Snippet #1318674

Crys was sound asleep, when she was disturbed by a knock on the door. She sat up and immediately knew who it was. "Hang on a minute!" She got dressed and washed her face. She then answered the door, and immediately started gathering her weapons, not minding the boy who walked in. Jake laughed.
"That's a warm welcome, huh?"
Crys sheathed her Sai, and smiled. "Sorry, I don't want to be late."
"Wow, you are nervous about this. That's new."

Crys nodded smiling. "I'm assigning you for this mostly because you've been away for quite sometime. Don't embarrass me Jake."
"Again... Warm. Have you no trust in me at all?"
"If I didn't trust you, you wouldn't have made past the door." She smiled, and passed him to leave the room. "Come on, I really don't want to be late."
Jake followed her out. "Relax Crystal, we have at least an hour before dawn... I actually wanted to talk to you for a change."
Crys sighed. "Sure. This way." She led him towards the lake and sat by the same usual tree. She pulled out her flute and smiled before beginning to play. "Talk, I'm listening."
"What happened to your face? If that Theron guy did this, I swear..."
Crys laughed. "Ali did this. And Theron would probably wipe the floor with you if you tried. Face it Jake, my dad might have trained you, but you're far from being as good as he was. Just relax okay?"
"Do you miss him?"
She stared at Jake serious. "Would you miss breathing?"
He sat next to her and sighed. "You can't keep doing this Crys. You'll brake eventually."

She laid her head on his shoulder, and smiled to notice that it made him nervous. "Just stop talking. Let me know when we have to leave."

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Had he been in this situation any other day, Jake would be as happy as can be, but not today. He knew Crys was just miserable, and that thought would simply rip the joy out of everything. He put one arm around her, carefully.
Crys was very close to Bastian, mostly because he was as calm as anyone could be, unlike Dani. He was the one person she could always run to, and he was gone. If anything, she would be feeling very alone now.

A voice broke Jake out of his thoughts. It was Ali. "You guys are going to be late, it's almost dawn." She sat by the lake and washed her right hand, it seemed to be wounded. Crys sighed. "How's that cut healing?"
Ali bandaged her hand up, and smiled. "Just fine. Thanks for asking."

Jake looked up and sighed. He did not want to move from where he was any time soon, but they did have to go. "It's time to leave now."
Crys sighed, and got on her feet. "Alright then, let's get moving." She walked out of the clearing, Jake followed her walking next to Ali.

Ali was whistling and seemed very calm. Jake smiled. "Did you sleep well then?"
She laughed. "Yes. I did sleep well." She smirked and lowered her voice. "Seriously, could you be more obvious?"
Jake looked at her irritated. "Mind your own business, will you?"

They arrived at the training area, and waited. It was still a little early. Jake didn't really know what this was about, Crys hadn't explained. Ali seemed anxious, and after some time, he started to feel the same way.