Chapter 2:
Gary was waiting outside of Burger King, right on time for Carmen. It wasn't very crowed, and she wasn't there yet.
Then he saw her. She was walking up on the side of the road towards him. She was wearing a jacket, since it was chilly out, and had her hands in her pockets. Her hair was blowing around behind her in the wind.
She smiled when she saw him, and hurried the rest of the way.
"Hey!" she said.
"Hey!" he answered, and smiled back. "Finish your project yet?"
"Of course I did!" she said, smiling mischievously back at him and she walked into the restaurant. Gary followed her in.
When they had ordered and gotten their food, Carmen started again.
"So have you figured out why you've been so nervous today?"
"Look, Carmen, I already told you!" he argued.
"No you didn't! All you said was you don't know. I have a feeling you know. You don't want to hurt my feelings by hiding something from me do you?" she made a fake frown.
"Alright alright. It's about the...." he leaned forward and whispered, "Great Spy Competition."
"THAT'S why you've been worried? But I've never seen you worried about a mission or challenge," she said. "Isn't that in two days?" she added.
"Yes, but I guess I am a little nervous about it. I've been waiting for it my whole life-"
"And that's why you shouldn't be worried. Come on Gary you can beat anyone that comes into the ring."
"You're just saying that."
"No I'm not!"
"Fine," he sighed. "It's a shame you aren't entering."
"Yeah... But that mission I'm sent on that day is really important!"
"I know! I didn't say it wasn't.... another thing is that if I win, you won't be there to see it!"
Carmen smiled. "I might not BE there, but I'll be watching with my watch camra. And you know I'm cheering for you the whole way!"
Gary smiled again as he finished eating.
*
Gary slide his arm around Carmen's back as they walked out of the store. It was almost completely dark out now, except for the big, bright, and beautiful moon up in the sky. Oh yeah and don't forget the streetlights.
"Wanna come by my house and stay for a while?" Carmen said. When she breathed Gary could she her breath come out in a white swirl in the cold air.
"Yeah I'd like that." he said, and smiled again.
*
Juni sat in the kitchen, bored. He had been kicked out of the living room because Gary and Carmen had wanted that room to be "alone."
"When I get a girlfriend I'm gonna kick her out of the HOUSE! Teach her to kick me out when my favorite show is on." he mumbled.
Their Thumb-Thumb maid walked by and gave Juni a piece of cake.
"What's this for?" he asked, but he didn't care. He just ate it. Hey, it was cake!
"Must be to make me feel better." he said. He thanked the thumb-thumb and went up to his room.
When he got upstairs, he realized he had a new message from the President's daughter.
"Hey! I haven't heard from her in ages!" he exclaimed, and sat down to read it.
*
"Bye Carmen! See you before we leave for our missions!" Gary said, and he gently kissed Carmen on the Cortez's doorstep before he left.
"Bye!" she called. "Can good luck." she said softly, even though she had time to say it the next time they saw each other.
Gary was waiting outside of Burger King, right on time for Carmen. It wasn't very crowed, and she wasn't there yet.
Then he saw her. She was walking up on the side of the road towards him. She was wearing a jacket, since it was chilly out, and had her hands in her pockets. Her hair was blowing around behind her in the wind.
She smiled when she saw him, and hurried the rest of the way.
"Hey!" she said.
"Hey!" he answered, and smiled back. "Finish your project yet?"
"Of course I did!" she said, smiling mischievously back at him and she walked into the restaurant. Gary followed her in.
When they had ordered and gotten their food, Carmen started again.
"So have you figured out why you've been so nervous today?"
"Look, Carmen, I already told you!" he argued.
"No you didn't! All you said was you don't know. I have a feeling you know. You don't want to hurt my feelings by hiding something from me do you?" she made a fake frown.
"Alright alright. It's about the...." he leaned forward and whispered, "Great Spy Competition."
"THAT'S why you've been worried? But I've never seen you worried about a mission or challenge," she said. "Isn't that in two days?" she added.
"Yes, but I guess I am a little nervous about it. I've been waiting for it my whole life-"
"And that's why you shouldn't be worried. Come on Gary you can beat anyone that comes into the ring."
"You're just saying that."
"No I'm not!"
"Fine," he sighed. "It's a shame you aren't entering."
"Yeah... But that mission I'm sent on that day is really important!"
"I know! I didn't say it wasn't.... another thing is that if I win, you won't be there to see it!"
Carmen smiled. "I might not BE there, but I'll be watching with my watch camra. And you know I'm cheering for you the whole way!"
Gary smiled again as he finished eating.
*
Gary slide his arm around Carmen's back as they walked out of the store. It was almost completely dark out now, except for the big, bright, and beautiful moon up in the sky. Oh yeah and don't forget the streetlights.
"Wanna come by my house and stay for a while?" Carmen said. When she breathed Gary could she her breath come out in a white swirl in the cold air.
"Yeah I'd like that." he said, and smiled again.
*
Juni sat in the kitchen, bored. He had been kicked out of the living room because Gary and Carmen had wanted that room to be "alone."
"When I get a girlfriend I'm gonna kick her out of the HOUSE! Teach her to kick me out when my favorite show is on." he mumbled.
Their Thumb-Thumb maid walked by and gave Juni a piece of cake.
"What's this for?" he asked, but he didn't care. He just ate it. Hey, it was cake!
"Must be to make me feel better." he said. He thanked the thumb-thumb and went up to his room.
When he got upstairs, he realized he had a new message from the President's daughter.
"Hey! I haven't heard from her in ages!" he exclaimed, and sat down to read it.
*
"Bye Carmen! See you before we leave for our missions!" Gary said, and he gently kissed Carmen on the Cortez's doorstep before he left.
"Bye!" she called. "Can good luck." she said softly, even though she had time to say it the next time they saw each other.