Boyfriend Hunting

[thethirdwonder]

Last night, Cassie had suggested a new training exercise. Sam knowing how to defend himself was very important to her, especially given the things that tended to happen on the island. So far, he'd been doing well but she'd decided to it was time for a test.

The test was simple. They went out early in the morning when it was cooler out and she gave him one instruction. Run. He was getting a fifteen minute head start and that was it. Then she was coming after him.

As she moved through the trees, Cassie admitted to herself that this was a great idea. She didn't know about Sam, but she was having a blast! Plus, she already had plans to make it up to him later.

Comments

[not_so_smooth]

"Sure."

Sam's pretty sure the guilty feelings will only be minimally better, but anything he can do to help her feel better he'll do. At least this made her forget that he mistook her for her pony. That was something.

"Okay, this may still be the fever talking, but I think there's a banana stalking us."

[thethirdwonder]

Oh, Cassie hadn't forgotten that. But it really more just added to her worry more then guilt. For him to be that out of it had to be bad.

Though she couldn't help herself as she laughed. "Should I sic Iris on it?"

[not_so_smooth]

"No, no," Sam said in a hushed voice. "We need to follow it back to the bunch."

Sam was not really serious about that. Mostly. It was a pretty solid strategy, he was sure about that, even if the banana probably wasn't real.

[thethirdwonder]

"Uh huh." Cassies said, humoring him as she kept him walking in the direction of the Compound. "And why would we need to do that? I think we're well stocked with bananas, we don't need to find their secret lair."

[not_so_smooth]

"To kidnap the Banana King of course," he said. He wasn't sure anymore if he was making all of this up or if at one point he had been convinced that some of it had been real.

"We can ransom him back. Unlimited bananas for life, baby. Think about that. Thiiiiink about it."

[thethirdwonder]

"Oh I'm thinking about it alright." Cassie said with a soft chuckle. She wasn't sure either if he was still hallucinating or being ridiculous just to cheer her up but if it was the latter, she appreciated the effort. "How do we tell him apart from the other bananas?" She asked, humoring him. "Will he have a tiny crown?"

[not_so_smooth]

"Duh, and a tiny scepter," Sam said with a nod. He could have gone on and on about the Banana King but he was pretty sure if he talked too much about it she would start to really worry. He would too.

"Eternally at war against the Monkey King! And that's... I'm going to stop there."

[thethirdwonder]

"Oh, please continue, so I have more to remind you of when you are feeling better." If she could bring herself to tease him after all this. Cassie didn't know. She knew Sam didn't want her to feel guilty but she still felt responsible.

[not_so_smooth]

"No, no, I'd better stop being I need to focus on not throwing up," Sam said, suddenly feeling a bit nauseous. If he just focused on breathing properly, he probably wouldn't puke. Probably.