Birdie's POV:
"Are you okay?" I asked Lydia after Brandon had walked away. I noticed she was trembling, her arms hugged around herself. She turned to me and smiled.
"Yes... well I'm well.... I ran away from the mines." She said and laughed. "I should have told you."
"Who cares about that?" I replied. "But are you going to be in trouble for that?"
She laughed and shook her head. "Who cares about that?"
I stared at her and smiled. She really tried to look unfazed, but I could tell that she was really shaken.
"Lydia, I don't want you to get in trouble on my sake." I said softly. I took her hand in mine and held her. "If coming out here to see me will make them punish you, then you shouldn't."
"I know that, I really do. But how can I just sit back and not see you? Especially with tha
