A Forever Type Of Deal

Beaches and Cameras

Chapter 7
Heera's Pov
We're finally here. There's nothing therapeutic than being at the beach hearing the waves crash on the shores.
The waters are so blue and stretch so far beyond my normal vision. I guess it's why I love fall ,you can just sit here for hours and watch the sun go down as it changes colours,I promise it's a sight to die for. What makes this better is the one we came to is nearly isolated which makes lots of sense since its quite the distance from town. Most people prefer to go to the one near our small town and I couldn't be more grateful.
I turn to look beside me to catch Miles looking extremely pale.I capture the moment,I know its not ideal but if I asked him he would shut down again and let me tell you this guys walls are sky high and getting him to even open up feels like a struggle I'm not getting involved in.
I'll let him open up when he's ready and by the look on his face I really doubt he's anywhere near ready for any of that.
So I decide to make it upto to him and make sure he's at least having a good time..
"Hey Gray,you ok??"
'Uuuhm,yeah it's just been a while since I've been here.I thought I was ready to but guess not.'
He was being very vague but I decided not to push him.seemed like he was done talking for now.
"Come on let's explore this place,I'm sure we'll find some good places for pictures.'
"Sure let's go.'
That expression on his face turned blank and I really couldn't read him even if I tried so I let it go
I held his hand and began dragging him across the shore looking for shells and anything meaningful.
When we'd collected afew ,we were some good distance from where we started.I looked back and found him starring into the waters again.
He seemed lost.Really lost and I didn't know how to get him back
"Wanna go in," I ask him quietly .
Huuh' he finally looks up at me and seems like he's just realizing that I've been here with him all this time.
"I asked if you wanted to go in the water."
He seemed to pale even more.
"Uuuhm,can we go back please."
'Yeah its ok, I got some good shots of the ocean anyway.'
I could tell he totally forgot why we were here in the first place
It was not my place to intrude so I followed him back to where we started.
It's late anyway so we should probably start driving back home.
By the time we got to the car, he seemed more like himself
" I'm sorry about today,I really wanted to have a nice time today .
I didn't mean to ruin everything,
"Hey it's fine, you don't have to explain anything.We can always go some place else,doesn't have to be exactly at the beach."
'Thank you, it's just hard being here.'
It's fine, let's go."
We got in and started the long drive home .
It was mostly quiet as the radio was the only thing on.
I could tell today had taken alot out of him so I offered to drive and let him rest a little before we got back
I quietly hummed to "Unsteady by Ambassador," as it played on the radio and when I turned to him he was fast asleep and I couldn't help a little smile form on my face.
He looked so peaceful sleeping and I couldn't help but admire him a little bit.
He seemed to be going through alot and I hoped whatever it was he'll be better one day.I mean we're All trying to heal from something that has hurt us but the hope is it'll get better with time ,the question is when exactly is soon.