TMR - Trenda - The Hidden Oracle

(1) Thomas

I woke up the third morning after being in the Safe Haven. Well, after I woke up the first time. My wound was certainly healing. It was a very cold morning. Brenda was standing outside, talking to Jorge. They both seemed upset. I heard their soft conversation.
"Well, we should start building structures for schools and education."

Jorge whispered. Education? Schools? There are no children here. Must be for the children in the future..

"It will take a while, finding all the materials, and lots of us don't even remember much about our past."

Brenda's hair grew fast, it was shoulder length. She looked beautiful, in that outfit. A woolen black tank top, denim jeans, and a white infinity scarf. I was tired, I didn't want to move, I sat up anyways. She glanced over to me. I kept my eyes open, and I wasn't scared to hear what she had to say.

"See you later, Brenda. I'll go talk to Vince about the schools and education."
"Ok." Jorge walked away. "Hey Thomas," Brenda started walking to my cot. "Hey."
"How are you holding up?"
"Good."
"Again, I'm sorry about Newt and Teresa."
"It wasn't your fault."
"I think there should be a funeral."
"Me too,"
I felt my heart drop. Brenda kissed me on the cheek. I blushed. She stood back up. "You deserve it." She smiled and walked out. I just sat there, thinking if I really did or not.

I nodded to myself. I do. I stood up and walked out, saw many waves push up against the shore.
"It's weird," Minho stood next to me. "If the sun scorched Earth, why is there water here? Especially cold water."
"Well they call it a 'Safe Haven' for a reason." I replied to him. "We're missing someone named Collin. This morning, he was gone. His friends claimed to have seen something drag him out of their bunker, they were to scared to tell anyone that late." Again, my heart dropped. "Gone?" I ached.
"Yep, gone. The only clues were slime, like greiver slime. Or something disgusting. Whatever it is, I don't think it's finnished. It may come back."
"Nice news," I sarcastically said.... I was afraid. "Well, be careful." He walked away as well. I randomly explored the beach, Brenda was in the distance, collecting water and salt for distillation. I noticed she was humming. A song I loved when I could remember. I recalled what Minho said, about how it was weird the cold water was here after the Scorch.

I continued exploring the beach, the palm trees were being harvested by some workers Vince called 'Harvesters'. He had a big speech last night about our occupations and responsibilities. Tonight was going to be an assembly for a Night Watch Program. I saw on the bulletin board by the service rock. Names like Chuck, Hannah, Newt, Teresa, carved onto it.

Soon, my kiss with Teresa meant NOTHING to me. I recalled when Brenda and I kissed, in that crag heads party, at their haven.... I liked it, I decided to ask Brenda about it. Of course I was nervous. I had a crush on her.