Beyond The Wall

New friends part 2

X's POV

It didn't feel right to leave Delta, but this day was too much for me. Guilt crept up in me, but there wasn't anything I should be guilty about. I wasn't her captor, I didn't do experiments on her, there isn't anything I should be feeling guilty about. For Christ's sake, I just met the girl she was no one special to me, so why do I feel like a piece of s**t? I didn't even notice that I was standing in front of the door of the monitoring center. When I was leaving Delta I just wanted to go to my room, take a cold shower, and relax, but it wouldn't hurt to just hang around in the monitoring center, just to keep an eye on her. Just for a little bit. I swiped my card and entered, Jo and the doctor were already there. I looked at the screen that showed Delta laying on the bed with hands pressed on her ears, and closed eyes. She was trying to block out her memories. I turned to Jo, she was in charge of selecting memories and the timetable of them being played "Jo, can't you turn it off? Don't you think she had enough?"

Jo just smiled, she loved her experiment, and she was the youngest person on the team "What's the fun in that? Or do you care for the girl?" stiffly I replayed to her "No, I don't care about her. But you are known to love stepping out of lines, and I'm here to ensure my future, so I won't let you be the one to cost me of it." With that statement, I knew I pushed her buttons

"You know X just because you have a big shot daddy doesn't mean you hold any power over me." I glared at her, I always hated that dollar sign was practically attached to my name, it didn't matter what I did or didn't do I was set with the name, and with that people already had formed an opinion. Jo cut my train of thought "It's not torturing what I'm doing to her, I'm helping her evolve so she could help all of us. And on the other hand, she already lived through this, I'm just reminding her of those moments. "

I scoffed "Cant you then play her some happy memories?"

Jo chuckled at me "It's not how it works, happy memories don't do anything for her evolution, and also she doesn't really have a lot of those so I'm saving them for a rainy day. Meaning if I push her too much over the edge, those memories serve to bring her back."

I couldn't look at Delta anymore through the screen, so I turned around, waved off the Doctor and Jo, and left for my room. Deciding to make a stop by the canteen for some shitty coffee and meal pill I changed direction. I could see through the dark sky through the windows, it was late, probably midnight. Swallowing the pill quickly I took my coffee to go and went to my room.

Finally, inside the room, I sat on the barstool thinking about today, it was my first day on the job, and I was ready to quit. In just one day that girl managed to bite me, cry to me, laugh. Okay, she didn't really laugh but I think we were getting there, and just thinking about what Jo said and her small number of happy memories makes my stomach tie in knots. What the hell is wrong with me? I stood up and went to get a cold shower that would be the best therapy to get rid of these feelings. I stood under the showerhead letting cold water hit my muscles, and this went for 15 minutes, but I couldn't move past her in my mind. Deciding to just go to sleep thinking of her since apparently, I can't stop myself when it comes to her. Soon enough dreams washed over me and I found myself dreaming to be beside her in that box of hers.

When I woke up I felt happy, I got dressed, and went to Deltas box, making a stop at the lab to pick up her pill and drink. It was pretty early when I was in front of the door. I got scanned and entered her room. She was still sleeping I just sat at the end of her bed waiting for her to wake up.

 There was no denying it, she was beautiful, I don't even think she was aware of it. I picked up a strand of hair that was covering her face and pushed it behind her ear, I just needed to see more of her. With that small movement, her eyes fluttered open and landed on me, for a second she didn't react, and then her eyes went wide and she jumped up at me hugging me.

"You came back!"-Delta exclaimed

I caught her in my arms, and just for a second I let my head fall in the crook of her neck but quickly regained my posture and looked at her questioningly.

"Good morning Delta"

Delta's POV

Chuckling I said good morning to him. What the hell was wrong with me, throwing myself at him, but I swear I think he smelled me, that reminded me of my morning breath and all the morning things I should do. So I quickly excused myself to do my morning routine. I hurried with the showering and brushing my teeth, fear of him leaving crept up in my bones.

When I was done I went back to the bed, he was still there, sitting, waiting for me.

"Hey," I said softly sitting beside him but still leaving space between us, so it wouldn't get weird because of the closeness.

He looked me over, just checking me out to see if every part of me was where he left it yesterday. "I brought you a meal pill and a drink." I didn't expect him to say that "Oh, okay...Are you going to leave when I take the pill?"

He looked at me, searching for the right answer behind my eyes, and I decided to end his confusion "I'm only asking because I want you to stay for a little bit, and if your job description states that you have to stay with me until I swallow the pill than I'll just do that later, so we can spend some time together"

X laughed at my explanation "So you are beauty and brains?"

At that moment I think my face was red but I also tried to laugh it off.

"Okay Delta tell me something about yourself"

I shrugged at his question "There isn't much to tell, I was actually hoping you would tell me about yourself"

X looked me over "Another time I promise. Tell me about the last time when you were happy." 

I needed a minute to remember when was that and then I exclaimed: "Oh I know, It was like five years ago, I was at the Pehoé Lake in Chile, that is the most beautiful place, the mountains, the lake, oh X you should go there, you would love it, anybody would, and Oh my god, the food, there is this thing called Alfajores. They are composed of two light, crispy biscuits made with egg yolks and corn starch. The two biscuits are stuck together with a layer of manjar, aka dulce de leche, a kind of soft caramel. It's so good, if you ever go you have to try it. "

X's eyes were bright and amused with me "I'll try it. But you should be the one to do their marketing." I laughed and then it hit me, realization, "X, do you think I will ever go again to Pehoé Lake? "