Bray was in his room, swinging gently in his hammock, thinking. There was a knock on the door, and Tai-San walked in.
"Hi." Bray said, wondering why Tai-San wanted to speak to him. "You should stay in your room, you're ill." He added.
"I feel a bit better now. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for standing up for me earlier. God, Lex makes my blood boil sometimes." She sat down on the floor. "Patsy and Chloe paid me a visit earlier. They told me about what happened." Tai-San said, and then looked at him. "You must have been through hell."
"What?" Bray asked.
"Having to watch Amber laying there unconscious. You really care about her, don't you; and I think she feels the same way. The way she stood up for you at the water trial...and she's always making eyes at you." She stopped and looked at Brays face. "I'm right, aren't I?" Tai-San said, quite certain that she was.
"Yeah, I think so. But there's just been so much in the way." He smiled sadly.
"And you're going to let that stop you?" She asked.
"No..."
"Well, don't you think you better do something about it soon?" with that Tai-San got up and left the room, leaving Bray to think about her words.
It was almost midnight, and Bray couldn't sleep. He got up to get himself a drink, and then decided to see how Amber was. He silently walked into her room and found her with her eyes closed.
"Night Am." He touched the side of her cheek affectionately.
"I wasn't asleep." She said opening her eyes. She sat up cross-legged on the bed, and motioned for Bray to do the same. "Do you wanna talk?" Amber asked, as he sat down.
"Sure. I couldn't sleep." Bray looked at her.
"I've been asleep most of today." Amber rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but you were knocked out. How are you now?" he asked.
"Better than before." She smiled. "So, that was one heck of a day!"
"You don't know the half of it." Bray said. "Tai-San's ill."
"Not the virus, I hope?" Amber frowned.
"I don't know...the others think it is, and Lex tried to force her to take that 'untested' stuff we got today."
"Typical" Amber sighed.
Soon Amber and Bray were talking and joking, happy in each others company.
"Do you remember when bluebell made all that noise, and Lex got us to set up a barricade." Amber asked.
"Yeah...you were really mad at me because I knew what it was."
"I was really stressed around that time. Sorry." Amber smiled at him.
"Why?" Bray looked confused.
"Well, you know...with Trudy not being very helpful and friendly, and...ummm...well...Lex being leader and all..." She finished lamely and avoided Brays eyes. Suddenly a wave of drowsiness hit Amber and she lay limp on the bed.
"Amber? What's wrong?" Bray leapt up and knelt down beside her worriedly. "Amber?" He repeated, shaking her gently.
"I'm okay, really. Just still quite weak from earlier, that's all." She said quietly, seeing the look of concern of Brays face. She reached out and took his hand, and he looked at it.
"You're shaking Am..." he started.
"I'm just a bit cold."
"A bit?" Bray raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, I'm a lot cold then." She grinned.
"Come here..." They hugged.
"Hey, no fair! You're really warm!" She said, hugging him tighter. She didn't want to let go. Soon Amber had warmed up, and started to drift off in Brays arms. Only now she wasn't tired. She looked up at Bray, who had his eyes closed. She shifted closer to him, lay her head on his chest, gazing into the air, and started to think.
"Amber? You awake?" Bray said, after feeling her move.
"No." She smiled, and they looked at each other. Amber hooked her hand round Brays neck, and gingerly pulled his face closer to hers. She smiled, her eyes sparkling, and wrapped her arms round brays waist.
"Do you have any idea of how jealous I was of Sasha?" Bray whispered.
"Bray, I'm sorry I..." She started, but kissed him tenderly instead.
"Hi." Bray said, wondering why Tai-San wanted to speak to him. "You should stay in your room, you're ill." He added.
"I feel a bit better now. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for standing up for me earlier. God, Lex makes my blood boil sometimes." She sat down on the floor. "Patsy and Chloe paid me a visit earlier. They told me about what happened." Tai-San said, and then looked at him. "You must have been through hell."
"What?" Bray asked.
"Having to watch Amber laying there unconscious. You really care about her, don't you; and I think she feels the same way. The way she stood up for you at the water trial...and she's always making eyes at you." She stopped and looked at Brays face. "I'm right, aren't I?" Tai-San said, quite certain that she was.
"Yeah, I think so. But there's just been so much in the way." He smiled sadly.
"And you're going to let that stop you?" She asked.
"No..."
"Well, don't you think you better do something about it soon?" with that Tai-San got up and left the room, leaving Bray to think about her words.
It was almost midnight, and Bray couldn't sleep. He got up to get himself a drink, and then decided to see how Amber was. He silently walked into her room and found her with her eyes closed.
"Night Am." He touched the side of her cheek affectionately.
"I wasn't asleep." She said opening her eyes. She sat up cross-legged on the bed, and motioned for Bray to do the same. "Do you wanna talk?" Amber asked, as he sat down.
"Sure. I couldn't sleep." Bray looked at her.
"I've been asleep most of today." Amber rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but you were knocked out. How are you now?" he asked.
"Better than before." She smiled. "So, that was one heck of a day!"
"You don't know the half of it." Bray said. "Tai-San's ill."
"Not the virus, I hope?" Amber frowned.
"I don't know...the others think it is, and Lex tried to force her to take that 'untested' stuff we got today."
"Typical" Amber sighed.
Soon Amber and Bray were talking and joking, happy in each others company.
"Do you remember when bluebell made all that noise, and Lex got us to set up a barricade." Amber asked.
"Yeah...you were really mad at me because I knew what it was."
"I was really stressed around that time. Sorry." Amber smiled at him.
"Why?" Bray looked confused.
"Well, you know...with Trudy not being very helpful and friendly, and...ummm...well...Lex being leader and all..." She finished lamely and avoided Brays eyes. Suddenly a wave of drowsiness hit Amber and she lay limp on the bed.
"Amber? What's wrong?" Bray leapt up and knelt down beside her worriedly. "Amber?" He repeated, shaking her gently.
"I'm okay, really. Just still quite weak from earlier, that's all." She said quietly, seeing the look of concern of Brays face. She reached out and took his hand, and he looked at it.
"You're shaking Am..." he started.
"I'm just a bit cold."
"A bit?" Bray raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, I'm a lot cold then." She grinned.
"Come here..." They hugged.
"Hey, no fair! You're really warm!" She said, hugging him tighter. She didn't want to let go. Soon Amber had warmed up, and started to drift off in Brays arms. Only now she wasn't tired. She looked up at Bray, who had his eyes closed. She shifted closer to him, lay her head on his chest, gazing into the air, and started to think.
"Amber? You awake?" Bray said, after feeling her move.
"No." She smiled, and they looked at each other. Amber hooked her hand round Brays neck, and gingerly pulled his face closer to hers. She smiled, her eyes sparkling, and wrapped her arms round brays waist.
"Do you have any idea of how jealous I was of Sasha?" Bray whispered.
"Bray, I'm sorry I..." She started, but kissed him tenderly instead.
