"Chalk it up to luck, then." Their relationship seemed filled with luck, both good and bad. She hoped for more of the good for the future.
She picked up a piece of bread, placed a slice of cheese on it, and took a bite. The crusty bread crunched as she chewed it and the cheese melted into the crumbs. A soft breeze floated through their camp, wafting the scent of the cooking board toward them and moving her hair back off of her shoulders. She slipped her shoes off and set them aside, out of the way. She did not intend to move from their cozy location for at least a few hours, so she wouldn't need them.
"Bug," she said as she reached over and flicked off a creature crawling up his sleeve. They were in the woods after all, but she wasn't scared of insects.
"When I was little and my dad and I would go camping, we used to have a contest to see who could come up with the best names for bugs that we'd find. We never knew what they really were, so we'd make them up. Greenus many-legged-us, or double-horned ugly dirt beetle. It was a fun way to pass the time."
[Action, August 14]
She picked up a piece of bread, placed a slice of cheese on it, and took a bite. The crusty bread crunched as she chewed it and the cheese melted into the crumbs. A soft breeze floated through their camp, wafting the scent of the cooking board toward them and moving her hair back off of her shoulders. She slipped her shoes off and set them aside, out of the way. She did not intend to move from their cozy location for at least a few hours, so she wouldn't need them.
"Bug," she said as she reached over and flicked off a creature crawling up his sleeve. They were in the woods after all, but she wasn't scared of insects.
"When I was little and my dad and I would go camping, we used to have a contest to see who could come up with the best names for bugs that we'd find. We never knew what they really were, so we'd make them up. Greenus many-legged-us, or double-horned ugly dirt beetle. It was a fun way to pass the time."