Of Vines and Men

My face felt hot as I burst into the kitchen, cornering Karen.

"Hey! Eve! Calm down! Wanna talk about it?" She nervously laughed, his hips stuck in the corner on the countertop. She looks ready to hop on top if I got any closer.

"When did Calum join you?" I asked, and she looked surprised.

"Well, when Luke started recruiting he joined, but wasn't here that often..." She thought about it, "A couple years ago."

"Years."

"Yes years..."

"Did he ever mention his best friend?" I asked again, closer to her. Karen did hop onto the countertop, slightly intimidated.

"Well yeah, I mean, he was going to bring her here. I mean, she was supposed to- Oh shit." She realized I was the one he brought, and her face went pure white. "Listen, I didn't help him bring you here."

"I don't care about that. You're hitting on my best friend when he has a girlfriend. Is he supposed to bring anyone else into your stupid rebellion?" I snapped, and she flinched.

"No..." Karen shook her head violently, so I just left the group of teens who fed me, and I went searching for Luke. The first place I looked was where he first showed up in the building, and there he was, in the same chair.

"Finally, you're back!" He was smiling, and it sent shivers down my spine.

"You turned my best friend against me." I snapped, going straight up to him, standing right in front of him. He was sitting like he couldn't care less, and I almost reached out to strangle him.

"He was against you from the start, Eve." Luke shrugged, leaning over to grab what seemed like blueprints. They were scattered on the ground now. I took the second to grab him by his face, making him look at me.

"Your need to always win or go about things the dirty way will make you lose the war, Castellan." I snapped, but in a flash my hand was off of him and I was in the chair, his arm pressing into my neck.

"I don't ask nicely more than once, Eve. If you were smart you would help me out." He stated, then removed his arm from it's spot on my neck and stepped aside. "Get out of my face." He instructed, and I rubbed my neck as I headed back to the white room I had woken up in.

Notes

oooo short i think?? idek i have so much to do

~Nova~