Heal my Heart

Chapter 25 - Exploration

WARNING This chapter contains smut (not too explicit though), beware.

A month had passed since Thanksgiving and everything was finally back to normal. Grizz was now completely healed from his bear injury and the word had passed all around town that he had fought a grizzly. Even if people found it kinda amazing and heroic, he took the matter very seriously.

"Allie, we can't have anyone wander in the woods without proper training. We don't know what to expect in the forest anymore. This time it was a bear and I was really lucky, but it could be any wild dangerous animal. Grizzly are normally not even here in Connecticut, what will happen if we come face to face with a wolf or something like that, next time?"

"Yeah, I know, Grizz. We have to be more careful from now on." she answered.

"Do you think you could give self-defense courses or something like that to prepare the ones who'll go into the woods for farming?" Will asked.

"Well, I think Luke and I could teach them a few things about survival basis but they shouldn't go there without us."

"I know, but you can't go to the woods yourself, Grizz. We don't know what could happen and with your heart, you can't take the risk to have to handle dangerous situations." Allie added.

"Maybe not right now, but when I'm completely fine again, I could take medication and..."

"That's a no, Grizz, period." Will interrupted.

"Alright, but who then? You know, Grizz and I can't always be here for everything a tiny bit dangerous . We can't work with the Guard, the medical center, give self defense classes, arrest people and go to the woods. We have to find durable solutions. We're not numerous enough." Luke said.

"We could maybe go on a recon mission just the two of us in the woods. We both know how to handle wild situations and this way, we won't have to worry about keeping the others safe during the trip. We can try to cartography the forest and list animal life."

"No you can't. Remember what the drone recorded? These woods are extremely dense and even with drones we couldn't find the end. This would take forever." Gordie spoke up.

While the group was trying to find solutions to their woods problem, Sam took Becca aside to talk to her privately.

"Is there something wrong, Sam?" she signed to her best friend.

"No, it's not really a problem, Bec. It's just that something's been bothering me for a while now...It's about Grizz." the deaf boy started.

"What about him? If you tell me you're still worried about his health, Sam..."

"No. It's not about this. It's something more...private."

"What is it?"

"Well, you know, Grizz and I kinda live together now, right?"

"Yeah, I know, I'm happy for you guys."

"Thanks. It's just, we never really...you know..."

"I don't understand, Sam. What are you trying to tell me?"

"We never did anything...sexual."

"What?!" she almost shouted.

"Don't be like that, they'll hear us!" Sam blushed.

"Wait, it's been like what, eight month now that you're together, and you've done nothing...nothing!"

"Well, aside from kissing, no."