Dean

She won't talk to me. Ever since she asked me two days ago why I was nice all of the sudden, she hasn't spoken since. I hate how she's giving me the silent treatment, it's extremely childish. So, I decide to tell her just that.

"You're acting like a child," I speak up as we continue traveling, still not finding the road that leads outside of town, despite how far we have already come.

"Excuse you?" She barks, making me hold back a smile. I knew that would get her going, and I wish I told her that sooner.

"You gave me the silent treatment all of yesterday and part of today. You're acting like a child, and all because you asked me why I was being so nice all of the sudden. You can't take the idea of a Norovian being nice to you, can you?" I give her a smirk, and she looks as if she may punch me again.

"It's not that. It's you, you can't possibly just start helping and being nice if you don't have something up your sleeve."

"You've been acting like a baby for a day and half, just over that?" She rolls her eyes and I do the same in return. "It's hopeless. I try and help and you're mad, I yell at you and you're mad, there's no in between. It's a constant battle and I'm sick of it."

"What are you sick of? The fact I can't stand you or the fact I'm not falling and bowing down to you like every other girl did at school?" She infuriates me to the point where I want to slap her myself, and she knows this.

"Where is this coming from? I don't want you bowing down to me or fawning over me in any way. If you touch me, God knows there isn't water out here to wash myself up. I'm just sick of the constant battle and your anger towards my species." She groans, loud and angrily under her breath.

"I'm not angry with your species!" She defends, throwing her hands up in the hair, sweat falling past her temple in the bitter heat.

"You sure seem like you are! Don't not tell me you wished it was just humans that survived, and not the Norovians. You hate my species, and for whatever reason, I can't see why. Oh, because we know more about your planet and we tell the truth instead of lie?" I quickly ask, before remembering the lie I told her the first day we camped out. I told her I was tired, when I only really stopped because she was the tired one.

"That is not true," she lies, it's written all over her face. "I don't want anyone to die. I want both Norovians and humans to still be breathing. I don't know how many people that asteroid killed, though, if it is as big as you said."

"I'm sure it took out more towns then ours, but I'm not exactly sure. But don't lie to me, Ella, you don't care about me or my species, it's written all over your face. I don't care about your species, I don't. Is that what you want me to say? I'm actually telling the truth so you can't be ticked that I lied. Your kind is just arrogant and selfish and prude and ridiculous, and I hope we find more of Norovians then humans." The anger filling her face is enough to make me laugh. She's mad that she now knows the truth, and I don't give two craps. I guess I really am selfish.

"Can you for once think of someone other then yourself?" She huffs, her breath heavy from walking so far in the scorching sun.

"I don't know why you always have to jump me for whatever I say," I growl as I remember trying to help her and telling her that I wasn't selfish. I don't want to be selfish and share the same qualities that her species has, but I won't lie to her. I don't like the humans and I don't like her. "No matter what I say to you, you have to give me some ignorant speech. I tell you the truth and your mad. I'm not going to lie to you, I have nothing to lose, Ella."

"All you've been caring about this whole distance, is about your species. Well, Dean, what about mine? Exactly, you don't care. Which you so kindly pointed out, and that is selfish. So, you lied as well when you told me you weren't selfish, because you are."

"How can I? This isn't even my planet," I defend, trying to divert the conversation from her accusing me of being selfish.

"That's right," she snaps. "It's not your planet, so find your people and go back."

"It's not that simple." My voice turns into a whisper, and I want to beat myself up for her causing the sadness of reality to sink in. It was always in once I seen what the asteroid did, but it never really made it's show inside me until now. "Our planet was destroyed by meteoroids and asteroids, that's why we came here." She remains silent, and I can tell her anger has disappeared. See, Ella, you've lost your family, but I've lost my entire planet.

"And now that's happening here." I nod ever so slightly at her, but she still catches it. Her planet, planet Earth, might be destroyed. Her homes been destroyed, her family, her friends, her town has all been destroyed, and now the whole planet? This is all racing in her mind, and I can tell I've really hit a home run with my words.

A tear cascades down her face, before more follow behind. It's the first time I've seen her cry, and I can tell that everything has really begin to hit her hard. Her silent tears turn into muffled sobs, as she cries her heart out. Before I realize what I'm doing, my arms wrap around her body, and I attempt to comfort her, which makes her cry harder at the gesture. Little does she know that that this the only affection I have ever shown to anyone.

And for some reason, despite the fact that my first affection is directed
towards her, I don't actually mind.