83. It's a Date

Bubblegum girl grinned at him from the ground. She placed her hands inside her jacket pockets. ‘Remember, Murph; don’t trust anyone.’

‘Doesn’t that include you?’

She laughed and began to walk towards the lunch area. ‘What does your instincts say?’

Clarissa now stood beside Sineas. She stood there for about fifteen seconds. Finally, she sat down an arm’s length from him. Both of them had their eyes focused ahead, outside the school premises, towards the pavement.

‘I’m sorry,’ Sineas said.

‘Me too,’ she replied.

There was a lengthy pause between them. Not an awkward pause but more of a reflective silence. Both parties seemed to have a lot on their minds.

Clarissa sighed deeply. ‘Why are we always fighting, Sin?’ she asked him her eyes still outside the school.

‘I think the question we should be asking ourselves is; what in the world are we alway