Chapter 46: Date
Six hours later, both Tulland and Necia were laying on their backs in the safety of the tall grass, looking up at the suspiciously blue sky.
“There should be at least, I don’t know. The fragment of a cloud.” Tulland groaned. “Something to look at to take my mind off what we just did. Necia, that was way, way too much, way, way too fast.”
“Agreed,” Necia said with a content sigh. “But you can’t just grow a field full of rice and vegetables at a girl and expect her not to try and eat them. Do you have any idea how long it’s been since I had normal, fresh food? Months, Tulland. Months and months. Ever since I left home.”
“See, that’s what I don’t understand. Why did you even leave?” Tulland asked.
“To come here.” Necia lifted her arm to smack Tulland’s shoulder, realized she was too full to actually make that work, gave up, and flopped back into a neutral position. “You know that.”
“No, I mean. You are smart. Pretty. All that stuff.”
“Thanks.”
Tulland kept going. “I mean it. It seems like you could have done anything. And it’s not like you’re old. Even that rogue guy seemed like he was ten or twenty years older than us. I know why I’m here. I just don’t get why you are.”
“Oh, so… hmm.” Necia thought about it. “You know how some people’s dads are rich and important?”