Chapter 8
The next four days seemed to drag on forever. Raelle was barely talking to Abigail, except for when they were training. And for Abigail, Raelle went back to being "shitbird". Other than that, she spent her nights after dinner with Scylla, walking around the campus, or hanging out in the woods. Raelle and Tally had forgiven Scylla, the three of them had been planning with Anacostia to take down the Spree. It was Friday night and Raelle sat with Scylla in the cafeteria, Tally sitting across from them. They weren't speaking as the mess hall started to fill up with more cadets finishing up with training. Scylla's hand was on Raelle's thigh, her fingers lightly running up and down the blonde's inner thigh. Raelle gave Scylla a sideways glance as Tally started to wonder what the two girls were up to.
The three girls sat in silence for a good long while, Raelle was pushing her green beans around the plate. She looked up and groaned softly as she saw Abigail walking towards them. Abigail stopped short of the table, Scylla sat up and Tally let out a small whimper. Raelle, on the other hand, looked Abigail straight in the eyes as she was the first to speak after a long pause, "Do you plan on hitting my girlfriend with your scourge again? Because if you are, you can just leave. It's been a long week."
Abigail held up her hand, almost stopping Raelle from continuing to speak, "I actually came to apologize to Scylla for hitting her with the scourge. I was out of line and I'm sorry."
A smirk formed on Scylla's small lips as she looked up at Abigail, her hand never leaving Raelle's thigh, "Is this high Atlantic apologizing? I didn't know you guys had that capability." Raelle let out a snort and Tally whipped her head towards Scylla. Scylla's gaze didn't leave Abigail, her expression hard.
Abigail looked at Scylla, rolling her eyes, trying to keep her composure. "Look here Necro, I haven't spoken much to Raelle in the past four days, she's my sister, we've come a long since she was just a shitbird at the beginning of basic. I'm trying to do the right thing here." Abigail looked from Tally, who was looking back and forth between Abigail and the two other girls, to Scylla and Raelle. Raelle had a hard expression on her soft features and Scylla never broke, eye contact with Abigail as she spoke.
Scylla was the first to break the silence, "Fine, Abigail." She said softly and finished eating her food in front of her. Abigail sat down next to Tally. Raelle wrapped her arm around Scylla's waist, staying close to her girlfriend.
The four women spent the next few minutes talking and laughing about a few selected topics. After a while, Scylla stood up and held her hand out for Raelle, who slide her hand into Scylla's, their fingers intertwining. Raelle grabbed their trays and nodded at her sisters before dumping them. She followed Scylla out of the mess hall and down the long winding path towards the Necro dorm.