The lonely mountain
Despite being there for her, last night, there were gone by morning. There haven’t really got any closer. She thought there did. But as soon as the new day started there were back to their old ways. Know she sit on her bed her knees up to her chest, a tear rolling down her face.
Yesterday emotions still strong within her mind.
Not wanted to be more time like this. Sigh a get up wiping the last tear from her check.
She remembered the time Quinn had found her crying after her first heart break. She had help her thought it, giving her many out lets. One of them being, to make notes of want ever going though her mind.
So, after twenty minutes she was fully dress for the day sitting at her desk beside the window. She just had to do one thing before she could leave and pulls out her noted book and traces the Sigel.
Titling the page unit.
• Tally was a little more bubble toward me, know she got out her secrets.
Fact: Tally can’t deal with them (secrets).
• Abigail still stands offish but seem worried about me still.
• Libba
Raelle just smiles to herself before continuing writing. Remembering the kiss to the forehead.
• Swythe team, trust.
Fact: Libba is cute. dark hair and trouble.
She was about to write more when the door creak open. Not wanting them to read want inside she closed her notebook and sealed again. Placing it back in her desk. She looks over, Tally smiles at her.
“lesson about to start”.
Raelle can tell she nerves but she couldn’t figure out why.
“can I ask you a question”.
She thought about it a second ‘it couldn’t hurt’ before twisting in her chair to look straight at Tally, “shoot”.
“why didn’t you tell us about your mum?”.
“it not something I’m proud of”.
Tally raised her brow closed the door behind her.
“expressing my emotions, specially about that day. A year ago, on my Ma birthday I was told she was dead.”
Tally moved over to her, feeling like she wanted to talk more. And sat on Raelle bed as close to her as possible.
“there know two days before but said nothing. I had received her letter saying she would be home soon. So, thinking it was my Ma I opened the door. It was two military personnel.”
“how did you found out that there know for days”.
“I investigated it, two week it took me. Not once didn’t there ask me why or who I was toward her. Found out a lot of things, one being that there held of sending my Ma letters to me. So, it would be days passed when I got them. The final letter was a week old. There had read it a redeployed her. Which was her death.”
Raelle waiting for the ‘I so sorry’ but somehow that didn’t come.
“I can’t imagine want that would feel like, I have other question. Where was she buried”.
She smiled at her, “not sure Tal”.
She stands up from her chair and move over to her locker and pulls out a smaller notebook and places inside her back pocket. Just before she could say anything Tally spoke again.
“did you know that Scylla was Spree before the wedding?”
She straightens up, “you already pushed your one question. I love Scylla, I would have loved her to tell if she was or not Spree herself. Thanks again to the Military I can’t”.
With that Tally jumped up and pulled her into a hug. A little taken a back not against it, hug her back as well.
“we better get to class before we get D-merits”.
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The day had been long. But with a few more class to attend to. She pushed on. Lucky for her Tally was making a lot more barrable than the last few days.
The first lesson was Sava training. Just like she thought she was called out. For her use of it. On her first week on basic. When she had a date with Scylla. The only thing is, she had to fake not knowing how to land. What everyone didn’t know is that she was train year ago, with her aunt Quinn. Out in the Cession.
As the lesson start to wind down. She was hypo aware of everyone talking about the rumours of what happened to the cadets from the wedding. She didn’t have time to listen. All she wanted was to do, was tell them straight that there didn’t run off. That something happened to them. Like her girlfriend Scylla.
She need to know more, then she dead.
• How did she die?
• When her funeral?
And so on.
So, after training she finally catches up Sargent Quartermain yet again to ask about Scylla, not too far from her Salve training, where she dominated her ‘shitbird flying skills’ according to Abigail. Who was doing a little better, know that she had Adil and both her unit mates standing shoulder to shoulder with her.
“I know you don’t like us together and that you have tried to stop Scylla from seeing me. But I need to know more, then the standard mission report, on what happened”.
“it above you pay grade”. Her Sargent had said though greeted teeth.
“are you joking, she my girlfriend”.
Sargent steps up to her, “there is a mission to find all the cadets that are missing, which I need to get back to. Don’t ask this again, is that understood.”
She really wanted to ask when the funeral but something in the Sargent eyes made her hold her tongue. ‘I do it the old fashion way’. Raelle stays quiet for a second before saying, “I understand fully, Sargent”.
And with that, without being dismissed walked off. Her blood boiling within her veins. With everything she had learnt for the last few days she headed back to her dorm room. That she shared with Abigail and Tally.
She had made it to the bottom of the stairs just about to head up when she stopped at the phones. With a heavy sigh picked the phone and dial the only person that never shy away from telling her the truth. It only rang once before the person picked up.
“hello” the voice some out warm and welcoming.
“Quinn”. Her voice on the other had been strained and crackled.
This sent a shiver down Quinn spin and not in a good away. “what is it, what happen?”
“I’m on a lonely mountain, with no brides.”
“are you sure”.
“my unit is not helpful. Form mentally checked out to avoiding me. My Sargent lying about basic stuff. And everyone else not really caring. I have no were to turn too. And yesterday wasn’t great”. She said using Farspeech.
“what do you have.” Quinn voice coming through the phone.
“a lot more then there realise, but not everything that I need”. She said aloud this time.
“then I say, found the ones you trust the most. And yes, before you say you don’t. I have read your letters. I know you have at least three people that you trust.”
“you may be right”.
“I am right”.
Just as she was gearing up to talk about Scylla. A few cadets walk past her making her tense up. Without she felt the outstanding feeling on mistrust.
“I should have called sooner”.
“I understand basic is wild and crazy at the best of time.”
“say hi to pop for me”.
“well, you should call him, she like a wild animal. Most days. Not sure he can take more days not knowing if you’re ok”.
“I need to go, Call soon. Yes I’ll call him”.
“be carefully, mail is fine”. The last part was Farspeech.
With that the phoneline dies. She headed upstairs, she needs to lay down a bit, before coming up with a plain. Her muscles where tried, from not really eating to not sleeping great. Her worrying getting to her. Her unit thank the goddness, there haven’t noticed and if there had. Haven’t said anything.
Once finally inside her room, she checked the clock. It just past lunch time. She really didn’t care much. She had the next hour free. ‘Schedule free time, wow thanks’. Her head the pillow, ‘rest’ she thought to herself ‘then deal with everything with a better mindset’.