see what you find there with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair
She can see the rise of goosebumps across his skin, noting how they spread over his chest and down his arms completely as water runs in rivulets down his skin. Her mouth feels suddenly dry, tongue thick and cotton like, words catching there as she tries to formulate a response. Before she can, she’s pelted by the freezing water, squealing as she attempts to skirt away from him. A bout of laughter bubbles up in her chest as she kicks up sand and stray shells. ”Watch it!” Paige huffs, dramatically brushing her hands down the skirt of her dress as if she can actually get rid of the water spots there. Sticking her tongue out at him, the Attuned wrinkles her nose, ”Doesn’t say anything other than my options are limited and I have to make do with what I’ve got. Even if that leaves something to be desired.”
Paige might have been young, but her whit and sharp tongue was almost beyond her years. Blame it on all the overheard conversations at the Halenani. That was surely it.
Drawing her bottom lip between her teeth, Paige stays uncharacteristically quiet, biting at a bit of chapped skin as she considers what to say. ”I want to grow up too, but with the war coming and everything momma is worried.” Her thin shoulders lift in a shrug, blue eyes flicking up to his from beneath thick lashes. ”I promised I’d wait. Since Safrin can keep us safe and all.” But if all of her friends were growing up then she’d be alone. At least Ever, Sol, and Mateo hadn’t. Kamaria had promised it wouldn’t change anything, but then she’d gone and disappeared too. Paige just didn’t want to be left behind again.
Paige might have been young, but her whit and sharp tongue was almost beyond her years. Blame it on all the overheard conversations at the Halenani. That was surely it.
Drawing her bottom lip between her teeth, Paige stays uncharacteristically quiet, biting at a bit of chapped skin as she considers what to say. ”I want to grow up too, but with the war coming and everything momma is worried.” Her thin shoulders lift in a shrug, blue eyes flicking up to his from beneath thick lashes. ”I promised I’d wait. Since Safrin can keep us safe and all.” But if all of her friends were growing up then she’d be alone. At least Ever, Sol, and Mateo hadn’t. Kamaria had promised it wouldn’t change anything, but then she’d gone and disappeared too. Paige just didn’t want to be left behind again.
Paige
