As they walked down the mountain, Kitty could feel herself falling for Martin again as they chatted.
He was kind, funny, and always listened to her when she spoke. But, she kept shaking it off, thinking Martin only wanted her to be a friend, and nothing more.
And Martin tried to think of anyway possible to show her that he was sorry for what he said.
He enjoyed hearing her laugh at his jokes, and she always thought of things positively, not to mention she told great stories and was a vision of beauty in his eyes.
Martin tried to think of a way to tell her all this, but, didn't know where to start, so, a silence passed between them until he asked something.
"So, didn't you say your real name was Laura?" he asked, remembering when he first met her light blue eyes when she had transformed.
"Yeah, I did. Laura Wilkinson..." Kitty said smiling a little.
"Then why don't you want us to call you by your real name instead of Kitty?" he asked adjusting his mitten a little.
"Well... I guess I like my nickname better then my real name... I never really liked my real name..." she looked down, sighing a little.
Martin looked confused, "Why? I think Laura is a beautiful name; it's just right for a beautiful girl like you." he then smiled lightly.
Kitty blushed a little, "Really? You think so?"
"Yep." he smiled as he took her hand gently.
Kitty smiled and looked at their hands, and her face changed a little. She pulled her hand away from his, and looked away, crossing her arms.
Martin blinked, "Are you okay?"
"Oh sure," she said sarcastically, "Why shouldn't I be? I'm just your friend remember..." her voice really didn't show any mercy as she brought the painful subject up again.
Martin winced and slouched a little, "Kitty- I mean Laura... I'm really sorry bout that..."
Kitty raised one eyebrow as she faced him again as they walked, she seemed to lighten up a bit, "What do you mean?"
Martin put his hands in his pockets, "I mean exactly what I said, I'm sorry. I guess I was in a panic and didn't want to tell my brother the truth..."
Kitty took Martin's arm quickly, "Oh? And what truth is that?" she smiled sweetly up at him, as he gulped and went red.
All of a sudden Martin's communicator beeped,
Saved by the beep... thought Martin.
Chris's face appeared on the screen, "Bro, you need to hurry, we have just had 13 more sightings of Donita taking Arctic Foxes!"
"13 sightings?" said Martin surprised, "Okay, me and Laura will hurry..."
"Good-... wait, who's Laura?" asked Chris raising an eyebrow.
"Laura is Kitty's real name, stupid." said Martin laughing a bit.
"O-k..." said Chris slowly as he blinked, "Chris out." and with that, the screen went black again.
Martin shook his head, and smiled at Kitty, "You heard the man, let's get going!" he said with a cowboy accent. Kitty laughed a little, as she and Martin ran quickly down the mountain.
Meanwhile, Chris was sitting at the main computer, bored, and tapping a pencil. He groaned and laid his head down on the key board, "I wish I was out there saving creatures... I mean, I'm a great animal rescuer..."
Aviva smiled to herself shaking her head, "Chris, no matter how great a rescuer one can be, he still needs to take a break once in a while. Anyway, I enjoy you here spending some time with me here once in a while..." she blushed a little as Chris's eyes widened as he sat up straight and looked at her, smiling lightly.
Koki and Jimmy where still in the room, so, they both exchanged glances. The Koki cleared her throat and nudged Jimmy, "I think we better leave these two alone..."
Jimmy nodded in agreement, and he and Koki both walked out of the main central room.
Chris and Aviva watched them leave. Aviva smiled lightly, and spoke to Chris, "I think Koki and Jimmy think we like each other... as in 'love'..."
Chris smiled, "Don't we?" he asked nervously.
Aviva gasped and covered her mouth blushing, "Of course not! I... but, well... it's... Erm..."
Chris smiled and wheeled his chair closer to hers, "You know, your cute when your confused..."
Aviva still couldn't think of anything to say, she opened her mouth many times meanings to say something, but, nothing ever came out.
Chris smiled even more as he took her hand, "Aviva; I do like you, as in 'love'..."
Aviva blinked and her heart skipped a beat, "I... don't know what to say..."
"How about saying, 'I love you too'?" he asked, his face inches away from hers.
"No, I won't say that..." she said turning her head away a little.
Chris's heart fell, "Why?"
"Because, I want to say, I love you more..." she said as she gently took the side of his face, and pressed her soft lips against his.
Chris's eyes widened as she kissed him, but, he slowly found himself kissing back, as he put his arms around her.
Though, all of a sudden on the large computer screen Martin's face appeared, "Hey Chris, I forget, is it North-east, or North-west-...whoa..." Martin blinked seeing his brother and Aviva.
Aviva and Chris both screamed at the same time, as Chris quickly went back to the key board, "It's north-east, now bye!" and with that he quickly shut off the communication.
Martin stood in the snow beside Kitty, blankly staring at his communicator still. Kitty tapped him, "What happened?"
Martin looked at her, not sure to laugh, or to scream, "Um... let's just say I beeped in to Tortuga at the wrong time..."
Kitty blinked, and Martin started walking again.
A wrong time? Kitty thought confused as she followed Martin.