"I can understand now why you did this and how you felt. I want to apologize to you for being so terrible to you." Ashly said as she looks away from Lucas in shame. "I don't blame you for not wanting to speak with me when I said all of that during our argument."
Lucas smiles at Ashly. "Well I'm glad that you understand where I came from. I'm glad that you're starting to see my feeling, but you don't look so good, you aren't fine right now." He says with a worried tone.
"Lucas, I think that I am sad, but that is not important. You had everything you needed for your journey. You could of went off to where you were going yet you stoped in order to get help for me, you sacrificed your time for me." Ashly said.
Ashly looks at Lucas again. "Right now I'm feeling better than I did much earlier, I just wanted to clear my mind."
"Yeah I can understand what you're saying, I just realized how unprepared I was. When I was alone I check the map, and boy was I wrong." He says as he sighs. "I was so distracted by how you were feeling and acting. That was my mistake, and I should of followed the path I made."
Lucas then stands up and grabs a piece of paper and hands it to Ashly. "This is a letter I wanted to send to my foster parents, but it wasn't worth it. I didn't have the guts to send what I was feeling at that moment to them, they would of been worried. I would of regretted sending it if I did, and I'm glad I didn't."
Ashly opens it and reads it, and as Lucas said it was about his frustrations. Ashly read about how much he wanted to feel anger at Ashly more than he already did, but he just couldn't. She then looks up at Lucas. "Don't say that, you just wrote what was justified. I think you should of send it to them, it's the truth and you shouldn't be ashamed."
"Well Ashly I have to ask you, are you sure you want to come with me?" Lucas asks as he looks at her face.
Ashly locks eyes with Lucas. "Yes I am sure I want to come with you, there is nothing else I whold of wanted. I want to make it up to you, and I hope you could see me change."
Lucas closes his eyes for a bit and the opens them. "Well then Ashly, in that case the next trip is going to take almost four days."
"But I thought you said the district were far away from each other. Even if these two are called the twin districts, they still have great distance." Ashly says as she tries to recall how far they were from each other.
"Don't worry Ashly let me show you." Lucas then pulls out the map, and points at their distance. Ashly is surprised by how much closer they were than she thought. She then spotted a red dot on the map, and it's the town they're currently staying at. She saw how close they were to the next district.
They have traveled some great distance, but she didn't think they went this far. She sees how this is the furthest town from Irage before entering the territory of the other district. "So you took a few detours for me Lucas?" Lucas nod.
"Listen I had to think hard when I was all alone in the library. I just realized I didn't have to buy the whole thing. I just need to find the picture of my parents, I can then send it to the SDA and they can find them for me." Lucas says.
"After they find them I will then buy part of the land with as much money as I have. I spoke with the librarian a while ago, and they wished me the best of luck." Lucas says as he puts the map away.
"Lucas, can you tell me the name of this other district as I forgot already." Ashly asked as she doesn't recall Lucas ever telling her. If he did then she might have ignored him.
"Oh yeah the district is called Ethneal, inside that district the man who owns my parent's farm lives there." He says.
"Wait, how do you know that Lucas? Is his information public or something?" Ashly asked.
"Well a long times go when I was still a child, I asked Diego, and he found the information. I don't know how he did, but he did it and now I'm sure he still lives there." Lucas says, "I have a picture of him somewhere, and it was taken by Diego. He told me his name, and almost everything he could find."
"This is pretty much a gamble as I don't know if he is still alive or still looks similar to this. I just hope this ain't a waste of time as I would be sad." Lucas says as he pulls out the picture of the man, he looks much older to be in his 30's.
The man has a beard, and he seems quite short as well. Ashly notices how the man seems a bit well off, he is definitely a landlord. He seems a bit fat which makes Ashly feel jealous. How is someone like him able to eat so much that his body has to store it somewhere while she starves.
Ashly touches her stomach, and thinks about it. She does look slightly skinnier than most girls around her, her face doesn't show it but she is skinny. To be able to eat so much that your body changes because it, what a dream to have.
"Well I think that's very risky for you Lucas, are you sure this is worth it? There is no saying in what might happen, but I'm mostly sure it's against your favor." Ashly said with honesty.
"Well what else do I have, I have no other option other than this. I must at least try it, it's better to have a slim chance at finding him than to give up now." Lucas says.
"Alright Lucas, but I want to also help you find them. I don't want to let the one person who cared for me do this search by himself." Ashly says as she stands up aswell.
"I don't have a problem staying here at all, none of these people will cause me trouble. Its just that I don't want to spend time with them, they aren't the type of people who I would be around much. Richard seems nice and he might be my friend, but he might also not be at the same time. He is respectful and he has boundaries which I am glad." Ashly says.
"I just don't want to loose the one person who I knew for the longest. I already forgot my family once, and I think I'll forget you." Ashly says.
"That makes sense. Alright, you can help me because you said you are lost right? I hope you can find a new purpose while we search for my parents." Lucas says which makes Ashly sigh in relief. "One thing Ashly, I still don't fully trust you. Don't push your luck because I sort of got used to being without you alright?"
"I hear you loud and clear Lucas, I won't do anything to hurt you. I already feel like hitting myself for doing all of this to you." She says.
"Well I glad that you're being honest with me, but I won't fall for your tricks." Luca says and Ashly says she isn't planning to, they both continue to talk for a bit longer. They want to atleast make this less awkward before they go and leave together.
A few hours have passed, and they feel ready, they begin to pack their things. Richard approaches them, "Well I was glad to meet new people in this town. Sure at first it was all sad and gloomy, but I felt entertained."
"Yeah I guess you are right, we did enter here with negative emotions. I'm glad that things sorted out a bit, thanks for your help." Lucas said to Richard as they both shake hands.
"My father would of loved seeing you two, he was a bit of a drama lover. Ashly, I do hope that you become a better person because I would hate to see all your progress disappear." Richard said.
"Yeah don't worry about that, there would be more repercussions if I did." Ashly said as she looked at Lucas. "I mean it when I say that I don't want anymore unnecessary trouble. I just want to focus on one less problem for now."
Ashly then begins to think, I don't think I'll be safe even if things work out. Gael is definitely still after me, and there is still that one man. Even when I'm telling the truth that I want to change, I just can't right now. If I become too soft I'll get killed, I still need to hold on until I am certain I would never have to use a gun ever again.
"Well I sure do hope you are keeping those words truthful." Lucas says to Ashly, he then turns to Richard. "I want to thank you for helping her out even if you didn't have to. I won't be foolish, and let her get away with anything."
Lucas and Ashly begin to leave, "Ethneal is our next stop, no more stalling. I hope you understand how much this means to me when I say we're are just around the corner." Lucas says to Ashly, he is carrying the map.
"Stay near me Ashly, I understand that you are not having a good time right now. We will both feel better if we try together." Lucas tells Ashly and she nods.
"Well maybe that's how it was supposed to happen. We are ment to work it out together, that's how the world wants it I guess. I don't mind that at all, I hope this means you can help me out more. I want you to see that I am willing to do anything to make it right." Ashly says.