s*t*a*r*s 5 - pt 72

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So we are at 299, but I won't be checking back in until tomorrow, so here is the promised chapter! 

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            Rylee dips the pail into the river and pulls it out; she sees the silver of fish under the surface of the water.  She crouches down and watches as a fish, a trout she thinks breaks the surface and then disappears.  Her eyes flitter across to the other side of the river.  It moves quickly here and the banks are carved deep.  Smooth rocks jut out all along the edges.  Rylee squints and thinks she sees a hollowed out area almost like an opening of a tunnel. 

            "Hey," says Abby bounding down next to Rylee.

            "Crap you scared me," says Rylee.  "Whatcha doing?"

            "I was looking for you, you've been gone a while.  I think they all think you're sulking."

            "I'm not."

            Abby purses her lips.  "Are you sure?  You have to stop harping on stuff, let Spence get over it, or at least, remember it.  Your girlfriend will be fine, give her time."

            "She's not my girlfriend," says Rylee.  She feels the tears threatening and she chokes them away.  "I can't say that she's my girlfriend."

            Abby eases down onto a rock.  She takes in a long breath.  "Rylee?"

            "Yeah?"

            "You love her?"

            Rylee swallows the tears back again and nods.

            "Give her time.  I think she loves you too.  You going to fish for supper?  Let's go get a few poles and I'll see if I can haul a trout out of this place, what do you think?"

            Rylee nods.  She picks the pail up and heads up the winding trail behind Abby.

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