Hunter Or The Hunted

Part 6: New Arrivals

Elyza's POV:

I wake up from my slumber with the sun blaring into my eyes and blissfully aware of the events that happened yesterday, the drinking, the sharing of our pasts, the midnight waking with Alicia next to me and the subtle kiss.

Alicia.

I recall what happened last night, i mean it was hazed but i remember that. I'm pulled out of my thoughts when i hear a collection of small breaths next to me and the uncomfortable pain in my left arm and i realise that Alicia is sleeping soundly next to me using my arm as a pillow of some sort. I smile at the predicament i have myself in, with the girl sleeping peacefully next to me and the fact that she was next to me in the middle of the night to comfort from my cerebral demons inside my head. I think i might be falling for this girl. 

I try and pry my arm from under her without waking her, this was pretty easy as she was completely out of it. I successfully remove my arm from under her and change out of my tank top and shorts into my gear for runs. As I'm pretty sure Alicia will wake with a pounding headache from all the Vodka she drank last night and wouldn't be in the state to go on a run. I finally decide on my black ripped jeans, a baseball tee and a green flannel around my waist.

I head downstairs to do my morning routine of breaking my teeth and my hair, eating some food and having a bathroom stop. Once all of that was finished it was about an 40 minutes later, i write Alicia a note to tell her where i was.

i headed upstairs to my room which Alicia was staying in. I pop my head round the door to check if she was still asleep. She evidently was, by the sight of the small girl curled up into a tight ball with the covers entirely off the bed. I tape the note to the door using some utility tape and pull the covers back over Alicia loosely just up to her waist. I head for the door and take one last look at Alicia before heading out the door way and on my way back to the town we half scavenged yesterday.

I unlocked my bike and headed off, the sky was peaceful and a shade of bright blue i observed as i speeded down the smooth roads. Little did i know that this day would be far from peaceful.

Alicia's POV:

My eyes flutter open but all i feel is the splitting pain in my head. I wince at the pain as i try to force my body to get up then i get the sensation that something is missing, i look around the room in confusion and realise that i am not in my room...i'm in Elyza's. No, we didn't? We can't have? I scan the room again and this time my perceptions heightened due to the adrenaline pumping through my veins at the fact i woke in Elyza's room with no recollection of what happened in the previous night. This time i notice a note stuck onto the inside of the door. Even at my body's protest i get up out of pure curiosity. Then note reads;

'Alicia, I know if you're reading this then you've gotten your butt out of bed and I'm sure that was a chore. If you wake in confusion as to why you are in my room then its because i was having a nightmare and you came in and stayed with me'. 

The memories of the previous night started to come back to me and i remember the story that Elyza told me, what i told her, when i heard her whimper in her sleep so i went in to check her well-being and stayed with her the rest of the night. I bring my attention back to the note. 

'I assumed your head would hurt and you wouldn't be up for a supply run, so i went on my own. Stay in the house or garden and rest, i promise ill be back before dark. Also i left some breakfast for you in the kitchen, its your favourite, Pancakes. I found the mixture when you were off hunting for booze. Love Elyza x'.

I headed down the stairs to the kitchen to be greeted with a plate of pancakes and i smiled greedily at the surprise. I just hoped Elyza would get home safe.