Chaos

Chapter 11

POV Madison

I heard Brooke talking about the day in the store. After a few minutes she rushed out of the dorm. I got up and looked in the mirror. My eyes were glary and my hair was tangled in 7 different ways. I quickly fixed myself, opened the door and walked out seeing Cain and Hugo sitting on their bunks and talking. They looked at me with pity in their eyes. I clenched my jaw. Feck off. Brooke came back into the dorm and went to take a shower. Sam came running in after her. "Jeez what is up with her!" he seemed upset when he lay down on his bunk. I tilted my head. I don't understand. "Brooke told us about the time in the store." Cain said careful. I kinda zoned out. He was talking about how sorry he was, and that they would never let anyone harm us, something like that. I blinked twice. "Yhea, thanks. I'm gonne go for a run." I said while walking to the door. Cain quickly stood for the door. "You can't go out, it's evening. We have to stay inside." I sighed. "Oh fuck me." I whispered under my breath. "Let me at least buy you dinner first." Cain said smirking, he was leaning against the door post. I was trying to hold in my laughter. Damn that boy was smooth. "C'mon, that was kinda funny." He said while poking me. "Yhea, it was." I said with a little smile. Hugo and Sam were also laughing. "So do we have to stay here or can we go any were else?" I asked while again walking to the door. "Yhea we have like a lobby were we can chill and eat." Hugo said. "Food? Okay were going there, Atlas c'mon." I whacked Cain aside and wandered to a random direction. "Mad? This way" Hugo laughed. Woops. "I'll wait for Brooke, we'll join you later." Sam said while laying down again. "Where's food?" I asked while wandering in the other direction. "Just follow us." Hugo said while he and Cain walked in front of me. I heard chatter and soon we entered the lobby. It was a big hall with lots of tables where everyone was sitting. Some were eating, others were just talking and some were 'friendly' fighting. I was still looking around when Cain and Hugo already moved on. While walking to the back I could again feel the stares. They reached a table with a few big pots on it. A big guy was standing behind it. "Evening Ted." Cain spoke. "Hello Cain, good to see you. Have you heard about these girls who have been found in the forest?" he was putting mashed potatoes, meat and carrots on a plate. "I think it's a ruse to get the lads to fight better..." Cain and Hugo looked at each other. "Why is everyone so quiet?" he said while looking around. Cain turned around. "Euh, well it's not a ruse." Hugo said. At the same moment Brooke and Sam walked in the room. "Brooke we can get food here!" I yelled at her. She made a rape-face and quickly jogged my way. The dude behind the table saw us and laughed. "Hello there! My name is Ted I'm the cook here! It's so wonderful that you have survived this madness!" he spoke happy. Wheew. This dude was a bundle of happiness. "Yhea, we have had some... interesting times, but we're fine." I spoke a bit awkwardly. He gave us 2 and the boys our plates. "I've put the normal portions, maybe it's a bit much..." he said guilty. "Nooo this is great! We haven't had a proper meal in a few weeks!" Brooke said thankfully. He smiled and we walked towards a table. We sat down and started eating. Within 10 minutes Brooke and I were finished. "You eat this kind of stuff every day?" Brooke asked the boys. "Yhea, isn't that logical?" Brooke looked at me. "The only meat we ate were the rabbits Atlas caught or if I was lucky enough to snipe a deer." Brooke said with a small smile. "Is it rude if I go and get another plate?" I asked while stacking the rest of the plates. "You already had a man sized portion!" Cain said surprised. I stood up, took the plates and walked back to Ted. "Hee Ted, do you have anything left?" he raised his brows. "Uhh... yhea some potatoes and carrots, you want them?" I happily nodded. So I walked back with another plate of food, sat down and started eating. Brooke took a few of my carrots and 10 minutes later my hunger was clenched. We were happily chatting when more guys joined us. They were all very interested in our story and where we came from and if we have had boyfriends. And then the conversation took a weird twist and a lot of inappropriate jokes were made. But it was fun tho. Somewhere between all the talking Diaz joined us. "So what did you do before the world went bad?" a guy we just met, his name was Danny, asked me. "Euhh..." Everyone was just staring at me. Aaaahhhh my inner me couldn't handle this. "Well, my mum was a nurse and my father a detective-cop-something. My brother was a lot like my dad, he was in the army. They taught me all the fighting and such. My mother never liked it because she really wanted me to be a girlish girl. When I was in primary school she signed me up for gymnastic lessons. I really liked it and did that until high school. In high school I was a cheerleader." And the moment I said it, everyone was oohing and whistling. "I really hadn't thought of you as a cheerleading girl!" Cain said amazed. "I was really different back then. Wouldn't have thought I was gonne and up like this." I said smiling. "In a camp with a lot of handsome guys?" Hugo said while high-five ing another guy. I looked at him weirdly. "No, because back than that would've been my dream, now it's just suffocating." I said smiling. "Why is it suffocating? You are safe here, you have food and protection?" Diaz asked. "Yhea, 2 girls together in a room with an overload of hormonal boys. Great idea!" Brooke said sarcastic. We grinned at each other. "No one would ever do something to you two." Danny responded. "Yhea, I've heard that before." I said scoffing. "Oh in the camp you were in with your father and brother?" Brooke asked. I mean, we knew everything about each other. "What happened in the camp?" Cain asked. "Not much, just promises that everyone will keep you safe and protect you. And then when no one is paying attention they drag you into the forest..." I clenched my jaw and took a breath. "People died." I said slightly smirking. "Did you kill them?" Diaz asked. I looked at him. "Well... No... yheaa...ish. Atlas killed them, and the cranks but I didn't do anything to save them." I said while biting my tongue. "Let's just say there's enough reason for us to be a little squeamish around guys." I said with a smile. They just looked at us weirdly. Yhea, really squeamish.

Yhea nailed it! TGIF! 

xxx @D_ApplePie and me