing at him. He liked it. She looked so happy. But he would not be laughed at for any reason.
"You're laughing at me again."No, I'm not. Did it sound like I was laughing at you?"I can see it in your eyes. You're smiling."Is there anything wrong with that?"You should smile more often. You look beautiful when you do."
She felt a blush rise on her cheeks.
"So how is this thing of yours suppose to work?"
"Umm. Well see I used most of the broken communicator and rewire it so that instead of receiving a signal, it will transmit one. I've managed to adjust it to a preventor frequency, and have it on an SOS pattern. If they pick it up, they'll know where we are and be ably to pick us up when this storm passes."
"So until them were stuck in this hole because of the weather."That's what it looks like."
"Great."
"So."
"So."
"So what?"
"I don't know?"
"Don't know what your going on about.
"Well then why are you going on?"I don't know. You started this.
"Sense when?
"Sense now."
"Ya right."
"Damn right.
"I think you hit your head harder then I thought.
"I didn't hit my head.
"Yes you did."
"When?"
"After you fell off the bridge. You got a good wack on the head, and I thought you had drowned, but I guess you're just too stubborn to die like that. It took me forever to swim you to shore.
"You saved me?"
"Well . . . ya I guess . . . you still owe me twenty bucks from last week. Do you really think I would let you get out of that?"
Wufei smiled. "I should have known that you wouldn't let me get out of that for any reason." Closing his eyes, he leaned back against the wall when suddenly something hit him in the face. He opened his eyes and there was Sally's soft off-white, lace bra in his face. His eyes widened.
"Ummmmm . . . "Hehe."Sally your laughing at me again."Hehe. Sorry, but the look on your face was priceless. Sorry about that. I kind of hung a few things up to dry." Sally said looking around.
She had hung up most of their wet clothes around the small hole making it seem smaller still. Sally removed the bra from Wufei's face for he did not seem to want and touch a womanly undergarment for any reason, even if it was on his face. Thunder and rain continued outside the hollow tree which was now their home. They sat there quietly for a few moments not knowing really what to say. Well Sally not knowing what to say, Wufei was no great conversationalist to start with. Finally it came. What Sally had dreaded sense last night. Wufei spoke.
"Sally."
"Yes."
"May I ask you something?"..." Wufei took this as a response to the unasked question, and continued.
"I . . . I. Want to help you."
"You can't." Her face was turned away from him, as her hands played with the communicator. Just rolling it around trying to look like she was doing something.
"Please." He reached out his left hand and moved her falling hair from in front of her face. She jerked away turning further away.
Wufei didn't know what to do. He had never in the past four years of working together had she ever acted the way she was now. She was completely out of character for this situation. There was something hurting his partner and he was not going to stop till he found out what the problem was and solved it. The only thing was, was that Sally didn't want to talk about it, and he was already stretched to his vocal limit, and didn't have anywhere else to go from there. Wufei closed his eyes and took a deep breath. To do this he was going to have to break down a few walls of his, and somehow be able to break through hers. He needed to find the right words to get Sally to tell him what the matter was. He hopes it wasn't him. That he was not the reason she was crying in her sleep, or running in fear. She was the only person who he actually wanted to be partners with. No one else in HQ wanted any mission that he was going on because he couldn't stand anyone, and they couldn't stand him. But she had always been there somewhere close willing to go with him on dangerous missions. She was the only one who he could get along with. Well most of the time anyway. Sometimes they would get into arguments about one thing or another, but they most often came to an agreeable understanding. She would always say she was sorry, and once in a blue moon Wufei would do the same. Even when he got into his angry rages, she was the one who ended up calming him down. He wanted her back, and he was willing to do whatever it took to get his partner back. Wufei slid over behind her.
Slowly not to frighten her he wrapped his arms around her in a hug. "Sally what are you afraid of?"
He rested his chin on her head and closed his eyes the scent of her hair drugging him again. She stiffened. A drop of water splashed on Wufei's arm. He looked above him for a moment. No indication of leaking. Another drop. Sally trembled as she drew in a shake breath.
"You."
TBC . . .
Chapter5
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"A Question To Ask.."Beep."
Pull blanket over head.
"Beep, beep, beep."
Roll over.
"Beep, beep . . . BEEP!"
Sit up, look around.
One flashlight was on at the door of the hole sending shadows over everything through the branches. Wufei glanced down at the spot next to him. Sally was not there. Turning he found her sitting a few feet away. She was still wrapped in the sleeping bag from the night before. Wufei rubbed his eyes.
"Sally what are you doing?" he asked.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." She turned back to the beeping object in her hands.
Wufei crawled over beside her to get a better look. It was a tracking beacon of some kind or other.
"Where did you get that?" Wufei asked.
"Actually, I kind of made it. From the other broken communicator that got trashed in the last swim in the river, some parts I picked up at the factory . . . and your razor. Hope you don't mind too much. I almost have it working."Argh women, some times you . . . " he trailed off not knowing the words he wanted.
"Drive me crazy?" Sally finished his sentence with a smile. He gazed into her eyes. They were laughing at him. He liked it. She looked so happy. But he would not be laughed at for any reason.
"You're laughing at me again."No, I'm not. Did it sound like I was laughing at you?"I can see it in your eyes. You're smiling."Is there anything wrong with that?"You should smile more often. You look beautiful when you do."
She felt a blush rise on her cheeks.
"So how is this thing of yours suppose to work?"
"Umm. Well see I used most of the broken communicator and rewire it so that instead of receiving a signal, it will transmit one. I've managed to adjust it to a preventor frequency, and have it on an SOS pattern. If they pick it up, they'll know where we are and be ably to pick us up when this storm passes."
"So until them were stuck in this hole because of the weather."That's what it looks like."
"Great."
"So."
"So."
"So what?"
"I don't know?"
"Don't know what your going on about.
"Well then why are you going on?"I don't know. You started this.
"Sense when?
"Sense now."
"Ya right."
"Damn right.
"I think you hit your head harder then I thought.
"I didn't hit my head.
"Yes you did."
"When?"
"After you fell off the bridge. You got a good wack on the head, and I thought you had drowned, but I guess you're just too stubborn to die like that. It took me forever to swim you to shore.
"You saved me?"
"Well . . . ya I guess . . . you still owe me twenty bucks from last week. Do you really think I would let you get out of that?"
Wufei smiled. "I should have known that you wouldn't let me get out of that for any reason." Closing his eyes, he leaned back against the wall when suddenly something hit him in the face. He opened his eyes and there was Sally's soft off-white, lace bra in his face. His eyes widened.
"Ummmmm . . . "Hehe."Sally your laughing at me again."Hehe. Sorry, but the look on your face was priceless. Sorry about that. I kind of hung a few things up to dry." Sally said looking around.
She had hung up most of their wet clothes around the small hole making it seem smaller still. Sally removed the bra from Wufei's face for he did not seem to want and touch a womanly undergarment for any reason, even if it was on his face. Thunder and rain continued outside the hollow tree which was now their home. They sat there quietly for a few moments not knowing really what to say. Well Sally not knowing what to say, Wufei was no great conversationalist to start with. Finally it came. What Sally had dreaded sense last night. Wufei spoke.
"Sally."
"Yes."
"May I ask you something?"..." Wufei took this as a response to the unasked question, and continued.
"I . . . I. Want to help you."
"You can't." Her face was turned away from him, as her hands played with the communicator. Just rolling it around trying to look like she was doing something.
"Please." He reached out his left hand and moved her falling hair from in front of her face. She jerked away turning further away.
Wufei didn't know what to do. He had never in the past four years of working together had she ever acted the way she was now. She was completely out of character for this situation. There was something hurting his partner and he was not going to stop till he found out what the problem was and solved it. The only thing was, was that Sally didn't want to talk about it, and he was already stretched to his vocal limit, and didn't have anywhere else to go from there. Wufei closed his eyes and took a deep breath. To do this he was going to have to break down a few walls of his, and somehow be able to break through hers. He needed to find the right words to get Sally to tell him what the matter was. He hopes it wasn't him. That he was not the reason she was crying in her sleep, or running in fear. She was the only person who he actually wanted to be partners with. No one else in HQ wanted any mission that he was going on because he couldn't stand anyone, and they couldn't stand him. But she had always been there somewhere close willing to go with him on dangerous missions. She was the only one who he could get along with. Well most of the time anyway. Sometimes they would get into arguments about one thing or another, but they most often came to an agreeable understanding. She would always say she was sorry, and once in a blue moon Wufei would do the same. Even when he got into his angry rages, she was the one who ended up calming him down. He wanted her back, and he was willing to do whatever it took to get his partner back. Wufei slid over behind her.
Slowly not to frighten her he wrapped his arms around her in a hug. "Sally what are you afraid of?"
He rested his chin on her head and closed his eyes the scent of her hair drugging him again. She stiffened. A drop of water splashed on Wufei's arm. He looked above him for a moment. No indication of leaking. Another drop. Sally trembled as she drew in a shake breath.
"You."
TBC . . .