aN: So it's a little past deadline but I know you're people are too kind to mind. Hey that rhymed! Guys THANK YOU SO MUCH! for the awesome reviews! Hey gotta thank Number 8.0 cause frankly I thought at first that no one would review this story, like to thank MaxandFang101 and Moonstar 11 too for their awesome feedback. Also thank you for those anonymous reviews /although try logging in first before you review, synonymous excistence ... Well it's a bit longer than I expected but it was more FLUFFIER too…I'll cease my overly liberated mouth…on with the story.
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CHAPTUH 3
superiors, awards and movies…
Five packs of Oreos, Two bottles of sodas, a large jar of Skippy and Thirteen incredible and fun rematches later…
"I win woooh!" Rachel swatted her hands in the air, throwing the controller a bit far off the room.. "Oh stop going easy on me" She heard him grunt.
He lost with a score of 11 to 3, him having the score of the latter. He tried his best by using his winning combos on her, he used Gin and even Bryan but they were all mercilessly when she used Lily's winning multi-hit and double grabbing combo.
"I wasn't, how 'bout we do something else" He set his controller aside as he was getting used to the rare occurrence of defeat.
"Ok, you seem to have a lot of videos in that cabinet, want to watch a movie?" Anything was better than continuing that pride stomping game. He merely nodded.
She stood from the couch and checked some of his neatly arranged videos. It was hard to choose from his large collection, he has all the best and timeless blockbuster movies in here: even a copy of the sound of Music. The cabinet was tall she couldn't see the movies on the upper shelf that's why she used the stool at her side to stand on.
Suddenly her communicator beeped. Chad saw her communicator on the table in front of the bathroom, she might have removed it since it got a bit wet. She glanced back to see him pick it up and answer it himself. "I'll get it"
The rainy reception ceased and the face of a communication operative appeared.
"Numb— Ummhh…Sir, Good afternoon Supreme Leader" The girl saluted from the screen of the watch.
"At ease, what message do you wish to relay to Numbuh 362?" His superior voice questioned with ease.
"Uhh…I would like to congratulate Numbuh 362 for being recently bestowed as the best spy in the whole KND, intel has just finished evaluating the spy success rate and their score at the annual aptitude test and well… 362 by far… exceeded any other of former or current operative performance, even your spy skills sir."
He was absolutely amazed and impressed. She surpassed him, at least in that field, but nonetheless someone had the skills to challenge his abilities. "Ok, anything else?"
The operative scratched her head as she asked an intriguing question? "Where is Numbuh 362, sir"
He tilted his head to the side. "Isn't that obvious soldier, she's with me"
The eyes of the operative in the screen widened "Oh, but sir according to her program schedule she was supposed to be in the Delightful's mansion, did you accompanied her in her mission"
He shrugged his shoulders, as he nonchalantly stated "Well no, I canceled it"
The girl nodded like a dashboard bobble head "Did you replace her with another mission?"
Chad's patience was beginning to falter as the operative persisted in asking "She's not in a mission, she's currently off duty"
The operative on the screen gasped, she covered her lips as she tried to squeal. "Then that means your hanging out sir" The girl almost stuck her face on the screen "Supreme leader…Are you on a date?"
Chad's eye twitched, that last question hit a nerve "I think that's enough questions in one conversation" he reached for the end transmission button "274 over and out"
Glad that's over. He walked back to the living room as he wiped a small rain droplet from her communicator. She was still struggling in reviewing his collection.
"What's wrong?" She bobbed her head back to take a quick glance at her supreme leader
"How pesimistic, you should be asking what's right" Chad flashed a playful smirk as he approached the blond.
"What's right" She instantly shot back.
"Congratulations!" He suddenly burst out with glee with a big smile on his face. He took Numbuh 362's hand and deliberately shook it. "It's a great honor to be within the presence of the best spy that KND has to offer"
Rachel was surprised when he clamped her cold palm into his warm hand. She knew that Numbuh 274 was outright confident, a great achiever that would boost inspiration but she wasn't used to him bragging like this.
She simply rolled her eyes, "Oh yes" She plastered a huge fake smile on her face as she withdrew her hand. She bowed comically "I'm deeply honored to be in his presence"
Chad simmered a hearty laugh, clapping softly to his utter amusement "Not me rach, you Numbuh 362, the best spy operative"
"That's good" She stopped as shrugged her shoulder. Disinterest plastered on her face as she went back to her tirade.
Chad's laugh simmered down to chuckles as he heard her unusual reaction, he quirked an eyebrow. "That's good! Wait, no jumping up and down, no hysterical laughing, no victory dance" He waved his hands in the air to prove his point.
Earlier she was ball of spitfire getting pumped over trivial things what is with the sudden change of behavior.
She glared at him but soon decided to play along, she heaved a sigh. "Ok, that's great"
"great—" before Chad could ramble on again, Rachel covered the blonde boy's mouth with a random DVD.
"really it's great sir, with all due respect, what's the big deal it's just a superlative title"
"…And what's your problem with superlative titles?" Chad crossed his arms over her chest as he narrowed his brows to lightly glare at her.
Rachel could feel her superior scowl, she smiled at how transparent he could be. "Not much…let's just say I'd prefer the comparative noun better than the superlative" He slumped down his shoulders. He stood beside her as he searched along his collection.
"I'm intrigued, enlighten me" He gave up. If he can't interest this girl to act differently like a normal person getting an award then he was ready to be interested by her.
"Well you see when your in the point of being better your in a competition with others, challenge is always around the corner, you get to relive victory personally over and over again and you know that there is still that unreachable peak to strive for" Rachel stated in a matter of fact manner. She tried to reach one of the films that caught her attention. She stretched her hand above her, tipping her toes to desperately reach a certain item.
"What's wrong in being in that unreachable peak" He chuckled lightly as he caught the movie that she was reaching for effortlessly. "The reason of being better is to someday be the best. It's a privilege to make your mark as the best, you've simply fought your challenges now you're ready to claim the sweet guaranteed victory" Chad grinned as he handed it to her.
Rachel thanked him with a smirk. She continued. "Maybe we just see things in a different perspective. When you're the best you don't compete with others anymore…you compete with yourself, whether or not you're satisfied with your own replayed previous victories or if that title gives you enough redemption for what you really want" Chad's confident smile withered into a thin line as each word of her convincing speech dug deeper into him.
"Your reach cold solitude when people starts to think your too good enough for them and when they see you as an unreachable idol instead of them seeing the real you…All I know is that it's a lonely peak" Her compelling argument definitely hit a homerun. Her chosen words were foreign to his ears, but it seems that it was the just the right knowing realization that held comfort to him.
"It wouldn't be lonely as long as I have you there with me, rach" Chad without knowing whispered those sweet but surprising words, loud enough for Rachel to hear.
Rachel snapped his head to him. "Huh" She didn't know what to say as the unwelcomed breeze of awkwardness seeped in.
Chad dodged her curious gaze at him, he really wanted to make fun of her when she's blushing but he was too busy doing a horrible job in hiding his own heated cheeks. "I said…umm— nevermind what I said."
Rachel averted her attention back to the films on her hands, she craned her neck. "Where did that serious conversation come from… isn't this supposed to be a fluffy story, where we talk about our feelings?"
"Pardon…talk about what?"
"Wow that was weird it's as if I was scripted to say that?"
"yeah weird, set that aside" Chad nodded wondering who's the crazy person writing the dialogue.
Casually leaning on the edge of the cabinet, he snaps back to his composed persona. "you talk with big words Mckenzie, you have a very interesting perspective, I admire your logic, It made me curioser and curioser " She felt his gaze, once again, locked on her.
She pushed aside another giddy thought as she cleared her throat. "I never pegged you to like Louise Carol's Alice and wonderland?"
"I like a lot of things even you" Rachel squirmed as she felt him stood closer, she shifted more of her attention to her search.
"and your golden blond hair, Alice…" He ran one perfectly straight lock of hair slide between his fingers. Chad enjoyed the trying to focus but it's so hard cause he's too distracting look on her face. It wasn't his intentions to come off a bit persisting but he just can't help overdoing his acts when he's with her. Rachel's scrunched up face instantly lightened her eyes were wide as saucers as she gripped his shirt.
"I love you!"
"Hey woah…aren't we being a little too straightforward here…you know that L word is to—" Chad stopped in midsentence, fully understanding the real object that was gaining her affection.
"I love you CASPER!" Rachel tugged on his shirt as she fixed her wide smile on the DVD that she was holding.
"Huh?" Chad peered next to her shoulder.
"You have Casper the 1995 movie, Devon Sawa is unbelievably cute!" Rachel stated as she bannered the movie.
This girl is definitely not the average, she's no where near that line. Chad scoffed. "And I never pegged you to love a kid from a corny movie"
"I just love his character, even though he only appeared in the last part of the movie"
Chad took the DVD from her. He flipped it to see the details at the back. "Well who is this Devon Sawa kid? He sounds asian, is he asian?"
Rachel laughed this guy's clueless "You haven't watched the movie? Here look at the cover, I think you got the special edition, cause he's on the cover and at the back" She pointed on the middle right of the picture.
"He is undeniably attractive and incredibly cute, perfectly soft blond hair, intriguing blue eyes and playfully boyish smile." She rambled on as she stepped on a large suitcase that was on the side of the cabinet for easier reach. That's better
Chad looked closely at the image on the back where he could see the very much adored character of Devon Sawa "Judging by the number of adjectives you used to describe this boy, I could tell that you really like him" He wasn't that appease with the subject.
Rachel saw the features of the actor side by side with the commander's face. She couldn't help but comment. She studied their features, looking closely at her superior. "Wait he kinda looks like you?"
"Me…"
That deserved a victory dance…
Chad's level of charming confidence skyrocketed to a different level. Rachel didn't followed the implication until she saw his wide smile break into an even more wider grin.
"Well, well, well… are my ears deceiving me, the best spy operative, the unreadable Numbuh 362 LIKES me and thinks that I'm undeniably attractive and incredibly cute"
She was fuming like a red tomato her blush reaching her ears. "I didn't say that, you have it all wrong I…I—That's your terminological inexactitude, I was just stating you vaguely resemble him"
Chad couldn't pass this up. That was almost an indirect confession "Yes you did"
"No I didn't" She shot back, gritting her teeth from the embarrassment.
He playfully whined. "Yes you did"
"No I didn't" Her eyes were twitching from the aggravation.
"…Ok what ever makes you sleep well at night, rach" He slid his hands in his pockets as he whistled a familiar tune, simply avoiding her blazing glare.
"No you didn't" Chad quickly stated.
"YES I DID!"
Rachel failed to notice that she had been bugs bunnied by him. She was preoccupied in stumbling backward as she lost her balance. I knew I shouldn't have used a cruddy suitcase
Lightning fast, Chad caught her into his arms, his hand under her knees and her other hand supporting her upper half. Rachel instinctively wrapped her hands around his neck as she fell, their faces were inches apart.
"Well yes I do, I like you too"
***********still not done people, to be continued.
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