"Hardly hearing what Leo said, Jack called over his shoulder, "Okay,catch you later."Chapter 2 - The LunchThe next morning Leo, running late, was fina...lly awakened by his phone.Jack had called, most likely to inform Leo that had decided to fly sololast night also, although Leo knew he just didn't have it when it cameto girls. Leo didn't answer, he was too busy realizing the time andhaving a small panic attack. He quickly grabbed a t-shirt and an oldpair of blue jeans, both of which are his. "Looks even," the General said as Jeff gave the final tug on the wrench. As they started on the front wheel, "Colonel, I've just been told that a vid is ready and I would like you to watch it with me." Before Jeff could respond, Whitworth went on, "Carter and Jones are on the way to relieve us so we can take the time off to watch it." Certainly, Sir," Jeff responded, wondering why the General wanted to do it now, of all times.A few minutes later, Carter called the General back on the troop. It gave us both a bit of start, having been lost in the moment and we laughed out loud as we sat back.“I'm not sure if this a good thing or a bad thing,” I joked and Kyle agreed as he fixed his gear.We got to the top of the hill and got off the lift. There were a couple of different ways we could take from there and I asked Kyle were we should go. He knew the place as well as me and quickly came up with what would turn out to be a great idea.“Follow me,” he said and then headed down one of the. ‘Ta!’ he panted. And with that, the past six months of ‘blissful agony’ melted into just a moment of bliss. As his heart pounded with both exertion and delight, hers join in with excitement and nerves. The train lurched slightly as it started moving, and the adrenaline was beginning to subside, but, so was his nerve. He glanced out the window at the station sliding by. Katlynn felt her stomach tighten. If one of them didn’t speak and fast, they would slip back into the awkward, shy glances.
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