Nomads: The Ghost + The Darkness//Sequel(TheWattys2019)

Chapter Two: The Girl of Very Few Words

Dylan POV
We packed the food we need for the road, we introduced Angela to everyone in our little group and even MIssy, Angel never really wanted to accept our help in the kitchen,”She’s really independent”
“Can you blame her? The girl has been here for a year without any help, she’ll thaw out” I said to Fynn,”Yeah, but for how long? She kept this place rather cozy, I doubt that she’ll ever leave this place”
“She said she needs to think about it because well even though Howell and I did stay at my place for a few days, it was still hard to leave it, so I think we can cut her a little slack” That got him to shut up thank you Blaire, I went into the kitchen,”So how long have you been living here?”
“I’ve lived here since 2018, I was 14”
“So you’re 16 or 17”
“16” She’s really quiet or she is just kinda a girl of very few words,”D-Do you need any-”
“I can manage, you guys had a rough Journey over here and accidentally slept in a stranger’s house who happens to be a Minor, but you’re lucky it isn’t a psycho’s house”
“Ohh Blaire and I were in a house like that”
“Really?”
“Yeah, we were uh tortured in a few ways, it was not pretty” She made a face that said it all,”Yikes, Dylan, I’m trying to prepare Dinner for all of you,soo” She shooed me out of the kitchen and into the living room, there were board games and card games to keep us entertained,”Jesus she’s really stocked”
“A year Howell, a year” Blaire said to me and I did a hand sign language that said
Dylan: Up yours
Blaire: Dream on
Dylan: No not really
Blaire: Okay *rolls eyes*

“Guys, what are you doing? Are you both spazzing out?” Dylan shook his head,”No, our leader taught us sign language so that way if we were in a situation like last year, we could communicate without talking”
“That’s actually not a bad idea, you should teach us because you never know if we ever will be in a situation like yours, but would be nice if we know what to do like you guys” We knew it would take a while for them, but we’ll teach them the basics, we weren’t sure how long it’ll take them, but we do know that it’s better to teach them the little things now than them not prepared. We ended up playing BS which is a game where you have a set of cards and have them faced down, you put in a card in order and if you put down an off number then someone says BS, they’re either right or wrong and if they’re right, you take your card back. It’s fun really,”Dinner’s ready” She set the table that had the silverware and the seasonings, not enough room for people to eat around it,”She sure doesn’t talk that much, she comes off as the bitch”
“Either that or we just broke into her house and slept it in, ate her food and possibly slept on her beds”
“We’re the Goldilocks and she’s the bear that is taking care of us”
“Who’s the bear?” She came over,”Fynn is the bear because he gives the biggest bear hugs”

Blaire POV
Fynn was only 15 and 6ft, he really does give the biggest bear hugs,”Okay” She gave us the look that she knew what they were talking about, I wasn’t saying a word because I don’t know her enough to judge her,”Thank you Angela”
“You can just call me Angel” I nodded,”Angel” She brought her food into the living room and sat on the big chair,”You have a lot of beds here”
“My mother and I weren’t the only ones, My grandfather was here along with my cousin and aunt. So he took the bedroom, they took the bunk beds and my mother and I were in here”
“That makes a lot of sense, what happened to them?” She stopped eating and was quiet, I nudged Fynn,”If she doesn’t want to talk about it, you shouldn’t force her to, if she can’t say it, it must be hard for her to talk about it, am I right Angel?” She nodded,”I’m not gonna say”
“See Fynn, if she’s not ready, she won’t tell” I defended for her and she quietly said thank you, I sat on the chair next to her, while most of us were talking, she was quiet. Dylan got up and said he was done, it was a half hour of laughing and talking, he offered to take everyone’s plate and put them in a huge bucket where she keeps the dirty plates, she had it all figured it out,”So what do you do with all the water?”
“My mother had a water purifier, so I used it for the water from the river”
“She’s good”
“Well if you don’t live in town, you gotta have a Plan B”