Lucille
Chapter 16
I hand Clive my knife, pretending Ant doesn't exist but died some miserable death while he was out in the forest snickering over just how hilarious it was to kiss Luce and see what happened.
I take first watch. When it's time for Ant's, I throw a rock at his foot and slump to the ground, not facing him. I hear him sigh and sit up.
"Luce," he says, "you're being so immature. I-"
"Fart off," I say and curl up to sleep. Ant climbs up the tree.
About two in the morning, there's a rustling and Ant's back down.
"What-" I start, but Ant pulls to the side of the tree to hide under its foliage as a massive jet passes overhead.
"Do you think they saw us?" Ant asks. I don't say anything. He's holding my hand. The strange lightning is pulsing through my veins. His eyes glimmer like gemstones, even in the darkness.
"Luce?" Ant asks, raising his eyebrows. I don't get why he does that so much, his arched brows are constantly jumping up and down, and everytime his nose wiggles in a peculiar, minute left, slight right. Concentrate.
"No," I say, "unless they were looking for us, but then there would've been some kind of search light, I think. I don't really... know." I shrug his arms off, angry at him for making me admit my weakness again and again.
Luce-" Ant starts.
"Look, can we just forget about the kiss?" I say all in a rush. I'm usually better at holding onto grudges. I never let it go when I've been wronge, never give the person a second chance to hurt me again. Never give them a chance in the first place. It's not practical.
Ant seems to shrink slightly. It's obviously the kiss, even if it was a joke, meant something to him for some odd reason. He looks down at his feet.
"Please?" I say, my voice coming in a squeak from the effort of the word. He's silent, but nods.
"Okay," I say
"Okay," he says. We stare at eachother awkwardly for awhile, then I crawl back under the blankets, shivering slightly.
No stars are out, and the world seems brighter. Maybe it's possible to forget something, if you try hard enough. If you push it away enough.
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