"Wheeler, what's on me?" she demanded in fear
"Calm down sis, that's just Ma-Ti's monkey, Suchi"
"Suchi" she said calming down "well, hello little guy"
Suchi began to chatter in reply
"Suchi!" Ma-Ti called then groaned slightly at seeing where his simian friend had ended up
"Emily I'm sorry, did he scare you?"
"A little, I'm okay now that I know he isn't going to hurt me" Emily replied
Wheeler then suggested that they head down to the beach
They arrived down there a few moments later and Emily wanted to feel the sand on her feet so she sat down, took off her shoes and socks and Ma-Ti guided her out onto the sand
"It feels so strange" she said laughing slightly, then she noticed something wrong with her brother
"Wheeler, is something wrong?" she asked
"Na, I'm fine"
"Wheeler" she said drawing out her brother's name to give inphasis to the fact that she no more believed he was fine than she believed that there was a man in the moon
"Okay, can you two excuse me, I gotta go"
They both got the idea and told him they would be fine without him. He ran off to go to the bathroom leaving the two together on the beach. Ma-Ti took a hold of her hand so he could better guide her
"Ma-Ti, what is that sound... in the distance it's some kind of chirping and clicking?" Emily asked
Ma-Ti listened for a second and then smiled
"Dolphins... that is the sound of dolphins communicating with each other"
"Wow, I've never heard anything like it, it's so beautiful"
"Our sea friends are putting on a show for you" Ma-Ti laughed slightly
"A show of sound" Emily gave a nervous smile. There was something different about the way Ma-Ti treated her than other people had in the past, most treated her with some level of pitty... sure Ma-Ti seemed concerned about her, but he didn't act like he felt sorry for her, like he was trying to carefully pick out his words so as not to offend her but actually doing so.
She felt him grab her other hand gently so she knew he was straight in front of her, she wondered what he was going to do, she had only gotten good vibes from Ma-Ti thus far, even though he seemed rather shy with her.
Wheeler walked up and stopped out of Ma-Ti's sight, he knew his sister was unaware of his presence yet so he was safe to just watch as Ma-Ti stood in front of Emily holding both of her hands in both his own. Then Ma-Ti leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on Emily's lips, it was just a touch, but there was no denying what he had done. Emily was momentarily surprised, but then she allowed Ma-Ti to embrace her. She returned it a quiet smile on her face.
Wheeler wasn't sure what to think, Ma-Ti was one of his best friends, but that was his sister after all. He was so focused on the two in front of him that he didn't hear someone come up behind him.
Wheeler nearly jumped sky high when he felt someone hit him on the back of the head.
"You are spying on your own syestra now, yankee"
"What?"
"Your sister, chyort voz mi, I do not believe this" Linka ranted "I thought you trusted Ma-Ti!"
Meanwhile Ma-Ti and Emily were just standing there listening to the dolphins chirp in the background, they had not heard the quarrling between Emily's brother and a certain wind planeteer.
Wheeler walked out from near the bathroom area rubbing the back of his head.
"Did something hit you my friend?" Ma-Ti asked as the embrace broke
"I'd rather not talk about it" Wheeler replied still rubbing at the back of his head
Unbeknown to the the trio on the beach Gaia was watching from the Crystal chamber, a smile graced her features as she watched her youngest planeteer and Wheeler's sister kiss. She knew that it was a first kiss for both Ma-Ti and Emily. She walked back into the chamber as Wheeler joined the group, rubbing his head from where one of his teammates had slapped him.
They returned to the common area and Emily picked Linka's voice out of the group that they met up with.
"Linka?"
"Da, what is it, Emily?" she asked slightly surprised
"Can I talk to you?"
"Of course" Linka stood and walked to Emily
"I would really rather talk in private" Emily sighed
"Okay, come, I know of a spot" Linka guided Emily away from the others
Ma-Ti noticed Wheeler wak off in the opposite direction
Kwame looked at Ma-Ti and noticed there was something odd about the boy's expression.
"Is something wrong Ma-Ti?" Kwame asked
"I'm okay"
Both older teens knew it was a lie, but they didn't press the issue, they figured they would find out eventually.
Linka and Emily arrived at the place Linka was talking about and they sat down together
"What is going on, Emily... why did you want to talk to me and not your brother"
"I don't think Wheeler would understand, he is my brother and he's kind of overprotective of me"
"What happened?"
"Ma-Ti kissed me"
To Be Cotinued...
A/N: I think someone needs limit Linka's exposure to the NCIS tv series... she's doing Gibbs impressions lolz (if you don't get that joke look up "Gibbs Slap" on youtube)