It Can't Rain On Planet Crayne

• Chapter Eleven: Planet Hopper •

• Chapter Eleven: Planet Hopper •

The thick silence inside the tent was absolutely unbearable. I could hear the sound of the wind blowing through Logan's mother's garden and the shaky silhouette of Hiana sitting outside the tent. She had been out there for hours now, just sitting. I felt a bit bad, maybe she was cold. I pushed that thought away as fast as I could. She lied to us. She lied to me.

Logan sat beside me, his eyes burned holes through the laptop screen as the third Star Trek movie of the night played. It almost appeared as though he was looking through the screen instead of what was actually on it,

I brought my knees up slowly to my chest, breaking the silence by inhaling slowly. Hiana's words lingered inside my mind. I couldn't believe she had lied to us this whole time. I exhaled. Hiana's silhouette sat cross-legged, arms up moving a leaf up and down. My ears rang with the sound of my own yelling.

"You said you didn't know how you got here." I stood up.

Hiana rose to meet me, putting her arms up in surrender. "Gavin, it's a long story. But I can explain--"

"NO." I yelled, pointing to the door of the tent. "GO OUTSIDE HIANA I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU RIGHT NOW."

Her eyes filled quickly with tears. "I'm sorry, I-I... I didn't mean to lie to you guys...I-I promise I won't.."

"Just get out." I turned away from her, sitting back down with Logan whose jaw hung open. I couldn't tell if he was surprised about what Hiana had said or the fact that he had never seen me lose my temper like this. "Please, Hiana."

She nodded, causing the tears to run down her porcelain cheeks. My heart ached to see her cry but I reminded myself she couldn't be trusted. How was I supposed to know that this was real. How was I supposed to know that any of it was.

"Dude," Logan's voice cut the silence. "What the hell are we going to do now?"

I shrugged, biting the skin around my thumb--something I did only in times of ultimate stress. "We can't just kick her out, can we?"

"No, of course not. Maybe you should go talk to her. I mean, we've come this far. We might as well finish this and get her off of this planet."

I knew Logan was right, which wasn't something that happened too often. Of course I wanted to believe that Hiana was just as sweet as she had been before, and maybe she was, but being lied to really didn't sit well with me. Especially because I was pretty sure my parents were lying to me and each other about the true happiness of our family and their marriage.

I sighed, rising to my feet slowly. Logan smirked, giving me a thumbs up. It was the right thing to try and hear her out, even if I had no idea what to say to her.

I unzipped the tent and was met with the cool air and the sun about to set. I had no idea it had gotten so late so quickly. Hiana was sitting on the grass, her back turned away from me. The leaves that had floated around her before were now sitting idle around her. Her head was raised and her hair fell down her back like a waterfall. She was looking longingly at the sky. I walked silently over to her, sitting down gingerly.

She brought her head back down, looking over to me. Her cheeks were littered with dried tears and her eyes were scarlet red. "Gavin...I'm so sorry..."

I nodded as she began to cry again. I wanted so badly to bring her close to me and hug her as tight as I could. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't do anything like that until I knew.

"Just please tell me." I said, resisting all of my urges to make her stop crying.

Hiana pivoted, turning her body to face me. I focused my eyes on the grass between us, lit by the orange-pink sky. I wished so much that this moment could be one where Hiana and I watched the sunset together, my arm around her waist. But this wasn't that kind of moment.