Kilee smiled up at him, her face alight with humor. Her cheeks glowed, as did her eyes. She was finally, truly happy. She had the most amazing friend who could make her laugh any moment on any day, no matter how she had previously felt.
She laughed aloud as Tristen made the face again. Tristen's face was screwed up in a mockery of a part of the movie they had just seen.
Kilee giggled uncontrolably and she gasped for breath to speak. "You look like you're constepated!" She choked off at the end, unable to keep from laughing.
"Well that's what he looked like in the movie." He smiled back. As always, they were the people who never stopped laughing. Everyone must have thought they were on drugs a hundred times over by now.
Kilee gulped some air, just enough to help stifle the laughter. But the tremers still rocked her body.
Tristen's face fell. He had come to the part in the day he wished he'd never have to reach. His voice was solumn as he spoke. "Kilee...? I got drafted in."
He waited in silence, not meeting her eyes. He noticed that she was no longer shaking with laughter. He tried his hardest not to look. He didnt think he could bear it. He did anyways.
His green gaze met her startled blue and he saw a tear slide down her face. She caught it and wiped it away before it hit her jawline.
Kilee's voice was quiet. "You dont have to g..."
He broke in. "Yes. I have no choice in this. The army needs all the help they can get. They're drafting a lot of men in."
She began to shake her head. The 'denial' stage had set in. Her lips moved soundlessly as she tried to peice everything together. The world shook around her and the sun above burned suddenly white hot.
He was her best friend. She couldnt lose another person. She knew she was falling apart at the seams, but she had to keep it together. She couldnt break in front of Tristen. She didnt cry and finally, after what seemed forever to Tristen, she stopped shaking her head.
"When are you leaving?" Her voice was barely above a whisper.
"Tomarrow."
"So soon?!" The startlement returned.
He nodded and walked beside the stricken girl back to the car.
****Next day****
Kilee was happy as she bounced around his house. She was helping Tristen pack his things. She sang out loud to songs that played quietly on the radio, not bothering to lower her voice. She wasn't taking any time she had with him for granted. She wasnt going to show any weakness either.
"I do get a hug right?" She trilled over the music.
"Of course." His expression was slightly shocked. "You're my best friend. Of course you get a hug."
"Yay!" She cheered and bounced off to grab him some socks out of the dryer.
**Later that evening**
"Okay. I'm all set." Tristen smiled lightly down at Kilee who was still smiling brightly, although something shadowed slightly in her blue orbs.
"You'll chat when you can?"
"Absolutly." His smile softened, waiting for the tears.
There were no tears. Instead, Kilee opened her arms for the hug she had been promised. Tristen held her tight against his chest. He was sad to leave.
Kilee sighed. "Okay. Well I'd better head home. Goodluck later. Hope you enjoy the trip." Her grin widened as she mocked his twenty hour trip to the bootcamp he was being sent to train at. That she did not envy him for, even for a moment.
"Talk to you later, Tristen." She called happily over her shoulder as she bounced down the steps, counting each one until she hit the pavement.
When she was at the end of his driveway, she turned and waved back at him happily. "GOODBYE!" She nearly shouted. Then, still smiling, walked down to the end of the street.
When she was around the corner, she let her smile fade and she closed her eyes as she took in a steadying breath.
Her whisper was filled with the greif she had hid. "There are no more goodbyes." Then she broke into a light jog and never looked back.
She laughed aloud as Tristen made the face again. Tristen's face was screwed up in a mockery of a part of the movie they had just seen.
Kilee giggled uncontrolably and she gasped for breath to speak. "You look like you're constepated!" She choked off at the end, unable to keep from laughing.
"Well that's what he looked like in the movie." He smiled back. As always, they were the people who never stopped laughing. Everyone must have thought they were on drugs a hundred times over by now.
Kilee gulped some air, just enough to help stifle the laughter. But the tremers still rocked her body.
Tristen's face fell. He had come to the part in the day he wished he'd never have to reach. His voice was solumn as he spoke. "Kilee...? I got drafted in."
He waited in silence, not meeting her eyes. He noticed that she was no longer shaking with laughter. He tried his hardest not to look. He didnt think he could bear it. He did anyways.
His green gaze met her startled blue and he saw a tear slide down her face. She caught it and wiped it away before it hit her jawline.
Kilee's voice was quiet. "You dont have to g..."
He broke in. "Yes. I have no choice in this. The army needs all the help they can get. They're drafting a lot of men in."
She began to shake her head. The 'denial' stage had set in. Her lips moved soundlessly as she tried to peice everything together. The world shook around her and the sun above burned suddenly white hot.
He was her best friend. She couldnt lose another person. She knew she was falling apart at the seams, but she had to keep it together. She couldnt break in front of Tristen. She didnt cry and finally, after what seemed forever to Tristen, she stopped shaking her head.
"When are you leaving?" Her voice was barely above a whisper.
"Tomarrow."
"So soon?!" The startlement returned.
He nodded and walked beside the stricken girl back to the car.
****Next day****
Kilee was happy as she bounced around his house. She was helping Tristen pack his things. She sang out loud to songs that played quietly on the radio, not bothering to lower her voice. She wasn't taking any time she had with him for granted. She wasnt going to show any weakness either.
"I do get a hug right?" She trilled over the music.
"Of course." His expression was slightly shocked. "You're my best friend. Of course you get a hug."
"Yay!" She cheered and bounced off to grab him some socks out of the dryer.
**Later that evening**
"Okay. I'm all set." Tristen smiled lightly down at Kilee who was still smiling brightly, although something shadowed slightly in her blue orbs.
"You'll chat when you can?"
"Absolutly." His smile softened, waiting for the tears.
There were no tears. Instead, Kilee opened her arms for the hug she had been promised. Tristen held her tight against his chest. He was sad to leave.
Kilee sighed. "Okay. Well I'd better head home. Goodluck later. Hope you enjoy the trip." Her grin widened as she mocked his twenty hour trip to the bootcamp he was being sent to train at. That she did not envy him for, even for a moment.
"Talk to you later, Tristen." She called happily over her shoulder as she bounced down the steps, counting each one until she hit the pavement.
When she was at the end of his driveway, she turned and waved back at him happily. "GOODBYE!" She nearly shouted. Then, still smiling, walked down to the end of the street.
When she was around the corner, she let her smile fade and she closed her eyes as she took in a steadying breath.
Her whisper was filled with the greif she had hid. "There are no more goodbyes." Then she broke into a light jog and never looked back.
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