Maria patted my back “it’s alright, I know what you meant” she said
I blushed as she walked away
Drake chuckled “I was wondering when you would finally cave” he teased
I blushed deeper and changed the subject “hey, do want to have that date tonight? Since it was ultimately canceled last night?” I blurted
I heard his heart skip as his eyes lit up “yeah” was all he said
I smiled as we approached the lunch room
“So what do we do here?” I asked him
He shrugged “we hang around, do the things we like” he said
I nodded, walking over to the edge of the balcony and looking over the metal bars at the forest
“I have been wondering, do you remember the first night I found you here?” he asked me
I nodded “yes I remember” I said quietly.
“You were watching something intently, what was it?” he asked me
I froze, the lemur, I was watching the lemur, it flew through the trees as I watched it, expertly weaving its way through the branches
I had no idea what that lemur was capable of, it could have seen me, and that might have been the end of my life “Jenna? Jenna, are you alright?” Drake asked me, a worried look on his face
I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up at him “oh, sorry, I was just thinking” I whispered
It was all I could do, whisper, I couldn’t raise my voice any more than that, because it would break “no, you weren’t just thinking, you were afraid, and you are afraid, what did you see?” he asked me
I sighed and looked away, the forest stretched on for miles, it was beautiful, but oh so scary at the same time “I saw him, in his lemur form, he seemed to be circling around the building, he didn’t see me, and I thought at the time he was just a lemur” I whispered
Before he could answer, he was gone, everything was gone, I was standing in what seemed to be a cave
I stood there, terrified, afraid to call any names or anything.
