Broken Wings ➳Gally{2}

Forever

"Lawrence, are you growing fond of me?"

He no longer needs Jasper to carry a gun around me. I've heard him start questioning my whereabouts over the radio because Gally leaves it on all the time.

And he trusts me fully to not inject him with something that could kill him in seconds,
"It's okay to admit. I have that affect on people."
I smirk up at him with a wink as I walk through his garden staring at all the different herbs and plants he grows.

"Growing fond over the devils spawn." He laughs to himself as he joins my side staring at the black irises I stare at, however he looks beside them and sees the daffodils and he picks out one for me.

"Survival." He softly says handing it to me and I take it out of his hand staring at the flower with the long stem.
"Daffodil." I say back my eyes glued to the flower.

"You value Gally, Luke and your sister-"
"Sister?" He knows Avery is my sister?! And he hasn't killed her yet?
Maybe cranks do have hearts.

"Yes, but let's keep that one to ourselves. I'd be a pain to ruin their fun of pretending she isn't just as involved in WICKED as she is here." Lawrence lets out another deep laugh still keeping his head glued onto the herbs.

"It's odd because everyone described you to be a dick."
I let my thoughts slip out like the breath I exhaled even shocked by my own choice of words.

"And I'm not?" He raised his brows surprised by my words. "Oh you definitely are." I snort out as I finally lifted my gaze from the daffodil.

"But you're just angry. Angry at Wicked, angry at the world. You're just a man who values time."
I watch as his gaze just fully changes his eyes deepen so much as his head tilts jd a small smile tugs the corner of his lips.

"You really are as smart as he says."
Lawrence comments back before picking up one of his herb pots inhaling the smell.

"You're right Blake Paige. I have indeed grown fond of you. Furthermore than I can admit."
He admits with a nods as he reaches into his pocket and he pulls something out.

"Gally has been losing his mind over loosing this. But now I realise that it wasn't from Wicked, it was from you."

He holds my necklace by the chain and my eyes widen when I see the caduceus pendant that dangles in the air and I quickly snatch it out his hands taking ahold of it.

"It's called Wicked for a reason." My head snaps back up to his words as he says the words engraved in my ribs with ink.
"Something he says, although he isn't very smart to conjure up that sentence."

"He's smart. He's smarter than anyone knows." I defend him instantly. No, you can't call him not smart.
He's the smartest person to me.

"Ouch, hit a nerve-"
"Yes. Because even you know that he is the smartest out of all your men." I continue to voice what he can't. He knows there's a reason why Gally takes half the control here.

"You're right. My mistake." He no longer mocks me. He accepts my words.
"Yeah I'm always right get used to it."

I have also grown fond over Lawrence.
Is that such a horrible thing? Maybe.

~

"It's good to have my company back late at night."
Teresa comments as we both managed to conjure up silence in research for hours.

We hadn't done this in weeks, and now here we are.
I'm no longer disgusted by her company. She no longer takes self pity, but responsibility.

I'm starting to see what I used to in my memories.
The friend I used to have.