Remember

Chapter 84: Dark stares

It's been a week since Sawyers unexpected fight with I don't know who. Every morning when I see him, the scars and bruises still remain, slowly healing. He hasn't spoken to me, or even made any eye contact. When I enter into the same room, he leaves. I'm not sure what happened that night, but he scared the crap out of me.

I tried slipping in a joke or two every time he's around, but Nancy is the only one who laughs. Mia on the other hand just smiles at me and I look away embarrassed. The only person I want laughing at my joke is Sawyer.

"Why do eggs make terrible comedians?" I ask out loud as Nancy is preparing scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Nancy doesn't bother answering, since this is the fifth morning I'm attempting a random joke and she knows I'll say the answer eventually.

Mia is sitting next to me, her laptop out and she's busy typing. Sawyer is in front of her, diagonally across from me.

I catch Sawyer look up from his cereal bowl and hear him groan.

"Oh god..." he deeply mutters, and he rolls his eyes.

I say this is progress...silence from him is torture...it feels good that he's annoyed.

Nancy places the scrambled eggs in front of me and I smile to myself and grab the ketchup,

"They're always cracking up!" I raise my voice up for emphasize, laughing to myself as I squeeze the ketchup bottle.

I for one think that joke is funny....

Nancy chuckles and I think Sawyer was mid spoon full and he starts coughing and a little milk spills from his mouth.

I eye him suspiciously, is he trying to hold in a laugh?

He gets up and throws his dirty bowl into the sink and I see slight amusement crossing his features.

There's my chance, I get up and follow after him. I can't help but memorize the lines of his scars and the way his muscles ripple as he walks ahead of me.

"Sawyer..." I whisper, trying not to get on his bad side, which is stupid of me since I'm always on his bad side.

He stops and slowly turns to me, I keep my distance and he eyes how far away I am from him. He crosses his arms and raises an eyebrow, waiting for me to continue...

"We're still on for today, right?" I question, unsure with how he's feeling today. He's been in such a poopy mood lately, I can't tell if he'll change his mind.

"If you don't want us going then just say so.." Sawyer says, annoyance creeping onto his face.

"No, yea I do. It's just that..." I trail off not knowing how to finish what I started.

"what?" He questions.

"It's just I'm worried that you'll be unpleasant toward Carter the whole time..." I whisper and feel myself back away.

"I won't." He says and forces a smile.

I don't believe he won't.

"Please promise you'll be nice..." I beg and he rolls his eyes and walks away.

"I knew you weren't!" I yell to his retreating back, "jerk." I mutter softly and walk away.

This is all Olivia's fault. Evan had to come by with her and she excitedly suggested we triple date. My eyes widened when she mentioned such thing. I just remember Sawyer snapping his head to me and giving me a mischievous look before smiling and agreeing to what Olivia proposed. 

And today is the day of the triple date, the day I have been regretting. Sawyer and Parker in the same room was bad enough and now Carter and Sawyer, this won't end well.