We're Not Alone

Chapter 14

"I found some frozen pizzas in the freezer, so come downstairs and we can eat." Dad says popping his head through the door at about six o'clock.

"Alright," I say as we all get up off the ground.

We all trail downstairs. Kyle and Trevor talking behind me and Paisley.

"You and Paisley are so cute together," I hear Trevor say.

"He's right you know Pais, you two are the cutest couple I have seen."

"Hmm, yeah, he's cute. No, correction hot."

"Oh, why thank you Paisley, but I think you're talking about the wrong person here. Right Jamila?" Kyle over hears and asks.

"Oh yes, Paisley is very hot."

"What? That is strangely not the weirdest thing I've heard, but it's definitely up there..." Nirvana says as we walk into the dining room.

"Me and Trevor are going to help Dad with the dinner." I say before Paisley explains everything to her Mum.

Me and Trevor walk out of the room talking about how they connected instantly.

"Me and you connected quickly too," he replies.

"That's a bit different. I had basically already connected to you from YouTube and your music."

"Not really, because I could have just acted to the camera and I was a real asshole."

"I know that would never happen. Hi Dad, can we do anything?"

"Uh, yeah, can you take some drinks through to the dinning room?"

"Mhmm," I reply opening the fridge and getting out six cans of soda.

I hand them to Trevor and he walks out of the kitchen.

"Dad?"

"Yeah."

"How long have you and Nirvana been together?"

"Well, you know we were friends since our first year of school, and we dated in high school, but we never got together again until 3 or 4 years ago."

"Really?! Why didn't you tell us?"

"In case anything happened, we didn't want to split you and Paisley up."

"I love you daddy." I engulf him in a hug.

"I love you too, let me get these pizzas out before they burn."

We pull apart from our hug and he gets the pizza out of the oven. He cuts each pizza into eight slices, he puts all of the slices on a plate and we join the others in the dining room.

"Pizza! Yaaaasssss!" Trevor exclaims as we walk through the door.

Dad places the plate down and we sit around the table. This all reminds of when we first arrived in Texas about a month ago.

When we've finished eating I carry the leftovers into the kitchen and put the plate into the fridge. I then join the others who have gone into the lounge.

"Mum, when are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow."

"Can Kyle come?"

"If he wants to come. Kyle?"

"Yeah, that would be great, I'm a bit sick of this place now."

"Alright, have you got any weapons? Guns?" Dad asks.

"Uh, I think we might have a pistol, maybe even a rifle."

"A rifle, well we can go have a look in the morning, let's get to sleep early aye?"

We all agree, arrange ourselves into our pairs and we fall asleep one-by-one.

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I wake up groggily to the sound of people rearranging themselves and stepping over me.

"Oh, good morning sleepy head," Trevor says as soon as he sees my eyes open.

"What time is it?" I ask dazed.

"Seven."

"Is that it? Why's everyone up so early then?"

"We went to sleep at seven-thirty."

"And?"

"Almost twelve hours sleep, Miss Mellet," he says lying down next to me and pecking me on the lips.

"I can't remember the last time I had twelve hours sleep. It wasn't today either..."

"I would suggest to give up because she's going to win," Paisley buts in.

Trevor opens his mouth then shuts it quickly after.

We all get ready, grab something to eat, and head towards Kyle's house.

"So what do I need Joey?"

"A backpack, weapons and food. We'll sort the rest for you."

So Kyle scrambles upstairs and the rest of us sort our supplies from five groups into six.

About five minutes later Kyle meets us in the lounge and we give him his ration.

"Alrighty then, if we need to split up, Nirvana, Kyle and Paisley. And us three." He motions signifying Dad, Trevor and me as a team. "Ohio next, come on, let's get going."

We jog out of the front door together and don't have any need to split.

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Night has fallen and we have just crossed the border to Ohio. A majority of the snow has melted around here.

We decide to set up camp off to the side of the highway in the forest. Encased in a cluster of bush and trees, I throw my backpack to the ground to use as a pillow. Trevor joins me and we fall asleep instantly.

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My eyes fly wide open from the sound of a crack. I pull my gun from my bag and I hold it out in front of me as I search around me for something. 

I see nothing so I lie back down and fall back asleep.

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"Jamila..." Someone says shaking my body slightly. "Jamila." They shake me again.

My eyes slowly drift open, suddenly realizing what was happening. "What, what's wrong?" I ask rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

"We need to get going, the sun's starting to rise." I realize it's Kyle talking to me.

I sit up and gather all of my belongings. I throw my bag over my shoulders and catch up to the others who are already heading to the highway.