23

Unforeseen Comfort

Rosie inhaled deeply, holding the crumbled page above the water, ready to throw it in the lake and get back to her usual lonesome routine.

"So much for saving the turtles."

Rosie snapped around to see the last person she was expecting to run into right now.

She blinked. For a moment she thought she was hallucinating.

"Blaze?"

Blaze's usual smug grin rested on his face as he walked towards her, his hands shoved into his jacket's pockets. "You could just throw the paper in a garbage bin instead of polluting the lake, you know?"

Rosie slowly retreated her hand back, staring at him in bewilderment. She didn't know if she was more confused by his concern for pollution or the fact that he was here to begin with. "What... are you doing here?"

Blaze stopped beside her, turning to stare out at the lake as he leaned against the wooden banister. "Catching lake polluters, obviously."

Rosie took a step back, continuing to gape at him in confusion. Blaze was at complete ease, bli