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mouth and watched my older sister hijack my matchmaking. I'd get her for that.
Chapter 6 – Atoms
I grinned over to the sisters who were having a snort fest for some reason. They were always having a good time. It had to be a sibling thing. Zoey was heading my way with a serious look on her face.
She stopped in front of me and held up some papers as she said, “Could I impose upon you for a favor Allie?”
I nodded as I studied the redhead's face, there was earnestness there, and a touch of mischief I associated with the sisters. Zoe handed me the papers which were filled with advanced math and formulae that I could only grasp parts of. “Did you see that young lady that left a couple minutes ago? You know the cute Filipino who's butt you were ogling?”
I sputtered out as I blushed, “I wasn't... she... you...”
She continued, ignoring my pathetic attempts to deny being caught, “That was Liya.”
“My inept sister...” She let her voice rise at the 'inept sister' comment, which only elicited a giggle from said inept pixie. “Accidentally got these stuck to the bottom of her tray. They look important.”
Then she continued, “Eve and I are stuck here, would it be too much to ask if you could get these to her? She catches the number seven bus to the university up on First.” She had a pleading look on her face that you couldn't turn down if you wanted to.
I smiled and pulled myself to my feet and accepted the papers. I was glad to be useful for a change and nodded. “You can count on me, Zo.”
She fluttered her eyelashes humorously. “My hero,” Zoey held her hands clasped together over her heart.
I rolled my eyes at her, grabbed my cane and said, “Be right back. You need to get a refund for your drama classes.” Then I limped off out the door as she chuckled behind me.
I hustled around the corner of the building and up to First, the city was waking up, but traffic was still light on the streets and the sidewalks. I turned onto the road and saw that short woman with the cute butt across the street at the end of the block.
I held back a grin as I started down the block. She had her head buried in another book. Intelligence is pretty damn sexy. My leg was aching as I moved along and I had to lean against the wall of the building, then slumped a little when the bus pulled up to the stop, obscuring my view of her. I growled out, “Shit!”
The bus pulled off, and I saw her absently sit in the back of the bus. If not for my god damned injuries I could have sprinted to catch her. I exhaled in frustration and slammed the tip of my cane down onto the sidewalk then hissed and pushed away from the wall and headed back toward the Pike. At least I knew the woman would be on the ferry later that day, maybe I could get the papers to her then.
As I made my way back, I took a good look at the papers. Wow, I mean just wow. I could grasp some of it. I was always good at math, and I took a physics course, Introduction To String Theory in college. I wound up dropping the class when I found I was in over my head. So I recognized some of what I was looking at, but this was way beyond the things we studied in class.
I glanced down the road in the direction the bus had gone and smiled, she was a quantum physicist. What had Zoey called her? Liya? Liya was a quantum physicist. Big things come in small packages.
I entered the Pike a minute later and Eve called out, “Sir Lancelot returneth.”
I shook my head and held up the papers. “I just missed her. The bus beat me. I know what ferry she rides, I can get them to her tonight, or if she's a regular, you can just hold them until tomorrow.”
Eve looked downcast. I know, I had let her and myself down. She said wistfully, “I know those have something to do with her work at the University. It's important stuff.” She looked at the kitchen door then out the windows and said, “Maybe Zoey
Chapter 6 – Atoms
I grinned over to the sisters who were having a snort fest for some reason. They were always having a good time. It had to be a sibling thing. Zoey was heading my way with a serious look on her face.
She stopped in front of me and held up some papers as she said, “Could I impose upon you for a favor Allie?”
I nodded as I studied the redhead's face, there was earnestness there, and a touch of mischief I associated with the sisters. Zoe handed me the papers which were filled with advanced math and formulae that I could only grasp parts of. “Did you see that young lady that left a couple minutes ago? You know the cute Filipino who's butt you were ogling?”
I sputtered out as I blushed, “I wasn't... she... you...”
She continued, ignoring my pathetic attempts to deny being caught, “That was Liya.”
“My inept sister...” She let her voice rise at the 'inept sister' comment, which only elicited a giggle from said inept pixie. “Accidentally got these stuck to the bottom of her tray. They look important.”
Then she continued, “Eve and I are stuck here, would it be too much to ask if you could get these to her? She catches the number seven bus to the university up on First.” She had a pleading look on her face that you couldn't turn down if you wanted to.
I smiled and pulled myself to my feet and accepted the papers. I was glad to be useful for a change and nodded. “You can count on me, Zo.”
She fluttered her eyelashes humorously. “My hero,” Zoey held her hands clasped together over her heart.
I rolled my eyes at her, grabbed my cane and said, “Be right back. You need to get a refund for your drama classes.” Then I limped off out the door as she chuckled behind me.
I hustled around the corner of the building and up to First, the city was waking up, but traffic was still light on the streets and the sidewalks. I turned onto the road and saw that short woman with the cute butt across the street at the end of the block.
I held back a grin as I started down the block. She had her head buried in another book. Intelligence is pretty damn sexy. My leg was aching as I moved along and I had to lean against the wall of the building, then slumped a little when the bus pulled up to the stop, obscuring my view of her. I growled out, “Shit!”
The bus pulled off, and I saw her absently sit in the back of the bus. If not for my god damned injuries I could have sprinted to catch her. I exhaled in frustration and slammed the tip of my cane down onto the sidewalk then hissed and pushed away from the wall and headed back toward the Pike. At least I knew the woman would be on the ferry later that day, maybe I could get the papers to her then.
As I made my way back, I took a good look at the papers. Wow, I mean just wow. I could grasp some of it. I was always good at math, and I took a physics course, Introduction To String Theory in college. I wound up dropping the class when I found I was in over my head. So I recognized some of what I was looking at, but this was way beyond the things we studied in class.
I glanced down the road in the direction the bus had gone and smiled, she was a quantum physicist. What had Zoey called her? Liya? Liya was a quantum physicist. Big things come in small packages.
I entered the Pike a minute later and Eve called out, “Sir Lancelot returneth.”
I shook my head and held up the papers. “I just missed her. The bus beat me. I know what ferry she rides, I can get them to her tonight, or if she's a regular, you can just hold them until tomorrow.”
Eve looked downcast. I know, I had let her and myself down. She said wistfully, “I know those have something to do with her work at the University. It's important stuff.” She looked at the kitchen door then out the windows and said, “Maybe Zoey
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