~Kenzie~

Uh oh!

I looked up at BFG and smiled, cleared my suddenly dry throat and smiled again.

"Hi...... Hey there". I laughed nervously and continued, "Umm.... didn't see you there. I was just trying to get out of your hair, yup, goodbye!".

I tried going past him to bolt outta here, but he just grabbed my hands.

Okay!!!

I laughed nervously...... Again. Then I looked up. "BFG.....um".

Oh shit!.I just called him BFG.

He tilted his head one side and looked at me. I looked down at my tattered shoes and was just staring at it, waiting for him to lash out or hit me.

After staring at my shoes for like 639261539462Hdjqkvdh minutes. (well maybe it's only a minute, but it felt way too longer than that).I finally looked up at him only for me to see him smiling at me.

Wait,What!!.Wait a minute. Why the hell is he smiling at me.

Worriedly, I reached my hands up to his forehead to check if he's running a temperature, but he was not. Coming back to my senses I hurriedly took back my hand and muttered sorry to him.

BFG tilted his head to the side and was still staring at me....... Smiling.

I looked at him and finally noticed his outfit, He was wearing a blue jean and a black turtleneck sweater and a weird looking piece of cloth tied round his neck........ Weird.

That was when I did something embarrassing. Actually, not me....... My stomach.

I held it with my hands and laughed nervously........ Again!!!.

"Ummm...... Sorry,don't mind me, am not hungry". Stop talking Kenzie."I'm not really hungry. It's just telling me something, yeah, that's it".

Then BFG started laughing hysterically, like bend-down-and-hold-your-stomach type of laughter. But the weird thing was that no sound was coming out of his mouth even as he was laughing.

I tilted my head to tne side and stared at him... Confused. He finally noticed me and he stopped his laughter.

Immediately his expression changed. His face bacame blank. His eyes were empty, void of emotion.

Okay.... I stepped back a little and I think that backing away made him angrier. Then he picked up a weird looking stick, went outside and started writing vigorously on the floor. I stood where I was peeping at him.

When he was done writing, he stood up, looked at me and pointed at the floor. I started moving till I was standing beside him. He pointed at the floor again and I followed his gaze.

On the floor was written. "I'm mute..... Problem?"

I continued staring at it for a while, then I looked up at him. BFG was fiddling his fingers..... Nervously. Awwn.

I smiled at him and touched his large fingers with my hands. "It's okay, you don't have to be ashamed or anything". He looked up at me and raised his eyebrows a little bit, which I understood was his way of saying "Really?".

I nodded my head and said. "Yes".

He smiled up at me and OMG, He has dimples!!!. Immediately my stomach rumbled again. Way to go tummy!!!

He laughed this time... Freely, and pointed to his hut.... Cave....House.... Whatever!!!!!.

BFG fed me with a roasted meat that was too delicious that I didn't bother asking him which animal I was consuming.

After resting for a while, BFG looked at me and mouthed the word "Wolf" slowly to me. I tilted my head to the side and said " what do you mean?".

He made a running motion with his hands and said "Wolf".

"Oh! You want us to run in our wolf forms?".He nodded his head rapidly and I thought it was going to fall off. I laughed at him before saying. "OK, big guy".

Without me asking, he faced the opposite side and waited for me to change to my wolf form. I did so quickly and howled lowly for him to know that I was done.

Then I looked away while he changed to his wolf.

BFG'S wolf was brown with black splashes around his paws.

We took off running, and nothing was better than the wind blowing against my fur.

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In the night, BFG made space for me in his cave and I slept not minding the hard floor. And for the first time in 10 years, I slept without worry.

Love you guys❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

May 4, 2020