What froze his heart

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Eric's pov
She looked up from the table as a little girl ran in and hid. She got up and walked over to her
" Hey what's your name "
" Trinity "
" where's your mom Trin "
" I'm hiding from her "
I could hear a woman yelling Trinity's name and she said
" well should we go find her "
The girl shook her head no
She got down to the girls' hight and said
" ok if you win you can keep hiding ok ... I always pick paper ... ok rock .. paper .. scissors "
The girl chose scissors and Carter picked rock she gently hit the girls hand and said
" sorry I thought I was doing paper ... now go find your mom ok "
She giggled and ran back out. She stood up and looked at me with a look that only said what.

Carters pov
We went on a walk around the compound and he wouldn't let go of my hand. People would give us weird looks and he didn't care in fact he'd smile every time he heard someone say something as we passed by
" you're enjoying this aren't you "
He looked at me with a little smirk
" kinda "
Diner came around and he was sat with Tess and Troy waiting fir me and they looked uncomfortable. I sat down next to Eric looking at the two of them
" why do I feel like I just walked in at the wrong time "
Eric shrugged looking at me but I decided no to pay attention to it
" so are you guys staying together "
Tess nodded and I said
" ok what's wrong "
She looked at me than Eric quickly then back to me
" because he's here "
She looked down at her food. Eric put his hand on my leg and I looked at him and said
" I'm sorry but umm "
" I know "
" I'll see you later "
" yeah "
He flashed me a quick fake smile and I could tell that the way they were acting made him feel bad. Once he got up and walked away I said
" ok seriously Tess "
" what "
" what's your problem why we're acting like that with him at the table "
" because I don't like him "
" why "
Troy moved away from her a little and I knew she was going to go off
" because whenever he's around you act differently you do things to make him look at you are you really that desperate "
" I'm the one that acts different ... if that's what you really think then fine "
I started to get up and she said
" I bet you only did that because your Amity ass was so deprived of dick you jumped on the first thing that gave you a second look "
I jumped over the table and pulled her from the bench and said
" keep your mouth shut about things you don't know anything about "
I had her pined down and I continued
" you don't know anything about me "
I let go and her response was to punch me in the face and I just looked at her and said
" Some friend you are "
I walked out of the cafeteria and that's when the pain set in.