Seed Savers-Heirloom by Sandra Smith

Author:Sandra Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sandra Smith
Published: 2018-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

22 Lily Amaya

Lily

Arturo had been so shocked at my laughing and grinning as we sped away from GRIM that he offered to stop as soon as it was safe. I assured him I was okay and motioned for him to keep going. Though i t wasn ’ t impossible for us to hear each other while we rode, the helmets and the wind made it difficult.

After about thirty minutes we stopped in a wooded area. “ You wanna tell me what is so funny about GRIM agents? ” he asked, a bit hurt when I started laughing again. He folded his arms in his ‘I’ m-so-annoyed-with-you ’ way and stared at me.

I forced myself to stop the giggles . I cleared my throat and tried to sound serious. “ Nothing. Nothing is funny about GRIM agents. ” Then I totally discredited my words by breaking into unabashed laughter. I couldn ’ t help it. He was just so cute right then, looking all hurt and worried. He said a couple of sentences in Spanish and turned his back on me. Oops. I hadn ’ t seen him angry since back home, that day he told me to steer clear of Rose. I remembered what that was like and didn ’ t want to go there.

“ Arturo. I ’ m sorry ,” I said, pulling it together. “ I was laughing because I was happy. ”

He turned back and stared. “ Happy? ”

“ W ait, I ’ m not done. Let me finish. ” I talked fast, probably too fast for him to take in. Trying to explain about my moment of self-actualization. The moment I realized I wasn ’ t afraid, this new understanding of myself as a person. This great aha moment. He listened without interruption. And then I was done, waiting for him to say something.

He looked down at his watch. “ So what now? ” he asked.

I was taken aback that he didn ’ t comment on my great revelation . I n fact, so taken aback that I allowed him to get away with it.

“ Um. I don ’ t know. We still need to find friends. Our whole plan depends on it. ”

“ I am afraid to use nav-map. GRIM maybe track us if we turn on. ”

“ Then we ’ ll have to be careful. Maybe we should lay low for a while. Remember what Aaron said, how Clare and Dante travelled at night. Maybe we can try that. ”

“ And if we do not travel now, we do what? ”

“ Nap? ”

“ Okay,” he agreed easily, “ siesta .” He parked the bike and kicked a few stones out of the way. He spread out on the ground, slipped the soft helmet off his head and over his eyes, and just like that, fell asleep.

I took a book out of my backpack , the one I ’ d found on the bus during my long ride to Florida. I hadn ’ t gotten far, it hadn ’ t caught my interest yet, but now was a good time to give it another try.

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