I hate summer

Episode 17

A/N: I messed up on the image 😭 ignore it please 🙏

There was a long minute of silence. Everyone seemed to process what Ashlyn had just said. So she could hear them?

"So what's the plan then? Use your magic hearing to save the day?" Tyler sarcastically says.

Ashlyn seemed to think for a moment. "No— well, yes, but later. I think we should stay here for now so we can't rest and... prepare ourselves."
Once we go outside, there's no telling what we'll encounter. And let's not leave the living room. If something happens, I don't want to be split up. There isn't much we can do right now, so let's do some mental exercises."

"Mental exercises?" Aiden questions.

"Pretty much like imagining yourself in a situation so you can act faster if it happens." I explain.

Ashlyn nods. "Anytime you aren't asleep, that's what you should be doing."

"Yeah, great plan,"  Tyler scoffs. "Daydream and sleep with monsters outside the door."

"We'll take turns keeping look out." Ashlyn ignores Tyler. "Logan, is the time still twelve?"

Logan flinches slightly at his name being called. "O-oh um, I'll check." He lifts his phone to his face and a confused look envelopes his face. "...It hasn't changed."

Ashlyn looks down at her feet. "Alright, we'll reset timers every hour then. I'll take the first shift, who wants to go after?"

"I'll go second. Maybe even third if everyone is too tired." I volunteer.

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I sit at the feet of the couch, watching every door in my line of vision. I felt too bad to wake Aiden up for his shift (who was snoring like a bear), so I was now on my 4th shift.

Ashlyn and Logan were in their corner of the room, sleeping soundly. Ben was next to Aiden and the twins were next to me.

I smiled at the fact that Tyler had Taylor in his arms. I always admired their sibling relationship and I've always wanted a sister.

I flinch when the door thuds quietly. I go in quiet panic for a second when I feel a weight on my shoulder. I whip my head around, just for it to be Tyler.

I smile and adjust myself to sit slightly closer to him so he could be more comfortable. These two have been through so much, they didn't need anymore weight on them...

Everything is spinning. I feel like I just got off a merry-go-round and flopped onto the ground.

I sit up, resting my head in my hands to attempt to stop the spinning. I feel sick.

I hear a groan next to me and notice Ashlyn sitting up on the bed. She looks at Taylor and then at me. "(Y/N)?"

"Ashlyn? Oh my goodness, I fell asleep! What did I do?!" I panic.

There's a sudden shift that makes me feel like vomit.

"(Y/N), Ashlyn?" Taylor groans as she cradles her head. "Are we... on the bed?" She then gasped. "Where are the others? Are the monsters still—"

I launch myself on their bed. "Did I kill everyone but you two?!" I sob.

Ashlyn grabs both of our arms. "So it did happen— you remember right?!"

"What-?" Taylor was about to ask something, but all of a sudden I got hit by a wave of nausea. The other two probably got it too.

I'm the first out of the bed. I sprint out of the room, grabbing the edges of the wall to fling me as quick as possible into the bathroom. I grab the toilet and vomit into it. A couple of seconds later I'm accompanied by Ashlyn and Taylor in the same state as I.

"Tay, Ashlyn, (Y/N)...?" Taylor's two friends are at the bathroom door, yawning. "ARE YOU GUYS OK?!"

I was about to ask 'woah, aren't you two supposed to be shredded to pieces?' When I hear a familiar voice.

"Taylor, Ashlyn! (Y/N)! Are you in here?!" His head pop in behind Taylor's friends. "Ah! Found 'em!"

"GAH! What are you doing in here?! Get out!" Shrieks Tay's friend.

"Wait..." Aiden smiles blankly at the two. "Aren't you two supposed to be dead or somethin?"

The two girls look at Aiden as if he's mentally insane.

"Aiden- are the others OK?" I ask.

"Yep!" He beams.

Relief washed over me before another wave of nausea.

"Move—" Tyler shoves Aiden out of the way. Relief washes over his face as his eyes set on Taylor and I. I look back into my barf after a second of eye contact.

"Ah- I feel another wave coming on..." Aiden laughs as he and Tyler both bring a hand to their mouths.

I moan as I feel another one, too. I brush my hair out of my face. What on earth is going on?