October
Halloween. Candy.
That's all I'm thinking about right now.
I really want sugar.
I got up and walked down through the compound.
It was early and my team was on a mission.
I remember them leaving in the middle of the night.
I had the headset in my ear waiting for them to call.
They had been out for hours and still weren't back yet.
I hadn't slept at all.
The perimeter alarm beeped and I rushed to the screen.
Well, finally.
I rushed to the door to greet them.
"How'd it go?" I asked.
"Pretty good." Pine said. I could tell he was trying to hide the right side of his face.
"Pine?" I said sternly. I grabbed his chin and turned his head.
"Nice shiner Rocky."
His face was bruised and bloody.
"It wasn't my fault."
"Uh-huh, sure. Come on."
We walked down to the med room.
I grabbed a washcloth and started dabbing the blood from his cheek.
He kept squirming.
"If you don't sit still, I'm going to make the other side of your face match!"
He didn't move after that. For a sec he barely breathed.
"You're annoyed." He said.
"I'm not annoyed."
"What's wrong then?"
"I'm uncomfortable, Pine, I'm 12 weeks pregnant."
"I know. But you're beautiful. Is there anything I can do?"
"Come back from a mission without some sort of facial injury."
"Oh come on. It's Halloween. We could dress up."
"Oh yeah that's a great idea. What would I go as? The Stay Puff Marshmallow Man? How about a giant beach ball?"
"Haha. You're not that big yet."
"Yet?"
"You know what I mean."
He hugged me gently around the middle.
"This is perfect right now." He said.
"What is?"
"This. You, me and... Our baby." Pine said.
"Yes." I said. "Yes it is."
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Elementals (#Wattys2017)
Teen FictionIn her mind, LIna had no past, no present, and no future. She was left of the steps of a church the day she was born and was adopted. She fears she will never amount to anything as great as the mysterious masked guardians of her town. Constantly bul...
