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Veronica had been outside having a smoke. 
The cold air wrapped around her skin like the worlds worst blanket. 
Veronica was not having the best time, she had been left alone with her thoughts. 
Her mind was racing with all the thoughts of confusion regarding her feelings for Natalie. 
She had felt a tame flutter for a while, but she never thought too much of it. But now, now it was an intense fire that kept growing and growing through out her entire body. 
Her parents were what came to mind when she thought of her feelings for Natalie. 

She heard her parents remarks they had made about those who loved the same gender. 
Veronica saw nothing wrong with other people loving whoever they wanted. 
Hell, her two best friends had been open to her about how they had been hooking up for the last year, she saw nothing wrong with it. 
It was just her having feelings for a girl is what made her scared. 

She would be perfectly fine loving Natalie Scatorccio, if she wasn't a girl. 

Veronica looked at her lit cigarette, her eyes then looked at her pale skin. 
Veronica sighed as she tugged her pajama pants down, her scared thighs, biting down harshly on her other hand, she jabbed her thigh with the fire stick, causing the girl to let out a muffled cry of pain. 
The metallic taste of blood filled her mouth as she continued to hold the cigarette to her thigh for quite a few beats, finally pulling it away, tears streamed down her face. 
She then lit the cigarette again, rolling up her sleeve, putting the cigarette on her wrist. 
More tears streamed down her face as a chocked sob escaped. 

Veronica sighed, moving her pants back up, saving what remained of the cigarette, wiping her eyes and making her way back into the cabin. 

Carefully opening the door, she wasn't surprised to see Natalie, sitting up, staring blankly ahead of her. 
The two had been doing this dance over the course of the past few nights. 
After finding and burying the dead guy in the attic, Veronica hadn't had sleep come easily to her, whenever she arrived back at the cabin, Natalie was shooting awake. 

Veronica carefully shut the door behind her, carefully walking over to Natalie. 
"Nat?" she whispers, gently rubbing the girls shoulder, Natalie didn't move or respond, leading to Veronica whispering her name again.
Natalie looks over, sighing, "Sorry," 
Veronica shook her head, "You don't need to apologize. Was it another nightmare?" 
Natalie nods, looking down at her hands. "Yeah, I don't know if I can go back to sleep,"
"Do... do you want to come...lay with me?" 
Natalie looked up at the girl, "Really?" 
Veronica nodded, she knew if this were any other time, Natalie would have laughed, but the lack of sleep and food was making Natalie feel more vulnerable by the minute. 
Veronica smiled softly, "Yeah, yeah come on," 

Natalie grabbed her blanket, moving over to Veronica's makeshift bed. 
Natalie waited for Veronica to lay down before she awkwardly shifted to lay in front of the girl. 
Veronica shifted to her side, moving her hands to Natalie's hair, massaging her scalp to help her calm down. 
Natalie felt a smile creep onto her lips as she relaxed, shifting back to move closer to Veronica, slowly drifting to sleep. 

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Veronica had been reading a book, sitting on the deck of the cabin, violently jumping when the sound of a gun went off. 
Veronica shot to her feet, running over, scoffing when she saw Travis with a gun. "What the fuck Travis? Are you trying to fucking kill somebody?" 
"What the hell?" Natalie exclaimed, rushing over to see what was going on.
"Give me that! Travis give me the gun" Coach snapped, taking the gun from Travis' hands when Travis reluctantly handed it over.|
"This is a dangerous weapon and we will handle it as such," Coach began. "But with that being said...Travis is right. We're out of food. We're all feeling it. The good news is my father use to take me deer hunting every year as a kid. The bad news...Yeah, I am down to one fucking leg. Which means, if we want to eat, one of you is going to have to learn how to use this thing,"