Emberwood I'm just telling the truth

It was awkward, the silence that fell between the two as he tried to read her lips. Her cheeks were in the beginning stages of hearing up when he spoke about trying to find his uncle. The heat didn’t leave but rather got a little hotter. He tried hard to see what she was saying, that meant something. A single nod was what she gave in return to his answer. 

Why am I out here?, she asked herself in her mind. Well, there could be millions of answers to give him but some might scare him off and if she was to be honest she liked his company. It felt right. I am trying to find myself after a horrifying past life, she mouthed to him. It was hard to think about even giving him a way to see the words but she managed. She always manages...