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to stop in her tracks. He was kneeling down holding the ankle of a girl Meghan recognized.
She bit her lip and tried t o look away but Ivan caught her. She lifted her eyebrows towards Maria as if trying to send him some secret message.
He replied with a frown.
Maria looked up and saw Meghan. Her smile dropped a little.
Meghan knew it right then. This girl , Maria, liked Ivan. And he had more or less, admitted that he liked her too.
Meghan marched right up to Maria and extended her hand.
“Hi. I d on’t think we have officially met before. Your name is Maria, right?”
Maria took her hand , her smile returning. “Yes. I am. That’s right. And you’re Meghan Jacoby?”
“I am. Are you injured badly?”
Ivan replied on Maria’s behalf. “It’s not bad. It happened after she got off the ship.”
“Caught a root,” said M aria, her cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
“Well , you are in the best hands,” said Meghan. She thought to herself, you know, this is a great opportunity to show Ivan the good side of having a little sister. I can get a good word in for him. So she added, “I happen to know for a fact, that Ivan’s hands are the best at just about everything he does...” she trailed off and made a face that said ick!
Ivan shot her a look that said, WHAT are you doing?
“Um, I mean t to say, Ivan will take great care of you. Did I mention that Ivan and I are related? No...” Meghan felt her own face turning hot. Dumb! Guess I need practice at being the little sister.
Maria nodded, although in a confused manner.
“You’re related ?” she asked, as Ivan helped her stand and test her ankle. “How is that possible?” she stopped herself. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to pry. It just surprised me.”
“You, m e and him,” retorted Meghan. “Believe me when I say it is a really long story... Ivan, maybe you can tell her all about it sometime.”
Meghan tossed him a smile that said, You’re welcome .
His icy stare pleaded that she stop.
“You know, you handle s trange really well,” said Maria to Meghan. “I’m afraid I’m still rather confused. I barely know where I am. One minute, we were sailing, I should say, sinking, on the ocean and the next minute, we’re here.”
“I do handle weird a little too well,” agreed Meghan. “ I think it just means I’m adjusting to my impossible-to-deal-with, screwed up life.”
“Oh,” Maria replied , clearly bewildered.
Meghan looked closely at Maria’s kindly face. A while back, when Meghan had guessed that Ivan had a thing for Maria, she had thought she was sixteen. It would make her about eighteen now if she’d been correct. Perhaps she had been wrong though. Maria had a grown up look about her. An old soul sort of look. Meghan wondered if Ivan knew her birthday, and if she could trick him into admitting it.
“M aria, when’s your birthday?” she asked boldly.
“It’s Meghan’s birthday today,” noted Ivan, thinking she was j ust fishing for happy birthdays; that, or he realized she was trying to get him to slip up and answer it on Maria’s behalf, admitting that he knew, which he could have.
He eyed Meghan suspiciously.
Meghan wore a wide toothy smile in reply.
Maria beamed watching the two of them react to each other. “Happy Birthday, Meghan,” she said. “What birthday is this?”
“Sixteen.”
“Sixteen is a good birthday. I celebrated nineteen a few months back myself.”
Meghan had been off by a year. And Ivan hadn’t fallen for her trick. She’d have to be more sneaky. Setting up someone was not easy!
“Well, bye for no w,” said Meghan. “I hope your ankle feels better.”
“It’s much better already, thank you.”
Meghan turned and walked away, saying no more and leaving Ivan to assist Maria in rejoining the ship’s crew. He wanted to ask what had happened, but Ivan didn’t want to confuse Maria any more than she already was. He worried she had some unseen injury and wanted her to get
She bit her lip and tried t o look away but Ivan caught her. She lifted her eyebrows towards Maria as if trying to send him some secret message.
He replied with a frown.
Maria looked up and saw Meghan. Her smile dropped a little.
Meghan knew it right then. This girl , Maria, liked Ivan. And he had more or less, admitted that he liked her too.
Meghan marched right up to Maria and extended her hand.
“Hi. I d on’t think we have officially met before. Your name is Maria, right?”
Maria took her hand , her smile returning. “Yes. I am. That’s right. And you’re Meghan Jacoby?”
“I am. Are you injured badly?”
Ivan replied on Maria’s behalf. “It’s not bad. It happened after she got off the ship.”
“Caught a root,” said M aria, her cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
“Well , you are in the best hands,” said Meghan. She thought to herself, you know, this is a great opportunity to show Ivan the good side of having a little sister. I can get a good word in for him. So she added, “I happen to know for a fact, that Ivan’s hands are the best at just about everything he does...” she trailed off and made a face that said ick!
Ivan shot her a look that said, WHAT are you doing?
“Um, I mean t to say, Ivan will take great care of you. Did I mention that Ivan and I are related? No...” Meghan felt her own face turning hot. Dumb! Guess I need practice at being the little sister.
Maria nodded, although in a confused manner.
“You’re related ?” she asked, as Ivan helped her stand and test her ankle. “How is that possible?” she stopped herself. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to pry. It just surprised me.”
“You, m e and him,” retorted Meghan. “Believe me when I say it is a really long story... Ivan, maybe you can tell her all about it sometime.”
Meghan tossed him a smile that said, You’re welcome .
His icy stare pleaded that she stop.
“You know, you handle s trange really well,” said Maria to Meghan. “I’m afraid I’m still rather confused. I barely know where I am. One minute, we were sailing, I should say, sinking, on the ocean and the next minute, we’re here.”
“I do handle weird a little too well,” agreed Meghan. “ I think it just means I’m adjusting to my impossible-to-deal-with, screwed up life.”
“Oh,” Maria replied , clearly bewildered.
Meghan looked closely at Maria’s kindly face. A while back, when Meghan had guessed that Ivan had a thing for Maria, she had thought she was sixteen. It would make her about eighteen now if she’d been correct. Perhaps she had been wrong though. Maria had a grown up look about her. An old soul sort of look. Meghan wondered if Ivan knew her birthday, and if she could trick him into admitting it.
“M aria, when’s your birthday?” she asked boldly.
“It’s Meghan’s birthday today,” noted Ivan, thinking she was j ust fishing for happy birthdays; that, or he realized she was trying to get him to slip up and answer it on Maria’s behalf, admitting that he knew, which he could have.
He eyed Meghan suspiciously.
Meghan wore a wide toothy smile in reply.
Maria beamed watching the two of them react to each other. “Happy Birthday, Meghan,” she said. “What birthday is this?”
“Sixteen.”
“Sixteen is a good birthday. I celebrated nineteen a few months back myself.”
Meghan had been off by a year. And Ivan hadn’t fallen for her trick. She’d have to be more sneaky. Setting up someone was not easy!
“Well, bye for no w,” said Meghan. “I hope your ankle feels better.”
“It’s much better already, thank you.”
Meghan turned and walked away, saying no more and leaving Ivan to assist Maria in rejoining the ship’s crew. He wanted to ask what had happened, but Ivan didn’t want to confuse Maria any more than she already was. He worried she had some unseen injury and wanted her to get
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