109-So Comfortable

Helanie:

After he made that comment, he continued walking alongside me on the trail until he stopped and placed his hands on his waist to check on me. We were headed to the same mountain I had visited a week ago, so it brought back such bad memories that kept my spirits low.

"What?" I asked, becoming self-conscious and fixing my hair. I didn't think I had done anything, so why did he stop like that?

"How about we rest here?" he suggested, walking over to a tree and sitting down in its shelter.

"You're doing this because you know I don't have a wolf and might get tired. I don't want you to babysit me, sir," I recalled our relationship at the academy and spoke accordingly.

"Really? No! Actually, I was tired," he shrugged, pulling out a protein bar to munch on.

I just watched his face for a moment before joining him. He offered me a bar, and I took it.