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Roadtrekking by Gerry Anklewicz and ML Thompson! That was such a great story. This thread is reminding me of all my old favorites.
Okay, this one is easy.
<You're going to be sooorrrry!>
That nagging voice inside her head was back.
<What do you think you're doing, getting into his car
like this? You're in a city where you don't know anyone, you
don't know your way around and you're letting this guy, whom
you've just met, take you some place you don't know anything
about!>
Quiet!!
"Is this the first time you've been to Kansas City?"
She withdrew her gaze from the view outside the car and
turned towards him. "Yes, it is. It looked ... interesting
from the air this afternoon."
"It's a nice city." He hesitated and seemed to be
looking for something else to say. "Maybe ... if you've got
some free time ... maybe I could ... show you some of the
sights."
"That would be nice."
<What did you say *that* for? You shouldn't be making
plans with him! You don't know anything about this guy!>
Lois turned to look out of the window again. A thousand
thoughts, memories and impressions were freewaying through her
head -- on- and off-ramping, merging, cutting in, braking:
Clark's soft voice saying "Hi," the loudness of the voices
around her when she'd returned to a sense of her surroundings,
the wink from Alice as she'd led a stunned and (mercifully)
silent Perry away, the tingle Lois had felt when she'd touched
Clark's hand for the first time, the admiration in his eyes
when he'd looked at her ...
