{"id":2861,"date":"2016-05-16T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2016-05-15T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T02:33:28","slug":"thirty-two-02-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2861","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-two – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Cameron’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

They lapsed into silence for a few minutes before she took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. \u201cSo how are you going to tell them? With more delicacy than you used with me, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron made a face. \u201cI\u2019d actually planned to tell everyone a little more bluntly, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAh.\u201d Neve rested her head against his chest. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause odds are pretty good they\u2019ll try to argue you down. Loudly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron leaned back, tilting his head back to stare at the ceiling. \u201cYou think so?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

He sighed quietly, letting his eyes slide shut. \u201cNot really. I mean, not if I tell them what I told you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, Cam,\u201d she said softly, running her hand slowly up and down his side. \u201cI just think that they\u2019re going to fight you on it\u2014especially if you say you want to go alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron winced. That was definitely going to be the hardest part\u2014getting the others to agree to let him head off alone.<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s really allowed to go anywhere alone. What makes me think that they\u2019ll let me?<\/em><\/p>\n

I just won\u2019t give them a choice\u2014I\u2019ll have to put it some way they won\u2019t be able to refuse.<\/em><\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t quite sure how he\u2019d pull that off, but there had to be a way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll find a way to make it work,\u201d he murmured, resting his cheek against her head. Neve sighed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you will. You always seem to, somehow.\u201d She looked up at him and smiled faintly. \u201cI just wish you weren\u2019t right about this. I\u2019d rather keep you here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron smiled weakly. \u201cYou know I\u2019d rather have you with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat ship sailed a long time ago,\u201d Neve whispered. \u201cAround the time a firbolg threw me into a tree. I know I pretend it doesn\u2019t hurt, but it still does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour leg?\u201d<\/p>\n

She nodded. \u201cMy leg, my back\u2014all of it still hurts, sometimes worse than others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron\u2019s throat tightened and his heart suddenly felt like it had been trapped in a vise. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want you to worry,\u201d she said softly. \u201cNo one really knows except for Marin and Jac\u2014mostly because Jac\u2019s been helping me manage and Marin would have figured it out even if I hadn\u2019t told her. I\u2019m okay, it\u2019s just that I still hurt. Maybe Ill forever, I don\u2019t know. If I do, it doesn\u2019t matter. I\u2019ll figure out how to manage. I\u2019ll have to. I\u2019ll be okay. It\u2019ll be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

His eyes stung as he pulled her even closer, squeezing her tightly against his chest. Neve took a shaky breath and exhaled slowly, as if she was trying to steady herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could have told me,\u201d Cameron murmured. \u201cI would have taken it okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would have worried too much,\u201d Neve said softly. \u201cYou\u2019re still going to worry too much, but it\u2019s not fair of me to keep that secret. You needed to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll tell me if it gets worse instead of better?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron nodded. \u201cThen you\u2019re forgiven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neve smiled up at him and leaned up for a kiss. Cameron smiled back and lost himself in the taste of her lips against his and the feel of her in his arms.<\/p>\n

I love you, Neve, and I always will.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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