ℑ𝔫 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔬𝔱 // daybreak fanfic // rewriting

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊

𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕤 ℙ𝕆𝕍

I sat there as Eli hugged me tightly, honestly, I was in shock. I of course knew that he would be excited, but this excited? Damn, it's making me happy to see him this happy. I get out of my mind and hug him back, not as harshly as he hugged me, more in a soft comforting way. I can tell that he is shocked, I'm not sure if it's because of the fact that he even hugged me in the first place or that I hugged him back. Overall we didn't even know each other properly a few days back. I rest my head on his shoulder while still hugging him and relax a bit, where did my 'not wanting to be around people' attitude go? And how is this boy already growing on me? Ugh, whatever. There is more important stuff going around than my social life in the apocalypse. I pull away. "Let's check out if Josh is dead already." I smile and get up, he nods and looks away, maybe I shouldn't have hugged him back? I really don't know. We walk together towards the mattress shop where Josh should be. He walks next to me and avoids every look I give him, or maybe I just feel like he is avoiding them. This will drive me crazy from now on, I just know it. We get there and walk through the entrance. Wesley and Angelica are standing there just looking at Josh. "Is he dead?" I ask. They both turn around and notice Eli next to me, as they scan him with their eyes, Angelica speaks up. "Nope, I know it's very sad, he is doing okay. Miss Crumble put his hand in a bowl with worms and they ate the infection and dead meat." I look at her with bit of a shock. "Damn, and why is he tied up?" She shrugs. "Welp, do yall want some diner?" "Yes. Please." Wesley says desperately and I giggle. "Okay samurai, first Im gonna go change and take care of this lovely bite I have." I smile and give them a little wave as I walk away. I go to the pharmacy that was on Eli's side and get some bandages and then go straight to some shop with clothes that I could wear. I pick out some camouflaged baggy pants and a black tight crop top and walk to the toilets. I wash my hands there, especially the bite and my face. I put my hair up in a ponytail and change, after that, I brush my hair and decide to put them in two lower ponytails instead of a high one. I check myself in the mirror and damn I have to say, I look good. I smile and grab my stuff, heading to the food court.

𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕤 ℙ𝕆𝕍

Im such an idiot. Why the fuck did I hug her? And why did she hug me back? And why was she so relaxed while doing it? And why the fuck did I stopped talking to her after? Well I know the answer to that question, I couldn't even look at her cause I knew that my face was most likely red, and if it wasn't, it would turn red as soon as my eyes would meet hers. I ended up spending some time with Wesley and Angelica checking if Josh was really okay, they surprisingly weren't mean to me or anything. I still wonder what did Michelle say to Wesley, he seemed like he hated me and now he just let me out? Maybe he really did change? But I doubt that, it's probably just the effect Michelle has on him as his closest friend. After Angelica finished preparing the antibiotic slime for Josh, she put it on the night table next to Josh's bed and we headed to the food court. I really need to put myself together, it was just a hug. Im overreacting, she hugs her friends on daily basis, it's not like she likes me or anything. But I guess that I now know for sure that I still like her. I have no idea how I should act around her now. I guess just as normal as I can, it doesn't really matter anyway. My chances are zero no matter what, so I might just as well act naturally. We got to the food court and sat down, waiting for Michelle to come.

*Two hours later*

After we ate some sandwiches and others chatted a bit, Angelina got tired so Michelle and Wesley moved the matrices that they slept on last night back to the matrice shop. I'm not sure if I feel like sleeping in the same room with them. I know I should spend more time with them and everything, but I can't help myself but feel uncomfortable. Like if Wesley would still bully me and everyone hated me, I guess that's what years of being bullied and humiliated does to a person. I look forward to the shop where they are, Angelina is already in bed, most likely asleep. Josh is sitting on some other bed and looking through his stuff and Wesley with Michelle are sitting on the floor talking. I wonder what they are talking about, Michelle is playing around with her knife and Wesley looks kinda stressed and tired. I get up from the bench that I was sitting on and decide to see if I could join them. I walk up to them and they both turn to me. "Ehm.. can I join you guys?„ I ask and look mainly at Michelle, it just feels uncomfortable to be looking at Wesley plus, she is really pretty. "I mean-.„ Wesley started, I knew it, he hates me. "Of course, you can.„ Michelle said over him. I smile at her and sit down. "What are y'all talking about?„ I ask as I look at the floor, it's really awkward to be here with them, it was a bad idea. "A lot of stuff, how to stop Josh from leaving, if we will sleep in shifts cause of Triumph, witch studies and how big of a dick Wesley was.„ Wesley gave her a punch in the shoulder and she giggled. That is a lot of worries and what does she mean with Wesley? "That's... a lot.„ She shrugs. "Somebody has to deal with it.„ Of course, somebody does, and of course, it's her as always, she always took the lead. Sam maybe was loved, but never respected, at least not by some People. Michelle on the other hand? She always made the hard choices and everyone always listen to her, it was cause she was always right. No matter how hard the choice was or how hard it was to accept it, she was right. Even Turbo and Hoyles had some respect for her, she was and is badass and a natural leader. Wesley was her right hand in this stuff, he was part of the jocks so it was easier to make them listen. And with Sam being popular, they were basically unstoppable when they worked together. Now it was just Michelle and Wesley, and well... me. But I doubt that I would be any help. "Look, Eli, I don't want any tension between us, I know I acted like a prick. I didn't realize a lot of stuff, but I really want to be able to work together. So you don't have to forgive me, but please just work with us.„ Wesley said and now I'm just sitting here, shocked. I know that he meant it, I don't know how, but I just had a feeling. "It's cool man, I don't care anymore..„ I do care in fact, but I don't want to make this more complicated than it has to be. I look at Wesley, he is smiling a bit. Not that he would look all happy and sunshine and shit, but he is smiling a bit. Michelle on the other hand is fully smiling, looking sidewise at Wesley. "I told you he would understand.„ She says and Wesley lets out a small laugh. "Okay now, sleeping in shifts? Like I don't think it's a bad idea, if something happens we should be prepared.„ She says and continues playing around with her knife. "Yea, I agree, I don't want no Triumph to be stealing my shit.„ I say and Wesley nods. "Okay, so I would say we pair up, leave Angelina sleeping, she is a kid after all. We can either way sleep half a night and stay up the other, or take like three hours shifts or something.„ Wesley looks around. "Wait, who is with who?„ She looks at Josh and then back at us. "Well... Quite honestly, I don't think I could stand Josh and I don't think Josh could stand Eli soo.„ Wait what?