Shoot Or Run

Chapter 1

"Elena, baby, wake up," Aunt Amy whispered in my ear. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around our messy tent. It's just me and my Aunt Amy now. My mom went to get supplies from the city with some of the people in the group, so meanwhile, Amy keeps an eye on me. As always.

"Morning, Aunt Amy," I said as I rubbed my tired eyes, Amy giggled a little and rubbed my arms relaxing, "Good morning, sweetheart," She said. I sliding out of my sleeping bag. I slipped on some jeans and a simple t-shirt. "I'm gonna go run down to the quarry," I said.

Amy began cleaning up the tent, "All right. Be careful, okay," She said. I nodded and went out of the tent and I saw Lori and her son, Carl, who is in my age, coming out of their tent.

Carl went somewhere and Lori hang laundry, "Good morning Lori," I told her. She looked down at me with a smile, "Good morning, sweetheart," She said and I smiled back.

"I'm gonna go down to the quarry," I said. "Can you take Carl with you?" She asked and I nodded. "Carl!" I yelled. Up ahead I saw Carl running down the dirt path towards me. He smirked as he ran over, "What's up?" He asked. "I'm gonna go down to the quarry," I said. He nodded. "Alright, let's go," He said and we started walking to the cliff and down the path.

"So what's up?" I asked. He was suddenly very serious, "You don't think it's will stay like this forever can it?" He asked nervously. I shook my head, "No, it can't. There are bad times but things can't stay like this forever," I said. "You're right, but there's one good thing that comes from all of this," He said. I looked at him confused, "What could possibly be good about this? The world has basically ended. Dead people are up and walking," I said. "No school," He said.

I nudged him and we started laughing, "Race you to the bottom," I challenge. He grinned and pounced into a running position, "Ready . . . Set . . . " Then he took off running, "Go!" He called back to me. "Cheater!" I yelled to him and then broke into a sprint. Dirt and rocks flew up as I sprinted down the path to carl. I grinned as I quickly caught up to him and he gave me a shocked look and continued to run the quarry.

I stood at the edge of the water and I heard Carl's loud breaths and he ran down to me, "I win!" I cheered. Then, Carl pushed me into the quarry and I pulled him down with me. I must admit the water feels nice.

After half an hour in the water, I came out and Carl was followed up. "It was fun," I chuckled. He smiled at me with his blue eyes. "Yep," He said. I moved my wet hair out of my eyes as we walked up the steep hill and we both giggled.

We walked back to the camp. I saw Lori and Amy talking to Shane. Carl and I went to them, the three of them looked at us and chuckled, "What happened to you two? You both soakin wet," Lori said. "We did a race, Carl pushed me into the water and I took him with me," I said with a smile and Carl chuckled. Shane, Amy and Lori chuckled as well, "You two," Shane said, shakes his head a little and I giggled.

Amy put two towels on my and Carl's head, "You have to be careful. You can get hurt unintentionally," Lori said. "Go change clothes and put them in the laundry basket and go do homework." Me and Carl nodded our heads. I headed over to my tent I shared with Amy and Mom. I opened my duffle bag and changed. I put the wet clothes in the basket that Lori had told me. Carl came up to me, "My mom and your aunt wanted us to do homework, let's go," He told me, I nodded.

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Me and Carl finished homework and sat on the ground, playing. I saw Lori with a bucket in her hands, walking over to the RV, where Dale is. "Hey, Dale", Lori called him and he lowered his gaze down at her, "You can keep an eye on Carl please?" Lori asked him, "No problem," He said with a smile and she smiled back, Lori looked at us, "Carl, Stay in Dale's vision," She said.