Caira's PoV
I can't believe it. He actually came back. Wait what? The fuck do I care? "Fuck off," I snap, turning my back to him. Abe frowns and Parnell doesn't budge, the anger swelling up in his eyes. "I came here to tell you something that you should've known a long time ago," Parnell replies calmly. Like I care! "Then say it," I snap, not turning to face him. That bitch almost murdered me! Why should I talk to him! "Caira, the reason why-" "The reason why you tried to brutally murder me? Yeah, I remember. I don't want to talk about it, and for your own safety I suggest you don't either," I interrupt. "Abe, can I have a minute with her?" "Hell no! Did you not just hear what she just said? Let her calm down and come back later!" Abe snaps, which makes me jump and turn back around. He supported me instead of his best friend?
Parnell frowns but nods, and walks out of the room, closing the door behind him. "Thanks. Sorry about that, I'm just so stressed and seeing him makes it worse," I sigh and plop all the way down on my bed. Abe chuckles softly, "I know, that's why I sent him off." Abe lies down next to me and stares right into my eyes. Of course, knowing me, I get lost in his god damn dark brown eyes. His eyes just make me feel so comfortable. Well, I guess the rest of him does too. "Abe?" I ask to break the silence. "Hmm?" I sigh and move my right hand to put it on his cheek. "What happens when this is over? What happens to us?" Abe's eyes widen. He probably wasn't thinking much about that either. "I-I don't know Caira. Maybe I could come to Earth with you?" he questions. Bad idea. INSANELY bad, bad idea. Parents + boyfriend=disaster! "Uhh, I don't know my parents might disown me for even looking at a guy," I sigh with a hint of amusement in my tone.
"So I assume that they'd do even worse if I were to kiss you right now?" he replies softly. I nod but laugh it off. "I don't give a shit about what they do to me. I love you," I reply. "And you're okay I guess, so I wouldn't mind spending my life with you," he jokes. I playfully punch his arm and smile. I've never been this close to anyone before. I've never felt this much for anyone before in fact. Abe's smile widens as he leans a bit closer. "I'm going to have to put a price on this," I say playfully. His eyebrow shoots up in a questioning look, and I laugh in reply. "Whenever you come into my room, you have to kiss me!" I say in between my laughing fit. He shrugs, "sounds good!" He pulls in closer, but at the last second he whips around a kisses my cheek, and I pull back, confused. "There! I kissed you!" he jokes. "Not funny," I say, holding back the laughter inside me very poorly. "Well, you didn't exactly say where to kiss you," he says in a duh tone. "True," I reply.
"I'm obviously joking," he says, rolling his eyes as he leans in again, this time aiming for the lips. "I laugh as at the last second I return the favor and whip around to kiss his cheek. "Owned!" I laugh. He shrugs. "You got me there," he replies with amusement in his tone. The speaker comes on, causing me to yelp and fall off the bed, but luckily I just laugh. "Caira, Abe. Dropship! Now!" Cabot's angry voice says. "Well, shit," Abe says, helping me up while walking towards the door. "What'd we do this time?" I reply, stifling yet another laugh.
~Dropship~
"Hyde? Griffin? What is this?" I ask as we step inside the dropship. "You two are in huge trouble!" Cabot shouts from around the corner. "What the hell did we do!" Abe yells back. Cabot's face is more red than it has ever been, and I think he might just kill us. "Why are you so angry!" I shout. "You two were caught stealing out of our food supply! Explain yourselves right now!" "What!" Abe shouts in disbelief. "By caught, do you mean you saw our faces on the security cameras!" Cabot nods slowly, tapping on the screen next to him to show us the surveillance. And indeed, our faces were there, in the supply closet. "W-when was this?" I stutter, feeling like I'm going to faint. "Just today, right when Slim walked out," Cabot says calmly. I lean my head against Abe's shoulder, and his arm goes around my shoulder soothingly, but it still isn't enough. "Sunny," I mutter under my breath. Sunny set us up. She clipped out our faces from previous footage and made the background the closet? Why would she do this?
Slim, she did it for him. With two people off the ship, he would be required to stay on at all times. "Cabot, ple-" "Cabot listen, that wasn't us. Sunny set us up. She must've used previous footage from the security cameras and made it look like we were in the supply room. In reality, Abe and I were in my room. Even ask Parnell, he would say the same!" I shout, no mercy in my tone. I don't even remember interrupting Abe; all I feel is the heat all around me. He immediately blamed us and didn't even snoop around. He could've just stormed down to the food supply and caught us if he really was influenced that it was us. That means, he must be in this with Sunny. "Parnell, please come to the dropship," Cabot says in a calm voice over the intercom.
Parnell walks in immediately and walks up to his boss. "Yes?" Cabot sighs, looks at me and looks back to Parnell. "Were these two in Caira's room a few minutes ago?" Parnell bites his lip and looks down. Why is he considering this? He should be immediately saying that we were. If not for my sake, then for Abe's. "No sir, no I believe they were heading off to the supply closet," Parnell replies after a long moment of silence. "The hell? Parnell come on man! You know we didn't do this!" Abe snaps, walking back towards the exit, leaving me in front of my ex-friend and boss. "I'm sorry Parnell, for what I said earlier. I was so stressed out with Slim and everything that I just snapped. I'm sorry that it had to be on you. And by the way, Abe only said what he said because he knew what I was feeling. If you still want to tell me what you wanted to before, I'll be in my room," I say sadly, feeling the guilt in Parnell's eyes. I turn around and walk away, and the last thing I see is Cabot infuriated and Parnell crying. Yes, the legendary Parnell, crying.
~Later, back at Caira's room~
"So Parnell had a choice is what you're saying?" Abe asks me as I pace back and forth in front of the door. "Yes, he could've either told the truth or go along with their little plan to get rid of us," I say, my eyes welling with tears. I should be mad, but I can't bring myself to go there. Why? Why am I depressed instead of mad? I should be storming over to the infirmary to drop kick Sunny right now, but I'm not? "Please sit down," Abe pleads from where he lies on my bed. I sigh and slid down next to him. "What are we going to do Abe? He won't change his mind," I ask. He puts his hand on my cheek and sighs. "We'll figure it out. We will. Don't ever not believe that. We'll solve all the problems that come our way, I promise," he replies softly. I don't even care anymore. I can't hold back. I explode into him. Our lips touch softly at first, but we pull each other closer, deepening the kiss. The heat of him extends to my cheeks, making my skin shiver. And we just sit there; our eyes closed and our lips locked onto one another's. We stay that way for what seems like an eternity.