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As they pulled up, Luke cleared his throat nervously, and whispered to her under his breath as he stared out the front windshield of the truck.
“Your dad is watching us. Can you please take it easy on me so I can live to see another day?” he said in a hushed voice. “That means no grabbing, no kissing, no holding hands… no toeverything, honey, please.”
“I promise,” she agreed, waving to her dad happily. “We need to get out of the truck and say hello.”
“I know, but my knees won’t hold me yet. They are still shaking.”
“It will be fine,” she said easily, laughing softly. “We went to grab something to eat after church, okay?”
“Sounds good.”
Nicolette climbed out of the truck.
Luke followed behind her, yanking his baseball cap onto his head as if it was some helmet to afford him a little protection.
“Hey Daddy…” she said easily, walking up to the tall man that was looking at Luke curiously with a flat expression. “I thought I would come surprise you and go up for a little bit.”
“What are you doing with Armadillo’s boy?”
“Luke? Oh, we ran into each other at church, and he was going flying, too. I suggested we take a spin together, so we don’t tie up two planes or use up a bunch of fuel.”
“Mr. Saxon,” Luke said bravely, extending his hand.
“What happened to calling me Valkyrie?” Nicolette’s dad said bluntly, his eyes narrowing as he looked at him – and back at her. “Are you kids playing a joke on me?”
“Never, Daddy,” she smiled, leaning up to kiss him on the cheek. “Is there a plane available?”
“Always, pumpkin…”
She beamed at her father before hugging him tightly, and whispering ‘I love you’ to him, as he kissed her on the top of her head. Luke was watching them, and she knew he was sweating buckets just standing there before him.
“C’mon,” she began, turning towards him. “No showing off, Luke.”
“Nope. Right as rain when I’ve got someone else in the plane.”
“Good answer, kid!” Valkyrie yelled out from behind them, standing there with his arms crossed over his chest, just watching them.
“Hurry, so we can get out of sight and out of hearing,” she urged quickly, yanking open the door and heard her father yell loudly as Luke was already on a step, draining fuel as part of the pre-check.
“NICOLETTE – DO YOUR OWN PRE-CHECK, YOUNG LADY!” her father yelled pointedly, glaring at her.
She knew he frowned upon her relying that the planes were maintained and preached it to all of them repeatedly for safety’s sake. As she backed down out of the plane, she glanced at Luke, who was smirking and pouring the fuel back into the opening properly.
“Behave,” she hissed at him, smirking as she glanced at him.
“Everything has to be proper, remember? No clues or indications that I’m interested in his beautiful daughter…”
“Awww Luke,” she whispered softly, smiling at him as they walked around the plane, checking the flaps. “Just interested?”
“How about ‘falling for her’…”
“Hmm… good! I think I’m falling for you too,” Nicolette whispered, reaching out to touch his chest and peering over his shoulder, causing him to dart away nervously.
“No touching, remember?”
“How can I not when I think about all those kisses and…”
“Niki, are youtryingto get me killed?”
