Chapter 39: Goodbyes Are Not Forever
Evanna awoke abruptly to a shuffling noise by her side. She immediately grabbed her sword and removed it from its scabbard as she sat upright. Her eyes were still sleepy as one of her eyelids kept twitching a little, almost grudgingly putting up a fight and wanting to close and go back to sleep. Her mind, however, was quite alert as she sat still, her body tense with anticipation, waiting for the noise again.
Evanna swore if it were those bugs again, she will scream in outrage at being woke up at such a ridiculous hour and would put extra ’oomph’ into stabbing them. Yet, her body was not alerting her to any dangers; there was no shiver down her spine, so she relaxed, putting her sword away. Just as she was about to go back to sleep, Evanna heard the shuffling again; turning her head to the side, she saw Ger was already up and packing his belongings.
For some unknown reason, Evanna felt panicked, and she sprung up from the floor and stormed over to where Ger was, placing her hands on her hips as her eyes sent daggers at him.
"Where are you going?!" She whisper-shouted.
He turned around with a look of surprise on his face, "Nowhere?" He replied, questioning his own answer, his face contorting into one of confusion.
"Oh," Evanna relaxed her arms from her hips", then why are you packing in the early hours of the morning?"
"It isn’t that early. You would be up in the next hour anyway."
Evanna tried to hide her shock; she really was not a morning person. If they started to leave any earlier, she knew she couldn’t stop herself from crying or just being moody all day. Ger stepped towards her, so he stood right in front of her; he tilted his head to the side, concern shown on his features.
"Why did you think I was leaving?" He asked softly.
Evanna glanced away. She didn’t know why; he was honourable, he would never leave them. When she looked back, she saw his eyes hardened with anger brimming behind them. Before she could respond, he asked again, nearly spitting the words out, "Why did you think I was leaving? Did you think I was running away?"
"No, Ger-"