Dormans

Chapter 9

Chapter 9- impatience and laughter

Planning an escape is never easy, planning an escape when the people you are planning with are the least serious people you can imagine.... Is an absolute nightmare; and that's what I'm facing right now as Nick, Derrick and Max chatter whilst Harris sits quietly and patiently. My patience was wearing thin and I hated it, if these guys wanted to mess around while I planned this freaking thing then fine, Ill escape by myself.

Packing up the scrolls of maps and notepads that I brought to plan this escape into my backpack, I stand on all fours and start to crawl out of the vent we kept as our meeting place. I was just about to turn the corner when Derrick, whose voice I haven't heard talk to me in a while speak up.

"Hey Kaylin where are you going"

"Back to our room, so that I can plan this escape" I hissed at him. This guy just ignores me for the past days and then expects me to be happy when he blabbers about shit while I want to escape. The group remains quiet and I almost feel sorry, but then I realize that it's their fault itself, so I throw a spare map of ours to them and said, before crawling out.

"If you want to escape, write down the plans, if not a plan at least something and come to the room later"

Finally reaching the entrance of the vent, I unlatch it, and crawl into the bushes, before stepping out into the park and taking a platform back to the room, ignoring people analyzing me by my scowl. Finally I reach and start splaying the maps and the notes till now, analyzing each and every detail about the vents, camera positions and possible easy escapes. We were really lucky that Derrick got these maps, don't ask me how, but he did and for that I'm grateful, but not so much because he didn't take the plans seriously.

Shuffling some more papers around, I push my glasses up, and chew on my eraser, before finally seeing a possible route ! This route can actually work, but we need to develop links from the outside world for this to work... but who is there willing to help us ? The authority yes, the government maybe, people not in anyone's right mind.

God dammit, I need to talk to Derrick, as much as I hate to admit it, he's the most important person in this escape. He has the most links to the outside world. Dammit, I seriously hate this relationship of ours. One minute he's comforting me, the next he's ignoring me... Am I even his friend ? Who knows, so for now ill call ourselves close acquaintances.

"Kaylin" says Derrick as he enters the room. Refusing to look up at him, I continue to look down a smirk on my lips. Speak of the devil as so shall he appear.

"Kaylin" he says again and I ignore him, I don't know why I do, but I didn't want to talk to an idiot at the moment.

"Kaylin " he repeats with more annoyance. Once again ignoring him, I put my head down and continue planning the possible escape route I had found.

"Kaylin will you fucking look at me ?" He said loudly, his hand grabbing my shoulder and spinning me to face him. Looking at him in surprise, he noticed my expression as his face softened and wiped his face with his hands, groaning while he did so.

"Ahh fuck I'm sorry, I just wanted to apologize" he said looking at me. Curse those pretty eyes. Everytime he looks at me like that it's of no use trying not get lost in them, it's like saying that nicks green eyes are plain and boring. No ! It's just not possible.

"O-okay" I say... Again, why do I stammer only with him ?

"Here goes, I'm sorry the guys and myself acted stupid while you were trying to come up with a way to escape this place" that was.. Beautiful, and that's how I know that he didn't come up with it, it's not possible ! At least that's what I assume.

"Who taught you.." I asked him, crossing my arms. Giving me an incredulous look, he looked baffled, before hanging his head low and saying in a quiet voice.

"Nick" aww, he looked so adorable, with his head hung low as it wobbled to and fro, can you tie it in a knot can you tie it- sorry, if I mistakenly say a word from a song, I'll just sing it, mentally of course. Nonetheless he looked freaking cute.

Why did I call him that ?! He's not cute, okay maybe a little but he's not model material, heck, he doesn't even have abs for it !

But he is toned. Argh mental picture !

I miss having an outlet for my weirdness, usually I would act funny with Kristin and she'd laugh at me before comparing me to Derrick.. I miss her, it would be nice to have a female friend. Asphodel and may is nice, but none of them are fight worthy. Which also reminds me of the countless fights we got into, half of them were about Derrick but somehow each one was different.

"Kay ? Why are you smiling ?" He asked shaking me until my glasses fell off. Picking them up again, I clean them as I give him a small smile saying.

"Oh nothing, it's just that I miss Kristin and I was reminiscing the memories" his face turned into a strange look, he was smiling and scowling, before he said.

"Oh... That bitch" ahh I should have known he'd say something like that, he loathes Kristin, why ? Because she loved to annoy him, usually she'd call him gay, or insult his marks and he'd curse at her, it's a cycle really, until I would tell her to calm down as well as him. Those two are so against each other, it's amazing how I'm friends with them.

Giggling softly, I smile as he pouts at me, looking like the child he is at heart.

"She's still my friend you know" I tell him, sitting on my bed, while he joins me. The pout is still evident and it takes every urge of mine to not hug him.

"You have a horrible taste in friends" he mutters, his hair hanging loosely on his forehead.

"You're my friend you know ?" I ask, leaning on his shoulder. I look up to his face and I see his face contorted in shock before he looks down at me before saying, with something rarer than finding a diamond in river. A smile.

"Well, maybe you have a good taste in a few friends"

And with that, is how Derrick and I spoke for a full night, laughing our heads off, for the first time in a while, and, it felt really good.