The Huntress

Chapter 9

Ryan's P.O.V

I woke up to the smell of food. I jumped up out of bed and was surprised to see where I was. Oh yeah I thought to myself we moved. I opened the wet mossy door and found some meat roasting over the fire. My mouth started to water. I hadn't eaten anything yesterday. My eyes wandered over to see Luna huddled up staring at the fire. She had her knee's against her chest and her head on her knee's. I looked down and walked to the fire. I sat down across from her. I looked up to see if she was looking at me but she wasn't, she was still looking at the fire. I looked back down "I'm sorry." I said. She didn't do anything, she had a blank expression on her face.

After a few minutes she got up and took the meat off the fire. She handed me a piece. "Do I get to have this off?" I showed her the rope that bound my hands together. She shook her head and dropped the meat on my lap. I scowled at the meat. But I picked it up anyway and took a bite. It was really juicy. I ate it in a minute.

When I finished I licked my fingers and looked at Luna. She was still eating and staring at the fire. I sighed and looked up at the sky. It seemed about 9:00. The clouds covered the sky. There was no blue in the sky. I heard thunder in the distance. "Crap" I heard Luna say under her breath. I tore my eyes from the sky and looked at her. This time she looked back. She glared at me. I didn't understand what was wrong. Soon I had to look away. She got up and went inside the run down shed.

I stayed where I was and stared at the fire like Luna was. I understood now why she kept staring at it. It was mesmerizing. The coals would light up then dim and light up again. Sometimes if I looked really close I would see blue. It made all types of noises. I kept staring at it. The fire sizzled and snapped me out of my trance. I heard it sizzle again. I looked up at the sky. I felt a drop on my right cheek. More drops followed. Then I heard a deep rumble. Soon it was just pouring. The fire kept sizzling trying to stay up but the rain won and the fire died.

I got up and ran into the shed. In there I saw Luna laying on her bed looking up at the ceiling. I took my coat off and set it on the dresser that was there. Then I walked over to my bed and wrapped one of the blankets around me. I could hear the rain pounding on the roof. There were some cracks on there and water started dripping down. I watched it hit the floor. Drop after drop. I couldn't stand the silence anymore so I said to Luna "What's wrong?"

Silence. I was getting really frustrated. Why won't she tell me?!?! "Luna what is wrong?What did I do wrong?" All she said was "I think you know exactly what you did wrong." "No I don't know what I did wrong that's why I'm asking you!" I said, exasperated. She stood up lightning fast to stand in front of me. "You knew you had money and when you saw me you thought 'Oh look at that girl I'm going to follow her and when she kidnaps me my daddy can come and rescue me and the police can put that girl in jail for holding me hostage because I'm rich'" she spat the 'rich' in my face "right, your just one of those boy's that likes to blame other people and get them in trouble. Well not me!" she stopped and tried to catch her breath.

"Did you not hear what I told you yesterday?" I asked her. " Oh yeah I know exactly what you said, 'I have money'." "That's not all I said." She looked at me, puzzled. "Then what did you say that I clearly need to know." "I said that I do have money but I hate it. I followed you because.... I don't know why I followed you. I think my subconscious led me to you. I don't know. I think I followed you because I was being stupid and that I was mad at my parents so I had to get away. I'm sorry." I looked down.

It was quiet. I looked back up and saw that she had sat down and was looking at the green door. I opened my mouth to say something but she cut me off and said "I don't really think I was mad at you." she said "I think I envied you." She looked up at me. "I was jealous that you were rich. That you had money and I didn't. That you have someone looking for you and I...... didn't." She looked back down.

"I'm so sorry Luna I-" "No I'm sorry you didn't do anything wrong. Its all me." I stared at her and said "No Luna everything is not your fault I was the one who followed you in the first place." She looked up and smiled "Yeah I guess your right." I smiled too "Ok now that we got this all straightened out I would really like to be friends with you. I don't like all this awkwardness between us."

She laughed "Yes now that this is all over I would like to be friends with you too." "Ok so now its official, we're friends?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes and said "Yes isn't that what I just said." "Haha just making sure." I looked at my hands. "So if we're friends now, have I earned the privlege of not having these?" I raised my hands up so she could see the rope that bound them together. "Yes." She got up and opened one of the drawers in the dresser. She took out a knife and walked back over to me. She knelt down a nd started cutting the ropes. I looked up hoping she wouldn't accidentally cut me.

Soon I felt the rope leave my hands. I looked down and saw two big red lines around my wrists. I started rubbing them. I looked up at Luna and said "Thanks."

All of a sudden I felt her arms around my neck and her head on my shoulder. I hesitated at first. But I hugged her back. I felt happy. I wanted time to stop. I felt her loosen her grip. I turned my head. She was asleep. I laughed lightly. I picked her up and laid her on her bed. I laid the blanket over her. She looked so peaceful. I went back to my bed and laid down as well. Listening to the sound of the rain.

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