Rulers of the Realms

Rose

I ride with Andrew and listen to the music mostly.

About an hour later he looks over at me and touches my right shoulder. I wince in pain.

"That's where I got shot except mine wasn't a bullet it was an arrow."

"A poisoned arrow probably. I know their bullets were always poisoned that's why my shoulder looked so bad."

"Hold up! You knew their bullets were poisoned and you still took a bullet for me technically?"

"I guess."

"Your so..."

"Heroic?"

"STUPID! You could have died."

"I didn't."

"At least not this time."

"Hey now. Don't kill me off just yet."

"Whatever."

I decided to look out the window and we sat and listening to the radio for a bit. I eventually turned back and looked at Andrew. After a minute he takes my hand.

"So were you gonna fool me into thinking you couldn't talk forever if that incident hadn't happened."

"Yeah, probably."

"Why?"

"Well it was you that assumed I couldn't talk. I didn't tell you that and neither did anyone else to my knowledge."

"You could've talked though."

"I had just met you. Why would I trust you enough to speak?"

"You have to trust someone to talk to them?"

"Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. Stop asking me questions I can't answer."

"And you called me dumb."

"Whatever dummy," I say laying my head on his shoulder.

I eventually fall asleep. And when I open my eyes I see us pulling through a big sparkly silver gate.