After taking some rest, we set out to look for help. Given that we were in the forest, we just had to figure out a way to get to the border patrol and find our way back to the city.
We had nothing to help us navigate through except for our eyes and we were phoneless. We also had no security. It was just Ryan and me, two defenseless e n this big forest with our enemies lurking around.
Who knew whether Tyler and Muchara changed their minds and had decided to follow us. This place was dark, and creepy, not to add to my fear of darkness, not that I will ever admit that to anyone, but I knew Ryan was coming around the little facts around me.
He was after all my best friend.
Ryan was quiet, way too quiet. I understood he was still angry and processing whatever happened but considering the moves, he pulled out there, I expected him to be glad we escape.
"I do, I'm glad we escaped."
"I am too. We need to find a place and rest because the night is long and we are in the dark by ourselves unless you have night vision." I said, trying to lighten him up, but he couldn't budge.
He was disappointed and I knew he thought he had failed me. I wish I could tell him we were going to be okay, but how could I when even I did not know what fate had in store for us. I was not sure we would be okay but if eve we got out of here alive and not eaten by the monsters in the dark, then everything would be okay.
We would be fine by day, but for now I had nothing that I could tell him, and I was not surprised. We walked in silence for a while then we got some nice tree to rest under thanks to the moon that decided to grace us with her light.
We would rest tonight and by daybreak, we would get on with finding the border ad getting the hell out of here. The silence was suffocating and I knew Ryan felt the same because we suddenly spoke at the same time.
"This silence is creeping me out."
"I met a woman."
"What!?, where, how, when, and why was I not told? I'm supposed to be your best friend till death do us apart remember!!" I screamed at Ryan.
He and his ass should have told me, at least I could have given him tips on courting women and even keeping one woman even though it was obvious he would never settle down anytime soon
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Ryan p.o.v.
This might have been the most stupid thing I ever did. Blurting it out like that and the looks Alex gave me had me stuck between laughing and keeping a straight face and in the end I snorted.
Really, I actually snorted and my best friend was looking at me like I grew another head. His outburst was something I expected but it's not like I would tell him anything.
Realization dawned on me and I did not know what to tell him. What was I supposed to tell him about this woman who I had loved since the first time I saw her? How could I make the story a believable lie without actually hinting at the truth that had been haunting me since I saw the woman of my life fall in love with the man who had been my best friend for years and years?
In simple terms, I was screwed.
"Hey, hey, hey! You don't get to remain with your thoughts after telling me you met a woman ayy, c'mon man." Of course, Alex would never let the topic go, after all, he had always wished for me to have a woman who loved me.
"Yeah, yeah. It's no biggie, just a woman and that's it. We'll bang and call it quits."
"No, you won't, because you see to think deeply about her."
"If I tell you the truth will you stop screaming like a girl?"
"Heyy!!?? Alright whatever"
"I loved a woman, and I lost her."
"Seriously dude, that is the worst way to tell someone anything. Tell me about her."
"Only if you won't be a p#$$y"
"Alright, alright."
I wished I could tell him what was bothering me without having to lie to him.
Well here goes nothing.
"I met her in the worst of circumstances, but she was the most beautiful thing amidst the chaos that was going on around us. Her thick hair was long and dark, a beautiful shade of twilight that brought out her beautiful green eyes.
Her body was so perfect that I could have done anything to have her in my bed, but even then I knew she would never have been a one night stand. She would have been my queen in my nonexistent kingdom, but if she'd have wanted a kingdom, I could have built her one without question. She was my chosen one even before I heard her voice. I know I shouldn't have judged by looks but I knew that a woman like her was good for me. She would be my Hellen of troy and I would go to war for her without a second thought. She was heaven on earth and the water to my croaked throat, and even though we could not have been together at the time, I could have done everything to have her in my arms and I swear I could have protected her with my life. She was everything to me with just one look."
"Dude you are sooooooooo whipped, why and how did I know that you could have been capable of such?" Alex sad as I rolled my eyes at him in the dark even though he could not see me do it.
"I am going to stop if you don't shut the fuck up."
"By all means sire, please do continue," said my stupid best friend.
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