Survival of the Fittest

Chapter Six

I clutched Harry’s arm in fear and watched as the shadows came closer and closer. Nobody moved, which probably was really foolish of us but fear had won and we were all as stiff as rocks. There was no light and I could only see the faces of my friends standing close to me, everything else was dark, except for the flickering light of fireflies in the distance. “Hello?” Harry whispered to the figures before us. “Harry?” I heard a very familiar voice question. “Liam is that you?” Niall shouted from behind me. The dark figure to the left of the three moved in closer and I could see the soft facial features of Liam Payne in front of me. Niall, Zayn and Harry all grabbed him into a huge hug. “Um Hello? What am I chopped liver?” I heard another familiar voice sassily say. “Loueh?” Zayn shouted as Louis Tomlinson moved in closer and smiled. “Oh my god Louis!” I heard Harry cry as he hugged him with full force. All five members of One direction were now accounted for, but there was still one dark figure that hadn’t shown it’s  face.

“Who’s that?” Niall whispered to Liam. “Ivy!” Liam called to the figure, “its okay, you can come over, these are my friends.” I saw the dark figure slowly approach us and a girl who seemed to be in her young twenties appeared. “This is Ivy” Louis said as he wrapped his arm around her, she didn’t seem too pleased by his motion and he quickly let go. Harry gave Louis a playful laugh and then said “Well hello Ivy, I’m Harry and this is Niall, Zayn, Joanna, Rachel and Kate” He said as he pointed to each of us. “Hi” She said plainly.

Rachel pulled out a flashlight and placed it on the ground so we could see everyone a little bit clearer. Ivy didn’t seem like the type of girl to be shy, she wore a black jumper and black sweatpants with her dark red hair tied back in a bun. Louis who was standing uncomfortably close to Ivy, was wearing a blue and white striped t-shirt and had a grey jumper hanging off  his shoulder, his pants were brown corduroy and he wore a blue pair of Toms on his feet. He didn’t exactly match but none of us got to choose what we came in here wearing. Liam who was talking to Niall was wearing a plain white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with brown trucker boots, simple, but effective.

Once everyone was introduced the questions began. “So how did you guys get here?” Liam asked us. “Well ,we all started in the same white room where it began to snow, we found a way out and eventually just bumped into each other, we’ve stuck together since then and now we’re here” Zayn replied. “Rachel is my partner, Kate is Zayn’s and Joanna is Harry’s” Niall added as he put his arm around Rachel smiling. “Well I guess you guys are probably wondering why Liam and I are both here with Ivy” Louis sighed. “The thought did come to mind” Harry winked. Louis rolled his eyes in response and began to explain. “Well we began in a very hot room with brick walls surrounding us, I ran to the first pretty girl I saw and handcuffed myself to her, but Liam had the same idea and we both ended up handcuffed to this girl” he said looking down to Ivy who seemed quite annoyed. “We finally found an exit from the room and then ended up in a house where we found the key to unlock ourselves, we thought it was best to stick together and now we ended up here” Liam finished.

I couldn’t help but notice Ivy never made eye contact with any of the boys, this kind of worried me because I felt like she was hiding something. “Well I think it’s time we all go back to sleep, there is still a few hours of dark left and we should use it to rest” Harry said while grabbing my waist and pulling me towards the tent. “Harry don’t be rude” I laughed, “At least show Liam, Ivy and Louis to their room.” Harry sighed and did not seem pleased that he had to wait longer before going back to sleep. “All right, your room is on the end” he said pointing to the last zippered door. “Happy?” He whispered to me as he grabbed my waist and pulled me inside our room.

I felt at ease with Harry, he wrapped his arms around me as we cuddled into each other on the tent floor. I caught myself gazing into his eyes as he moved in closer. He warmly kissed my lips and whispered “I love you” in my ear. “I love you too” I whispered back as he kissed me again. His lips were soft and his kiss was sweet. I wanted him to continue to kiss me but I was very tired and could barely keep awake. “Get some rest love” He said, probably noticing my eyes trying to stay open. My eyes slowly closed and the last thing I saw was Harry lovingly gazing at me as I fell asleep.