Lux
“Black like obsidian, like ink. I can’t help but stare at Dare’s eyes as Finn and I walk with him along the trails a few days later.
“Why do you keep looking at me?” he asks with impatience. His hands are grubby because we’ve been outside, on the beach and on the trails.
“Because your eyes are black,” I tell him stoutly. Because honesty is the best policy.
He snorts. “They are not. They’re brown.”
With a flicker of hope, I study him again, watching the way the sunlight hits his e...yes. He might be right. His eyes are very, very dark brown, like dark chocolate or the darkest of tree bark. Almost black.
But not quite.
I exhale in relief.
Finn watches me. He watches my relief, the way I can breathe now, and he sighs.
“Cal, it wasn’t real. You know it wasn’t.”
His voice is soft because I’d told him everything.MoreLess
“Why do you keep looking at me?” he asks with impatience. His hands are grubby because we’ve been outside, on the beach and on the trails.
“Because your eyes are black,” I tell him stoutly. Because honesty is the best policy.
He snorts. “They are not. They’re brown.”
With a flicker of hope, I study him again, watching the way the sunlight hits his e...yes. He might be right. His eyes are very, very dark brown, like dark chocolate or the darkest of tree bark. Almost black.
But not quite.
I exhale in relief.
Finn watches me. He watches my relief, the way I can breathe now, and he sighs.
“Cal, it wasn’t real. You know it wasn’t.”
His voice is soft because I’d told him everything.MoreLess
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