Author's Note
OK, second chapter! Thank's to all those good 'ol people who reviewed and added me to their Story Alert/Favorite Story/Favorite Author. You guys make me so happy! And to answer one particular reviewers question, yeah, Total died...don't really know how...just think something up yourself! Cause that stupid dog doesn't really matter...no offense to all the Total lovers out there! 3
That's the Way Life Works
Chapter Two
So, three days later and we're still in this freakin cave. Go figure!
I watched the bacon--yes, I did say bacon--sizzle over the open fire and sighed. Fang sat down across from me on the hard, dusty ground.
"We really should move on sometime." he said quietly. I nodded blankly.
"Still have to save the world..." I muttered.
"Yeah," he replied. It was always like this. Three sentence conversations, then one of us is too tired, or too depressed, or too lazy to talk any longer. Then we both go off and do something not-productive. Which, in this case, was Fang blogging. I rolled my eyes and took the bacon off the fire. I grabbed a few pieces and shoved them in my mouth. The greasy-goodness soothed my senses and I lay back and closed my eyes. I heard Fang taking huge bites of the bacon while simultaneously typing. I let my thoughts wander, which I often do, and they ran into thoughts about the Flock. My stomach tightened and I squeezed my fists over my eyes. I willed myself not to cry. I sat up straight and looked at Fang, my vision spotty from the pressure of my fists. He stopped typing and glanced at me.
"What?" he asked, a piece of bacon halfway to his mouth. I shook my head.
"Nothing..." His eyes moved slowly back to the computer screen. I slouched and stared out the mouth of the cave, breathing heavily. Finally I couldn't help it. A few tears escaped my eyes and burned the small cuts on my face. No, no, no, I thought. This was what I had been trying to keep inside all this time. I hadn't shed one tear, well, any more than one, since they died. I had bottled it up inside. I had to be strong.
Now the tears were unstoppable. They ran down my face in pools, dropping onto my lap. Fang eventually heard me, and came over.
"Max?" he said quietly. "Are you okay?" I was to embarassed to answer. I couldn't even look at him. He grabbed my shoulders and turned me towards him. He took one look at my tear stained face and frowned. "I guess not..." I cried harder and he awkwardly wrapped his arms around me. I sat there, sobbing. "Tell me." he said. My body shook as I wailed,
"I miss them so much!" My voice wavered as I cried and Fang relaxed his arms a bit.
"Me too," he whispered.
I sat there crying for what seemed like hours, and was to humiliated to stop. This should come back to bite me.
Author's Note
OK, so that wasn't such a great ending...but I suck at those. Hope you liked, and I know it was short. But I don't like making my chapters TOO long, in case anyone would happen to get bored and stop reading. Please R&R!