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:16: The Walk

Food has become scare and meals have shrank in portion a lot since the first day we got here. Everyone seems to be rationing the little food given to them, like now as I stand helping Karianna and Belle. They make lunch for us all; using up all the meat and bread we have left in the house.

“What will we do now?” Belle asks, as she prepares the last of the ham to be made into a sandwich.

“I’m not sure,” Karianna responds, as Belle finishes the sandwich and puts it on a plate upon the table.  

“Lunch!” I yell, watching as all the boys come rushing on over and grab a sandwich. Of course, I grabbed one before the mob came around and now nibble on the bread; savoring its taste since it was the last I was most likely going to have. No one took a seat at the table though, since it wasn’t as big a meal as usual. With that said, I walked on over to the couch and sat down on it, watching as Camic lingered my way and sat down beside me; eating his sandwich too.

“Great job girls,” Cameron yells over his shoulder, as he walks away from the table and into his and Belle’s room. They started sharing a room ever since a couple days ago, which isn’t very shocking since I knew it would happen one of these days. Adrian and Karianna even share a room too; leaving Jess to be the only one sleeping on the couch from how there are no more beds left.

“It was nothing, really.” Karianna replies, giving him a scoff and taking a sandwich for herself, as same does Belle. Then they all gather around the living room telling of the food shortage and such, as I curl up in Camic’s lap; closing my eyes gingerly and feeling the drowsiness take over me. I usually would get involved in these sort of conversations, but today I’m just exhausted.

“You’re not tired already, are you sweetie?” Camic, asks, making me fling my eyes open immediately.

“No,” I reply, lying horribly yet again. He gives a chuckle, but shrugs it off by rubbing my back; sending my eyes to close into a foggy sleep.    

I awake by myself, still in Camic’s arms and the conversation all around still going on.

 “Look who finally woke up,” Jess says, smiling toward me. I bite my lip and hope I don’t have to smile back, since I really don’t want to.

“How long was I asleep?” I ask, looking back to Camic who folds his hands against his chest.

“About two hours, right guys?” Camic says, looking over to Cameron, Jess, and Adrian. They both nod slowly and it’s then I realize Karianna and Belle are gone.

“Where are the girls?” I ask still tired a bit.

“They went off for a walk.” Its then my eyes went completely wide. Why on Gods’ green earth wouldn’t they wake me up, for me to go with them? I haven’t been outside in days because of them saying it’s too cold.

“I’m gonna go find them.” I say fast, rushing up from my seat and over to the coat rack. Right as I’m about to put my coat on though my stomach cramps up in knots and seems to flip upside down, making me fling myself to the bathroom as I throw up all I’ve eaten today.

"Carnate, are you okay?” I hear Camic urgently ask, from the other side of the door in which I had closed on my way in. I groan as I finish up, grabbing some toilet paper and wiping my mouth clean.

“I’m fine,” I shakily reply, sitting on the floor and leaning up against the sink. I feel completely drained and I didn’t even do anything today!

“What’s going on?” I hear Belle ask, as they all seem to come back from their walk.

“I think Carnate’s sick,” Is all Camic says, before I hear the door open and in walks Belle; her coat still on and her face looking as worried as ever. She kneels down in front of me, while I look behind to the open door to see everyone gathering around; curious to see what’s wrong.

 “I’m fine, Belle. Really, I feel better now.” I tell her, trying to stand up, but falling back and ramming into the sink. Camic then comes rushing in; helping me stand and bringing me back out into the living room to sit down.

“You’re not fine Carnate,” Belle says, coming over to stand in front of me and feeling my forehead. “No fever, but that still doesn’t mean you’re not sick,” she tells me, while I look back to see Karianna still wearing her coat as well.

“I think all I need is some fresh air,” I tell her shakily, as I try to keep telling myself that I'm only sick..nothing more.

Belle gives a sigh, but agrees and helps me with my coat, as I head back out with the girls.

When we get outside, the cool December air floods throughout me; making me feel immediately better.

"I hope you feel better soon." Karianna says to me as we follow Belle through the thick bracken, releasing into a small enclosed meadow. The snow covers most of everything, so to me it looks like the perfect winter wonderland.

"Thanks." I say back, surprised that she said that. She turns to look at me once more and for a mere second it feels like I can actually see the hurt in her eyes somehow; like she is keeping something back from everyone else. “Is something wrong?” I ask, as she looks down to her hands and digs them into her pockets.

“Why would something be wrong?” She responds; kicking the snow under her boots and making it fly up into the air, before landing safely back into the white mess.

“You seem upset is all.” I tell her, kicking the snow up as well and watching it land.

“It's just...you always get all the attention, with having the perfect man, great friends and now that you're sick..you get even more attention. You have it better than anyone here…” she tells me, sullenly looking over to me.

“Well you don’t know how badly my life was before I ran away. That life that I ran away from is still here hurting me whenever I think about it. So, I don't have it better than anyone else.” I say, looking up to Belle who now shakes the trees up ahead; making snow fall down from them. I laugh a bit, watching as a huge clump of snow lands on her especially.  

“I guess I never knew about your life before. Does Camic?”

“Yes he does, he’s been helping me a lot in trying to regain myself once again from everything that I’ve had to go through.” I respond, tuning my head back to her.

 “Camic is the nicest guy, I’ve ever met in my life.” she tells me smiling. I know she still has feelings for him and I actually feel sorry for her, since she has to go along everyday watching Camic and I together. But in another sense, she and Adrian seem to be getting along well…right?

 “Same here,” I respond, watching as Belle slowly stops up ahead.

“I think I hear the boys!” Belle excites since we seem to be utterly lost. We all follow Bellle absentmindedly as she starts running through the snow like a mad woman until she immediately stops dead in her tracks; having us all running and smacking into her from behind.

"What was that?” I yell out, pushing her forward to keep moving. What my eyes hadn’t seen though was what lied ahead. A group of ten or possibly more Guards stand facing us frozen in mid action with their guns pointed in our direction.