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see where the big sperm whale had lain, gasping for breath.
The news had said it was a freak shift in wind, bringing a small tidal
surge that had lifted the whale free. Of course, I knew better.
I felt a small shadow pass over me, blocking the sun for just a moment.
I didn't even look up. I kept running. Maybe I could find a hidden spot
somewhere up ahead and morph.
A few minutes later, "Hey! Rachel?"
I turned, surprised to find T. T. jogging after me.
"What?" I said, sighing as he caught up.
"Well, uh, I was just wondering," he began.
"Wondering what?" I said, jamming my hands into my pockets.
"Well, uh, if maybe you might want to go to the movies with me, after
all," he said nervously, glancing at me.
My stomach twitched.
He really was cute. And so normal. So not Tobias.
He had almost certainly never eaten a mouse. On the other hand, he'd
never morphed a sperm whale and gone to the bottom of the ocean while
his brain was reeling with barely suppressed terror, just so he could
look out for me.
I opened my mouth to say, "Sure." Instead I said, "Hey, do you speak
English? How many ways do I have to say 'no'?"
He called me a name I've been called before. Then he took off. I was
pretty sure he wouldn't ask me out again.
Tobias called down from the sky.
"Oh, shut up, you mouse-eating freak," I said.
Tobias laughed. He knew better than to take me too seriously.
that! Heard what he called you, too. The guy is perceptive as well as cute.>
"I know. I'm gonna go get some wings and come on up there. Keep an eye
out for me."
he said.
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