“You alright?” Daniel asked. His eyes revealing nothing as he studied my face, waiting for an answer.
“Yeah,
I’m…..I’m fine” I said with heavy breaths, my hair spilling down around me as I
sat up to avoid his gaze. “I must have just dozed off. It’s not a big deal.” I added
dismissively.
“You
sure?” he asked once again, situating himself to sit bare inches away, beside me
on the sarsen.
Nodding
a yes without looking at him, I scooted back, pulling my feet out of the pool’s
cool water.
“You
open it yet?” he asked with impatient curiosity as his eyes shifted from the
bag next to me and back to my face.
“No, not
yet” I said in irritation “But I will when I’m ready.”
Huffing
out an exasperated breath, he leaned back on his elbows to reach back for
something. Sitting back up, he held out a sandwich, haphazardly wrapped in a
white paper napkin.
“Lucas
made sandwiches. Here…” he said shoving the sandwich in my hand “You should eat
something.”
Looking
down at the sandwich in reverence, not knowing how hungry I really was until I
held it in my hand. I said a quick thanks before turning all my attention back
to my sandwich. They say when you’re hungry, everything tastes good and this
was no exception. As I chewed my first bite of the turkey and cheese on plain
white bread, I swore I could hear a choir of angels, singing halleluiahs in the
background. Completely forgetting Daniel as he sat next to me, I practically
inhaled the rest of the sandwich.
“Do you
chew at all or is it just preference to swallow it whole like a snake.” He sneered
in a teasing tone.
Turning
to him and screwing my face up at his words, my mouth still full of food I was
taken by surprise at his unguarded response as he looked down at me. Throwing is
head back and laughing in a low and husky timbre, Daniel gave me my first
glimpse of his dimples as they sank into his cheek.
“You should see your face right now.” He
chuckled, flashing me a perfect toothed smile before shaking his head and
staring at the falls in front of us.
Finishing
off the rest of the sandwich and dusting off my hands on my shirt, I turned to
Daniel. Looking at him as he sat there, haloed by the sunset coloured sky, the
ghost of his dimpled smile, still lingering on his handsomely boyish face. I
couldn’t help but think how beautiful he looked.
“Beautiful
isn’t it?” he remarked, his question breaking through my thoughts as if he
could read them.
“What?”
I asked perplexed, shifting my eyes from his face and shaking off my current
train of thought.
“Sunsets.”
He said, looking up at the multicoloured streaked sky, as if it should have
been obvious. “There amazing. The world’s natural marker, of what has been
and what is to come. Not just the end of one thing but the beginning of
another.”
Silent
as his poetic words took root, I joined him in watching as the day turn to
night.
“We
should probably head back, Lucas must be wondering where we ran off too and
left him.” I said to Daniel, breaking the silence. Pulling my hair back into a loose braid and tying it
at the end.
“Lucas
is probably more worried about what we’re doing alone together, than us leaving
him behind.” He said with a chuckle so contagious, I couldn’t help but smile.
“Still,
we should go.” I replied, neither one of us making a move to leave.
Carried
by the night’s warm breeze, the sound of steady footsteps interrupted our conversation.
Looking over my shoulder, in the direction the sound was coming from, I watched
as a small shadowed frame came into view. Turning my back to the falls and
facing Lucas, I watched him as he languidly walked over to me and Daniel.
“Hey.”
Lucas said to us both in greeting, barely glancing at Daniel before focusing on
me. “You guys have been gone long,
thought you were eaten by a bear or something.” He said with a smile, looking
up at me as he braced his palms on my boulder, trapping my legs between them.
“There
aren’t any bears in Marshall Woods. Foxes, Yes. Bunnies, deer and the
occasional wolf, but.. no bears.” I corrected him.
“Good
to know, Octopedia.” Lucas teased.
Clearing
his throat in clear annoyance at Lucas’ and I verbal exchange, we both looked
over at Daniel as he jumped off the rock to the ground and stood next to Lucas.
Phew thought something was gonna happen between Daniel and her! Go Lucas! :P
ReplyDeletewow u reli dnt like Daniel! lol dats just so funny!
Deletethanks for stopping by and reading!
Interesting way of writing!
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I think you're too kind letting people read this now?! I feel I should wait till this is published!!! Great Stuffs (Y)
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I think there is definitely more to daniel and I am glad we got a peek at it :) lovely setting
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