"Wow. So it's you guys who have been protecting us all this time. I mean, I have never seen you around, but I thought you'd be elsewhere, not kicking butt!" Exclaimed Alexandra, who was still coming to terms with our story. “Well, technically it was all of us, except for Jasmine, who has, as you can see, been doing plenty of art," Giggled Lucy. Jasmine punched Lucy in the arm before returning to her art work. Alexandra walked back over to our fridge, and pulled out a can of coke. "Grab me one, please." I asked Alexandra. "Catch," she replied, as she tossed the can of coke over the table into my waiting hands. Great, now it's all shaken up. I sighed before pulling out my keys, and unlocking the Iron door, that lead to our bedroom. This had once been the closet for the art room, but we expanded on it, and turned it into a bedroom. We we're pretty lucky, compared to everyone else. We got to go out and take whatever we wanted. We had gotten three king sized beds and crammed them all in our bedroom. There was a second part of the closet that I turned into a nice, peaceful place. I was the only one who used it, really. I had gotten hold of some hammocks and found some beanbags, in a house we looted, just outside of town. When we looted an Argos store, I had grabbed a few mini fridges, a table and some more laptops. I knew that this stuff wasn’t necessary, but it was nice for us to have somewhere to relax and try and forget everything that had happened.
I turned the light on and closed the door behind me, before groaning at the sight of our room. It was a complete dump. Teachers lectured all the other girls to clean up, but only very few knew of our spot, so we never got lectured. It was nice in some ways, bad in others. We had to pair up when it came to our sleeping arrangements. I stayed with Jasmine, but Eloise alternated between sharing with Lucy and sharing with Raphy. She was going to have to choose who she wanted to share with later though, as Alexandra was one of us now, and she would need a place to sleep too. It was a mega pain, but if it ever got too much, then we knew we could go to the other room. The hammocks were actually quite comfortable. I placed my can of coke on the bedside table, next to mine and Jasmines bed. I took another deep breath, before I knelt down and started ordering clothes, and throwing them to their owners’ beds. I walked to the other side of the room, grabbed the broom and began to sweep the floor. I had one of my favourite songs stuck in my head again. I knew the others couldn’t hear me, over their continuous chatter and so I decided to sing. “Yeah, I’ve been feeling everything. From, hate to love, to love to lust, to lust to hate; I guess that’s how I know it’s true.” I smiled slightly. I really did love that song. I turned to the dresser and noticed the shared docking station. “Perfect,” I whispered. I dropped the broom before running over to the same bedside table I put my coke on top of. This one was for all of my extra stuff. I couldn’t keep the smile off my face as I pulled my I phone out of the bedside table and jogged back over to the dresser. I flicked the switch and plugged my Iphone in. I found my favourite playlist, and scrolled through until I found the perfect song. Ed Sheeran, Kiss me. I turned the volume up and put it on repeat, before turning and picking the broom back up. “Kiss me like you wanna be love, you wanna be loved, you wanna be loved,” I sang the chorus to myself. I was finished with the sweeping by the time the second verse had begun. I walked over to mine and Jasmine’s bed and I began to sort through our clothes. I folded them neatly and placed Jasmines in her drawer gently, scared of creasing her clothes. Before I did the same to everyone else’s I grabbed my can of coke and opened it, before taking a large gulp. Wow that hit the spot. When I had folded everyone’s clothes, apart from my own, I strolled back over to the dresser, and decided I wanted to change the song. Then I found yet another amazing song, Let her go by Passenger. I clicked on it gently before walking back over to my bed. I took another gulp of coke, and sat down to fold my clothes.
I had been very careful not to let myself think, well we all had really. All the other girls were beginning to get over the grieving process. Most of the foreign girls didn’t care, as the infection hadn’t left the UK. But I knew that my family was out there. My mother, my Granddad, my Nan, my cousins and all my Brothers and sisters. I had four brothers, and four sisters. I'd never met some of my siblings, and though I had never met them, I couldn’t help but worry. Even if I had never met them, they were still my family, and I didn’t want my family to…to. I sighed and finished folding my third pair of Jeans. I stopped thinking about my family then, as I really didn’t want to get a headache from crying. I really can’t think about them, even after all this time. I took another gulp of coke, and walked over to the docking station, to put Ed Sheeran back on. I went straight to Kiss me, and put it on repeat, once again. I put my clothes in my drawer, before I started making the beds.
