she didn’t mean to give the other the wrong impression regarding their shelter. really and truly, it could barely be called that. she chuckles awkwardly. “yeah, yeah no it’s…it’s really just like, like a place we put our stuff, you know? like, most of the time we’re at the beach, right? because obviously we just sort of ended up there and figured we might as well lay roots there apparently. — kidding, kidding…best place to wait for help. i think” she didn’t really know why they stuck to that place. but she hoped erin, or grace or divya had like a remotely good reason. “anyways, sand fleas were getting on my nerves so i made this little like bed, just above the ground. it took ages but, i mean it worked. you can’t see now but my skin is incredibly soft…smooth…” it was a stretch at best so she rushes over it quickly. “anyways, we hid in the cave during the storms an’ stuff so you could say that’s the actual shelter. i’m not…i’m not actually sure i should be telling you this. i feel like tom holland when he wouldn’t shut up with the spider man spoilers…”
she takes in a deep breath, realising she was going off again about another topic which was not only boring, but probably better left untold. then, she proceeds to listen to the other talk about warren and her brows raise almost instantly. “o-okay, warren was skinny muscular and now he’s dead. got it. pity.” she didn’t mean to be nosy, but they were already on the topic. “sorry for your loss. were you close? ‘cause…it sounds like you were close…” maybe too close. “how did he uh, ya know…?” she uses her fingers to demonstrate a cut throat instead of using the word, and makes a note of warren. it sure was fucked up to have this many coincidences lined up. more information she could get, less pissed the eves ill be once she’s back at the camp. god, they must’ve been worried sick by now.
lex laughs at his reaction following her blowjob flavoured introduction and proceeds to nod at his words. “i agree. i mean, the girls are amazing…t-trust me, they’re…they’re really great. they’re just very protective, ya know? very, very cautious. might need some getting used to to all this…variety.” she wished they could just fast forward to the simpler time, where all this…freshness was long gone and everyone was just fine co-existing. if that was even possible. “but they’ll come around. they always do. e-even jenny.” though this time around, it seemed like the road to ‘fine’ would be a whole lot longer and filled with potholes. it felt like, every day on the island, was a new level of a video game. where shit just popped out of nowhere and got insanely harder. there was no way of knowing if jenny would ever come around, so she sighed and changed the topic. “how um, how are your friends doing by the way? the one erin an’ the girls ran to help? they alright?”
joe nodded along as lex explained the eves's camp on the beach."same here." he chimed in. the two groups had more similiarities than they had differences. joe wished they could come together to share experiences and stories. it would be nice if the eves shared their food as well but in the short term joe was more interested in their friendship. he eyes went wide. "you made a bed?" he parroted, his voice full of awe. "how'd you make it?" he asked. he wasn't sure how much longer he could deal with sleeping on the ground with jayden's jacket as a pillow. jayden's ugly jacket barely spelt like weed anymore and it didn't smell like him. joe chuckled when lex finished her rambling. he could see why the secretive eves didn't want lex to meet the adams." calm down spiderman you didn't tell us anything i didn't already assume. we did the same thing. the only difference is that we ran down a hill. none of you girls are covered in mud so i'm guessing yous didn't have to run down a hill?" he asked, mostly as a joke.
joe's brows furrowed in confusion. "no i knew him for two days." was it something he said? what gave lex the impression that they were close? all joe did was describe him for lex's benefit, it didn't mean that he fancied him. hold on, did he say something that made it seem like he fancied warren? he swallowed nerviously. it's not like he called warren peng or mentioned his pecs like lex did with jill. "and like i said he was a bit of a twat." fuck, he felt bad speaking ill of the dead. where was a confessional box when you needed it? "he liked to get a rise out of people." he elobarated while also elaborating on nothing at the same time. "but i was still gutted when he died. seeing his body was dead rough." he backtracked. he hoped that lex didn't think he was a monster for insulting a dead lad."he fell off a cliff when we were all asleep." he explained, fidgeting with the hem of his t-shirt. he didn't want a repeat of sawyer getting accused of murder. "how did jill...you know?" he asked. he thought that maybe talking about their dead comrades could be a fucked up bonding experience.
he smiled slightly. he trusted lex's judgement that the eves were amazing. the eves he'd met properly had been amazing so far. “yeah i get it...kind of,” he didn’t get it on a personal level but as an outsider he was vaguely aware that girls dealt with a lot of shit and were more at risks. he knew that his mam texted his younger sisters more than she did him and they were told to get back earlier than his was at their ages. “i don’t blame them for being cautious.” he was a bit upset but he didn’t blame them and he definitely wasn’t mad at them. he just hoped that at some point they would feel comfortable existing around the adams, mostly for their own peace of mind. “jenny’s chill. they asked a lot of questions but they’re chill. scared i fucked up by answering one of their questions.” he remarked with a nervious chuckle. “callum’s...” joe couldn’t say fine because that would be an exaggeration. “he’s stable. we haven’t had to cut his leg off.” at least they hadn’t yet. “erin’s the tall one with blue eyes, right? for the longest time i thought she was called ellie or emma.” another nervous laugh because he felt like an idiot.”what’s the name of the girl in the sports team hoodie? she did good n’all”
