Death Head Valley by David Charlesworth

Author:David Charlesworth [Charlesworth, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780993426674
Publisher: Hellbound Media
Published: 2017-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

Kevin joined them and the three of them delved into the deeper aspects of their favourite show. Things got a little heated however when the subject of the books came up. Bilbo, while loving the show, hated the author, calling him a 'Popcorn muncher's version of Tolkien'. Philly knew just how bad the squabbling would get between Kevin and Bilbo and decided to take that opportunity to get himself another beer.

Donovan stood besides the cooler, staring down the incline to the car park where Annie was digging around for her water bottles in the back. He still could not remove his hand from his pocket, he flipped the ring over and over, fearing that with each pass his fingers would touch, the ring having blinked out of existence.

'Heading out?' Philly asked, cracking open the container at his feet and getting a beer.

'Yeah, we're heading out. Going to drive north, to the quarry. Have a look around. It's dug into the side of one of the mountain itself and from what I could tell from the maps we might get a good view from up there.'

In an ideal world he would have waited for another trip, somewhere with a nice hiking trail that would overlook the ocean as the sun dipped below the horizon, but he was too eager and excited and wanted to get the next stage of their lives together rolling as soon as possible. So it was either the quarry or they could try and scale the sheer faces of the Alan's without any hardcore mountaineering gear and break both their necks. He knew which option he preferred.

'A quarry in a valley up a mountain. Yeah, that sounds like a great time. Just you and Annie going?' Philly asked, though it was less a snarky question and more a thinly veiled plea.

Donovan could tell his friend was not having the best of times. Zoe getting familiar with the new guy was all he and Annie had spoke about the night previous in their sleeping bag. He didn't want to let his friend down though, but the proposal had to be a special moment, so he gestured for them to turn their backs on the car park and he pulled the ring from his pocket.

'Philly, I was trying to keep this secret, but...'

He flashed the band before tucking it back into his pocket as quickly as possible.

'OH MY GOD-' Philly shouted, nearly tumbling backwards.

'Shhh! You'll spoil it,' Donovan said, reaching up, wanting to cover Philly's mouth.

'You're getting married!'

'Well, I'm proposing. If she says “yes” then we're getting married. But yeah. Obviously. I love her. This is my mom's ring too. I love her dude I-'

'Let me guess, you never stop thinking about her. She gives you an energy and she seems to sap it when you're apart. You can't even describe why you love her and other cliché crap which isn't so cliché when you feel it. Right?'

'Wow. Yeah. Well put.'

Where had that come from? Donovan wondered and how the hell could he explain it to Annie if he could not even get a single word of it out to Philly.

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