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Chapter Three - Just in here so there won't be a plot hole
Hilde got up the next morning, took a shower, and opened the scrap yard for business as on any Monday morning in early summer. She sat at her desk in the trailer they had next to the yard for business purposes (she and Duo lived in a better section of town now), twirling her pencil. Bored beyond all reason, Hilde picked up the phone and called her boyfriend.
"Hey Sammy," she said cheerfully. "I'm sorry I haven't called. It's only been two days." She sighed, listening to Samuel rant and rave on the other line. She figured he got a low grade on his college finals. Samuel was 23, and finishing college. That fall, Hilde was going to start going to the L2 Frankfurt College, the main college on the colony. She'd had good grades in high school because Duo helped her out in her junior and senior years. Frowning, she realized that Sammy could never be as smart as Duo.
Sighing, Hilde looked at the ceiling until her boyfriend was done. "Wanna go do something this week?" she asked him. "Okay, um, seven?" smiling, she wondered where they were going to eat and what movie they were going to see on Friday. "Yea, I." Hilde's eyes widened. She couldn't bring herself to say, "I love you." And she didn't know why. She never planned on marrying her boyfriends, but that never mattered when they said it, so she would say it back, no problem. Hanging up, she frowned at the scrape yard's record book, which she was trying to fill out. As if on cue, Duo waltzed in, looking happier than he had in a while.
"Hi Duo." She said, smiling at him. Duo grinned. "Hey babe," he said. "Guess what?" "What?" Hilde said, quickly looking back at the book. Duo had grease smeared on his cheek, and he was wearing a black tank top with worn blue jeans. It wasn't what he normally wore - he didn't like it that much - but he usually wore it when he was doing something messy. Hilde hated to admit it, but he definitely looked cute.
"I just made the sweetest deal." Duo said, dropping an envelope on the desk in front of her. "How much?" she asked, getting exited. Duo's grin widened. "5 thou." "What?!" Hilde nearly jumped out of her skin. "Oh my God!" Chuckling, Duo walked out, singing "we're in the money," and any other casino song he could come up with. A couple hours later, after Hilde finally wrote that down in the book (she had trouble steadying her hands - 5 thousand dollars is a lot of money), Duo came back out. He wasn't quite as happy, and his almost forced smile was fading.
"Hey Hilde-babe," he said. "Hm?" "I gotta go somewhere," he said, leaning against the doorframe and sticking his hands in his pockets. "I don't know when I'll be back," he told her. "Hopefully you won't be opening the yard without me tomorrow." With that, he winked at her and left.
"Um, bye Duo!" Hilde shouted after him, grateful for his wonderful people skills, and his knack for "deal-making." She didn't even realize that he hadn't been wearing the same clothes he had earlier until she was closing the scrap yard.
"Huh," she said, then shrugged. So, Duo changed clothes - what's weird about that? He didn't particularly like being unclean; he didn't mind it when he was working, but otherwise, he was never dirty. She liked that about him. In fact, she liked a lot of things about him.
Chapter Three - Just in here so there won't be a plot hole
Hilde got up the next morning, took a shower, and opened the scrap yard for business as on any Monday morning in early summer. She sat at her desk in the trailer they had next to the yard for business purposes (she and Duo lived in a better section of town now), twirling her pencil. Bored beyond all reason, Hilde picked up the phone and called her boyfriend.
"Hey Sammy," she said cheerfully. "I'm sorry I haven't called. It's only been two days." She sighed, listening to Samuel rant and rave on the other line. She figured he got a low grade on his college finals. Samuel was 23, and finishing college. That fall, Hilde was going to start going to the L2 Frankfurt College, the main college on the colony. She'd had good grades in high school because Duo helped her out in her junior and senior years. Frowning, she realized that Sammy could never be as smart as Duo.
Sighing, Hilde looked at the ceiling until her boyfriend was done. "Wanna go do something this week?" she asked him. "Okay, um, seven?" smiling, she wondered where they were going to eat and what movie they were going to see on Friday. "Yea, I." Hilde's eyes widened. She couldn't bring herself to say, "I love you." And she didn't know why. She never planned on marrying her boyfriends, but that never mattered when they said it, so she would say it back, no problem. Hanging up, she frowned at the scrape yard's record book, which she was trying to fill out. As if on cue, Duo waltzed in, looking happier than he had in a while.
"Hi Duo." She said, smiling at him. Duo grinned. "Hey babe," he said. "Guess what?" "What?" Hilde said, quickly looking back at the book. Duo had grease smeared on his cheek, and he was wearing a black tank top with worn blue jeans. It wasn't what he normally wore - he didn't like it that much - but he usually wore it when he was doing something messy. Hilde hated to admit it, but he definitely looked cute.
"I just made the sweetest deal." Duo said, dropping an envelope on the desk in front of her. "How much?" she asked, getting exited. Duo's grin widened. "5 thou." "What?!" Hilde nearly jumped out of her skin. "Oh my God!" Chuckling, Duo walked out, singing "we're in the money," and any other casino song he could come up with. A couple hours later, after Hilde finally wrote that down in the book (she had trouble steadying her hands - 5 thousand dollars is a lot of money), Duo came back out. He wasn't quite as happy, and his almost forced smile was fading.
"Hey Hilde-babe," he said. "Hm?" "I gotta go somewhere," he said, leaning against the doorframe and sticking his hands in his pockets. "I don't know when I'll be back," he told her. "Hopefully you won't be opening the yard without me tomorrow." With that, he winked at her and left.
"Um, bye Duo!" Hilde shouted after him, grateful for his wonderful people skills, and his knack for "deal-making." She didn't even realize that he hadn't been wearing the same clothes he had earlier until she was closing the scrap yard.
"Huh," she said, then shrugged. So, Duo changed clothes - what's weird about that? He didn't particularly like being unclean; he didn't mind it when he was working, but otherwise, he was never dirty. She liked that about him. In fact, she liked a lot of things about him.
