“How’s that?”
“Not quit A-man, kill it would ya? I’m coming in.”
Alex quickly turned off the engine and rose from the
pilot’s seat of Big Air. Even from the front of the plane he could
hear Fidget and Rikki arguing in the back. They had been at each other’s throat since
yesterday afternoon and Alex still wasn’t sure what they were fighting about. A
few time he thought about trying to break it up, but then he thought about how
it’s best to stay out of fidget’s way when she’s mad.
“Darn engines’ acting up all week, but now it won’t even start.”
Alex spun around to see Grinder sitting at the cockpit controls, flip some switches. He was totally unaware that Grinder had come back inside, He had been so quit.
“Hmm, what’d you think is wrong?” “I don’t know, but I’ll figure it out soon.” “Yeah, hey listen, I’m gonna go back there and see if I can get Fidg and Rikki to calm down a little” Grinder didn't even look up from his work.“Hum, Good luck.”
“LET ME DO IT MY WAY!”
“YOUR WAY IS THE WRONG WAY!”
“NO IT’S NOT, THIS IS THE WAY I ALWAYS DO IT!”
“NO, YOU’RE DOING IT LIKE THIS JUST TO ANNOY ME!”
“RIKKI, NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU!”
“THIS IS ABOUT US BOTH!”
“Hey guys.”
Alex casually strolled into the conversation.
“What’s up?”
Neither of Fidget nor Rikki answered.
“ What’s wrong with you guys today?”
Still nothing.
“Come on you guys, I know there’s something wrong, why won’t you tell me?”
With that Fidget picked up her camera and left. No one noticed, but she had tears in her eyes. She HATED being mad at Rikki like this, But, he was the one who started it. The last thing she wanted was for him to see her cry, Then he would know he had hurt her, that he had weakened her and Fidget hated showing her weakness.
“Well, how about that.”
Grinder said as he pulled a monkey wrench out of the engine. It had been jammed in there. Now it was obvious that someone didn’t want them to take off and he had a pretty good idea who that someone was.
“I don’t want to talk about it.” “But Rikki, maybe I can help you two resolve it.” “Alex, you a sports star, not a physiatrist, this is between me and Fidget." “Your right, I’m not a physiatrist, but I’m your friend and that’s a thousand times better” “Alex, please, just, leave my alone right now, I’ve got a lot of stuff to do, so, and I…………..I, please, just……….just please leave.”
Alex was shocked, Rikki had never talked like this before, and it was weird,
“Yeah, okay, listen, I don’t mean to pry, I’m just worried about you two.”
“Don’t be, it doesn’t really concern you Alex, and I, I really don’t want to talk to you about this anymore.”
Alex was about to say something back but then decided against it and left with saying anything.
He wanted to find Fidget.
From the wing, Grinder could see Fidget through the window, she was crying in the bedroom, he was about to go and talk to her when Alex stuck his head out the door.
“Hey, Grinder, have you seen Fidg?”
“Yeah, she’s in bedroom, will ya go cheer her up for me?”
“Just what I was gonna do, did ya figure out the problem with the engine?”
“Yeah”
Grinder held up the wrench.
“This was jammed in it.”
“Think it was sabotage?”
“Yeah, maybe.”
“Huh, keep an eye out, okay?”
“Sure A-man.”
On his way to the bedroom, the phone rang, Alex thought nothing of it and kept on his way.
“HEY! ALEX!”
“Yeah?”
“There’s a phone call for you”“Who is it?”
“It’s a Dr. Laura Kaminski, she says she went to school with you.”
“Laura Kaminski? Really?”“Yeah, do you want to take it?”
“Yeah, hand it here.”
Rikki handed the phone to Alex and left.
“Hello?”
“Hello, Alex?”
Chapter 2