-Chapter 2-
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Wheeler snuck a looked at the lovely blonde in the
passenger's seat of the Geo-Boat and smiled- he had never been
nervous around girls until Linka came along. He always been trying
to get their attention and he'd always get negative feedback, in
computer terms. With Linka, however, he never had to try to get her
attention- it was his from the moment they met on the shore of Hope
Island, which was a very pleasant first. The only problem was that
neither of them was bold (or brazen) enough to ask for anything more
than a good friendship. He wanted something to be done about it,
but he had no clue what it was he wanted.
Linka spotted him peeking at her from the
corner of her eye and said, in a teasingly annoyed voice, "Keep your
eyes on the destination, Wheeler. You American boys may think I
can't see you watching me, but I have eyes on the side of my face,
just so I can catch you!" There was a smirk on her lips when she
said that.
Wheeler laughed contentedly as he returned his attention
back to the watery road. "Yes, ma'am!"
"Ah, Linka," Gi said, "I think the phrase is 'In the back
of my head', not 'On the side of my face.'" Even when she was in a
good mood, she was always practical.
Good old Gi, Linka though before replying playfully, "Nyet, Gi- not
for my Wheeler! I saw him watching me out of the corner of my eye."
Surprised at what he heard come from Linka,
Wheeler, who had gotten out to help Ma-Ti dock the Geo-Boat, looked
at the Russian beauty. "Huh? What was that, Babe," he asked with
as much surprise in his voice as was in his mind.
"Oh, only that you're my Wheeler," Linka replied in
a girlish voice. Then she looked at the sand they now stood in and
sweetly mummbled, "That is, if you want to be."
Wheeler wished that they had more time to
talk privately, but they had to go and talk with Gaia- his wish
would have to wait. "Let me think about it for a little while, okay?
We need to head inside- Gaia needs us."
Drat, Linka thought, if only we had more time between emergencies.
Wheeler was thinking the same thing she was.
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Wheeler snuck a looked at the lovely blonde in the
passenger's seat of the Geo-Boat and smiled- he had never been
nervous around girls until Linka came along. He always been trying
to get their attention and he'd always get negative feedback, in
computer terms. With Linka, however, he never had to try to get her
attention- it was his from the moment they met on the shore of Hope
Island, which was a very pleasant first. The only problem was that
neither of them was bold (or brazen) enough to ask for anything more
than a good friendship. He wanted something to be done about it,
but he had no clue what it was he wanted.
Linka spotted him peeking at her from the
corner of her eye and said, in a teasingly annoyed voice, "Keep your
eyes on the destination, Wheeler. You American boys may think I
can't see you watching me, but I have eyes on the side of my face,
just so I can catch you!" There was a smirk on her lips when she
said that.
Wheeler laughed contentedly as he returned his attention
back to the watery road. "Yes, ma'am!"
"Ah, Linka," Gi said, "I think the phrase is 'In the back
of my head', not 'On the side of my face.'" Even when she was in a
good mood, she was always practical.
Good old Gi, Linka though before replying playfully, "Nyet, Gi- not
for my Wheeler! I saw him watching me out of the corner of my eye."
Surprised at what he heard come from Linka,
Wheeler, who had gotten out to help Ma-Ti dock the Geo-Boat, looked
at the Russian beauty. "Huh? What was that, Babe," he asked with
as much surprise in his voice as was in his mind.
"Oh, only that you're my Wheeler," Linka replied in
a girlish voice. Then she looked at the sand they now stood in and
sweetly mummbled, "That is, if you want to be."
Wheeler wished that they had more time to
talk privately, but they had to go and talk with Gaia- his wish
would have to wait. "Let me think about it for a little while, okay?
We need to head inside- Gaia needs us."
Drat, Linka thought, if only we had more time between emergencies.
Wheeler was thinking the same thing she was.