Outward Bound

5

The sound of life coming back into the camp hit her ears. Wikitoria sighed as she lay on her bunk, letting life return to normal. Well, camp normal anyway. She turned over, looking down at Maia's empty bunk. She was out walking, getting her ankle used to moving again.

Footsteps hit the doorway. "Yo yo, we're back!"

She rolled over, seeing Jazz dropping her bag on her bed. "Hey, mate." She flicked her eyebrows, acknowledging her. Jazz stopped by her bunk, looking around.

"Where's limpy?"

"Somewhere. Giving her foot a stretch. She's all good now."

"I bet." Jazz smirked.

Wikitoria's eyebrows knitted. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Jazz looked up at her. She shrugged. "I don't know, really. There's this thing between you, too. Do you know each other or something?" Wikitoria looked at her a moment. What was she supposed to say? She shrugged her shoulders.

"We went to school together."

"Oh." Jazz nodded. "Well, makes sense then. I'm going for a shower. Catch cha after."

"All goodz." Wikitoria wet her lip, watching her go. Shaking her head, she couldn't believe Jazz picked that up. That meant she probably wasn't the only one. She sighed, rolling over onto her back. They'd had sex a few times during the night, but now they really needed to stay away from each other. But was that going to be easier than said?

Maia could see her sitting over on the steps to the kitchen, playing around on the guitar while chatting with Naydeen. Wikitoria had more of an athletic physique and could dress feminine if she needed to, but she was more comfortable like this in her shorts or trackies.

"So, what did you guys get up to while we were away?" Millie asked, noticing the far-away look. Maia sat back, stretching her legs and pulling her toes back up.

"Nothing much. There wasn't much to do except eat and throw dust at the wind." She shrugged. "I wasn't that much fun."

Millie nodded, catching the little glance over from Wikitoria. "You two get up to anything?"

Maia turned her head.

"What do you mean?" Millie gave her a look. She shrugged. "Well, Wiki is..." She paused, checking Maia's reaction. "She's a lesbian, right?"

Maia leaned forward, scratching her knee. She glimpsed over at the more masculine girl.

"I didn't ask, actually." She sat back a moment, noticing Millie watching her flatmate. "Are you?" She asked, trying to find where this was coming from. A slight twinkle came to Millie's eyes as she smiled back at Wikitoria watching them.

"I wouldn't say no to being alone with her for a night." She laughed to herself. "She could nurse me any way she liked, that's for sure." She flicked her eyebrows, getting up and seeing Marco was calling them. Maia stayed there a moment. Did Wiki say something? They hadn't talked about what they would say when the others returned. If Millie was thinking what she was thinking, then maybe she wasn't the only one.

"Hey,"

"Hey." Maia found her washing the mud out of her shoes; she leaned over the tub with her clothes in her hand. Wikitoria noticed her looking around. "What's up?"

Maia sighed, looking down at her. She started hand washing her stuff. "You haven't said anything, have you?"

Wikitoria stopped for a moment. A little smile came to her lips. "Not a topic I'm just so casually going to talk about, Mai."