“NaNoWriMo 2020 Pt. 34”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

Additional note: This is a continuation of the NaNoWriMo 2020 TTtW story.

Read the compiled NaNoWriMo TTtW story here!

MASON’S POV

My whole body is on fire. Luckily, it’s not Skye’s actual fire, but everything burns just the same.

“Mason!”

“What?” I look up at Skye. Both she and Maddie are staring down at me.

“What do you meant that isn’t Garrett?” Skye asks. Her eyes are puffy and red; she’s been crying over Garrett. No surprise there; those two were practically inseparable.

“I mean he said that he loved me more,” I tell her, letting out a loud–and extremely attractive, might I add–groan as I force myself to sit up.

Skye frowns. “So?”

“He says that he only seems to remember the person he loved the most,” I tell her. “And he said that he only remembers me.”

“I don’t see why that’s concerning.”

I frown at Skye. “Seriously? He loved you more, not me. So he should remember you.”

Skye shakes her head and sits down beside me. “No, he didn’t. Do you know how much he talked about you? You were his hero.”

I scoff. “Yeah, right.”

“It’s true,” she says.

“Then why did he leave me?” I shout suddenly. “Why would you run off together? Why?”

Skye frowns. “We never left, Mason. You did.”

I scoff. “What? I would’ve never done that.”

“Well, you did,” Skye says, her voice dropping to a whisper. “You ran away. Garrett and I split up to go look for you. Then all… this… happened and I never found him again.”

“That doesn’t make sense,” I say slowly, trying to process what she’s saying.

“We were surprised when you left too,” Skye says softly. “It was almost like you were possessed or something, you left so suddenly.”

“This was the Day of the Halving?” I ask.

She nods. “Yeah, just before everything went crazy. We were still split up when the screaming started…” She trails off, staring at the wall.

“I… I don’t remember any of that,” I murmur.

“That’s okay,” she says. She stands up. “For now, let’s just get out of here.”

I nod and let her pull me to my feet.

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