Chapter 18

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Chapter 18-  She has a name

( Ellie's P.O.V.) 

I woke up to see Quill crying. 

" You OK?" I asked. 

" Yeah," I told her. " I just do it sometimes. Did I wake you up?" 

" No." 

She wiped the tears off her face, got up, and opened the nearest window. 

" I love this kind of weather." She said as she sat on the window seal.  

I noticed that she had that bottle of whiskey in her hand. 

" Are you sure that's a good idea. There's a lookout right there." 

" I'll keep an eye on it. Go back to sleep."

I had a bad feeling that if I went back to sleep, that she would lean to her right and fall down to the ground.

So I stayed up the rest of the night and we talked some more.

12:30 pm

" Sorry Quill," Tess said as she came through the door. " Soldiers were fucking everywhere."

" I'm glad you took your time," I whispered as I took the bottle of whiskey that Quill was drinking out of her right hand. " She's been passed out for 5 hours."

" Damn it," Tess said. " She's in no condition to go."

" How's Marlene?" I asked. 

" She'll make it."  

" Don't go, Dad...please...DON'T!"  

Quill jumped up and I fell backwards. 

Quill looked around and noticed that Joel and Tess were back. 

" Why are you guys so blurry?" She asked before she started to tilt left. 

I caught her before she hit the ground. 

" We're going to be stuck here for a while." Joel said as he helped me put Quill back on the couch. 

( Joel's P.O.V.) 

9:30 pm

" Let's get this over with." I said as I went through the crack in the wall first.

" She said that theirs some Fireflies that traveled from another city waiting for us," Tess said. " Girl must be important. What is the deal with you anyway, you some big-wigs daughter or something?" 

" She has a name you know." Quill said. 

" Something like that." Ellie said.

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