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Chapter 4. Feelings being revealed, Part 1.


On the plane back to the US, Annabelle had the window
seat and Jack was on her other side. Even with as
loud as it was, Annabelle heard Bah and Buzz snoring
up a storm. She started to laugh a little thinking of
a way to quiet them.

"What's so funny Belle?" Jack asked with a confused
face.

"Bah and Buzz. I thought that my dad and step dad were
bad, but wow."

Jack started to laugh to just think about her step
dad, Ted, snoring.

"What can we use to stop it or make it sound funny?"
Jack asked.

"Helium, but we don't have any."

They started to laugh imagining what it would sound
like.

"Do you have a clothes pin?"

"I think. But OC, wouldn't that hurt too much?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll have to find out."

They put clothespins over their noses trying not to
wake them up or get noticed by the coaches. After 5
minutes the clothespins were on and the snoring softer.

"I have a feeling that their noses are going to be
sore when they wake up." Annabelle said after she sat back down.

"And not to mention they'll have red marks on them
too."

Annabelle and Jack talked for a little and making sure
that the coaches didn't see what they did. After some
time, Annabelle started to feel really tired and laid
her head on Jack's shoulder and fell asleep. When they
landed Jack lightly shuck Annabelle before Bah and
Buzz woke up. When they got out it was pouring buckets
so they ran into the building while the plane was
getting fueled up for another trip. Annabelle looked
over in Buzzy and Bah's direction and sure enough saw
red lines on their noses. She started to laugh softly
as they were rubbing their sore noses.

"What's so funny?" Jack whispered in Annabelle's ear.

"If you look at the two Coneheads that we used clothes
pins on, you'll know."

Jack looked up and saw the red marks and them still
rubbing their noses and started to laugh too.

"Time to get back on guys." Coach Patrick yelled.

Annabelle sat with her dad this time with OC behind
her and Herb in the row next to her. The take off went
smooth until they felt a jolt. The plane slowed down
and the pilot came out saying that they hit a moose.
They had everyone get off and Herb had six of his
players push the plain back to the hanger. In the
building Annabelle played a game of poker with the
guys and half listened to Herb on the phone talking
with Patti.

"Three nines."

"Not back Pav. Not bad."

Annabelle sat out the next game and watched the news.
When they started to talk about the Soviets, she
looked up at Herb who was also watching. When Herb
turned around after watching the news clip, Jack came
up behind Annabelle and put his hand on her neck.
Immediately Annabelle threw her head back and looked
up to see Jack's smiling face.

"You better be glad I didn't scream or hit you."

"Oh that wouldn't be a good thing indeed."

"The plane is ready, Mr. Brooks."

"Thank you. Let's head out."

Instead of sitting with her dad and Herb, Annabelle
sat next to Rizzo with Jack in front of her. For most
of the ride Annabelle wrote a letter that she was
going to translate into Braille for her sister.

"Does it hurt to be away from her?" Rizzo asked.

"Yeah, but I guess this will make her feel better to
know that even though she pushed me out of the door,
that I'll still write to her."

"And she needs all the adventure possible." Mac added
from behind her.

Annabelle continued to write until the plane landed in
Minneapolis. She went to her apartment to type her
letter in Braille, but Jack had other plans. Before
she could even sit down at the typewriter, there was a
light knock on the door.

"Jack, what are you doing here?" Annabelle asked in a
hushed tone.

"Well, I wanted to see you before you went to bed."

"I'm just going to type up the letter for Grace."

"Can you teach me how to read Braille? I saw you back in college running your fingers over dots on the letters she sent you and you smiling."

"Ok. Come over here and get a chair." Annabelle pointed over at the desk as she sat down.

Annabelle started to do individual letters of the
alphabet in Braille to make it easier. For the next hour
Annabelle taught Jack the basics of reading it. By the
end of it they didn't know how close they were from
each other until Jack looked at Annabelle and gently
turned her face to look at him. He brushed his lips
against hers and then looked at Annabelle's surprised
face.

"Wh. what was that for?"

"I. I'm so sorry Belle I."

Annabelle then kissed him before he could even finish
his sentence. They kept kissing each other until
Annabelle looked out of the corner of her eye at the
clock on the wall.

"Holy shit it's mid-night!"

"I need to get back up to my dorm. For all I know Silk
and Rizzo will still be awake. Good night Belle."

Jack gave Annabelle one last kiss before he left.

'How did that happen?' she was left wondering.


I hoped you liked this. Please read and review.

Cecilia to answer your question about Jack and Annabelle dating, that's going to be in the later chapters. Their still really good friends at this point. Thanks again for the great ideas I really don't know what to do without you now.