The Gravity of Love
Autora:
Adhara Phoenix
E-mail: adhara@arctica.cjb.net
Categoría: Romance
Subcategoría: Ciencia Ficción
Rating: Apta
Spoilers: El Juego de Ender
DISCLAIMER: Esta historia está basada en personajes y situaciones creadas
por Orson Scott Card, utilizados sin ánimo de lucro.
- I was starting to miss ingravity.
Petra got rid of her uniform as entering the ingravity chamber. From his place
in the center, Dink looked under him and gave her a surprised sight as she
ascended.
- What are you doing here? - Petra floated silently, like swimming, until
her impulse ended exactly in front Dink. - Great jump. Now, what are you doing
here?
- I followed you - answered slowly. She looked around and relocated herself.
Now, Dink was under her and the door that she just entered through was part
of the lateral walls. It was more confortable, like she was lying on a bed
made of air. Now they floated slowly towards the opposite door.
- You shouldn't. This chamber wasn't supposed to be known, Petra. As your
superior...
- What? It's been half a year since you are not my superior. In fact, you've
never been it directly - Petra laughed without fun
- You're lucky. If I had been, you'd been fired, you stupid girl -
but he smiled too for the first time. She nodded.
- Don't play that macho with me, Mr Meekers. If I had my weapon, you'd
be frozen like a shrimp.
Silence came between them and floated for minutes around, mixing with ingravity.
The chamber wasn't as big as Battle School's one but, since it wasn't supposed
to even exist in Eros, it had been a nice surprise for them both to find it.
Though maybe too late. Dink sighed and opened his eyes.
- How do you know it's been half a year?
- Counted it
- Maybe Eros' out of Earth calendar
- Never mind. When I come back... if we come back, someday, and they're living
in a different day... well, it won't be big deal.
Silence again, while the possibility of not coming back engaged them in a
circle of fear. They knew what each other was thinking. They were the older
among the children, almost teenagers, and for many years had been taught not
to have fear that now it had become unbearable.
- Is it really a game? - asked Petra. But Dink didn't want to think about
that
- I used to play basketball with my brother. Here you can't. No ball, no baskets.
Not even trash cans.
- I played with my brothers. War games. I always killed them because... I
was the best. What about that? You saw what happened to me. You saw how I
broke down. I miss my guns, guns are nothing against bugs. It isn't a game
but the fucking reality. Or it'll be. I don't know. And I'm not even really
important.
Not Petra nor Dink had ever cried in an ingravity chamber and though they
knew perfectly how the liquids behave in such condition, looked at the lonely
tear fascinated. It seemed first to separate from Petra's eye and float towards
Dink like a changing little diamond. It was beautiful somehow.
- We are all breaking down, Petra.
- Doesn't seem. Look Bean. He thinks we don't notice but for god's sake, I
do. He's the best. Do you know why he's here, don't ya ? To replace Ender.
Because they're ending with Ender like squeezing out an orange.
- Do you love him?
- What?
- Ender
- I love him. 'Cause he'll save us. He could save Earth and even create a
religion if he wanted because he's like... You know. You ask him to refill
a water jar in the dining-room and he'll fill two because "Someone could
need it later". But they're crashing him.
Dink took her hand and rolled over her.
- Now you're falling over me - smiled Petra.
- No, I got you over me
- I don't think we could love like adults. We're children yet.
- Not us. We've grown up
- Maybe your head, not me
- Well, your breasts did
They both laughed out loud. Dink came near her and kissed briefly her lips,
as they reached the wall.
- Ready to play?
The door opened and they landed on one of the corridors. Petra nodded.
- Our last game
