Safe and Sound

Chapter 9

I was walking through the forest alone. I felt terrified. I walked farther into the deep, dark forest. I looked up to see that the sun was blocked by the tall, thick trees. I was really scared now. I started to walk faster and I heard a rustling behind me. I ran to the nearest bush, jumped over it and rolled onto the ground. I rolled back up and peeked over the branches. I saw a figure come out of the darkness. It was Jack. What was he doing here? He was calling my name, but I stayed behind the bushes. I was getting more scared.

"Jack, what are you doing here?" I asked. It was weird he was here. Why was he? I felt all these mixed feelings because before I left to the train he told me he loved me.

"May! I am so glad I found you! I need to tell you something," he explained. I raised my eyebrows telling him to go on. "You can't trust anyone, okay?" I wasn't even sure if I trusted him at this moment. I didn't.

"Why should I trust you?" I requested and his eyes just widened in surprise. Was he kidding? I'm not sure about anything. I'm just not going to trust him.

"May, I have been your friend for the past five years. You should trust me. Why don't you trust me?"

Soon there was another rustling in the bushes. I was frozen where I was. Liam came running out. He tripped over a branch and fell onto the ground.

"Liam! Are you okay?" I rushed over to him, finally being able to move from the spot I was in. He shook his head and my heart just dropped. "Oh my goodness, why were you running?" I asked. He got up and limped over to sit against a tree. He let out a big sigh.

"There was something chasing me and I looked back and I tripped and found you guys. I hurt my foot when I fell," he explained. I nodded quickly. I felt really sorry for him. This was bad.

"Do you know what was chasing you?" I questioned. I truly was curious. I was so confused why he was here, same as Jack. Mixed feelings were everywhere and I didn't like it. I saw a little jealousy in Jack's eyes and hurt in Liam's and I felt like I was being torn apart.

"I don't know. I just started running!" He exclaimed. That was weird. Why would you run without having a reason? Okay, this was starting to get a little bit more weird.

Jack started to walk over to where Liam and I were. I saw more jealousy in his eyes. Was he jealous? I think he was, if you couldn't tell already. "So, you know each other?" Jack asked. We both nodded. Did Jack know Liam? I wasn't sure of anything as of right now. "Because I do. He's in my classes in school. I see him everyday," Jack explained further. Oh, so he did know Liam. Well that's not awkward...

"I met him the day before the reaping and we talked. It was nice to finally talk to someone new," I added. It was nice. It was better than talking to Jack, April, my mother, and father. The change was a satisfying feeling.

Jack nodded and his eyes filled with a touch more jealousy. How could someone be that jealous? I mean, I know he told me he loved me but that's a lot of jealousy! I saw Jack move a little bit closer to Liam.

I kinda moved closer also to make Jack not so close. I didn't like how close he was. And he was getting closer. "Do you think you'll be okay, Liam?" I questioned the darker haired one. He nodded and I helped him up. He hopped a bit on his good leg. He almost fell over, but I grabbed him and balanced him. He let out a chuckle. Oh, there's the butterflies again. Yay...

Liam moved a little bit closer, too close for my liking. "I got him, May. You can go now. I'll help him go back," Jack said, grabbing Liam from me. I was reluctant to let him go, but I had to, and so I did. I walked off into the bushes, but I walked back as softly as I could and bent down behind a bush.

I saw Jack push Liam onto the ground. I wanted to go help him again, but I couldn't move.

"How dare you!" Jack yelled at Liam. He was taken back at his yelling. I saw confusion cover his beautiful features. I probably had the same look on my face. This didn't make any sense. What did Liam do?

"You like May don't you?!" He bellowed. What? That was why he was mad. Okay, this didn't make any sense, but the answer would be good for me so I could figure a my feelings out.

Once Liam opened his perfectly shaped mouth, I shot up in my bed, panting. It had all been a dream! What a relief! That was a confusing dream! Glad that's over! I put my hand on my chest, trying to slow down my fast heartbeat. I took deep breaths to help. I let out big sigh and laid back into my bed.

As soon as my head hit the pillow, Donald came bursting through the door telling me about getting up and being late and schedules. All I got out of that was that we were training today. Yes, this would help me survive! I could learn survival stuff first then I could figure out my specialized weapon of some sort.

I groaned and got out of bed to start the day. I put on the assigned clothes for that day which was the training outfit, which I put on an I went into the kitchen for breakfast. I grabbed a pear and took a bite out of it. It was really juicy and delicious. I started to eat more and Liam came in, grabbing an apple to eat. Fruity morning, huh? We must be telepathic or something. Probably not, probably just a coincidence. But I try, sometimes.

I ate the rest if my pear and threw it into the trash dispenser and went back into my room without saying a word about my dream. I didn't want to talk about it. I sat in my room just doing plain nothing until we were called for training.

Liam and I were led into the elevator. I saw the training suit on him. It looked good. It was black with red outlining and on the shoulders it said "15" meaning our district. Cool, we were numbered. I started to think about my dream. I was scared that that would come true. I didn't like that dream. I hope it stays one and leaves me alone to live my life.

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A/N- HEY! Like it? Did you like my dream? I felt like it was really long... Yeah it probably was but whatever it needed to be explained and stuff! Anyways... Vote, comment, share... Yeah... Same old same old... ;P bye lovely carrots.

~Cyn <3