She was silent for sometime. In the tree she was pouting, more because he knew exactly what buttons to push.
"Damn it, Jube," she said in annoyance, but it was clear she wasn't angry. "You're so mean."
Jube could make her stay, she knew it. He was making her feel guilty. She was the one who protected him, stood up to the other kids for him, pulled faces at the adults who looked at him strange. She didn't care that they thought she was just as weird because she understood why, but Jube had never hurt a fly. She was adament she'd leave, but the idea of leaving him behind to fend for himself.
[i][color=f49ac2]Stupid boy[/color][/i] she thought angrily, climbing down so far and then swinging herself so that she landed on the ground, not far from where Jube was stood. She was still pouting, and she crossed her arms in defiance
"Please tell me you just knew I'd be here and there wasn't any reason you came looking."
She wanted to believe that he didn't know, believe that she could pretend for a little longer that she was just having a moment with her family.