Hello all of you...again! I wish all of your mothers had a wonderful Mother's Day...ok that's a little creepy...never mind! I take that back!
ANYWAY! I hope you enjoyed (or cried over) my last chapter!
Cyberdude: I'm afraid I don't know what movie you're talking about...sorry! The last movie I've seen was RIO...which was cute...
Alright, continuing: we find some complications and romance in this chapter! ENJOY! BUT LEAVE REVIEWS!
Maggie sat on deck and watched as Dryland disappeared into the distance. Night had settled and the stars glittered. Ulysses appeared behind her.
"Enola went down below to bed," He sat down next to Maggie. She nodded, acknowledging that, but kept her eyes trained on the horizon.
"I never thought I'd actually see Dryland." Maggie said without breaking her trance, "And I never thought I'd be able to leave it so quickly."
"What do you mean?" Ulysses scooted closer.
"When I saw Helen, I was suddenly afraid. I've always imagined Dryland to be wonderful and happy. Not lonely and bloody."
"Well, it still is a wonderful place,"
Maggie looked up at Ulysses.
"Everyone died, Ulysses! And Enola would've died too if we hadn't taken her with us!"
"I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right. I'm always right." Maggie said letting out a sigh of exasperation and knitting her eyebrows. She looked back at the horizon.
"Where do we go from here?" She asked after a minute of awkward silence.
"Don't know. Around." Ulysses leaned back on his elbows, sticking his legs over the side.
"And what about Enola? Is she going to stay with us?" Maggie asked, replicating his position.
"For now."
"What do you mean, for now?"
"I dunno."
"You don't know?" Maggie's voice was skeptic.
"No. I don't. We'll just...figure it out as we go."
"Whatever," Maggie sat up and faced away from Ulysses.
"Look," Ulysses sat up, "I don't know what we're gonna do, ok? Everythin' didn't exactly go according to plan."
"According to plan?"
"Yeah. I thought you'd want to stay on Dryland. But now...but now, we've got another mouth to feed and we don't know where the hell we're goin'."
"The Atoll." Maggie said.
"What?"
"We should go back to the Atoll. You and I could live in the tower...I could teach you to make boats and we could work together..." she trailed off. Ulysses shook his head and looked out at the water.
"I can't live on one of those floating pieces of shit...just can't."
"Well, there goes that idea." Maggie hugged her knees to her chest.
"We'll just see where the wind takes us." Ulysses said, putting a reassuring arm around Maggie. She nodded in agreement and snuggled into Ulysses.
The sun burned their eyes as Maggie and Ulysses awoke to someone singing. Maggie tried to sit up, but was restrained by Ulysses' arms. They had wrapped themselves around her last night. She smiled to herself and nudged him awake. He blinked a few times and sat up, pulling Maggie up with him.
"Is that...Enola singing?" Maggie asked, rubbing her eyes. They looked around and Enola was nowhere to be seen.
"Must be coming from down below..." Maggie yawned. She sat there, still in Ulysses' lap. She leaned back against him, resting her head on the side of his neck. Ulysses twisted so he could place his lips on hers. The kiss began as a simple kiss, but then began to escalate. Their lips intertwined, moving against each other. Maggie's eyes went wide, but then she melted into him, weaving her fingers into his hair and closing her eyes. Breaking the kiss for just a moment, Maggie turned around so she was facing him, legs on either side of his waist. Ulysses' hands wandered down to the small of her back, and pulled her into him. She smiled against his lips as he proceeded to slide his tongue into her mouth. An uncontrollable tingly feeling ran up Maggie's spine. She moaned and pressed herself up against him.
"What are you guys doing?" Enola suddenly appeared in front of them. Maggie leapt off Ulysses.
"Oh...um...we were just talking about...the very nice weather today." Maggie nervously ran her fingers through her hair.
"Were you guys having sex?" Enola asked, face completely straight. Both Ulysses and Maggie's eyes bulged.
"WHAT! No! No, no-no! No, we weren't! Of course not! No! Why would you think that? I mean, no...right?" Maggie stuttered.
"Yeah, no...we weren't." Ulysses added.
"Ok..." Enola began humming a song and walked away. Maggie caught her breath and looked at Ulysses, who was just as shaken as she was.
"Hey guys! I think I see someone!" Enola shouted from the foredeck.
"What?" Ulysses looked at Maggie. He got up and ran over. Maggie appeared next to Ulysses.
"Oh...my...god." She said, taking in the sight before them. Suddenly, a pulse of fear went down their spines.
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