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Strange Fire, Chapter Five
Craig couldn't sleep. It was just too strange, knowing Coralie was in the room across the hall. He decided to head downstairs to get a glass of water. When he got to the kitchen he realized someone was in there. It was Coralie.
He tried to creep past her but she saw him. "Craig? That you?"
"No, its the boogyman." She smiled then, but he could tell she was upset. "Whats wrong."
"I shouldn't have come here." That was all she said, but somehow she managed to convey everything that was happening inside her in that short sentance. The pain, the fear, and the love.
"Yes, you should have. I've spent the last two years thinking about you every single night." He sat down at the table with her. "Coralie, I would have left with you if you'd asked me to."
"I know you would have. Why do you think I didn't ask." Craig would have been suprised to know that she had for a moment, thought about having him run away with her. But the risks had outweighed the rewards in that situation, and so she'd moved to the United States, alone, hoping that the border would help keep out her memories. They hadn't.
"I love you."
"Craig..You're 18. What do you know about love."
"I know more than you think. Coralie, I'm old enough to know that I want you."
"You don't even know me, Craig." The words came out with more venom than she'd wanted, but they were true enough. "You haven't seen me in two years, and even then we mostly just had sex and talked about stupid stuff. You know nothing about me."
"Go on a date with me." Coralie was speechless, and Craig continued. "Go on a date with me. No sex, just getting to know each other."
"A date? Joey will flip out."
"What will Joey flip out about?" It was Caitlin, evidently insomnia was catching.
"Craig asked me on a date." Coralie said, as she stood up. "I'm heading back to bed." She walked upstairs while Caitlin got herself some juice. She then joined Craig at the table.
"A date."
"Yes, she was saying that we didn't know each other very well...I love her. I told her that, she told me it was impossible." Craig was telling the story backwards but he didn't care, and Caitlin understood what he was saying.
"So you asked her on a date."
"Yes, I did. I just wanted a chance to get to know her."
"She didn't say yes?"
"She didn't say anything, you came down before she answered."
"You care about Coralie." It wasn't a question, Caitlin knew better, and she also knew the answer.
"Very much so. I've missed her. Not just the sex, but the..." He trailed off, slightly embaressed that he'd just admitted that he'd had sex with Coralie. Caitlin pretended to ignore it and waited for him to continue. "It just felt natural when we'd hang out and talk, it felt right."
Caitlin nodded. "I see." That was the last thing either of them said, they just sat for a while in silence, then headed upstairs to their beds.
Strange Fire, Chapter Five
Craig couldn't sleep. It was just too strange, knowing Coralie was in the room across the hall. He decided to head downstairs to get a glass of water. When he got to the kitchen he realized someone was in there. It was Coralie.
He tried to creep past her but she saw him. "Craig? That you?"
"No, its the boogyman." She smiled then, but he could tell she was upset. "Whats wrong."
"I shouldn't have come here." That was all she said, but somehow she managed to convey everything that was happening inside her in that short sentance. The pain, the fear, and the love.
"Yes, you should have. I've spent the last two years thinking about you every single night." He sat down at the table with her. "Coralie, I would have left with you if you'd asked me to."
"I know you would have. Why do you think I didn't ask." Craig would have been suprised to know that she had for a moment, thought about having him run away with her. But the risks had outweighed the rewards in that situation, and so she'd moved to the United States, alone, hoping that the border would help keep out her memories. They hadn't.
"I love you."
"Craig..You're 18. What do you know about love."
"I know more than you think. Coralie, I'm old enough to know that I want you."
"You don't even know me, Craig." The words came out with more venom than she'd wanted, but they were true enough. "You haven't seen me in two years, and even then we mostly just had sex and talked about stupid stuff. You know nothing about me."
"Go on a date with me." Coralie was speechless, and Craig continued. "Go on a date with me. No sex, just getting to know each other."
"A date? Joey will flip out."
"What will Joey flip out about?" It was Caitlin, evidently insomnia was catching.
"Craig asked me on a date." Coralie said, as she stood up. "I'm heading back to bed." She walked upstairs while Caitlin got herself some juice. She then joined Craig at the table.
"A date."
"Yes, she was saying that we didn't know each other very well...I love her. I told her that, she told me it was impossible." Craig was telling the story backwards but he didn't care, and Caitlin understood what he was saying.
"So you asked her on a date."
"Yes, I did. I just wanted a chance to get to know her."
"She didn't say yes?"
"She didn't say anything, you came down before she answered."
"You care about Coralie." It wasn't a question, Caitlin knew better, and she also knew the answer.
"Very much so. I've missed her. Not just the sex, but the..." He trailed off, slightly embaressed that he'd just admitted that he'd had sex with Coralie. Caitlin pretended to ignore it and waited for him to continue. "It just felt natural when we'd hang out and talk, it felt right."
Caitlin nodded. "I see." That was the last thing either of them said, they just sat for a while in silence, then headed upstairs to their beds.