[TM] 254 - The Longest Day

At least he's running beside her. That's the only thought she's having as her feet continue to hit hard into the dirt path. Her shins hurt, her thighs ache and her lungs sting from having to breathe so heavily, so deeply for so long. A glance to her side though and she wants to smack him. He's smiling. A hundred percent dopey grin of smugness and she can't help but want to hit him.

"Ow! What was that for?" His words bounce much like his steps, broken up between breaths.

"You're smiling!" Rose retorts, her own words spaced by labored breathing. "We've been running..."

"Not the whole time!" He replies very matter of factly, which still sounds smug despite the pauses for glances around. "Just to get to the other end! See what we see!"

"No, but long enough! Plus? Who knows if there is another end."

( It's true though, and he knows it as much as she does. )