ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ || ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ

Chapter 6

They sit together in the common room and eat. There are short conversations in between, but none that involve the whole group. Nevertheless, no one seems to be bothered by it, everyone is preoccupied with his or her own thoughts.

At some point Devon interrupts the silence by clearing his throat. The eyes of the others are directly on him. "We can't sit around down here the whole time. That would be fine over a few days, but after that?", it's more of a statement and yet he poses it as a question to the group. "If you want to get infected," James says. Thoughtfully, Devon looks to him and then back to the others. "Better ideas?"

There is silence in the room for a moment, only the sound of dishes clattering on plates. "I'd like to go skating again," Maxwell voices his opinion and gets an approving nod from Jacob. "I'd go to the library, there are no books here," Oakley explains.

"As long as we stay away from the humans, it should be okay. We ran across people the other day too. You just can't have direct contact with them," Astrid says. Most nod in agreement, but James still doesn't really seem to be in favour. "We'll be careful." says Jacob and indulgently the blonde nods. "But I really don't want to get infected."

"Can I come?" asks Ruby enthusiastically, already wanting to jump up to get Gavin, the water spray gun. "Sit." says Natalia and immediately Ruby is sitting next to her again. She looks questioningly at the older girl. "I think we'll put that off until tomorrow, today we should all go and have a shower-" when she sees the look on William's face, she rolls her eyes and adds another "Each one separately." Adds. "I've never met a boy who thinks so ambiguously in any situation," Josephine says, laughing a little.

"We could play a game of UNO while we take showers one at a time?", Scarlett asks the group and everyone agrees. Even Oakley puts his book aside. Scarlett brings the cards forward from under the table while Devon and Jacob carry the plates into the kitchen. "Will you bring me some gummy bears?" asks Natalia, looking pleadingly at the two boys.

"Really good role model.", Devon laughs and tosses her a bag of gummy bears. "Why? They're gummy bears, they're always good?!" complains Natalia. "We just ate and the next thing you think of is gummy bears," Devon explains and walks past the group.

"Where are you going?", Astrid looks questioningly at her friend standing at the door of the room. "Showering.", he says and smiles slightly, she nods and turns back to the others. "Aren't you going to shower with him, beautiful?", William asks and gets a punch in the shoulder from Ruby.

"I'm not old enough to hear that sort of thing. Otherwise my ears will soon be contaminated and I'll think just like you. WOAHHH. Then I'll be a boy too!" exclaims Ruby, looking at William with a laugh. "Maybe you'll be a girl then.", she adds, looking at him excitedly. "WH-WHAT?" he asks, but the laughter of the others almost drowns him out. "Willimina.", Romeo also says enthusiastically and looks at Ruby. "That's right, Willimina." she says, ignoring William's gaze on her as he stares at her like he's about to tear her into little pieces.

"Did I miss something?" asks Devon, getting a nod from the laughing group. "Ruby has now christened William as Willimina because he always thinks ambiguously and she says that if she keeps hearing it eventually it will turn into a boy and he will turn into a girl," Astrid says laughing and Devon seems excited by the idea too.

While Adeline hands out the cards, devon disappears into the bathroom. William is still sitting there in a huff and is watched in amusement by Natalia and Josephine, who are both stuffing gummy bears into their mouths.

"She is annoying as hell! But what thirteen year old isn't?", William mumbles and then suddenly gets a shocked look from some of the group. "What?" he asks as if nothing had happened. "You didn't just say that, did you? She's like my little sister. Hurt her and youre dead.", Adeline says, looking shocked at William. "Did he hurt you? That makes us one less.", she says ready to jump on William and strangle him. "No, I'm fine," the younger girl replies, smiling gently.