Whispers

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Author: Robin Jones Gunn
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sometime,” Teri said.
    Mark’s eyes widened.
    “I mean, on your ship, or boat, or whatever you call it.” Teri laughed at herself. “I’m such a novice I don’t even know what you call it.”
    “It’s a boat,” Mark said.
    “Well, sometime, when it’s convenient, I’d like to go out on your boat and learn more about your great blue, rorqual, baleen friends with the triangle fins on their tails.”
    “The fin is actually on their backs. By their tails.” Mark smiled back. But he didn’t extend an invitation for Teri to come out on the boat with him.
    She made a mental note of that and brought it up later that night when she and Anita were alone in the living room.
    “Didn’t he seem a little aloof to you?” Teri asked. “He didn’t ask me to go out on the boat.”
    “That doesn’t necessarily mean anything.”
    “Yeah, but he seemed so distant, not like I thought he would be. Do you think he’s starting to have a hard time relating to humans because he’s with whales so much?”
    “That’s a crazy thing to ask.”
    “No, it isn’t. Mark seems different to me. A lot different than he was last year. Do you think I’ve changed much?”
    “No.”
    “Then it’s he. I think he’s emotionally involved with someone else.”
    “Why in the world would you think that?” Anita said.
    Teri could hear the low hum of the ceiling fan as it stirred the night air. “It’s just not the same. At all.”
    “Why are you jumping to conclusions, Teri? You haven’tgiven him a fair chance. One dinner is not enough to throw out your relationship. Didn’t you feel anything when you saw him?”
    “Not like I did last year. But last year it seemed mutual from the start. I think I was hesitant to let myself feel anything tonight until I knew where he was coming from.”
    “Maybe he was doing the same thing,” Anita said. “You both are making this complicated. You need to wait and see what happens. You’ll see him tomorrow.”
    “I
might
see him tomorrow. Didn’t you hear what he said? If the boat stayed in dock he
might
come to the luau. I had the impression that if he showed up at all it would be at the last minute. He sure didn’t commit himself to anything, did he?”
    “Is that what you were expecting? An instant commitment? Teri, you’re analyzing all the romance out of this. You have a tendency to do that, you know. Don’t turn this into another Luis relationship.”
    “It’s not,” Teri said, instantly on the defense.
    “Why don’t you sleep on it and see what happens tomorrow? I’m going to bed.” Anita gave her a hug before heading off to the bedroom where Dan was already asleep. “Good night!”
    Pulling out the Hide-A-Bed and slipping between the cool sheets, Teri wondered if Anita had ducked out so quickly because she didn’t want to talk about Luis. Teri curled up and let her mind fill with memories of him. Luis was a terrific man. Everyone thought they would marry. They were from the same backgrounds, had the same major in college, liked the same things, and had dated for almost a year. But one day they looked at each other and mutually decided to end it, even though neither of them could articulate a clear reason either for themselves or for their shocked friends and family.
    Teri remembered saying something about how they needed either to marry or break up, but they couldn’t go on any longerthe way they were. It was too easy, too comfortable, and too unexciting. They were more like two cousins together at summer camp than two people deeply in love. There were no fireworks. Teri needed fireworks.
    Since Luis and Teri had broken up during their senior year of college, no other significant man had been in Teri’s life. Now, with a glimmer of a relationship with Mark, Teri wondered if her sister were right about her analyzing all the romance out of her relationships. Still, the fact remained: she needed fireworks.

Chapter Three

    A good night’s sleep and a long, hot shower did

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