In The Dark

□TWENTY-TWO□

The forest. It held so much mystery, so many secrets. It's mysterious, wonderful, suspenseful. And it was also beautiful. As my foot first touched the ground of the environment, I adored it instantly. The smell of nature. The whistle of wind. The sound of water running down the green mountains.

The feel of relaxation. I sighed as I pressed my thumb against a plant, admiring it. Brushing my fingers along the coarse bark that steadies the tree. " She's a physcopath," Wesley murmur. I twirled around, displaying a cheerful smile. Ross smiled back, a look that was as charming as ever.

I seized his pair of hands, and almost schlepp him toward the depths of the trees. He stumbled a little, and I laughed. "Well, aren't you a little Disney Princess." Anna was also tugging at Wesley, urging him to move. She noticed me heeding her, and she beamed at me. The mood in the forests was cheerful, pleasant, blissful.

The feeling everyone yearned for.

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Anna beat me to a leafy bush. She grinned in triumph while I threw my hands up in the air. I wanted to complain about my weakness and inability of living in the dark, but that would ruin the mood, so I kept my mouth shut.

Ross was trying to start a fire. It was freezing out here, but happiness distracted me from that. I fell in love with nature. I never expected the world to be so fascinating after six years of isolation. It was marvelous, magnificent. A place where...

It hit me like a punch to my face. No matter where I go, I was always be in the dark; I could never be free. This world wasn't full of brightness, it contains fear. It contains pain. I pushed the thoughts away, not wanting to be fed and bothered with negative words. And I filled my mind with plenty of enjoyable events that I planned to do

A smile reformed on my face, and I hurried toward the rest of the group, running to it like I'm running to a long, lost family.

Anna was panting heavily after she arrived with a handful of sticks. She saw the question in Ross's eyes, and said, "I saw a person, he was looking oddly at me." I would, too, seeing a dirty teenage girl with sticks in her grasp, in the forest. Ross nodded slowly, a bit terrified. Wesley was twiddling his thumbs, staring at the mud beneath his feet.

Their expressions horrified me. Wouldn't it be suspicious if a person saw her? What if he's curious?

"We shouldn't be so worried," I said, wanting to believe my words. My friends jolted at my statement, bewildered and shocked. I was concerned and regretful on my comment. Have I said the wrong thing? The more the silence stretches, the more anxious I became. I helplessly look for a brief glance to one another.

Finally, Ross looked at Anna meaningfully. She snapped back to reality and said, very slowly. "Yes, that'd be a good idea." But I knew she was lying. She was talking like I was a child, who should be protected from agony. And I wasn't dumb enough to understand. She failed, and Ross flashed her a disappointing furrow of eyebrows.

I drew mine together. I waved my hand in between their faces. "No," I commanded. Startled. Big-eyed. They stared at me. Not because they're perplexed, because they're once again - suprised by my word. I was getting annoyed at the eerie silence, so I drummed my fingers on the dirt, hoping to get someone's attention.

Unintentionally, I grabbed Wesley's. His eyes darted from my fingers to my face. Then he bit the inside of his cheek. Probably questioning himself. Who knows what's going on in that boy's mind? The more I studied him, the younger he seemed to me. He can't be older than eighteen.

A pang of sorrow. Poor kid. His gaze is empty, totally lost. But he looked well in strength. I attempted to smile, but failed as he sneezed. And he didn't cover his nose. Blinking, I broke my contact with him. Gross. I leaned back, realizing Ross had been staring at me the whole time. And my expression must have been interesting.

In his eyes, I saw that he wanted to pull me into his arms. Whispers a million words with affection. Heat flooded my cheeks, and I turned away.

Then his arms were around me. So comfortable, so relaxing. It made me remember the image of us, me, first seeing him.

Anna was also staring at me. But with more disgust than jealousy, of course.

Then she muttered, "Disney Princess."

A/N-hello my lovely readers!

I hoped there's a little raura in here.

My mind was blank while I wrote this chapter, idk what caused it. o.0

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