“Both. We had our own garden for vegetables, our own fruit trees… l-like I said. Hippies.” Jack had to smile as he leaned into her, resting his temple against hers, shutting his eyes for a moment. “We rarely had to leave our land for anything. W-when… when we got sick we of course went to the nearest hospital…” but then he was touching too closely to the incident with Gail, or when he would break his bones, and that wasn’t good.
“But that’s about it. And maybe… maybe if you climb with me?”
She smiled softly. “Of course I’m going to climb with you, love. I wouldn’t let you go alone after all. I have to catch you if you fall after all.”
She was only teasing really but in truth she really would, taking the brunt of his fall if need be.
“And instead of traveling with them when they went off, you chose to move to Metro City by yourself?”
“Mmmhm.” he nodded. “I… I just wanted to get out there for myself, you know? Even if I was terrified I… I had to. My parents won’t always be here, and I have to accept that.” Jack said as he squeezed her hand as he watched the scenery of Metro City go by outside the window as the bus began to drive out of the city, along that long bridge. “So I moved…”
Jack Maple 