Lost Adventure

Chapter 12

 "I think...I think you broke some blood vessels in your eyes." Maverick said slowly and cautiously. There was a minute of silence then Lilly let out the loudest scream, it could be heard for miles around and they all plugged their ears.

"Lilly calm down, you will be able to see in about two weeks, trust me, I did a project on this for health." Teague said assuringly.

"Teague...My eyeballs are BLEEDING!"' Lilly yelled as she burst into bloody tears.

"Ew....Lilly stop crying you're making your clothes all stained and wet!" Haley said with disgust.

"Speaking of clothes...look at us, we're a mess!" C said holding up a bit of torn cloth. They all had mud, dirt, and some kind of gooey stuff on their clothes. The boys' shirts were torn and looked like they were made of rags. The girls' shirts were torn at the bottom and they made cute dirty-looking crop tops.

"When was the last time we showered?" Lb asked, sniffing his sister.

"Hey, we could go bathe in the creek while y'all go cook lunch." Teague said.

"Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wait.You're going to leave us girls here to cook while you go play in a creek?!" C said rudely.

"Yeah pretty much." Maverick said, flipping his hair. The boys ran off and the girls chased them. Except for Lilly, Who was sitting on the dirty ground screaming. The anger inside of her was boiling up and she thought she was gonna explode like Mt. St. Helens. Lilly's thoughts quickly went to the flashbacks of Maverick. The time she spent with him, the years she cared for him, how she grew to love Maverick, not as a friend, or a brother.

She got up and knocked over the teepees, she tore at the ground, screamed, and curled up in a ball, crying. She didn't move for at least an hour. C and Maverick had come back to start supper, but they didn't see Lilly, because she was lying in a tall patch of grass.

"That was so refreshing! We should do that again...Mav." C said, throwing something soaking wet into the grass.

"Mav? I like that. It will be my new nickname." Maverick said happily.

"Now..what to eat...what to... Ah ha!" C pulled out some meat from her bag and then got a fire going.

Lilly's fists were clenched tight and she got up and yelled at them, "Maverick...DEAN STATILLO!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!! I GAVE YOU THE NICKNAME MAV WHEN WE WERE 8, WHY ARE YOU ALONE WITH C?! ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH HER?! YOU CLEARLY DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE, I'M JUST YOUR SICK, STUPID FRIEND. UNBELIEVABLE! GOODBYE! DON'T EVEN COME LOOKING FOR ME! DON'T SEND HALEY, TEAGUE, OR LB EITHER. I'M DONE BEING THE SHADOW!!" Lilly was screaming at the top of her lungs, gasping for breath afterward. She did a 360 degrees spin and ran off.

Maverick grabbed his bag and chased after her. It felt like they were running for miles, but it was only 3/4 of a mile. Lilly tripped and fell and she just laid on the ground. Maverick caught up to her and sat down next to her.

They were there for a long time. "Lilly, talk to me...Please." Maverick said eventually.

"Ok, why were you with C. Why didn't the others come?" Lilly said, annoyed.

"Because...because we...I don't know, ok. C said that she wanted to go back because the water was cold and I came with her because Haley was sunbathing, Lb had gone berry hunting and Teague was having breath-holding contests with himself." Maverick said, scooting closer to Lilly.

"Maverick. I told you not to come looking for me, go ahead and do whatever you want with your new girlfriend. I won't be there so it won't bother me!" Lilly said sarcastically and annoyed.

"Ok." Maverick said. He grabbed Lilly's hand and kissed her cheek.