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everything about that secondhand.”
“Good thinking.”
“Yeah,” Alan said, “except he doubts my story.” He chuckled. “Thinks the militia guys were lying about the agritents being so far south now.”
“What did you tell him about the alien battle?”
“Just that we saw some of it in the sky in the distance on our way back in.”
“And the mountain dwellers?”
“Erob, no! I told him we stayed in the foothills testing your dad’s suits on shallow slopes, and decided to camp out for the night because we were having cruiser trouble. At least there’s partial truth in that.”
“Okay,” Jumper said. “That’s not too bad, any of it. Your story needs to match the one I give my dad.”
A chirp sounded from Jumper’s lightpad.
“Speaking of which, he’s messaging me right now.”
“I’m sure he wants to know about the suits,” Alan said.
Jumper shook his head as he read. “Actually, he’s asking me to come out to the university. Hmm.”
“Why?”
Jumper set the lightpad down. “Uncle Brandon’s contacted him and is on his way to the university right now! He wants me there to see him.”
“Cool. Let’s go.”
“Go where?” Kayla’s voice said. Water drops hit Jumper’s head as she pulled her towel out from behind his back.
“Why don’t you use the evaporation chamber like the rest of us?” Alan asked Kayla.
“Dries out my skin. Go where?”
“The university,” Jumper answered.
“Oh, take me with you! I want to make a run through the air gym.”
Jumper shook his head. “No, not this time.”
“Why not? You’re going anyway.”
“The prophet’s coming to see his dad,” Alan said.
Kayla dried her hair furiously. “I won’t interfere with that. I just want to take a swing through. You can drop me at the front and pick me back up later.”
Jumper looked at Alan for a few seconds. They both eventually shrugged.
“All right,” Jumper said. “Meet us out front.”
“Oh, no you don’t. Last time you ditched me. One of you is coming with me to my room and wait while I change.”
“I’ll do it,” Alan said a little too quickly.
Jumper scowled and said, “Fine. Meet you both out there.”
“Hope he doesn’t ditch us both,” Jumper heard Kayla say to Alan as the two of them walked towards the building.
“That might not be so bad,” Alan responded.
“You wish, Alan.”
In the parking lot a short while later, Jumper knew he had two choices. The first was he could drive, and let Kayla squish herself in with Alan in the passenger seat. He chose the second option.
“I thought you always drove,” Kayla said as she squeezed in with Jumper. Her flesh felt good against his, even through the thick climate-controlled clothes they all wore, which consisted of stretchy pants and a long-sleeve shirt. Her voice was flirtatious in a way Jumper wasn’t sure about. He decided to act annoyed.
“I’m working on my journal entry—but I keep getting interrupted.” Jumper turned his attention to his lightpad as soon as she settled down.
“Oh, your journal. Right. When are you going to let me read that?”
“I’m thinking …never. Yep. Pretty sure it’s never.”
“Don’t want me to read about Ashlie and Carmen?”
“As if girls were important enough to write about,” Jumper jeered.
“You’ve been writing that thing since we were kids. Are you seriously saying it has nothing about me?”
Jumper looked into Kayla’s dark brown eyes. They were becoming more beautiful as she matured.
“Oh, I’m sure there’s something. Like you said, it goes back a long ways.”
“The file size has to be getting gigantic by now,” she said.
“Yeah, it’s pretty big.”
Kayla put her muscular, soft arm around Jumper’s shoulder and lowered her voice. “How much about me is really in there?”
Alan appeared outside the driver’s door.
“I’m driving? Great! Kayla, you might be good for something after all.”
“What took you so long?” Jumper
“Good thinking.”
“Yeah,” Alan said, “except he doubts my story.” He chuckled. “Thinks the militia guys were lying about the agritents being so far south now.”
“What did you tell him about the alien battle?”
“Just that we saw some of it in the sky in the distance on our way back in.”
“And the mountain dwellers?”
“Erob, no! I told him we stayed in the foothills testing your dad’s suits on shallow slopes, and decided to camp out for the night because we were having cruiser trouble. At least there’s partial truth in that.”
“Okay,” Jumper said. “That’s not too bad, any of it. Your story needs to match the one I give my dad.”
A chirp sounded from Jumper’s lightpad.
“Speaking of which, he’s messaging me right now.”
“I’m sure he wants to know about the suits,” Alan said.
Jumper shook his head as he read. “Actually, he’s asking me to come out to the university. Hmm.”
“Why?”
Jumper set the lightpad down. “Uncle Brandon’s contacted him and is on his way to the university right now! He wants me there to see him.”
“Cool. Let’s go.”
“Go where?” Kayla’s voice said. Water drops hit Jumper’s head as she pulled her towel out from behind his back.
“Why don’t you use the evaporation chamber like the rest of us?” Alan asked Kayla.
“Dries out my skin. Go where?”
“The university,” Jumper answered.
“Oh, take me with you! I want to make a run through the air gym.”
Jumper shook his head. “No, not this time.”
“Why not? You’re going anyway.”
“The prophet’s coming to see his dad,” Alan said.
Kayla dried her hair furiously. “I won’t interfere with that. I just want to take a swing through. You can drop me at the front and pick me back up later.”
Jumper looked at Alan for a few seconds. They both eventually shrugged.
“All right,” Jumper said. “Meet us out front.”
“Oh, no you don’t. Last time you ditched me. One of you is coming with me to my room and wait while I change.”
“I’ll do it,” Alan said a little too quickly.
Jumper scowled and said, “Fine. Meet you both out there.”
“Hope he doesn’t ditch us both,” Jumper heard Kayla say to Alan as the two of them walked towards the building.
“That might not be so bad,” Alan responded.
“You wish, Alan.”
In the parking lot a short while later, Jumper knew he had two choices. The first was he could drive, and let Kayla squish herself in with Alan in the passenger seat. He chose the second option.
“I thought you always drove,” Kayla said as she squeezed in with Jumper. Her flesh felt good against his, even through the thick climate-controlled clothes they all wore, which consisted of stretchy pants and a long-sleeve shirt. Her voice was flirtatious in a way Jumper wasn’t sure about. He decided to act annoyed.
“I’m working on my journal entry—but I keep getting interrupted.” Jumper turned his attention to his lightpad as soon as she settled down.
“Oh, your journal. Right. When are you going to let me read that?”
“I’m thinking …never. Yep. Pretty sure it’s never.”
“Don’t want me to read about Ashlie and Carmen?”
“As if girls were important enough to write about,” Jumper jeered.
“You’ve been writing that thing since we were kids. Are you seriously saying it has nothing about me?”
Jumper looked into Kayla’s dark brown eyes. They were becoming more beautiful as she matured.
“Oh, I’m sure there’s something. Like you said, it goes back a long ways.”
“The file size has to be getting gigantic by now,” she said.
“Yeah, it’s pretty big.”
Kayla put her muscular, soft arm around Jumper’s shoulder and lowered her voice. “How much about me is really in there?”
Alan appeared outside the driver’s door.
“I’m driving? Great! Kayla, you might be good for something after all.”
“What took you so long?” Jumper
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