Just A Kiss by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Format: epub
Tags: Siren Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2010-02-13T07:06:32+00:00

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Just A Kiss

Gabrielle watched Keller leave and felt his loss. She was going to miss him desperately once she got back to Earth. Should she try harder to stay? Fight the good fight with Keller?

“Do you need alimentus?” Crag asked, disrupting her train of thought.

“I doubt it. What is it?”

“I believe your word is sustenance…food.”

“Oh, no. I couldn’t eat.”

“Perhaps you should anyway, just in case,” he said with a courteous tone she wanted to embrace. Crag was trying to be nice to her. She should enjoy it while it lasted.

“Maybe something small,” she murmured, trying to be polite in return.

“Follow me.” He led her out of the room and down a well-lit and very white hallway to yet another austere room.

The door parted in the middle and slid open like the ones on Star Trek. This room had several tables and odd-looking white-on-chrome chairs. They looked like the old ergonomic chairs she remembered from her mother’s art studio for sketch class, where one was required to spend the duration of the visit testing the stamina of their knee strength as it related to the physics of body weight pressure. Crag didn’t bother to ask what she wanted. He pointed her to a table and went to a counter lining one wall where yet another tall alien stood taking food orders. Proud of herself for mastering the mechanics of sitting in an alien chair quickly, she didn’t have long to wait for his return. After a few minutes, Crag brought her what looked like a cup of tea and a bowl of broth.

“Thank you,” she said sincerely if not fully meeting his eyes.

“It’s nothing.” He looked uncomfortable as he took the seat next to her. Gabrielle sipped the tea. It was orange and spicy sweet. A spoonful of the broth brought a smile to her lips as she realized it tasted like chicken.

“Is it satisfactory?” he remarked at her smile.

“Yes, it’s good. It reminds me of soup from home.”

“I’ve never seen Keller look at any female as he does you. It puzzles me,” Crag said as she ate the soup.

“How does he look at me?”

“Like you are his perfect vita-parcere, and he’d rather die than lose you.”

“And that’s bad?” Gabrielle looked into his piercing, slate-gray eyes. Angry warrior eyes. Not at all the sultry, liquid silver of Keller’s. However, Crag was not looking at her with love as Keller did. He was obviously defending his friend from making what he believed to be a monumental mistake.

“Yes, it is bad. You and I both know you don’t belong here,” he stated matter-offactly.

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