I was laying in my hammock when I heard a knock on the wall," Hello?," a voice calls out as I sit up.
"Hey," Jackson steps into my room. I put my hand on my chest," Don't do that, Jackson, you scared me!"
"I knocked! What more could I do?," he laughed at me.
"I don't know! Announce yourself or something."
"Oh, don't be dramatic," he sits on the middle hammock. "So, Frypan is bragging about you," he grins.
"Really," I sit throw my feet over the side and look at Jackson.
"Oh yeah. I didn't know you made that chicken?!"
"Oh," I blushed," Yeah. Siggy helped me though."
"It was good," he compliments me. "Seriously, really good. But anything would have been better than that stupid carrot mush."
I smile and look to my lap," I think that's why Siggy made it, so that my food would be good in comparison."
"Smart," Jackson nods. "But it was good, I promise."
"Thanks, Jackson."
Jackson looks around," Haven't really been in here yet..."
He had, the day Lee arrived but I had told him to go away.
"Well it is for girls," I giggle.
"It's nice. And you can make it however you want until the next girl comes."
"That's true, I could decorate it and everything."
"Not much here to use for decoration, we use every bit of everything. Have not, waste not."
"That's true, I don't really know what I would do anyway."
Jackson leans back in his hammock, "I am so tired..."
"You should sleep, then. Don't you patrol tonight?"
"No, It's Aidan. So I know if I sleep now, I'll be up all night. That's why I came here, I need you to keep me awake."
I laugh," How?"
"I don't know," he sits back up," How are things with Newt? Did you talk to him?"
"Well...," I pull on my hair," I did."
"And?"
"And it was really sweet. Jackson, he is so cute and I can't stand it! But I'm starting to think he might like me back..."
Jackson's eyes widen," Really? What happened?"
"I'm not sure. It probably doesn't mean anything..."
"Now you have to tell me!"
"Okay... Well, I saw him the day before yesterday and we were walking..."
"Okay and?"
"And before he left he got all red and started stuttering... like he was nervous or something. I know it doesn't really mean anything, he could still be gay or maybe he just-..."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!," Jackson shakes his hands in my face," you think Newt might be gay?"
"Oh," my cheeks redden and I look at my shoes," I don't know. I mean, he could be, right?"
"Well...," Jackson rubs his neck," Yeah, I mean, he could be... Why do you think he's gay?"
"I don't... not really. I just thought maybe he was just being nice to me and maybe he doesn't like me in that way because he's... gay?"
"Woah, woah. I'm nice to you and don't like you like that, do you think I'm gay?"
"Wait! What, no!," I look up to him. "Jackson, I don't think you're gay."
"But you think Newt is?"
"No, I don't. I just... I don't know...," I put my face in my hands," I just wanted an excuse. A reason for it or something, I don't know, it's stupid."
"Yeah, that is stupid," he laughed. "Well now I feel wide awake."
I take my head out of my hands," Shut up," I groan.
We sit for awhile, not saying anything before Jackson breaks. "Any luck on your name?"
"Ughh... No."
"I mean, you could solve it right now and just chose Elyce," he smiled.
I chuckle, "I know. I do like it, but I'm just so... lost about it all. I can't pick one," I lay back on my hammock. "And I'm running out of time."
"Running out of time? Why?"
I sigh," I want to have a name before the new Greenie comes..."
"That's kind of soon."
"I still have two weeks, I just need to pick one."
"Which ones do you like, one of them is Skyler right?"
I chuckle," No, I don't really like Skyler anymore and that's what scares me. What if I pick a name and end up hating it?"
"Well, it's no the worst think in the world. I mean, Jackson isn't the best name there is, but I deal with it."
"But you were given a name, it means something. I have to chose one."
"We could just call you Greenie forever." I swing my arm without looking and feel it hit him in the chest,"Ow! I was kidding!"
I push my foot on the floor to make my hammock swing, Greenie... I hear it so much, it's starting to feel normal. It's so ugly though. I hate it more than any other name. Wrenneth would be better.
"You know what Newt said?," I feel a smile on my lips.
"What?"
"He wouldn't tell me the name he thought of because he wanted me to pick it myself, for it to be my own. Isn't that sweet?"
"Maybe he just didn't have a name, so he lied?"
"No, he was being real. God, why is he so cute, Jackson?"
"I think it might just be the accent," he chuckles.
"No, it's not. His face is so adorable! It's like every time I see him, he gets more handsome and it makes me... it akes me feel elevated in a way. When I'm near him and we talk, I feel better, like he has such an effect on me. I... I want to kiss him like all the time!"
"Maybe you should. Just walk up to him and kiss him, see what he does."
I roll my eyes," You give the worst advice." I sit up again," you haven't said anything about this to anyone, have you?"
"What? No, of course not," his face scrunches but he doesn't move.
"Okay, good. I just don't want him to hear about it through a rumor or something."
"Oh, except I told Billy." My eyes widen and my heart freezes, Oh no! Not Billy...
"When!?" Maybe I can stop it before Newt finds out. Jackson starts laughing, "Jackson! Tell me!," I slap his leg.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!," he can barely breathe. "You should have seen your face. Priceless!"
"Jackson! That's not funny!" My heart finally started to beat again and I let out a slow breath, Why does he do that to me! Jackson keeps laughing. " Ugh, you are the worst."
"Awww, don't say that," he sits up," you'll hurt my feelings."
"You deserve it!," I cross my arms.
"It hurts that you think so little of me. You actually thought I told Billy?"
"Yes! In that moment, yes! You said it so serious!"
Jackson smiles," I would never tell anyone about your crush, I promise."
"You better not," I let a small smile escape.
"Do you want to go see what's for dinner? It's about that time."
"Yeah," I stand up and follow Jackson out of my room.
Siggy and Joe made some bean and bone stew out of the chicken we used for lunch. It was good, but I don't really like beans, so Jackson ate mine happily. Aidan and Billy sat with us, which wasn't a surprise, they were always together so I quietly snuck away. I skipped my shower and went to my room, Today was a good day, I laid in my hammock.
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