"Okay, you've said 'sorry' and everything so, we need a place to stay." Avery commented.
Both heads turned to Avery.
Avery threw her hands up. "What? I was just stating the obvious."
"Are all of you insane?" Chell whispered to Wheatley.
"Just us." Wheatley replied.
"Hey! I can hear you, you know. I may be crazy, but I'm not deaf!" Avery cried.
Chell sighed. "Fine, stay."
"Thanks." Avery said.
The two explained all of their journey, which took until sundown. Avery walked outside, and sat down, looking at the setting sun. She sighed. How many years had I been down there? Avery wondered. She had been 16 when she began her internship. They had put her in suspension for somewhere around 40 years, somehow keeping her age the same. Then, she finally woke up, and broke out. Avery started fixing all the panels. When she was starting on GLaDOS' chamber, she met him. He had just been crushed, and within a few minutes, she fixed him. She remembered that much.
"Avery?" Wheatley asked, making her jump.
"Ah! Oh, how long have you been standing there?"
"Five minutes." Wheatley sat down next to her.
Avery blushed. Stop zoning out, she told herself.
"Anyways, thanks for saving me from space."
"No problem. I was just thinking about something, how long have we been down there?"
"I have no idea but, it had to have been a long time."
"Yeah." Avery paused, "You know, the sky kinda reminds me of you. The shade of blue, it's nearly yours, and the sun reminds me of her."
"I guess, I never looked at it that way."
Wheatley and Avery watched the dark blue sky fade to black.
Avery turned to Wheatley. "This can't last forever. I wish it could, but she'll find us. We would have to keep running, for the rest of our lives."
"Maybe that isn't so bad." Wheatley replied.
"Maybe, but I'd rather just stay somewhere. We'd get tired eventually, then she'd take us back to that horror-show of a facility."
"Then, what would we do?"
"For once, I don't know." Avery sighed. She closed her eyes, still holding her head up to the sky.
Wheatley looked at her in surprise. He had never seen her without a plan, and her admitting she didn't have one, shook him. She looked so vulnerable in the moonlight yet, she looked relaxed. With an evil robot tracking them, he didn't know how she could be so calm. She could just sit there, even with the threat of getting dragged back into the facility, and not be worried.
"To tell you the truth," Avery muttered, "I'm terrified. I really am scared. Let's not live in the past or future, though. Let's just live in the present. This is probably the best time I've ever had, so let's just enjoy it, please."
The pair relaxed in the pale moonlight. Avery reached out, and held Wheatley's hand.
"Don't worry right now. This is our time to just be calm, I suppose. We can worry tomorrow." Avery smiled.
Wheatley smiled back, although he was worried.