Pulling out a tissue to wipe his bleeding nose, thanks to the girl now wearing his jacket, Wufei wondered if it was broken.
Opening his mouth to mumble "sorry", he was stopped by the girls remark.
"Thanks a lot." Her voice was dripping with sarcasm and held a sharp edge to it. Zipping up the front, she tugged at the bottom of the jacket. While it was too large for her, it still only came to the middle of her thighs.
"If you didn't want to be heckled at, you shouldn't come to a public place in... that thing!" He said in his defense, wondering if the sun had fried her brain.
As he headed back to Sally's jeep, the dark haired girl jumped in front of him, her face still red from embarrassment, her eyes flashed with anger.
"So I suppose the way I dress gives you the right to lay on top of me and... and..." She choked on her words as her face became even more red.
'The Sun must be hotter than I thought!' Wufei said to himself as he watched her struggling with her own speech.
"Fondle me!" She finally blurted out, apparently louder then she meant to, as once again they gained the attention of everyone else on the beach.
"What?!" Wufei sputtered for a moment, ignoring the people watching them.
"What's wrong with you?" She demanded to know, wrinkling her nose at him. She acted as though he were growing a second head.
"Me? What's wrong with you?! You must have a large ego to think I'd fall on top of you on purpose!" Not waiting for an answer, Wufei walked past her and went for the Jeep.
Staring at the Chinese man's back, Hilde blinked as a thought occurred to her. "Do you mean you didn't land on me on purpose?" Her voice sounded so feeble to her own ears she was rather surprised he heard her.
"YES! I tripped." he called over his shoulder, not bothering to look back at her.
'And who would blame him?' Hilde asked herself, feeling like sinking into the sand again. Instead she forced her legs into motion and followed him.
Catching up to him not far from where she had parked, she tugged at his arm. He glared at her, making it even harder, but she knew she had to say it.
"I'm sorry."
He glanced down at her hand on his arm. It suddenly felt as hot as her face, and she dropped it to her side.
Shuffling her feet, she took a closer look at his face, it was the first chance she had to really look at him.
His face was rather smooth, but without being soft or feminine. He was only 4 or 5 inches taller than herself, and looked to be around her own age. Finally her gaze came across his nose. He was holding some tissue over it with his left hand.
"Oh! Did I break it?!" She exclaimed as an image of herself slugging him popped up in her mind. Wincing at the thought she moved closer to him "Here, let me have a look" pulling his hand away she saw that she had indeed broken his nose.
"It's fine. I'll take care of it." He mumbled, pulling away from her.
"Don't be silly. You have blood smeared on your bottom lip, and you need to be cleaned up." Taking him by his right arm, she began to lead him to her car.
"Where are you trying to take me?" he demanded, keeping his feet planted firmly on the ground. He acted as though she were a nutcase who had escaped the asylum.
"To my car!" She tugged at his arm. "I have a bottle of water, Betadine, and more tissue in it"
He followed, though his slow pace showed his reluctance to do so. "What's your name?"
"Hmm? Oh, my name! It's Hilde Schbeiker." She stopped and stuck out her hand.
Taking her hand into his he shook it "Chang Wufei. This your car?" He asked looking at the shiny brand new sports car they were standing in front of.
"I wish!" Hilde said as she pointed to the car next to it.
He stared at the old beat up black ,where it wasn't rusting, back-bumper-missing car.
"It's a piece of junk!" He blurted out.
"Don't talk about my baby that way!" Hilde said defiantly.
Leading him a bit closer, she patted the hood. "Hannah is very dependable."
Opening the front door, she began rummaging for her first aid kit. She watched through the front window as Wufei sat down on the hood of the other car. "Tilt your head back." She ordered, before going back to digging through "Hannah".