Silence in the sound

Chapter Eight

It had been a week since the kiss and in that time a lot had happened so here's the quick recap:

- Deklan did give in to my request and I got to call Holly on the condition that I didn't mention the situation in which I left

- We walked quite a fair way and were very close to Albany – like an hour walk for town!

- Deklan and I had seemed to rebuild our "friendly vibe", well when I say that I mean we swept it under the rug

The call with Holly was great, she admitted she had been worried for me but I was able to shake her suspicions and explain that Deklan and I had just harmlessly reunited.

The fact that him and I managed to act so friendly and normally after such a short while hit me like a bus, we shared a passionate moment and for us to do that out of nowhere proved there was still something between us. What was it, though?

My self esteem worsened with every moment I had that suffered rejection. I felt like I was too extreme, I didn't feel as if I was cut out to be with someone. I either love too much or couldn't care less, and in this case, I loved too much for a wasteful reason.

I hated so much to admit it but at this point was around the time I learnt I had developed a crush on the crusty Marge Simpson that was Deklan.

I wouldn't say I was falling in love with Deklan, but it was something along those lines, it felt wrong. I fell for the man who kidnapped me and couldn't even tell me why! It was just something about him, every time I looked into his glistering blue eyes, I would fall for him even more. I felt like even though we decided it was unspoken, we knew. We knew what we had done. We knew what our past had encountered. Most importantly though, I knew that wasn't finished, for me at least.

I think the thing is that when you gain an interest in someone, the more time you spend with them, the more your interest grows and unfortunately for me, I was stuck with Deklan long term.

At the time I was thinking about this I was siting on one of those camping logs that surrounded a bonfire, wind blew against me and gently sent my hair into the air ever so lightly. Sitting down at the fire felt nice and Deklan had done very well in setting up our camp. He was hanging out in the tent and reading a magazine that we had picked up on our way here from a news agency.

I decided I had given myself enough time to sit alone with my thoughts and it was critical for me to get out of my head and talk to the only person who was present with me, always.

T: Hi Deklan!

I said enthusiastically as I entered the tent, I saw him laying on his sleeping bag, he was on his back and the magazine was being lifted above his head by his hands.

D: Oh, hey Tianah!

T: How are you?

D: Eh, I'm reading, you?

T: I don't know, I'm bored.

Deklan put down his magazine and sat up to address me fully.

D: Look, I have to go into town to complete some business and I would be happy for you to come as long as you understand not to cause any dramas.

T: ME? DRAMA? NEVER!

Deklan rolled his eyes and continued talking.

D: We can continue our front of a couple going on a date, I'll take you to Venice, it's a fancy Italian Restaurant. Then, we go to the ice cream store in the middle of the main street, while we are there, we pretend that I am catching up with an old friend that is the ice cream staff member. But, in reality that's my target and we need to plant a tracking device on them, yeah?

If I am being completely honest, I didn't catch much of what he said after the Venice restaurant part.

T: All I heard was dinner, ice cream and targets... I'm in.

Deklan looked worried for a short moment but nodded his head in approval before laying back down to read his book.

D: We leave tomorrow at 4pm, be ready.

He didn't have to say it twice, I was going to be ready by four. Most importantly though, I was going to prove that I was capable of being a valuable aspect to whatever Deklan was talking about. And, I was going to prove to him that I deserved to know the truth, why did he kidnap me?...