The Bare Necessaties

Chapter Thirteen: ✦❘༻Shoe༺❘✦

       Walking back through the forest where we were originally was quicker than I thought. Maybe it was because I was barely paying attention to anything around me or the fact that everyone was quiet. Either way, I was fine with it. Day turned to Night and we set up camp.

       Cosette set up her fire and pot to cook her mushrooms and Alaina brought fish to eat too. I sat down near a tree watching everyone talk and make the food. I brought out a bottle of water and went to open it. Empty. I looked in my bag and took out another one, putting it to my drying mouth to drink. Empty.

       I went through my bag to see if I had another. All of them were empty. I went towards the group, staying as calm as i can. "Do any of you have water?" I watched as each of them searched through their bags. "I have this glowing blue liquid. Want to drink that?" Alaina asked, genuinly. "No, I need water."

       She put the bottle back and shook her head. I looked towards everyone else and they all shook their heads. "oh great." I whispered to myself. "I have water." I looked at where the voice came from and saw Azrael holding up a large bottle. It was filled to the brim, practically untouched. Walking over, I slowly took it from his hand, avoiding eye contact. Opening it, I chugged it down until it was about halfway and wiped my mouth. I breathed hard and handed the bottle back to him. "Thank you."

       "No problem. You dont even-" I covered his mouth and shook my head, looking him in the eyes quickly before walking away. "Don't even." I sat back down near the tree and rested my head against it. Slowly I started to doze off but as quickly as I did, Cosette handed me a plate. "Eat first. Then you can sleep." I nodded my head as I took the plate from her hands, scarfing the food down.

       As I bit into a mushroom and looked around, Everyone stared at me. I slowly stopped chewing and swallowed. "What?" They all bursted into laughter, some even choking.

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       When I woke up, I was oddly comfortable. Getting up, the whole group was surrounding me.  I guess the hard dirt and grass wasn't comfortable enough for them to sleep alone. Getting up as slow as possible as to not wake them up, I collected my bag and moved from the dog pile. Walking over to Azrael's bag, I took out the bottle and drank a little bit before setting it back inside. 

       "Whatcha doing?" Azrael said from behind me. I slowly turned my head and then my body, my mouth slowly forming into a wide awkward smile. "Nothing...Anyways. Go wake everyone up. We gotta get back on the road, I already feel like we've been set back a bit."

        Azrael went to the group before suddenly turning back. "Hey uh, quick question." Crossing my arms I looked at him, "what?"

       "Was that you?" I looked at him confused and chuckled, what does he think I am, a mind reader? "Was what me? Explain." Suddenly, I got the feeling that I didn't want to know. But it was too late for that. "In the truck. Something or...Someone rather, was touching me. I didn't want to say anything but they almost touched....down there and AHEM- they uh, they even squeezed my breast." Slowly I started laughing, it came out as a few and suddenly I was on the ground rocking back and forth. "So it was."

       "What- no! that wasn't.....alright it was me but I didn't know until after the fact. Plus! If you were awake, why didn't you say anything?" I shot up and crossed my arms. Awaiting an answer that never came.....verbally at least. As I looked at him, his face slowly started to have color. A red color. "UHH-- I'll go wake up everyone! Then we can go ahead."

       Judging from his reaction, I had many thoughts about what he was thinking. All bad. None of them were good in the slightest.

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       With everyone up, we were finally able to get back on the road. Azrael stood in the back of everyone, which I was glad he actually followed, and things seemed to be running smoothly. From behind me, I can hear everyone laughing and giggling and messing around with eachother. It was nice to know that our little problems didn't stop them from having fun. 

       Suddenly, I felt something hard in my shoe and it was poking me. I bent down to take off my shoe and everyone stopped walking. "No, you guys go ahead. I'll catch up." Looking up, I saw that most of them had nodded and continued walking. "You sure? I can..stay here with you."

       "Just go. I'm not five."

       He nodded his and caught up with the group. Still sitting in the grass, I took off my shoe and emptied it out. Falling out of it, was a small creature. Turning my head to have a better look, I can finally make out what it was.

       A.....Pixie?