Just because of . . .

7 | Just because of . . . a stupid cricket

0600 am - 0700 am

I was awake for a while now but i just remained laying down to a soft pillow that has a steady breathing. Wait? Did I jut say my pillow was breathing? As I was about to check my breathing pillow, Charity's shriek made me jolt up and rolled as fast as possible away from her.

"A c-cr-cricket" she stuttered but as i look at her, it seems that the cricket also ran away from her because of her shriek.

I scoffed at her and looked under me, to see i was straddling a sleeping Eli. I felt the blush crept on my cheeks and I suddenly stood up as I saw Eli waking up as if nothig happened.

"Why the hell are we here Charity? What took your driver so long?" I gestured our surroundings but as I turn around I was faced by a stunnigly beatiful view of the sun rise.

I was in awe when Eli stood beside me, his arm dangling lazily on my waist. This gesture would've meant nothing if this was a week ago but right now it felt so right as i leaned on his shoulder forgetting that I was mad at Charity.

She cleared her throat and told us how the owner of the tattoo parlor kicked us out when they closed but what struck me is when Charity said "--After both of you got inked--"

"Both of us?" I practically shouted while Eli stood beside me and he looked afraid. Charity gestured my waist as i saw it was covered with plaster under my shirt. I groaned and took a glimpse at Eli who looked nervous.

As we strolled down the hill or mountain or whatever, Charity explained to me how Eli woke up shocked, in the middle of inking him as I fell asleep on the couch. Since I was in my heavy sleep they took advantage and that's how I got my tattoo and she explained that it was a just a small one. Now I was wondering what it was.

Eli helped us in climbing down rocks or a big trunk and steep land whick was not easy at all. Many questions were in my mind "How the hell did we got up there with all these obstacles? Plus we were clearly drunk"

"No wonder i got this cut" I looked at the cut on Eli's arm. That must hurt a lot but then again we are talking about Eli here, and he doesn't admit getting hurt especially in a cut.

"Yeah, you got that because of clumsy Jordan here. She nearly fell but you caught her and your arm brushed on a branch or something" she explained. After little talks we got back to the streets and I just realize that it wasn't a city after all, it was like a mini town with a couple of stores here and there. Nothing huge, just a convinient store, a vulcanizing shop, the tattoo parlor and some other shops.

"I don't think someone would get us here, we don't even know where this place is" I worry that Charity's driver couldn't find us. What if we're stuck in here forever? What if we die in hunger or thirst? Oh God please dont let me spend my last minute in life with Charity, it's okay with Eli because his my best friend and I kind of like him?

Stupid cricket. I should have been sleeping silently on Eli's arm right now and forget that this all happened.