Previously:
Lexi and Danny gave their opinion of the Captain.
The Captain told Lexi her brother died 10 years ago, but he was alive at their 16th birthday…
Chapter 4- Season 1, Between Episodes 2-3
The convoy began moving again. Danny and Lexi were sitting in the back of the carriage next to each other. The sun had just set, it was twilight. Danny was looking towards the soldiers at the flank. Lexi's eyes were squinted; she wasn't paying attention to what was happening around her. Danny realised she was muttering. He looked at Lexi, he was worried why she so quiet. Danny put his hand on her knee "Hey, are you ok?"
Lexi turned her head to Danny and looked up to him. She pulled a bit a hair behind her ear and sighed. Her hands were still handcuffed together as was Danny's. She began to whisper. "You know when Neville said I was lying?"
"Yes… were you?"
"Well… no and yes, I never had any parents, but there was always my aunt and my uncle… and my brother. Thing is he didn't die 10 years ago, my cousin did, but I was 6, he was 4 and he was sick and bedridden all the time, he really didn't have much of a personality."
Danny looked at her, after a pause he said "So… what do you think?"
Lexi paused for a moment then looked towards the militia men walking behind the carriage and yelled "Hey! You know that kid you beat up, before you grabbed me… who was he?" Lexi knew who he was but wanted to hear it from them. One of the men looked at her then said "We questioned him… but you should know, he was your cousin; Jack." Lexi was confused. She turned to Danny; surprisingly their faces were really close. Lexi spoke quietly "they were wrong… My cousin, Jack died 10 years ago, but my brother was the one they beat." The carriage stopped abruptly. All the men gathered at the front of the group and couldn't see Danny or Lexi. They stopped talking, but were still close. They were trying to hear the conversation. It was impossible, it was too quiet. Lexi's and Danny's were barely an inch apart. They were looking at each other in the eye. Danny sunk his neck down and kissed Lexi. She closed her eyes and kissed back, when they broke apart Lexi smiled and Danny smiled back. It was then they heard footsteps jump of a horse and walk towards they back. They quickly shifted away from each other and looked in the direction of the sound.
It was Neville; he came and sat at the back of the trailer. He signed then looked at the teenagers and said gleefully, "Were going to stop here and shelter form the night." They glared at him; Neville dropped the smile and started walking towards the front again. Before he was out of earshot Lexi spoke up "Captain Neville?" he stopped and looked at her "would you have taken my brother too, if he were alive?"
He looked into her eyes, nodded and replied "Yes, why…?"
Lexi didn't think this far, she lied; her tone was cold and disrespectful "oh, I'm just trying to figure out why you took me, if you were to take my brother if he were alive, which he isn't. Then it would be, because of who I am, not anything I have or haven't done." She was relieved they though Jaxon was dead, by scared why they wanted her as a person, not as another child to enroll. He walked away and Lexi moved closer to Danny. They were side by side; Danny put his arm around Lexi. She snuggled her head on Danny's shoulder and looked up at the sky. The carriage began to move again.