Western Expansion

Old Enemy

"You awake John?"

"Yes." He whispered

"John, how are we going to get home?" I asked tears beginning to rise up

"We will." He said

"No we won't, stop acting like we will." I muttered, heat rising to my cheeks.

The moon shown from the thin cloth that covered over John and I like a tent.

"Maybe we will, maybe we won't. Either way, I still got you." He said and turned his head toward me. His smile made me smile as well.

"Your the first guy I ever came close to like this." I said resting my head on his chest.

"Wow." He said shocked.

" I come from a Christian family." I said

We laid there silent, while the stars stared down at us dancing in the sky.

"I love you May." John said breaking the silence.

A few mintues passed and then I said, "I love you too John." But by then, he was already asleep.

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"May, you awake?" John asked

The sun glared down at me, causing me to shield my eyes with my arm.

"I am now. " I said sitting up.

"Sorry. You ready to go home." He asked

"Yes." I said

My body ached as I stood up and stretched; John gathered the supplies into a bag.

"Do you think the Indians are still looking for us?" I asked John as I climbed onto the back of the camel, John giving me a lift.

"I won't doubt it. Nothing crosses them and gets away with it." He said climbing on to the camel behind me.

"Why don't you doubt it?" I asked as the camel began a fast pace toward who knows where.

"Well, I had conflict with those Indians long ago," He said, " They... they killed my family."

My heart dropped as he said those words.

"I'm...I'm so sorry." I said

"Don't be, it was a long time ago." He said with a tension in his voice probably wanting to drop the subject.

"Ok" I said staring ahead.

After hours of pure hell, a small figure looked as if it was moving toward us. But it was so far away, I couldn't tell.

"John... look." I said my lips parched and throat on fire.

"What?" He asked as he glanced ahead where the sun was burning them, " I don't see anything."

"Right there... the figure that is walking toward us." I said pointing toward the figure that seemed as if it never came closer toward them.

"May... I don't see anything out there, expect... for the hot sun and the sand that gets in my eyes." He said looking worried.

After he said that my heart sped. I couldn't be hallucinating right now...

We walking for hours and hours, still the sun's heat seemed to have never lighten up.

"May... I see a figure behind us." He said.

I turned around and I couldn't believe my eyes... there was a figure coming our way. Maybe it was help. I jumped down from the camel and shouted for help. So did John.

With our hands waving in the air and our voices shouting, I came to realize that we should of kept moving and not stop for help.

The figure wasn't help, it was danger.

I couldn't yell to John to stop before bullets started flying past us.