Dust to Dust

12

Morning came around, and yet another all nighter was pulled. She had gotten used to them, and horribly wanted them to stop. But her mind wouldn't spare her from her thoughts most of the time. Thinking about Asher all alone in that dark church hurt her. Badly. There were a few instances where she almost got out of bed to go check on him, but figured he was already back at his cabin by that point. There was no way to tell, though.

Corey and Delilah were the first to leave, Eren and Christine following shortly after. Jenny figured she would stay behind, since she was too tired to get up and talk to anyone. Maybe she could relax for just an hour or so before getting out and connecting with everyone else. She ended up staying for too long, because to no surprise, Jasper barged into the cabin without a second thought and lightly shook her.

"Jen! C'mon man, everyone's waiting!" she turned over to show him she was awake, and he held back when he saw how exhausted she looked. "Fuck, you look awful."

"Thanks," she groaned, slowly getting out of bed.

"Hold on, hold on." he got in her way, leaving her just sitting there. "You looked tired when you first got here, then got better, and now you look like a zombie. What's up?"

She sighed and dragged her hand along her face. "Sleep doesn't come easy for me, and... Eren and Christine were fucking again."

Jasper sighed. "Damn, they've been keeping you up all night? What a drag. That sucks, I'm sorry. Y'know what, we actually do have a spare bed in my cabin, if you ever need it."

Telling him about Asher wouldn't have exactly been a problem, but he clearly didn't want anyone to know about what he was feeling, and she would respect that, so keeping it from Jasper at least for now would be the best option. While she really trusted him, it was for Asher's sake. He would talk about it when he was ready, if that time ever came. And she appreciated his offer either way, because listening to people screwing all night was going to keep her from sleeping, if not Asher.

"Yeah, thanks. God it's hard to listen to."

He broke out laughing. "You're telling me! I've walked in on them several times. I get they love each other and all but they need to chill the fuck out. I wonder all the time how their sheets are still clean." She laughed at that one too.

"Anyway, let's save the complaints for later. Everyone's already at the fire pit, we're just waiting on your lazy ass." Once she was out of bed, she kneed him in the shin getting a small grunt out of him. She wasn't staying inside because she wanted to, the whole point of staying here in the first place was to be with people. But it hadn't turned out as she expected, so she couldn't help but be tired half the time, and Jasper's nagging was just getting on her nerves since he had no idea what happened last night.

"Ow! The fuck, Jen?" she giggled at him, and skipped on ahead, with all the fake innocence possible. Jasper followed her, letting it slide. She opened the door for him, and they both greeted the morning sun with a great start to the morning.

Everyone already had their food, portions of water, all the adherents had taken their seats, but someone was missing. Asher usually made his entrance a few minutes after, though, so she decided to ignore it, and she and Jasper found a spot next to Delilah and Calvin. Delilah greeted her, cheerful as always, and Jasper started some stupid conversation with Calvin trying to get on Jenny's nerves, but left Delilah out of it. He would always call her an angel, and nobody could really argue with that, but why bother her and play nice with the other? Calvin noticed it too, and insisted he leave her out of whatever guy stuff they were talking about. Although, Jenny really didn't mind, because she was focused on something else. She had originally decided to ignore Asher's whereabouts, but it had been a while, and he still was nowhere to be found. She began to get flashbacks of the night before, how he was pleading on his knees for something unknown, looking almost terrified before acknowledging that there was someone else behind him. That happens, and then all of a sudden he just decides not to show up this morning? It really was strange, but it couldn't be helped, really.