Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Reboot special; Two Pair; part four

That night Sonya was filled in on what had transpired between them and the ogre. Their rescuee the young girl known as Tanya decided to spend a night with them.
Around a campfire Travis sang to them until the sun set entirely. Clyde paid attention to whom Travis paid attention to. He gave equal amounts to either girl but went to Tanya first. Lindsay gave him more of a cold reception while he sang. Clyde looked to Sonya. It appeared that she was taking in the singing and nothing else.
Tanya went to sleep early. Travis excused himself not long after. He came back with flowers. "For you Lindsay." He said.
She took them and slowly smiled. "They smell good." She said, now smiling slightly. Clyde hoped he wouldn't try anything else that would make him look like a womanizer.
"Clyde... remember the last time you bought me flowers?" She asked. The tone of her voice belayed what she was thinking.
Clyde smiled down at her. Had Travis and Lindsay not been listening he would have told her it's a shame they weren't alone.
Clyde and Sonya were next to fall asleep. Lindsay took to reading her book. Travis yawned aloud. He was tired but didn't want to sleep yet. Lindsay put a bookmarker in her book and looked to him.
"They're such a great couple aren't they? It's easy to tell they love each other."
Travis had to agree, but first he took some time to enjoy the thought. "I want to be like that some day." He said.
Lindsay looked to him. Travis didn't give any indication that he realized that. After a moment he turned his attention to Lindsay. "... Just saying." He said, shrugging.
Lindsay's face formed into a wide smile. She got up, came over and kissed him. "Good night." She said in a low tone.
She lay down to sleep but Travis was to excited to sleep. He sang silently to himself having nothing better to do. Finally he lay down to sleep and did.
In the morning Clyde had to wake up Travis. "Hey. It's time." Was all he said.
Travis rubbed sleep from his eyes. "I must have really slept in if your waking me up."
Clyde didn't bother to mention he slept well. "We may have to start hunting soon. Our food is running low."
Like any young man Travis was quick to get up. Without saying a word he noticed that Tanya had departed. It would be some hours later that Travis began to realize that Clyde and Sonya were falling farther and farther behind. Travis was quick to figure it out. He said nothing to Lindsay.
In the hours that followed Lindsay actually chanced a glance back. They had reached a fork in the road and she turned to find that Clyde and Sonya were gone. She looked to Travis a bit confused. "Why don't we stay here and take a break. I'm sure they'll be along shortly." Travis said.
This did nothing to bely her confusion. It never occurred to her what was going on. Her confused look fell on Travis. He, in turn, gave his summation, "I think they want to be alone." She got the idea with a silent "Oh."

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