Somewhat the Beginning (A Falling Skies Fanfiction)

Nobody Plans for These Things to Happen

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"The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that."

-Woody Allen
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We closed our eyes and I grabbed his jacket and pulled him in closer. We had been kissing for a solid minute, and I know I shouldn't be doing it, but I couldn't help it. I'd kissed a few guys before, but this was like something I've never experienced before. I felt light headed and like I was flying. This is just what being high feels like, I thought. I never wanted this euphoria to end.

"Ashley? Ben?" I heard Hal call from outside the tent. I came back to earth and instinctively pushed Ben away and he almost fell back against a cot, but he regained his balance.

Hal entered the tent and looked at us both. "I'm bringing Matt to see Dad, Anne said he should be waking up soon. You two want to come or are you busy?" He was looking at us suspiciously.

We were standing there for a few seconds until I realized he was waiting for an answer. "Uh, yeah we'll be right out." I said. Hal nodded and slowly left the tent.

"Look I'm sorry..." Ben started.

"Shh." I whispered. "Hal's probably outside of the tent listening. You know how he can be." Ben understood. Hal never liked not knowing things or being left out.

He got closer and whispered, "I'm sorry for kissing you, I don't know what came over me."

"It's ok, I had a part in this too."

"So...was the kiss good?" He was smirking again.

I couldn't answer, I started blushing and laughing at his cockiness. He started laughing too and we did for a while.

"Oh crap!" I suddenly remembered we were supposed to meet Hal outside. I hurried outside with Ben close behind me. Hal looked at us suspiciously again, but then he led the way to Matt, and then the med bus.

We sat in the front of the bus and waited for Tom to awaken. We waited all night and eventually fell asleep. I woke up and looked out the window; it was morning. I was wiping sleep out of my eyes and stretched. My limbs ached from sleeping in the hard chair all night. I felt like someone was looking at me then I saw Ben, awake, sitting in front of me.

"Oh, good morning." I whispered. Matt and Hal were still asleep.

"Hey." Ben whispered back. "How'd you sleep?"

"As good as you can on a hard plastic chair." I huffed. "But other than that it was great; I didn't have any nightmares."

"Lucky. I still have mine, so I just stopped sleeping."

I looked at him and he looked exhausted. "Did you sleep at all last night?"

"No." He leaned closer and lowered his voice. "Look I wanted to talk to you about the kiss."

"Shh." I said pointing at Anne who was sitting by Tom.

Ben nodded then leaned back in his chair. I got up and went to Tom, trying to see if I could find any movement. Other than his steady breathing and rapid eye movement I couldn't se anything. No finger twitches, no head bobbing, nothing. Then I saw his breath quicken and his head moved from side to side. I went back to the front of the bus and I got Ben.

Tom's eyes fluttered open and he looked over at Anne and smiled, "You're still here?" He asked in a gruff voice. She looked up and said yes. Tom turned his gaze over to Ben and I standing a few feet away. He motioned for us "Come here you two." We did as he said. "Ben," he started, his eyes watering, "I'm so glad you're safe. And you too, Ashley. I never thought I would see either one of you again."