Well, it turned out to be Bill, our poor captain's husband and previous storm hunter. From the looks of it, (by there being a preppy looking brunette woman in the passenger) Bill was here to get the signed divorce papers from Jo. Our poor, poor captain. Half the crew knows that she still loves Bill and the ones who haven't noticed are probably just that ignorant. No offence to the beloved crew.
Bill was grinning when he stuck out his index and thumb to make it look like he was shooting us before rolling to a stop.
"Hey, I don't believe it!" Rabbit shouted with laughter in his voice as a smiling Bill came out.
"Who is that handsome devil!" I laughed at Rabbit's and Allan's remarks. I gave a whistle to add to the joke. The smile rolled of my face as I saw the brunette step out of the car. She seemed nice, but she was dressed in really nice clothing, not fit for the weather. Another smile came onto my face. It was actually more of a smirk. She'll regret wearing that skirt.
Next to us, Dustin was crouching, in all his glory, with his orange cap and hoody hanging off his head. He pointed to Bill.
"EXTREME! IT'S THE EXTREME!" He clapped his hands once and walked over, giving a hysterical laugh. I gave a larger grin while Bill gave him a shadow of a smile.
"Aw come on Dusty. Don't start that shit" He said while Dustin gave him a huge bear hug.
Allan tugged on the bottom of my shirt. I gave a 'hmm' and looked away from the scene.
"Can you help me with this?" I looked down and every time he tried to roll out the maps, they would fold right back up. I sighed while nodding, placing rocks on two corners and he got the others. I started to laugh some. Allan raised his eyebrow and I shook my head.
"It's Rabbit's fault," I said while chuckling. "If the maps were folded, they would have laid out easier." Allan snickered as Rabbit thumped me on the head with a book. I hissed and rubbed my now knotted head.
"If they were folded, some of the roads would be so creased, we wouldn't be able to see them. We would then eventually get lost and or would have harder time getting to the storm." He finished his lecture with a roll of his eyes and a smile. I stuck my tongue out.
Allan laughed harder. "He got you there"
"What is up with you guys picking on me lately?" I scowled. A cough interrupted Allan before he could tease me some more on his next comment. We glanced over to the skirt-wearing woman.
"Sorry to interrupt your love hate relationship, but Bill left to get the papers from Jo and well….. I'm Melissa." She said stretching out her hand to me. I was very surprised at her out-stretched hand, but I shook it anyway.
"Phoenix. You can call me Nix, Nicky, Phoe (fee), whatever floats your boat." I said a little dully.
She smiled. "I heard you're a painter! Could you, perhaps, teach me some? I'm not very good." I heard laughter disguised by coughing behind me. My eye twitched. Chances are that I'm never going to see her again. It would take too long. I scratched my head and squinted.
"Maybe sometime different. I've got a lot to do." I said relaxing and forcing a smile. Her smile fell, but she got all-happy again.
"Oh! Okay, I understand. Here's my card, call me some time!" She said all peppy. I think a vein popped. I slowly took the card and forced another smile. I could almost see her hopping away. Ridiculous laughter was behind me when she was out of sight.
"How ditsy can she get! Learn how to pain from an expert!"
"It takes years to learn what you know Nix!"
"Oh, and call me what you like! Nicole or Fee-Fee~!" They busted into fits of laughter. I growled and snatched Rabbit's book and hit them with it.
"Shut up! I didn't say Nicole or Fee-Fee! I was trying to be polite for God's sake!" The paused and looked at each other before snickering and going off to what they were doing before. I shoved the card into my back pocket and fell lazily to the ground.
OK Sorry the last one was so short but I didn't have enough time. Since Summer break is coming up, I will be updating more often. But ugh! Testing is in three days. Wish me luck. I just typed two chapters in one day for two different stories and I'm exhausted. Review, message and read. Hugs and kisses.
Ja ne~