Chapter 3: Mind, Not Body

OK, I know I'm using Tyraa Rane's idea from Two to Tango, which is so better than any of my fanfic, but it's not much, just that Truman's divorced. And I don't own Map Quest, either.

To Sunset Sea: I'm writing a trilogy with 4 super-long sections just because I was brave enough to tell my friend a dumb idea I had. Usually, people know you don't like flames (I'm a rare exception) so they don't write them. If people don't like it, they just don't comment.

Milla: The summer camp was over, Morry was sane, and Sasha had been taken from her. His only complaint about the mission was that the government used titles, not last names, so the envelope was labeled "Sasha the Sharp-Shooter" instead of "Sasha Nein." She didn't know what was worse: his acceptance or that they had just fallen into love in her eyes. Both were real, and also real was the fact that he hadn't even sent her the usual postcard with one word on it. Usually, the word was "Hi," but on his last trip, he'd sent her one that said "Hi, Milla." He didn't talk much, and unless he was documenting experiment results, he wrote even less. But now, she wondered if she really had regained his trust after, or if he really cared. She started to convince herself that things were different with this new emotion of his.

Sasha:

"Sasha, wake up! The coffee's ready."

"Ugh! Truman, what time is it?"

A completely different voice answered him than had woken him up. "It is precisely 3:06 AM. At 3:05 AM, I woke to the smell of espresso and found out that my daughter had stowed away in the trunk of my car. If I cover for you, would you drive her home? I would die inside if she got hurt."

Lili spoke then, and Sasha found out, for the second time that morning, that he didn't like high-pitched voices at 3 AM. "Oh, and Mom said she wants her alimony in the next week or she's taking you to court again."

"WHAT! I took care of you for a month! Our agreement was that I don't have to pay her now!"

"She was saying she needed the money because she doesn't have a steady job yet, but she was thinking she might be able to get a used Cadillac in a year if this works."

"What!"

"And she also said that since she took care of me for one of those days, it doesn't count. And you have to pay for gas. I was actually helping you. Now you've taken care of me for all 31 days. And we both know you can't spare Sasha right now."

"Wait a minute. You were the most easily-read mind at Whispering Rock. Usually"

"The Unhidden can't read minds easily, I know, dad. Where do you think I get my unhiddenness from? Not from you! Huh, men." She left then, without a word. She had just outspoken the head of the Psychonauts. Her being her father's daughter, Sasha suspected that she did that often.

"Why do I have to take her? Remember that we're equals on this mission."

"Because you have the right complexion. I'll say you got food poisoning or something. Please, Sasha. She means everything to me." Sasha hated to see people in a state such as that, so he took pity on his friend.

"I need to use the internet first. Map Quest knows everything."

So… yeah. That's the chapter. Lili slept in the car, by the way. That's how they didn't catch any of her thoughts. I just couldn't fit that in there. The title is that they're together in their minds, but aren't physically close. This is one of the "Humor" chapters, if you hadn't noticed. I 3 dialogue!