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The gesture’s not exactly unwelcome, but with everything that’s happened since you’ve arrived on the island you just don’t have it in you to reciprocate. Gently pushing her coffee-scented lips away from yours, you notice a mixture of sadness and worry behind the girl’s blue eyes!
Sensing something in your gaze as well, Pepper quickly extracts herself from you and adjusts her skirt as she stares at her feet.
“... sorry… I know it’s a bad time…”
No <span class="mu-i">shit</span>, you reply as you struggle to understand what just happened, you just went <span class="mu-i">psycho</span> mode on that slasher and her first instinct is to <span class="mu-i">kiss</span>? She knows you aren’t doing all this investigating to fool around later, right? You don’t need, like, a <span class="mu-i">reward</span> for-
“It’s not a <span class="mu-s">REWARD!</span>” She snaps loud enough for Rodney to <span class="mu-i">maybe</span> hear and Raj to <span class="mu-i">definitely</span> hear! “It’s… <span class="mu-i">shit</span>, sandcrab… what <span class="mu-i">WAS</span> that back there?”
You don’t really know, you reply, silently fuming that you’re nowhere closer to figuring it out. All you know is that you started feeling it back at the mansion with those <span class="mu-s">NOTWOLF</span> things… and it’s been harder to resist since…
The redhead bites her lip as she looks up at your bloody face. “... I thought we <span class="mu-i">lost</span> you, Diesel. It looked <span class="mu-s">BAD.</span>”
Her arms wrap around her midsection.
“I was <span class="mu-i">worried</span>... and then I was really relieved, okay?”
Yea, you sigh as you lean against the wall feeling a fresh headache coming on, you aren’t exactly <span class="mu-i">thrilled</span> either, okay? And if it weren’t for something Raj said earlier you probably wouldn’t be here complaining about it!
Resting against the wall next to you, the journalist stares at you with sympathy and embarrassment written on her face. “What did he say?”
Some crap about remembering what makes me <span class="mu-i">me</span>, you scoff as you hear the words out loud. Helped me keep things in perspective.
“We’re gonna find out <span class="mu-i">everything</span>, Diesel.” Pepper reassures you as a tiny grin slowly forms on her face. “And we’re gonna make sure you’re okay, too. That’s a promise.”
Hah! <span class="mu-i">Promise</span>! Well <span class="mu-i">that</span> seals the deal, doesn’t it?
She deflates a bit as the derisive comment hits her square in the gob.
“You’re… you’re right–we’ve got more important things to do right now.” She replies as her voice grows stern, “For us <span class="mu-i">and</span> everyone else trapped here.”
Pushing off of the wall, she takes a few steps back towards Raj before she turns your way again.
“Diesel?”
Yea?
The girl opens her mouth to say something, but ends up just shaking her head.
“Nevermind. Let’s roll.”
What you wouldn’t give to understand this crazy chick…
>CONTD.
