The Chosen.

A Step Back

After a few more hours of walking through the massive forrest that surrounds Tokio Laboratories, we stumbled upon a dilapidated little house. Definitely not somewhere i would choose to stay but it will do for the night. After all, I'm just entirely too grateful to be away from the pale walls and antiseptic smell of the lab.

After making sure the place was empty, Tom broke out a window and let the rest of us inside. By the placement of the moon it seems to be about 3 or 4 in the morning right now.

I watch as everyone begins to set up for bed, hoping just to catch a few hours of sleep before we have to be on the move again. My eyes begin to feel extremely heavy.

I'm startled awake by voices shouting around me. My body flies up from where i sat propped up against the wall. My eyes slowly adjust to the brightness of the room while my hands are placed in front of me ready to fight back at whoever has found us.

But to my surprise, It's just Bill and Tom fighting. "Wha-" I ask still groggy from my slumber. Bill throws a ceramic plate at Tom's head. My eyes widen as i am prepared for Tom's face to be struck, but he ducks just in time. The porcelain shatters against the wall with a high pitched clatter that wakes up Mia.

"She was mine first!" Screams Bill.

"You don't even fucking remember her Bill. I do." Tom retorts. Bill's memory has been a touchy subject for all of us but so delicate for the twins that most of the time, no one dares to bring it up to either of them. I know he said this as a direct slap to Bill's face.

"And from what you've told me about our old lives, you fucked everyone Tom. Why can't you just let me have her? I need her." He pleads with his brother. I gulp. They're both so caught up in their emotions i don't think either of them even realize the rest of us are here watching.

"Because I've never felt for anyone like i do for June. I'd die with out her." Tom spits at him.

"That could be arranged." Bill says starkly as he looks at Tom through hooded eyes.

"That's enough." I speak up starling the two.

As good as it felt to have the two guys i loved vying for me, i had to put a stop to this. Not only is this getting entirely too out of hand, but i honestly can't stand it anymore.

They're beginning to act like a couple of toddlers who aren't getting their way. I feel like day by day as things progress and tensions build, the boys that i fell in love with are vanishing before my eyes. I feel like i don't know either of them right now.

If this is how it was going to be, i wouldn't be with any one. The more i've thought about it, the nicer it sounded. No more fighting amongst the group. Maybe my thoughts would even calm long enough to let me focus on saving our fucking lives.

"I'm not property you can fight over. I'm my own fucking person, who makes my own decisions. And i've decided to take a step back from both of you." I snap, looking into the eyes of each of them.

Bill somberly bites his lip as he pushes back the words he wishes to blurt out. I can tell he didn't want the fight to be over, i can tell he has plenty more to say. He doesn't seem too hurt by what decided, but his brother on the other hand seems crushed.

Tom looks at me as if he was blind sided by my choice. His adams apple bounces around in his throat as he stifles emotion. Every bit of anger and resentment he carried for me had now gone, all that's left behind his big brown eyes is sorrow.