Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24530992-20140813185952/@comment-5583506-20140814025647

(Someone ordered more "sap"? Coming right up!)

The remainder of the trip was silent. Whenever they one of them looked at the other, they pretended to look at something else and vice versa. Whenever one of them wanted to say something they were met with silence. If Nalilab seemed to notice that there was some sort of tension between the two he did not mention it.

''By the Gods, I almost kissed him! ''she thought. ''What was I thinking? How could I have been so stupid?! ''When he was looking out over the ashlands she observed him under silence. ''I got to admit that he is rather handsome, in a mangy sort of way. But what was I thinking back there? He is your friend and nothing else.''

Once again she reminded herself of her kiss with Dracius, but now Dracius' image had been replaced with that of Varg. She closed her eyes and tried to erase the picture from her mind, but to no avail.

''Stop it! Damn it! Stop it! But... I could see it in his eyes. He wanted it as much as I want it... wanted it! ''

"Are you okay there?" Varg asked her calmly.

''By the Gods, no! Don't talk to me, please. I... I don't know what to do. What to say.''

"I am fine", she lied and put on a feigned smile. "Really!"

He looked at her suspiciously. "Mara, I can tell when people are lying. And you aren't very good at it. So stop it, would you. Lies are unbecoming of you."

''I love you. ''"Yes, I am sorry for that", she said and could hear how her voiced felt forced. "I am just a bit dazed, that's all." Stop lying. "The heat isn't good for me at all." ''That part is true though. ''"We should reach the coast by tomorrow." ''I love you... no... I don't... Or do I?''

He looked at her for so such a long time it was beginning to make her feel rather uncomfortable. She turned her back on him finally and just pretended that that dialogue had never taken place. She could still feel that he was looking at her even with her back turned. His gaze stung her in the neck like a thousand needles and she could no longer tell whether it was an unbearable pain or a pleasant one, or something in between...

(Off to bed!)