Daniel and the Unicorn

Chapter 7- Claire Bear

I woke up really early today. Bleh. I don’t like getting up early at all, but I guess I could get used to it for awhile… Anyway, today is when we leave this piece of shit (the tent) behind and scout for something more livable.

But for now I’m just going to let the little buggers sleep. I need it and trust me, they need the sleep too.

As I walked over to the fire pit I realized that we still have enough branches to make a little fire and make some breakfast. I need to cook the rest of the deer meat so it doesn’t go bad.

We’ll have snacks for the whole day. Yum.

It’s only dawn now, but I can already tell that it’s going to be really nice today. Great for exploring.

While the deer was roasting on the fire, I searched through my backpack for utilities. I found a spare change of clothes, my wallet, school things, etc. And then I came across my beautiful white baby!

“My Iphone!! Thank the lord baby Jesus!” I quietly shrieked so I wouldn’t wake up the kids, and kissed the thin piece of glass I had in my hand. I hit my home button to light up the screen and almost cried when it didn’t show the picture of me and Drake. Nooooo! How could it be dead?!

I silently cried for my deceased Iphone. I sat there staring at it for five whole minutes before I realized I had turned the little bitch off after my mom called me so I could walk in peace!

“Hell fuckin’ yes!!” I yelled, and then quickly covered my mouth hoping that the babies were still in their deep slumber. I held down the power button, and waited for it to turn back on.

I had a million missed alerts from my mom, but the only texts that I bothered to look at were the ones from the person who had shocked me the most. Claire. Claire Mitchell texted me! I pumped my fist in the air, and clicked on her name so I could read these little bundles of joy. Most of them were along the lines of these;

Where are you?  -C

What’s happened to you? –C

What the hell, Daniel. You know this isn’t funny now. –C

All I want is to see you... -C

I started to get really sad, and then I got another text from her.

Daniel, I miss you. Come back to me, please. –C

My heart started to break and that feeling made me go just a little bit crazy. So I walked deeper into the deciduous canopy that towered over me and sheltered my every movement. I looked down at the picture on Claire’s contact profile on my phone of us laughing by the oak tree, smiling like there was a secret to be told and we were the only ones who knew it existed. I missed that. I missed the bond we shared as kids; the one we were rekindling right before things changed. I missed her.

And with that thought, I touched the glass on my phone and called her.

“Hello?”  Oh god, her voice just sounded so broken, like she didn’t look at her phone to see who was calling but was upset because she is secretly in love with me, and we will grow up together and raise baby unicorns and baby humans, and retire in the tropics… Snap out of it! Your feelings are one sided you freak! I mentally scolded myself.

“Hey, Claire. I guess you know who this is now, huh? I really miss you to-”

“Daniel?! Oh my god! Is that you? What happened to you?! What's going on?! Where the Hell are yo-” I can’t believe she just cut me off! That little bitc- I mean lovely, beautiful, kind woman…