'The End of the World...' He thought as he sat on the very top of the hundred-story stonewall, thinking that was such a funny name for it. Just because no one had ever climbed it before didn't make it the end of the world. Leaning back he lay down and folded his arms behind his head staring up at the sky. It had seemed so long ago since he had first come here. So much was different now... yet so much was the same.
It had been a long day, Justin decided as he tried to make shapes out of the passing clouds. His mother had been on his case about helping out at the restaurant and the kids... Oh God the kids... He smiled thinking of them. How he loved each and everyone of them but man did they light his fuse sometimes. Even though he was tired and stressed, just thinking of them made him want to go back home to be with them.
Yes... back home... He frowned at the thought. Just before leaving he had had a small argument with Feena about his going. Yet in the end she said she understood... It was the adventurer's calling in him that made him want to go back so desperately... go back to...
"Where it all started..." He said to no one and sat up. A guilty feeling welled deep inside his gut. He had wanted to come back so badly that he didn't even think of what he would do when he got here... But then that was the same old Justin. Never thinking ahead... He swung his feet over the edge and kicked them restlessly. The guilt churned in his stomach and slowly turned into a longing he recognized immediately. It just wasn't the same without her...
' I should have asked her to come.... Mom would have watched the kids for a few days....' A cool updraft swept past him blowing his already messy hair all over his face as he thought. As the clouds parted overhead a bright ray of sunlight poured down over him. He shielded his eyes from the brilliance of the sun when another strong breeze blew by knocking off his hat that he never got rid of much to the annoyance of Feena and his mother.
He turned to where he thought his hat should have landed but it wasn't there. The wind now blowing harder made it nearly impossible to see though the cloud of wild red hair that was circling his face. Standing up he pulled his hair off his face and sighed. There was no sign of it. " Great..." He said to himself. " Now where did it go?!"
"Looking for this?"
He turned sharply at the sound of someone else's voice. Though he recognized it right away it was too late to stop his body from losing its balance causing him to fall over and land hard on his butt. The intruder stepped over him and laughed, looking down at him.
"Aren't you ever going to get rid of this thing, Justin?"
"Feena!" He said loudly and jumped up to his feet. His cheeks blushing slightly as he brushed dirt off his legs. "What are you... why are you... " He steeped closer to her able to see her better now that the clouds have resumed their position over the sun. " Why did you come? I thought...."
"I was mad at you?" She asked as she turned away and sat down over the edge of the 'End of the World' letting her feet hang over. " I was..." She said softly and put his hat on her head. The oversized brim fell over her head in a humorous way and as she tried to adjust them the goggles that he kept on the top of them slipped down around her neck. With a giggle she tipped the brim up so she could see him. " But then I remembered something. I remembered that there just inst any way to tie down an adventurer, Justin. And when you have to go you have to go." She smiled at him.
"But..." He started and sat down next to her, turned at the hip to face her. " Why did you come out here?"
"Don't you remember Justin?"
"Umm...."
Feena looked down over the wall and smiled. "You promised me that we would go on adventures -together- forever. I couldn't let you have all the fun!" She turned to him smiling. The movement of her head causeing the large hat to once again fall over her eyes.