Chapter 4
The next day, I had eaten with the others, and when Tommy commissioned me to train Irina, I gave it to Ellie, and I avoided Kate as much as I could. Because I knew that if I was close to Kate, I wouldn't be able to let her go. Especially when she smelled it so closely from what happened at night.
Fuck it. I was in love and I didn't know how to tell her. Or rather, should I tell her, that's what I really didn't know.
Tonight, I was one of the other five people who were wandering around the border for the night watch with the rifle I had around my neck. I walked slowly, my hands gripping the gun habitually. "Hey." When I turned around, discerning the human voice I heard, I realized I was where I was running from, I swallowed and said, “Hey,” as I squinted my eyes from the browns. "You're avoiding me," she said as he slowly walked towards me. “You shouldn't be here,” I said in my voice, trying to keep it straight. “But I am here.” “I have to go,” I said, taking a step back. “Really, I have to go.”
Before I could take a few steps, I felt her hand on my wrist, she turned me towards her and her lips covered mine. At first, I didn't realize what was happening. This couldn't be happening, could it? But it was happening! Her lips were soft and warm, I could feel a slight sugary taste on my tongue. A hand found my waist, she pulled me towards him, and I wrapped my arms around her neck as I tossed the gun between us over my shoulder. Her hand gently caressed my back, for the first time in my life I felt truly peaceful.
We gasped as our breaths mingled, I swallowed and stared into her eyes, barely opening them. “This…” I said. “What does it mean?” Her hand found my cheek, she smiled, and in that moment I felt like I could die there happily.
At that moment, something screamed at us, and before I knew what it was, I felt the weight of a Runner. "Fuck!" How did it get here? I nudged her out of her field to protect Kate, while I pointed my backup gun with one arm at the head of the monster I was trying to hold and pulled the trigger.
The Runner fell to the other side as I stepped back, “Jane!” said Kate, sitting next to me and cupping my cheeks in her hands. "Are you ok? Did he bite you?" Her eyes slid down my neck as her hands slid down my face, and she said, “Shit." At that moment, I felt it.
It's a really big shit.