"So will you help?" Catherine asked when she was finished explaining about the enemy I had figured was behind her motives.
I was leaning against the wall in the shadowed corner, just listening. This enemy has never done anything to me, and it didn't really concern me one way or the other if I decided to help or not. Helping people wasn't in my nature. It went against everything I had ever been taught to do.
It was always about your own skin, making sure you survived. I had never been taught to look out for others. The only one you could trust was yourself. Everyone else would always end up betraying you.
However, I was trying to go against the very past I had been running from for a long time now, was I not? To totally defy whom I was running from, should I not do the exact opposite that was expected of me? It would keep that at a safe distance, and at least for awhile I would be safe.
I stood up straight and walked to the front of the room to stand by Catherine. Placing a hand on my hip, I looked down at her and agreed to help. Though, I was not doing this for anyone other than myself. I could care less what happened to the rest of them.
But that wasn't right either. Phyllis. Cujo. Aki. Deichi (Although we never get along and will probably never see eye to eye) They all had excepted me for who I was. Sure, we argued, but they dealt with it. Maybe, in the very depths of heart, I was trying to look out for them.
"I'm in," I nodded again for emphasis.
She smiled and looked to the rest of the group. "What about you all?" she asked.
Continue?
Ooh, so Emiko is slowly starting to accept the others just a little bit! Yeah!
