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| Ceylon |
There we sat in complete silent, the only sounds that could be heard were the guys moving the debris around. I didn't know what to say either.
I was sitting against a broken down wall, hugging my knees while Rhain was pacing back and forth. She looked nervous as if something was bugging her. Of course this wasn't how I pictured this day going, but I tried to calm my nerves.
"Why are you so nervous" I asked her as I looked at pebble that was laying in front of me.
She turned around, "how are you so calm?".
I looked up and looked her straight in the eye- something that I haven't been doing in a while now. Before I kept seeing her holding a gun, shooting Emme. But right now I saw Rhain as she actually is, a short girl who puts up a strong facade but who's actually just as insecure as the rest of us. Only she decided to hide it for the sake of others.
"I asked you first, but since you asked so nicely" I tell her as I stand up, brushing the dirt off my clothes, "we are stuck in here until the guys save us, there's nothing else we can do right now. So instead of worrying I decide to empty my mind before it's filled with horror scenarios".
Rhain looks taken back that I'm talking to her again.
I grab my bag as I look through it to find the one item I need right now.
"You're right, but still I can't help but wonder what's going out there".
She sighs softly, moving her hand through her curly hair.
"You seem to forget that there's another leader on the other side of that debris wall, there's another second in command behind there" I tell her in the hope she would calm down a little.
"I know you're right, besides what are you doing" she asks as I keep rummaging through my bag.
I look up to face her, I finally found the item I was looking for, "looking for a hairbrush, don't tell anyone but I stole Jessica's since mine is being used by a crank right now".
She raises her eyebrows at me, "seriously? We are locked in here and you decide to spend that time brushing your hair? Is this some way to make Newt fall harder for you?".
Even though I'm glad we are talking again, it still feels odd to talk about Newt. Back in the Glade we would tell each other anything that was bothering us.
I roll my eyes as I try to suppress the urge to chuckle.
"More like brushing my hair because I'm a girl, I don't have balls remember" I tell her as I take out my ponytail, for the first time in a long time I get the chance to untangle my hair.
She let's out a soft chuckle, "yeah I remember".
As soon as I'm done I hide the brush in a secret compartment in my bag, in case Jessica goes complaining again. Which will be every minute of every day like she always does.
"Guys" we suddenly hear the voice of Thomas yell at us, "you guys need to move quickly on my counts, as soon as we remove this part the whole thing might collapse. It's a small gap but you guys fit, just move fast".
I quickly pick up my bag as we both stand in front of the debris wall, waiting for Thomas his sign for us to get moving.
"Cey I want you to go first" Rhain suddenly says.
I look at her with raised eyebrows, "what? Why?".
She shakes her head as she holds onto my shoulder, "just tell me you'll go first".
The determined look on her face tells me that she won't take no for an answer. So instead of questioning her I just nod yes, although I still don't agree. She's shorter then me by a few centimeters, it only makes sense she goes first. But in the end she's the leader and she knows what's good for us so I trust her judgement.
"Ready" we hear Thomas yell again.
"Yeah hurry" Rhain replies, the small space was probably getting to her.
We hear Thomas count down from three to one before a block is removed, I quickly crawl through the space- as soon as I'm through I stick out my hand through the hole. I feel how Rhain grabs my hand as I pull her through.
She gets through just in time before the hole is blocked again. We pant softly as we look at the part where we just came from.
"We're glad you guys are okay" Aaliyah says happily before pulling us into a bear hug.
I smile as I hug her back, it felt good being with the gang again.
Aaliyah helps us stand up with a smile. I can tell she was worried about us.
Out of nowhere Newt pulls me into a hug, a tight hug I have to say.
"Guys, I hate to be the killjoy but we have to run" Jessica says in a monotone voice, while in reality she is the human form of killjoy.
I stand on the tip of my toes to see what she's talking about, "Newt let go we have to run for real" I yell.
The rest looks behind them to see what was going on. Parts of the building were starting to collapse, breaking apart and falling to the ground.
Our eyes widen, as we start to run. Jumping over parts of fallen debris, dodging beams that were falling down.
At least we saw the end of the breaking down building.
From the corner of my eye I noticed how someone's foot slipped and almost fell all the way down. Without thinking I grab the arm, not slowing down my pace. Just one more jump and we were save.
"Okay quickly, jump" Thomas yelled as he was the first to jump.
He quickly stood up signalling the rest of us to jump.
I let go of the arm I was holding before urging Aaliyah to go next. After her Frypan, Jessica, Aris en Rhain followed. I wanted to push Newt to go first, but he had a different plan.
"You can't wait any longer" he told me as he grabbed a hold of my wrist before we took the jump on together.
I closed my eyes, afraid that our weight combined would cause in us not making the jump. However I fell onto something soft- wondering if this is what heaven feels like. That was until I heard a grunting noise.
I opened my eyes and immediately jumped up, "oh God I'm so sorry Newt".
He just shook my apology away with his hand, sitting upright as he let out a soft cough.
Suddenly I see Jessica standing in front of me, she out of nowhere pulled me in a hug- making soft sobbing noises, "thank you so much for saving my life" she sobs.
Confused I just pat her back, wondering what she was talking about.
Did I just actually save her life?
But what I wondered about the most was if anyway had seen the way Newt hugged me. Yes all of them except for Jessica had their back turned towards us, but maybe someone noticed it anyway.
I shake the thoughts off as I try to focus on what was happening right now, and that was Jessica crying on my shoulder.
