Amelia Constantino was driving back to Jericho from New Bern when the nuclear bombs hit the states. She was suppose to be meeting her estranged husband with divorce papers, not get stuck helping the town and family she ran away from all those years...
She was helping her out with small stuff so she could take care of the people that required more medical attention.
Amelia looked in the room to see a familiar woman sitting on the bed with her leg propped up in bandages.
"Heather? What are you doing here? I didn't know you were in Jericho!" she said as she embraced her old friend from college.
"I moved here to teach at the elementary school. I really love it. I heard that you had went back to New Bern. Its good to have you here." Heather said to her.
April grabbed the boot cast and turned to Amelia.
"You wanna help me put this on her?" Amelia grabbed the boot from her so she could give Heather a shot.
"You'll still be pretty mobile in it. How do you feel?" April asked Heather as Amelia strapped the boot together on Heather's foot.
She smiled at her friend in triumph.
"I feel like a badass." Heather joked as Amelia chucked softly.
April even cracked a smile.
"You should. You helped keep those kids calm and safe. I'm glad you're OK." Amelia told her friend.
She caught herself telling that to a lot of people as her mind instantly went to Jake.
As if he knew she was thinking about him the door barged open and the man invading her thoughts poked his head in the room.
"April, does the clinic have a fallout shelter?" Jake asked quickly as his eyes landed on Amelia.
She felt herself squirm under his gaze as she finally realized what he was asking and became confused.
"Yes. Why what's going on?" April asked. "Its bad. I need you guys to come with me." Jake said as he kept his eyes on Amelia.
She gave him a confused look but stood up anyway.
"I'll be right back." She assured Heather who looked just as confused as she did.
Amelia followed behind April as she brushed past Jake.
She felt his hand on her lower back and tensed up.
They followed April down to the fallout shelter under the clinic.
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Once they opened up the door Amelia's eyes went wide at how horrible the room looked.
They started moving stuff around and Amelia tried to stay as far away from Jake as she could but she left his presence all around her.
"When was the last time someone was in here?" Jake asked.
"You've got to be kidding me! I can't put people in here." April stated.
