The Cat Has Run Away
Her lips tasted like alcohol and sadness. Droplets of water were streaming down her face as her hand stroked my left cheek. I pulled away from the kiss and she opened her eyes peering inside of me.
"Sorry, I can’t” I said.
"No, I’m the one who’s sorry. I think I've drank way too much. Please forgive me" was her response.
We looked at each other for a few seconds, the sadness that I had felt in the kiss had shifted to her eyes. She walked up to the shore and disappeared from my sight after a few minutes.
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The next morning I woke up with a bad headache and the first thing I saw were my wet clothes from the night before on the ground. I suddenly remembered how I had to explain to Bellamy and the others why I was soaked in water from head to toe. I remembered how Lexa had picked me up in her arms and how she had thrown me into the sea; and then I remembered the bitter kiss.
I rubbed my eyes and, turning to my left I saw Bellamy sleeping on his stomach, the sheet covered half of his body, leaving out the bare back. I got out of bed thinking I was the only one awake at eight in the morning, but, obviously, I was wrong. As soon as I entered the kitchen I saw Lincoln’s silhouette busy preparing breakfast.
"Good morning, want some pancakes?"he asked with a smile.
"Morning" I said smiling. "Yes please, I’m so hungry"
“Why you got up so early?” he asked placing two glasses on the table and pouring orange juice into them.
"Thank you. My head is literally exploding and I haven’t even drank that much last night” I said, sipping some juice.
“Maybe water got into your brain" he said, laughing.
"Shut up" my laughter was inevitable.
"Here princess" he said giving me my pancakes and I poured chocolate syrup over them.
"What programs do we have for today?" I asked covering my full mouth with a hand.
"Octavia wanted to take us to another beach, she says that "we used to go there when we were younger"" he said, mocking his girlfriend’s speech that she had had the night before with her brother. I laughed one more time thinking about the scenario. "Perfect," I said, swallowing another bite.
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I picked up my backpack and got out of the car. The sky wasn’t really happy that day and, after many days of hot weather, the wind was finally back. I closed the door behind me and approached Bellamy.
“Did you take the food?” I asked suddenly, scared that he had forgotten the cooler back at home.
"What would you do without me?" he said with a smile on his face pointing to the cooler on the ground between his legs. I breathed a sigh of relief. Lincoln and Octavia got out of the car and I stared at the car waiting for Lexa to appear.
"What are you looking at?” Octavia asked me raising her eyebrows.
"Lexa? Have you locked her in there? "I asked almost laughing.
"Ah, didn’t she tell you?" she said.
“What did she have to tell me?” I asked, not understanding.
“Apparently she has to go back home because "the cat has run away"" she said imitating her voice while shrugging her shoulders.
"What the fuck?" I said in a whisper. ”What a fucking excuse to leave" was the first thing I thought. Why did she had to find an excuse to leave, everything was alright. After a few seconds I realized why she was leaving. She was leaving to avoid further embarrassed looks and conversations left in mid-air. To avoid having to talk about the night before, of what had happened.
“Her flight is at five this afternoon" Lincoln informed me.
We walked towards the dunes in front of us, we could hear the waves crashing on the shore on the other side. After many minutes of walking we reached the top. I turned to my right and saw Lincoln and Bellamy reenacting the famous scene from "Titanic." Me and Octavia burst out laughing. There were only few people on the beach, all of them were covered with towels, someone was even challenging the big waves of the ocean surfing. As soon as we reached the beach the wind was bearable.
Bellamy, not giving a damn, run immediately towards the water followed by Lincoln who brought a Volleyball ball with him.
"Those two are really thinking that they can play volleyball with those waves" I said, shaking my head.
“Well I knew my brother was dumb as fuck, but I thought Lincoln was a little bit more intelligent" she said laughing.
After a few hours the clouds in the sky were disappearing and the much-hated but really welcomed by everyone hot weather was back. My mind was still thinking about the night before and about the fact that deep down I wouldn’t have wanted it to end. She hadn’t even said goodbye and her flight was in an hour.
”What's wrong, babe?" Bellamy asked me taking my face in his hands.
“My headache won’t stop" bullshit. I was just trying to find a way to get back home to talk to Lexa. "Guys I'm going home, I'm feeling really sick" I informed everyone standing up. "Bells I’ll take the car. See you later”
"Okay, see you later princess" he said, leaving me a kiss on the cheek.
I picked up all of my stuff and run toward the car.
"Fuck" I said as soon as I sat in the car and looked at the time. 4:15 pm.