Dimitri sat still, he was dumbfounded for the moment. There were several things that darted into his mind, what if his parents heard Alannah? What could he even tell Alannah? Was lying even a distant possibility? Her tone of voice was one that kept him in line, as though he was a soldier in training in need of a drill instructor. The second he wasn't frozen in the shock of it, he gently placed the book back into the box, and slid it to the side. With a pit of fear opening deeper and deeper by the minute, he hopped to his feet and stood up to be closer to eye level with her.<br/><br/>Just the way she was standing and breathing was enough for Dimitri to get the message; she was<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>happy. He knew something was going to happen, but he didn't think it would be this soon. It was as though suddenly all of the doom and gloom in him was replaced with conflicted emotions about this confrontation. It was almost some odd foreign distant relief that he didn't have a choice but to tell her, he could finally get it off his chest. But out of the outcomes, few were well, and many were disturbing. He swallowed, it felt much more heavy than ever before.<br/><br/>He opened his mouth to speak, nothing came out at first. After a few moments he managed to speak.<span style="color: #008080">"I-I- can explain, Alannah."</span>Dimitri spoke, almost a little shaky, though silence happened once again, before he forced out more words.<span style="color: #008080">"I found something. Something bad. Something I can't stop thinking about."</span>The pit in his stomach was opening even further, and his breaths became even less steady.<span style="color: #008080">"There was..."</span>He said, not able to speak anymore.<span style="color: #008080">"It was-"</span>He couldn't manage any more words still, and he wasn't sure he was more worried that she'd get more angry or that someone else would hear.<br/><br/>He took a deep breath, and spoke again.<span style="color: #008080">"Okay, Alannah, please. Can we go somewhere else? Let's go drive to the outskirts. Or the woods. The trees are beautiful. Or anywhere."</span>Dimitri pleaded.<span style="color: #008080">"I want to tell you, but I can't tell you here."</span>He whispered, as pleadingly as he could, he was desperate to take her away. To be fully alone with her once more would be a blessing.<span style="color: #008080">"Please. If I ever needed you to trust me, it's right now."</span>