Sorry it took me so long to upload-school sucks! Plus I had a hard time coming up with this chapter. Anyways, though-it's here! Read and please please please comment!
About the commenting-I am in desperate need of comments in my other story, the PJO one: A God In Peril. If you've read PJO (which I highly recommend you do, they are AMAZING!) please read and comment on that. The comments currently existing are from my friend, who I actually know.
So...enjoy!
-MuseGoddess
OUTSKIRTS OF ALPHA ISLAND
PINK SAND BEACH
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
5: 53 PM
Charlie's POV
For a second, Darwin stood there—as if he was frozen to the spot. Charlie turned toward him, but he jammed his fists into his pockets and marched away. She ran after him.
He broke into a run. Charlie scrambled after him. At the foot of the dune he halted. Thank goodness—she really hadn't been wearing the right shoes.
"Darwin, wait," she said.
He turned, his mouth twisted in a bitter smile. "Why were you there, Charlotte?"
She clenched her fists. He never used her full name.
"I have freedom too. It wasn't like he was going to—"
"How do you know?" he demanded.
"He walked away when he saw you. I was trying to explain about us—"
"How do you know?" he pressed.
"Because he understands. Because he's my friend. Because I wouldn't have let him!"
She turned and walked away. How could Darwin have so little faith in her?
She heard him running up behind her. For once, he was the one chasing her—not the other way around, not the way she did for those first few terrible months on Alpha Island.
"Char, I'm sorry. I made a mistake. I—" he paused. "I just didn't want to lose you again."
Charlie moved closer, and he slung an arm around her. They walked in silence for a few minutes.
"He wanted to talk. I knew I couldn't refuse, not when he'd helped me so much. I already knew what he would tell me—it was obvious." She looked up at her boyfriend. "But I also knew what I would say."
So...did you like it? Read and comment! Also-who next? Allie or Skye?