Had she been at peace? Not really, or maybe she had been. The only feeling April truly remembered well was the deep-seated desire to leave the backyard, to go into the house. “I wasn’t panicked or anything, but I wasn’t at peace with where I was,” she answered, knowing she may very well be confusing her cousin at that moment. “I wanted to get into the house, that’s what I remember the most.”
Laughing softly at Rae’s joking, she dropped her voice to a stage whisper as she replied. “Shhh. Don’t let Lucas know we’re onto him,” she teased, playing along with the all too familiar joke. April was grateful in that moment that she had survived and that she had the opportunity to continue joking like this with her cousin. “You are smart, and not just sometimes.” April knew that she was the brains in the family, but her cousin was smart, just not in the same way she was. “Okay,’ she answered quietly, not about to argue that she thought she should apologize for worrying the people who loved her. It as hard not to feel guilty when Rae looked so tired, and she knew she played a part in it.
It was a relief that that women wouldn’t be setting foot in her room again. Even unconscious April had been terrified when she had heard that thought, worried that someone might actually listen to her. “Good, hopefully wherever you sent her is far away from here.” Antarctica might be far enough away, she thought. “Silas’ room?” That last portion of her cousin’s words caught her attention, although the seriousness of her cousin’s words weren’t lost on her either. If there was one thing she didn’t doubt it was Rae’s protective nature and how it could be scary at times.
“Maybe, I mean that would make the most sense,” April agreed. She had fought so hard to get to the door, and once she had was the moment that she woke up. “So am I.”
It was hard not to blame herself for this, or to feel guilty. “I guess,” she answered softly, not about to argue Rae’s very logical point. The man was behind her being here, but if she hadn’t gone maybe none of this would have happened. “Alright, we’ll blame him instead.” Because he was the reason she was here, even if April felt like she could have prevented this somehow.
“Anything?” She asked with a bit of a smirk, “So if I asked for an elephant you would get it for me?” Now April was just being silly, but she figured it was allowed when a person survived nearly dying.
Wrinkling her noise up in disgust, she sighed softly. “Fine, if they have to,” She supposed she might have to get used to being poked and prodded while she recovered. “Deal, if they get to treating me too much like a pin cushion I fully expect you to kick them, and please make sure it’s the good ones.” Because the bad ones would only make this whole ordeal worse – and it was already pretty bad, and she had just woken up.