Thread: Sex:  No Longer a Necessity [Mio / Charlmeister]

Amelia saw more people that hadn't been at the camp, gathering at the fire at the pit. She wasn't here long enough to know about the general living arrangements of the people but she guessed the others lived off in the factory and warehouse. Spark and Pandora trusted Greg, Mike and Kendall so they were allowed to the real living headquarters. Were the others still swaying towards going back to the life at Ridge? Maybe it wasn't that, just that there wasn't enough space for everyone to live there. There were quite a few people, and she noticed most of them were in pairs. Why was that? She didn't really eat much that morning and she was very hungry. She piled her plate of everything that got passed her way. By the time the ice cream came around, she was full but she took it because she loved it, even though they didn't have her favorite flavor and she was lactose intolerant. She looked around at the people they were doing strange things - at least she found it strange - and Pandora was doing it too with Spark feeding each other, snuggling into each other. There was an affection behind it and Amelia was almost made uncomfortable by it, because she didn't understand it. It wasn't something she was used to seeing. Feeling Greg's hand take hers, she looked down at their hands then looked at him. He said he was scared. Scared of what exactly? Of what was happening around him? Of the path they'd decided to take against the laws of the government? If it was the latter, she was scared too. But everyone else seemed contented here, to be in each other's arms - to enjoy something that obviously she and Greg weren't familiar with. She squeezed his hand reassuringly, the way Pandora always did to her. It always soothed her. You don't have to be. She was about to say, that he had her but that would be a ridiculous thing to say. At least she felt as if it would be. He'd find it strange. She just got here, was still adapting - both physically and mentally - to everything. It was stupid to say things she didn't understand the gravity of. So she just held his hand, hoping that was enough to keep him comforted. Hear ye, hear ye. We need a few people to help in the medics tent and someone keeps stealing the twinkies, please. They're my favorite. Amelia joined in with the scattered laughter and Pandora looked at her and smiled. Amelia would like to help in the medics tent. It's what she'd focused on mostly while in boarding school, medicine and herbs necessary to make homemade remedies. Plus she'd carried her first aid kit with her, as a just in case precaution. She'd help out there, it'd give her something to do. She leaned over to tell Pandora. I knew you'd want to do that, I'll tell Spark. Now, I want you to look at the person your sitting with look deep into their eyes. Like this. Well, you don't have to do it this way. Amelia laughed, an uneasy undertone to her voice, when Spark did. Stare into their eyes stare into their soul. And tell them one secret about yourself. Like this ... when I was younger, I read my Mom's diary 'cuz I missed her. She looked around, seeing people doing exactly that, some burst out laughing at whatever their partner had told them. She thought about it for awhile and looked at Greg, lifting her shoulders in a shrug. Well I've never done anything like this before, it's kinda strange, she said with a smile. What about you? Any secret you wanna share? I mean you don't have to but I'd like to hear it, if you have any... she trailed off, thinking she wasn't making any sense.