Entries of Edith-Solaire (Discontinued)

Chapter 19

[2022]

Anthony nagged us to go out by the lake, he did this with others as well. It was nighttime so Sam could come out, I decided to wear an overall dress with a red and black checkered shirt underneath. Finn was wearing a large white shirt with light brown pants. The path of going down was rocky since my little cabin was farther in the forest. I could sense he was nervous from his Core, I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and leaned in. He looked at me and smiled, he took a deep breath and played with the necklace which Dad gave him. A rose-gold necklace with a small teardrop of a Ruby, specifically a Solaire Ruby.

When we arrived Ash was grilling while Anthony was looking over at a pot. David was having a mid-life crisis but once he saw I was barefoot it seemed to pull him out of it. Tank & Sam came along and Tank was barefoot as well. The others were already here and seemed to be enjoying each other's company. Though Amanda wasn't here, she decided to move after the Inversion. It took a toll on Christian but he seemed to be less of an asshole lately.

"Ed! Want some barbacoa! Made it myself!" Anthony yelled out. I now know why David seems to be shocked. Anthony cooking and not burning down something? Unbelieve! I grabbed a plate and put some tortillas, Anthony put a lot on-it has been a while since I had some. I sat down and ate near Christian, I could hear him mumble about a 'chew toy'? Then Tank's name popped up, I glared at him and shot straight up. I heard Milo talking about Christain calling Tank a chew toy from how many scars they have.

"Where are you going?" He asked, I could feel my blood boil with shame. "To PetShop I have to return something," I retorted. I could feel his confusion, "Me." I made my way back to the Cabin. The scars I have were hidden away by magic, at first it was to seem normal but with each passing moment I heard 'Chrissy' talk about Tank's scar like that. It made me shy away, it drained me by the end of the day but if it meant having holdway that Chris couldn't make fun of me then yeah I would take it.

I changed into comfortable clothes, one of my favorite nightgowns, and just covered myself with blankets. I heard a rifting noise, I could feel him but couldn't see him, sighing as I let my walls down. I looked up at him.

"Edith, it's okay! I-I-." He stuttered, he knew how I got the scars. I patted right next to me and he sat down. "It hurted, I saw and I'm sorry I couldn't help you." I leaned against him and shook my head. Maybe I shouldn't have done that, it probably ruined the mood. I felt Caelum's hand wrapped around me, I fell asleep but when I woke up he was gone. Finn was holding me, I stayed still.

We didn't do anything that day, just stayed hovelled up in the cabin. Cooked and ate, played together, by the time the sun was setting I was relaxed. Finn didn't bring it up either so it made me happy, I was doing the dishes when the door knocked.

Tank was standing there and dragged me out, I asked them what they were doing but they didn't respond. They continued to drag over to the forestline and stopped until we were deep in. They shifted and nudged at my leg. I just kept hearing 'run with me' when I shifted. And then they zoomed off, and I followed suit.