Boats & Birds

Silent Night

"Where exactly are we going?" Sheena asked as she followed the quiet kid from her class. She had taken to calling him Ginger, because he hadn't ever told her his name or corrected her whenever she'd call him that, so... it just kind of stuck.

Ginger turned to face her, an excited grin on his face. He gestured towards a door that Sheena had never seen before.

"A strange man leading a helpless girl through a secret door sounds like the opening to a murder movie," she said, shooting him a suspicious glare.

He rolled his eyes, as if he was silently saying, 'Helpless' isn't the word I'd use... He took her hand and guided her to the door, a small smile on his face.

Sheena stared at him, as if that would somehow help her hear what he was thinking. What was going on through his head? He never spoke to anyone, and the only reason they were even remotely acquainted was because they sat next to each other in a few classes and had to work on some projects together before.

She supposed that might have qualified them as friends, and maybe that's what Ginger saw her as, but they weren't. Not in her eyes, at least. They made a silent agreement to always look out for each other, though that was more of a, "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine," kinda thing. That isn't a friendship either, despite Jean-Paul teasing her about it every so often.

What was there relationship then?

She felt a light tap on her shoulder, "What?" she snapped, shooting a glare at Ginger. He simply smiled, gesturing in front of them.

"Huh...?" Sheena muttered, turning to look in the direction he was pointing in. Her eyes widened at the view laid out before her.

Stars filled the night sky, the moon created a soft glow on all the plant life, different flowers sprouting from the bushes and trees.

Ginger smiled at her, lightly nudging her in the side with his elbow, as if saying, Pretty nice, right?

Despite herself, she really did like the view, but she couldn't tell him that. She scoffed, "Whatever," she crossed her arms, "Why'd you even want to show me this?" she turned to look at Ginger, eyebrow raised.

He simply gave a small shrug, smile unwavering.

She rolled her eyes, fighting off a small smile that threatened to slip onto her face, "You're so weird..."