In Between The Lies

Chapter Three: It's complicated

AERO's POV

"I'm so sorry," I whispered to Thomas. We stood in the corner of the circle shack, distanced from Ben and Parker.

"I've been so stupid, thinking that I could just magically have my old life disappear."

"Hey," he said tucking a loose piece of hair that had fallen in front of my face behind my ear. "You can't control things that are out of your reach."

I showed him a little smile a second but then quickly dropped it.

"So your brother seems kinda like a tool." He whispered to me.

The smile came back across my face quickly.

"Ah, so you noticed?" I joked.

"Once again guys, I can still hear you." Parker yelled over to us.

I turned to look at him and then saw what he was doing.

I walked towards him and asked, "You're tying him up?"

Parker knelt down next to Ben who was leaned up again the wall.  He doubled checked that his knot was tied tight around his wrists.

"Do you want him to wake up and strangle you?" He responded like he was talking to a three-year-old.

"Where did you find a rope?" I asked.

He pointed behind the table that had the lamp.

"Over there."

I turned back to look at Thomas.

"It was for a rope swing." Thomas said shrugging his shoulders.

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PARKER's POV

I had to force my eyes to stay open as it got later. I leaned up against the wall next to Ben and and across from Aero and Thomas. He sat with his elbows on his knees and Aero had fallen asleep with her head on his shoulder a couple of hours ago.

We let the awkward silence fill the room. What could me and this random dude (who I'm assuming is banging my sister) possibly talk about right now?

I looked down at my watch. 4:52 a.m.

Jesus fucking Christ.

The crickets were chirping loudly and every time a swig snapped my heart skipped a beat.

Ben's eyes fluttered as he slept.

What the hell happened? He seemed -alright- until we got here.

Aero never should have fucking left. I mean, things weren't ideal, but they would have been fine if she had just stayed.

"You can a nap for a bit if you'd like." Thomas said startling me a bit.

"No way," I shook my head. "I gotta watch over Ben." I then felt a giant yawn coming on.

"But you can go to sleep, if you want to." I quickly added after I finished yawning.

"Nah." He shook his head.

He lifted up his right hand and ran his fingers through his hair making it a bit ruffled.

"What?" Thomas asked after a few seconds.

I shook my head to fix my gaze

Was I staring at him? Bad Parker.

"Uhh," I cleared my throat. "You guys seem close." I pointed out.

His resting face looked like he maybe wanted to kill everyone in this room, but his eyes made him look model-like.

"We are." He said slowly.