Chapter 116 - 116. Wildlife

Laura had not realized she was going to be opening a can of worms, but the next tone Asher took was harsh. "That spoiled brat shouldn't have anyone fawning over her. Would I do anything against her? No. But I won't be trying to make friends with her. She can make people inclined to do what she wants with her super power and it's just sad. The boys around her are under her influence."

Laura watched him shake his head and clench his fists. She knew she had just asked Asher about something that really rubbed him the wrong way. However, hearing about her super power it made sense. For anyone who wants to be a hero to see someone being manipulated against their will, it was infuriating.

"Well, then I won't talk to her either. We will keep Jackson away too, he is too nice anyways. He might try and marry her." Laura's joke managed to get a small smile out of Asher.

"Aghhh, whatever. It's not worth thinking about. The biggest bummer is I still haven't met everyone in my class officially. I knew getting caught up in learning a new thing or coming to camp, or training. Plus we haven't had any group projects yet."

"That's lame, I met my entire class on the first day they sent me home. I was pretty used to the fact that I needed to eat more so I went to class and just introduced myself to all of them. My teacher was super nice too, she wanted me to get in the swing of everything since I was brought to the hospital after getting my super power."

"Well, that's really nice. I bet she was afraid you would have a hard time fitting in. Missing class can be rough." Asher was about to feel a little bad for Laura.

"It was really great, she let me copy everyone's notes and since my power lets me move faster I had the copies done in two days. I am even a month ahead on all my classwork." She was exceedingly proud of this.

As Asher's pity fell away he realized they had made it to the slower section of the river. "Well, since we are here...Yahooooo." He ran and jumped right in after tossing his muddy shirt on the ground.

"Really? I thought you were going to guard me.." Laura was pouting slightly on the tide of the bank.

Just jump in the way you are. Why did I need to guard you in the first place?" Asher hadn't even held a thought on guarding each other apart from the threat of wildlife. But that didn't mean the two needed to jump in the water separately. They were both wearing the clothing they wore in the mud pit, the only difference now was that the water was clean.

Laura hesitated before she was able to speak, Asher couldn't tell through the mud, but her face was bright red. "The mud is everywhere...even our underwear…" The last word was nearly a whisper.

"It's even where?" Asher hadn't heard what she said and was still pretty lost.

Laura mumbled even quieter making Asher get slightly annoyed. "What do you mean? I know the mud is everywhere. That's why I jumped in like that."

"It's in our underwear too you idiot! So get yourself clean and then get out and stand guard or I will throw you off the cliff." This stunned Asher, he hadn't considered all the places the mud had made it to while they were completely encompassed by it.

"Oh no, It got everywhere. My shoes, my underwear, it's even in my armpits!" Asher started to freak out as he tried to scrub away the mud.

Laura was just as shocked. She had thought that Asher would fall prey to his animal instincts as a male and want to get her to wash up in the water too. She had been proven wrong. "Ha, you're kinda dumb huh?"

Asher didn't even hear her as he made his best effort to clean off the mud under the water. After some minutes his combat clothing looked clean again along with the clothes he had worn over top of them. Laura had tried to shield her eyes but when she saw he had clothing under his regular outfit she was confused.

"What's with the double clothes? Afraid you will get cold?" She smirked as she slightly made fun of him.

"No, these are made by the same producer, they are for combat and training. I have gloves too. I wore them under my regular clothes so I would be prepared for anything, plus it lightened my suitcase. Go figure that they took our stuff when we got here. Now I have two sets of clothing and don't need to worry about spending points."

Laura was about to tease him again but was silenced after realizing how smart it was to have a second set of clothing. "Maybe you aren't so bad. Now watch for snakes and don't you dare turn around. Or. You. Get. Thrown. Off. The. Cliff." She said each word with force so Asher knew it was a serious threat.

Asher stood at the water's edge while he watched for any approaching wildlife. The most he saw were a few birds flying by. The cloud passed them by in the breeze and nothing was out of place. The only sound that broke the peace of the day was the splashing of water as Laura was cleaning away the mud.

Asher heard the splashing suddenly stop and he barely was able to keep himself from turning around in curiosity. "SSSSnaaakkkeee!!! Get away, get away! Get away!" Laura was screaming bloody murder as she kicked up water everywhere. Asher felt a large splash hit him in the back and he started to turn around.

Laura grabbed him from behind and latched on to him. He could feel her heart beating much faster with her so close, among other things. Yet he was too focused on the things he saw floating in the water that had pushed her to this state of fear.