Tori's POV:
"You sure he's not your boyfriend?" Rosa asked while we chopped potatoes. I was tired from everything that had happened yesterday, so her question kinda caught me off guard.
"Who?" I asked.
"Gary, who else?"
"Oh! Uh…no…" I said. "Didn't I just explain that to you a couple days ago?"
"Then why is he always here?" Rosa asked. I saw that Gary had come in while I was working. I hoped I didn't forget anything this time…
"Hey." I said walking over to him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Gary said. "Can't a guy just stop by to visit?"
"Not when all he wants is free food." I said. "…Or when there's the possibility of XANA attacking…" I added in a whisper.
"Don't worry." he whispered back. "Well, if there's anything I can…sample…" He was speaking at a normal tone again, so that Rosa wouldn't get any ideas about all the secrecy.
"You can sample as much as you want…when it's time for breakfast."
He laughed. "Fine then, this will hold me over." He reached around me & grabbed a biscuit from the basket that we already set out. I rolled my eyes & went back to work as he ran out the door.
"For a couple of friends, you goys sure are very close…" Rosa said when he left. I didn't answer, trying to get her to drop the subject. We did the right thing by staying friends, because that was all we were...just a couple of really good friends…
Right?
Alita's POV:
"Alita? Are you ok?" Jeremy asked. We were working late in the lab, trying to figure out where XANA had sent the energy he took from us during the attack.
"I'm fine." I said. "Just…thinking…"
"About what Jim said?"
"Yeh. It's the key comment I can't get out of my mind. I don't know if he meant Lyoko or just a normal key…"
Jeremy turned away from the keyboard for a moment. "Jim doesn't know anything about this. We always did a return trip when he was here, & wasn't in the factory when…" He didn't finish. He knew that I didn't like talking about it.
"You're right…but I'll be very carful around him. I'll tell that to Gary, Tori, & Kelly too. We can't risk Jim finding our secret."
Nothing like ending a story with questions to keep all of you coming back for more! Speaking of questions, coming next week will be the special Q&A chapter I've been telling you about! It will (hopefully) be posted on Sept. 1, so be sure to leave any question you want answered in your reviews!!!
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