Houdini

He looked at her with the same glare he had previously had fixed on the tar pit and snorted. “No. Get lost.” He said gruffly before turning his head away to resume brooding. In truth being alone was the last thing he wanted but he was far too stubborn and full of his own angst to say so. He raised his head to glance over his shoulder to see if the girl was still there and then looked away quickly hopefully before she noticed.

He kept his back turned toward her for a moment, feeling her eyes on him and picturing her stupid- happy expression. He let silence fill the space between them rather than tell her again to leave knowing full well that if she didn’t insist on staying he would call her back. He glanced at her again, this time trying to get a good look at her. She was pretty he supposed, not as pretty as the girl that had just joined Abaven but still. His heart clenched as he thought of Aranea and instantly a wave of guilt fell over him. He had liked her from the start, particularly because she had defended him when Sparrow had seen fit to treat him like a child. He’d abandoned her the same way Cloud had abandoned him, and it made him feel terrible.

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