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It was dark till Neo finally got off of the rock and went inside. Jack and Melissa said nothing as they saw him pass in the house. He plopped down on a bed and fell asleep.
The next day he awoke with the pretty face of Valerie looking at him from the doorframe. He groggily smiled. Blushing she said, "Good morning". She quickly left.
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It was one of the best sleeps he'd had. He hated to get out from under the sheets. But Neo dragged himself out of bed and made the bed. He sighed and went out to the kitchen to eat. At the doorframe he saw the table the whole group had eaten at last night. It brought back the memories of the night before. Melissa walked into his view and smiled as she went off to do the daily chores. At the table, was bacon, eggs, pancakes, and all the good stuff. He became excited about the food. The few times in his life that he had eaten a pancake, it hadn't tasted good, but he knew he would not be let down this time. Valerie was the table also eating. She was also in deep thought. He sat across from her and started eating. He mind was screaming for more pancakes. His senses had never been treated so well before. The pancake was bursting with flavor. He made a metal note to thank Jack and Melissa a bunch! He coughed loudly to catch Valerie’s attention. She looked up and Neo took his MP7 player out of his backpack. Neo was sure a country girl had never heard music. Since the women spoke little English, Neo motioned for her to put the headphones on her head. Neo waited for her expression. Her eyes bulged and she gaped. She threw off the headphones and ran to the nearest parent. She said something in rapid Spanish to Jack and put the headphones on his head. She had done this so quickly that the headphones had unplugged out of the MP7 player. Valerie’s dad, Jack, looked puzzled since he did not hear anything. Neo plugged it back in. The dad was equally surprised at the music. (Imagine how you would feel if you had never heard music in your life.) He was in TOTAL AWE. The girl looked at Neo for a second, hesitantly paused, then gave Neo a big hug. It was kind of akward. Melissa, Jack, and Valerie listened to the player for two straight hours minute until the battery was out of juice. When it died, Neo had been on the bed just looking straight up at the ceiling. He had finally come to terms about his grandfather… he would avenge his father’s death. He took out the prewar map of Mexico that he had looted from Dellapenyas and looked over it several times until Valerie distracted him.
Valerie said in a Spanish accent, “More?” (Emphasizing the m) She looked at him very gingerly hoping for a yes. Neo nodded head for a yes. Neo felt good when he saw her eager smile. He had not had many women in his harsh childhood. Before this trip, he had mostly been a lone wolf, taking care of himself, not having women friends. Neo unzipped his backpack and took out his green ammo box that he kept all his books in. Knowing that with the family’s low English ability, the other books would be too complicated. Neo took out the 200-page 5th grader’s reference book about (pre-war) animals and biomes. Neo slowly said, “Pre-War.” to Valerie. She saw it and opened it up. It puzzled her how much life there could be before the war. She smiled and hugged him again. Neo lied down on the bed as she read at the foot of the bed. She found the jungle animals very interesting. After intently looking at the pictures in the book, she lied down beside him and watched him work on his MP7 player with a multi tool. He turned his head and she smiled. For the rest of the day they talked… and talked. There was so much for Neo to talk about with his adventures and all. Neo did all of the talking and Valerie just listened. Everything was so interesting to her because so little happened on the farm. (During the conversation, Neo realized she had plopped down on her bed.)
At dinner, Neo was eating and talking. A long explination about how rifles work, Neo abruptly stops and turned to Valerie, who was sitting next to him. He curiously said, ”If your whole life has been on the farm, why were you at the city?” Jack and Melissa then put on an odd expression on their faces. Everyone was silent for a second. Neo then knew that the answer was not pleasant. Valerie said in bad English, “Well… my husband and me were selling the year's worth of crops. Some Santa Anna’s “police” came up to him demanding a so-called “Trade” tax. They asked him how much he had. He answered 1000 dollars. They declared the “trade” tax was 1000 dollars. My husband was furious and refused to pay all of it. Not saying a word, one of them shot him in the leg. Three others surrounded him and beat the pulp out of him. As they were punching him, him screamed for me to run. And boy!... did I run. Our transportation, the horses, was left where the soliders surrounded my husband. I couldn't go back. I ducked and ran for an hour till I saw you. It was a miracle that I wasn’t raped or mugged in the town, being all by myself and being in the bad section of town. I saw your vehicles and went with you. You knew everything after that.”
Nobody said anything till Neo said, “Oh…”
Valerie replied, “I’m not sure if he’s alive” She left the table and came back with a photo of him. “His name is Rick.”
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The rest of the evening was normal until it was night. The only illumination in Valerie’s room was a candle. (Neo was going to sleep in the other bed in the Valerie's room) Neo took out the pretty pink flower he picked right before the group left for Santa Roslita. As Valerie was sewing a shirt, Neo sneaked up behind her and put the pink flower in her hair very delicately. She turned around and the two became face to face. Remembering the day, they both looked in each other’s eyes. Neo stroked her hair and after qa pause, they both kissed slowly.
OOC: I really like this post because even in the most depressing and horrify situations (fallout), people persevere and do have a good time.
I am only fourteen and have never anything real serious with a girl (a stable long-term relationship). Do think this is accurate?
