Love Restrained | Yellowjackets

chapter fourteen

XIV

After finding the girls, they brought Van back to the cabin to take care of her injuries. Some hours were spent on helping hold Van in place while Misty sewed her face. It was a terrible scene.

Everybody went to sleep thinking they would get to rest and sleep through the morning after the exhausting and painful night, but unfortunately for them, Laura Lee had other plans.

"Hello?" Laura Lee spoke while hitting on the table to make some noise, "Hi! Excuse me."

Groans and eyes rolls filled the cabin as Laura Lee managed to wake them all up. She stood there for a moment, looking around to see if she had managed to catch everyone's attention. She did.

She cleared her throat and began, "In light of the expedition ending as it did, I decided that I'm gonna take the dead guy's plane and fly south. I'm going to find help and I'm going to take us out of here." She announced.

Everyone doubting if she was being serious. She couldn't possibly be thinking she would fly a plane.

"You're gonna fly?" Lottie was the first to react. Laura Lee nodded.

"But you– you don't know how." Natalie reminded her.

"I've been studying the flight manual for weeks, and I checked the gas tank, it's full." She explained to everybody. "I used to watch my grandpa fly. He even let me steer a few times. I know I can do this."

Laura Lee was confident. Everyone else wasn't. They didn't quite believe that she could really do it. It was just crazy.

"You can't deny that Van needs serious medical attention." Laura Lee said, noticing the doubt on their faces.

"She's not the only one." Jackie said and all eyes turned to her.

"Shauna, tell them." Jackie demanded, looking at her best friend.

They were all confused with what she meant by that. Hayden glanced over the two girls. Shauna was clearly uncomfortable. Hayden knew exactly what that was about. Jackie had found out.

"I– I really don't..." Shauna tried to avoid the topic.

"Jackie, don't." Hayden intervened, trying to help Shauna.

Jackie looked at Hayden, "So you know? Ok..." She looked hurt that she wasn't the only one that knew. "Tell them."

"What is it?"

"Yeah, tell us what?" Mari pushed.

They were all looking at Shauna, waiting for whatever it was that she was keeping from them.

She was avoiding looking at anyone in particular. Hayden was trying to catch her attention but the girl just wouldn't look at her.

"Shauna," Hayden called, making Jackie glare at her, "You don't have to."

"I'm pregnant." Shauna confessed.

Everyone seemed shocked. A uncomfortable silence settled for a moment.

"You were having sex?" Was the first question to pop out.

"How far along are you?" Misty was now standing beside Shauna and examining her belly.

"Wait, did you get knocked up here?" Mari smirked at Travis.

"No," Shauna said quickly.

"It doesn't matter when it happened. Okay? It just matters that we get them both help." Jackie said.

"All right, can everyone just-" Ben interrupted, "Laura Lee, you can't do this. No. It's not even close to safe."

"There is no safe anymore, Coach Scott. It's going to be winter soon. If I don't do this... we're... we're all gonna fucking starve." She responded, all eyes widened at her.