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INSIDE THE COUNTRY CLUB THE GROUP OF TEENAGERS COULD FINALLY BREATHE, Gemma looked around and it felt like it had been years since she was there in that same place, but it was a year ago and everything has changed.
"So what do we do now?" Gemma asks, catching the attention of the teens around her.
"Could we scavenge for food?" Skye asks. "I need something in my system other than sugar."
"That would be perfect." the oldest blonde says. "I'll go with you."
"Allow me to escort you to the kitchen." Cam offers pointing in the right direction.
Before any of them can make it past the door, Taylor runs to catch up with them. "Actually, wait. Can I come with you? I have really specific snack requirements."
"Uh-uh, Taylor." Steven says, an amusing expression on his face. "No, you're coming with me. We'll fashion, like, blankets out of, like, curtains and some shit."
"No," Taylor answers, throwing her arm around Gemma's shoulders, the girl just shakes her head. "I'm on snack patrol right now."
"Okay. So?" the Conklin boy shrugs as if it wasn't a good excuse. "I need your loudest voice to scare away all the murderers."
"Yeah, I'm Team Murderers." Taylor and the rest of the group chuckles at her answer.
Steven raises his hands in defeat and slowly backs away to the opposite direction. "Okay, fine. No, I mean, as long as you're cool with, like, sleeping on, like, dusty polyester sheets."
With a swift motion, Taylor lets go of Gemma and runs to catch up with the boy.
"I hate you so much." the girl grunts, leaving her friends behind.
Gemma still had an amused expression, and looking around she noticed that all of her friends might be thinking the same thing.
"I know a place we could sleep." Jeremiah announces, then he looks at Belly and his brother. "Do you guys want to come?"
Belly nods her head excitedly, but Conrad looks over his shoulder to the blonde girl. She was already looking at him, giving a small smile she turns and makes her way to follow Cam and Skye to the kitchen.
"I think I'm gonna go with the snack duty group."
When Gemma decided to look back at the boy, he was already by her side. She shook her head and they walked in a comfortable silence for a few heartbeats. The girl could sense how tense he still was.
"Are you okay?" she asks, already knowing the answer.
"I never should have gone to the boardwalk." Conrad says, seeming defeated by everything that had happened on that day.
