𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. // 6/6 // CLOSED

Lucas looked at June with a startled expression. "No." He said quietly "That would be weird, like really weird."
June rolled her eyes, "come one Luke, why would it be weird, Dev is a cuddly person…obviously..Bbesides it might keep him from freaking out when he wakes up. Be a little fruity."

Ronni quirked an eyebrow at June's response, and shook her head. SHe made sure Lucas could see her, and shook her head again, bigger this time.
No, you don't have to do anything you don't want to. Lucas wasn't being a problem, and expecting him to suddenly warm up to Devon, who had been mostly cold and sullen with him, was ridiculous.

Lucas looked at June with a startled expression. "No." He said quietly "That would be weird, like really weird."

June rolled her eyes, "come one Luke, why would it be weird, Dev is a cuddly person…obviously..Besides it might keep him from freaking out when he wakes up. Be a little fruity."

Lucky jumped to Lucas's defense as well.
"It would be weird because he doesn't know Devon very well, and because he doesn't want to. Those are good enough reasons."
He had barely managed to make himself comfortable with Ariella cuddling him last night. If he hadn't been so wrapped up in his grief, he probably would've reacted the same as Lucas. Even this morning, he had felt weird about it till she accepted his apology and he knew things were good.
So he got where Lucas was coming from.

June shook her head and muttered, "I was just teasing him, yeesh." She didn't understand why they got so defensive. She crossed her arms, pouting. "Can't just have a little fun?" she mumbled.

Lucky shook his head slowly. "No, not when he's so clearly uncomfortable with the way you're teasing him." Lucas did not look like he was in on the joke, more like he felt trapped, and that was no good.
A lot of Lucky's bullies had used the same 'i was just teasing' line to cover their meanness. June certainly didn't seem like that type, but he wasn't about to just let it slide.
"We've only known you for less than 24 hours, June. Your teasing is gong to have to be a lot less personal until we all get used to each other."

Ronni watched everything smooth out, before scooting over next to Lucas. She shook her head as the teens began arguing over their fictional cow name, before tapping Lucas's shoulder. She flashed him a thumbs up, a quizzical look on her face.
You ok?

In his head, Lucky was running over a list of stuff they might be able to find in a supermarket. More food, a bigger tent (he had one but it was small), maybe other ways to carry gasoline for the truck.
He was glad Lucas seemed ok, and that June had backed down, although he kinda felt bad for Devon.

Ariella watched the situation with Devon but didn't offer her own input. That was for them to figure out. She looked up at Lucky, perching her chin on his shoulder. "I'm sure we can find a pen and paper to write down whatever you're thinking."

Lucky nodded at her. "That would be helpful." He was still deep in thought, but the momentary break tuned him in to the conversation.
He remembered very vividly the last few lies he had told, but he didn't feel like reliving any of the awful memories that came with them in order to tell the group. Telling his aunt everything would be ok, just before his uncle got shot and she died of a broken heart. Telling the ambushers he was unarmed and then having to kill them all. Telling the next ambushers he had nothing of value, and then having to kill them too, in order to protect Sinjoro.
Nope. Not memories he wanted to share. Back to his shopping list.

Lucas looked to her and smiled, flashing her a thumbs up in return and then using his thumb and forefinger to make an O shape, showing he was okay.

Ronni smiled at him, before looking up as Devon came back out of the room. He was clearly irritated, and she felt bad for him. June would have driven her crazy as a sibling by now.
Ronni also remembered the last lie she had told, which was telling Tanya she didn't want therapy anymore. But she had no clue how to explain that to Liam to answer his question.
She looked up at Lucas, glancing at Liam, then back at Lucas, as if to say You? What's the last lie you told?

Ariella started rustling through drawers to find pen and paper for Lucky. She got lucky and found a notepad with pens in a drawer on the island. She walked back over to him and placed herself back in his arms where she had been a few moments ago. "Here you go."

Lucky shifted positions so he could write. He managed to stand leaning over the counter, with his shoulder up against Ariella's. He began listing what a group their size might need.
Food, preferably canned or heavy on preservatives. They would have to supplement with fresh fruit and veggies as often as possible.
Blankets and warmer clothing. It was the heat of August now, but fall was coming.
Batteries. Lots of batteries.
Flashlights, portable heaters, lighters. A tent had been mentioned, and he wrote down several tents, since there wasn't likely to be one that would fit all of them.
He frowned as a thought crossed his mind, and he wrote down another iten.
Weapons.
Not a pleasant idea, but. There it was.
Gas containers. If theywere going to keep the truck fueled, they would need to be able to carry gas a distance from each station.
He paused. "Stuff you're thinking of?"