S.O.S

Chapter 3

The girl is still curled up against Lauren's body as she carries her inside. Everybody in their house eyes her, most of them need to look away. The memories still to fresh in their mind that they were in that state themselves not too long ago.

"Where does she sleep?" Lauren asks Lola who was assigned to prepare the brunette's stay. "Dorm C."

Lauren just gives her a small nod before she continues her way upstairs. She's thankful the girl can sleep in dorm C as it has got the most windows in this old factory, those windows could give her a sense of freedom.

As soon as Lauren walks in the room, the three girls present see it as their cue to leave, leaving the two of them alone.

One of them grabs a towel and an extra pack of clothes. "Can you shower her?" Rose asks, giving her a polite smile while putting everything next to them on the girls assigned bed. Lauren didn't have any friends at that house, but she couldn't deny that Rose was one of the sweetest persons she ever met.

No words have been exchanged while Lauren carried her to the showers. Inside Lauren carefully places the small girl on a little bench for you to lay your clothes on, but the girls fits on it perfectly.

The girl is mumbling a few things. She can't make out what and doesn't make the effort to ask her. It looks like it wasn't directed at her, the girls eyes are distant, glued to a spot on the wall.  She's still curled up, her hands drawn around her body to protect herself.

She carefully puts one of her hand on top of the girl, trying to untangle it. But the brunette doesn't budge. "I'm just gonna wash you."

But the brunette fiercely shakes her head. "Está bien." Lauren tries again without luck. She wants nothing more than to respect the girls boundaries but she's making it impossible for Lauren to help her. Lauren wets her sponge, squishing a bit of soap on it too.

Cleaning her feet is Lauren first priority, the girl isn't wearing any shoes making it visible how awful dirty they are. She has never seen such dirty feet in her life. It's strange that she didn't notice them before.

She makes herself a reminder to cut the long toenails tomorrow.

Moving on she tries to clean the girls exposed arms and hands as much as she can before going to her face. She's actually surprised when the girl willingly lifts her head when Lauren's finger softly rise her chin up.

She gives the girl a small smile, but the brunettes eyelids are firmly pressed together. Slowly she moves the girls hair out of her face and starts to wipe of the dirt with the sponge.

Lauren was reminded of the snickers she shoved in her pocket this morning to have as a snack in the car. She figures the girl must be starving and puts the snicker in her hand.

The girl looks at it for a second, not knowing what to with it. "Para comer." Lauren playfully said gesturing that she should take it.

It seems like everything is going in slow motion, the girl takes her time to get the fabric of the snicker before inspecting it curiously. Her eyes first look at Lauren, making sure she can take that bite, then her eyes go back to the Snicker taking a small bite from it.

If you could call it a bite. The girl already has the snicker lied down next to her. Wasn't she hungry, with her posture you would think she is. Lauren was afraid to even let the girl walk by herself, she was pretty sure she would collapse after two seconds as her body was too weak.

"Let's get you settled in." Lauren breaks the silence. Taking the girl in her arms again. She wished she could've changed her clothes, but she feels it was a step too much to her. At least some of her body parts were clean, a small improvement.