Burned- Well thank you very much.
GAMES
He looked away, but just sat there, not knowing what to say. She had been hurt, and he just wished he had been there, maybe he could have protected her. She was not somebody who deserved this, this pain. He looked into her eyes, seeing that she was actually trying to read his expression. Then she smiled at him once more, and his heart nearly melted.
"Ah'm fahne Logan. Ah'm a big girl." He looked at her a little bit spooked.
"You still readin' minds darlin'?" he asked her raising an eyebrow. She laughed.
"Naw, it's just easy ta figure. Ah don't need ya ta protect meh. Ah can take care of mahself just fahne." he nodded.
"Just wish I could have been there when you needed me." he mumbled.
"You were." he looked at her like a deer caught in the headlights, wondering if she knew something he didn't, or if she really was crazy. She laughed gently then tapped the side of her head.
"In here. Ah absorbed ya once, remembah ol' man." He grunted, then something hit him like a ton of bricks.
"You don't have any of those nightmares, do you?" she shrugged.
"Not much anymore." He muttered a sorry but she just ignored it and walked back over towards the front door.
"Where are you going?" she turned and smirked playfully.
"Wouldn't ya lahke ta know." she drawled out and ran outside. He jumped up and ran to the door, but when he got there she was already gone. It took him a while, but he tracked her scent down to where he had figured there was a river. Then he had caught sight of her sitting on a large, flat rock near the mouth of the river. If she had caught his presence she had ignored it. But just in case, he came up to her slowly as to not startle her.
"Nahce ain't it." he merely grunted. He was merely content to watch her. She seemed so much more at peace than she appeared in the house. Like this is where she belonged. Then she looked at him, curiously.
"Wanna know somethin' funny?" still a little glint of mischief in her eyes. He grunted back his reply.
"Ah used ta have the biggest crush on ya." she turned her eyes back to the river. Boy did that ever make his day, even if she was playing around. However, he wondered what that really meant, and why she had told that to him. 'Maybe she still does.' But nothing in her body language would give in to his senses and let him know for sure. She was comfortable with him, and she didn't seem to be lying. So he decided to take his chances.
"That so." he smirked back at her as she turned back to look at him again.
"Yeah, but Ah was a kid then." he laughed.
"Apparently, you still are one compared to me." Then they both laughed, as she smacked his arm playfully.
"Pretty sure, just 'bout everybody is." He smiled casually.
"Yeah, but even old men get lonely."
"You mean dirty ol' men." she crossed her arms.
"Ya forgot, Ah know ya too well." He held a blank expression, hoping that she wouldn't be able to read him.
"How well?" he told her in a low husky voice. She stood up and wiped some dirt off of her, looking at him with that same playful smirk he saw before. When she wasn't looking he allowed his eyes to look over her once more, but he took a bit too long because he was looking straight into her eyes. She smacked his arm and ran. He watched her puzzled until she called out, "Ya it pervert!" He smiled and ran after her.