NaNoWriMo 2015

Chapter Nineteen -- Day 19

Quince looks over his shoulder and shakes his head. "It wasn't this one."

"Which one was it?" I ask him.

He just looks at me again. "It wasn't this one. You're over thinking it." His eyes lock onto mine.

I bite down on my bottom lip and nod a little bit. "Okay." I whisper.

Quince nods again. "Good, come on. We have a little bit of a ways to walk." He starts heading back to where Rose is waiting for us.

I look back towards the water one last time before going to catch up with Quince and Rose.

"Ready?" Rose asks.

I nod my head. "Yeah." I look at Quince. "Same direction?"

He nods his head and starts walking. "It shouldn't take that long, maybe a half hour or so."

"Can't the horses take us?" Rose asks.

Quince lets out a long sigh through his nose. "They can, but we've been running almost all morning Rose. They deserve a break, don't you think?" he asks her.

"I didn't know." She said.

"Yeah, well now you do." He replies.

"Guys, let's not fight." I say to the both of them.

Quince looks over at me. "We're not fighting." He says.

Rose doesn't say anything; she just stares at the ground and keeps walking.

"Quince, you know what I mean." I tell him.

He just rolls his eyes. "I'm sorry, Eria." He mumbles.

I smile a little bit. "Good, I'm glad we're all on the same page."

I took their silence as a victory.

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Rose's P.O.V 

"I don't want to go in there and ask questions!" I protest.

"Come on, Rose. They know who we are. You're the only face they haven't seen yet. Therefore, the only one who can do this." Quince says.
I press my lips together and shake my head.

"Definitely not happening." I say to them. "I wouldn't know what to say, let alone ask." I frown. "They could see right through me and then we'd all be in trouble."

Eria shook her head. "Look, it's not that hard. Just act like you blend in." She pulled off her cloak and put it over my shoulders. "Just pull up your hair a little bit." She started to pull my hair back.

I winced a little. "That hurts!" I almost shout.

"Because you haven't brushed it." Eria replies. "You can get payback later. Right now we need to find out if anything unusual is going on here."

She looks at me. "You can do that, can't you?" her eyes lock onto mine.

I bite down on my bottom lip and nod a little. "I guess so..."

Eria smiles. "Good. I know you can do this, Rose. There's absolutely nothing to worry about." She hugs me tightly just once before letting go and pushing me off gently towards the town.

I bite down on my bottom lip and walk towards the buildings.

My heart hammers inside my chest as I get closer.

Was this normal? How did people act here?

"Hello miss, can I help you?"
I jump at the sound of the voice and turn towards it. "Oh... uhm... I'm just visiting..." I say.