70 MILES ~ Rim of The World.

Fielding

  I held onto Gabriel's shoulders as we entered the destroyed city, i remember those little postcards i would get from a few relatives that moved from England to America, who mainly live in Los Angeles.
I kick a few rocks on the ground, watching as it skids away from my feet and along the road.

  "There!"
     We all look up to see a big building that was clearly called:

Sheriff Station

  "Man, this place is trashed."
     Dariush commented and i nodded, agreeing with him.I continued to look around until we stopped at this large tree infront of the station, i looked around and saw some maps, books, clothes, seems like some people were here before.

  "Uh, you guys just go ahead.I-I'll stay here and watch our bikes.."
   I said sheepishly and look down, playing with the hem of my jumper and adjustibg my glasses so they sit on the bridge of my nose instead of fall down.

  "Oh yeah, 'cause the aliens want to jack our mountain bikes!"
   Dariush said sarcastically and my eyes fluttered down to the ground again, i bit my bottom lip and a sudden shyness was felt throughout my body.I couldn't tell them that i was still afraid of the dark and is afraid of going anywhere alone.

  "Yeah!Looters could take them!"
     I looked up at Alex's claim, they all shrugged and dropped their bikes.Dariush rolled his eyes and walked in as i nodded at Alex thankfully, him doing the same.I sat down at the stump of the tree and looked up to see Gabriel smiling down at me, sitting down beside where i was.I furrowed my brows and looked at him questioningly.

  "I'll stay here with you,"
      He said which made me smile widely, something i have been doing often around him.

  "Why did you stay back?I sure as hell know you don't just wanna watch the bikes."
   He asked and i chuckled, brushing a few strands of my brown hair behind my ear and played around with a compass as i spun it around and watched the needle repeatedly turn back to where the North and South pole were.

  "...I'm afraid of the dark.."
     I said with a cute pout which made him break out into a fit of laughter.I looked at him astonished and slapped him on the back with all of my strength, which was not much, and looked at him embarrassed as his head was still looking down at the floor.He was laughing so hard no sound came out of his mouth.
  Soon enough, he stopped laughing but still gave me an amused grin of which i rolled my eyes to and faced the other way to ignore him.

  "Aww, come on El!You know i was joking!"
   He said, still in an entertained tone and i huffed, folding my arms on my chest like a little girl and shook my head, refusing to look at him.Suddenly, i felt two hands poke at my sides and i moved away, pushing down the feeling of laughter.A mischievous smirk made its way onto his face when he realised something.

I was Ticklish.

  "Oh shit.."
      I cursed and suddenly he dived towards me, tickling me in my stomach which caused a sea of high pitched giggles to come out of my mouth, along with little begs to stop.

"Say you forgive me, and i'll stop!"
He demanded and i shook my head side to side, refusing to give in to his will which obly made me tickle me to the point where i can't breath.

"I-forgive-holy shit-you!"
I say between laughter and he smirks triumphantly and takes his hands off of me.I begin coughing for a bit and massage my cheeks, laying my head on his shoulder and taking deep breaths in.
"Gabe?"

"Hm?"

"Do you think..we'll actually be able to survive this?"
I ask him.There was a silent pause as i assume he was debating what to say.