S44

9. Memories

            S44's POV:
Morning. I got ready a bit early today. Zack is still asleep. He got up before me yesterday. Why am i making this a competition? And why do i have this need to put it in his face?

I look at him sleeping and then look away. And then look at him again.

'OK, it's about time. Just this once.' I take a couple of steps back to prepare. And then i rush and jump with my feet on his bed, making him fly off of it. I remember Logan doing this every morning. I was always wandering why je enjoyed it so much. Now i see why. This is fun.

Zack fell on the floor instantly waking up. He then got up in pain with his eyes shut closed.

"Ouch! That hurt. I told you to stop doind that Loga-" than he snaped out of it. I guess he finaly woke up. He looked up to his bed fast but insted of Logan, he saw me.

I was still standing on his bed. I waved  at him with a winner smile on my face. He looked surprised. Realy surprised. This is so out of character for me. But at least i know how to wake him up now. He never gets up normaly.

"You will be late." I inform him. He then looks at the clock and jumps on his legs, running towards bathroom.

When he left my smile turned into a serious look. I looked above my bed to see a venthole blocked with metal lattice. I then look outside of my cell to see Masha that is up and ready to go.

The sound of footsteps then fills the air. I look at the clock to see that it's 07:00. He will be late...

As i think that the bathroom door flush open revieling Zack. He was panting and rushly dressed. He was fixing his clothes as a guard opened our cell leting us out.

"That was close." Zack said while exhaling. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" He asked.

"I tried and it didn't work." I said sruging. "Then i thought of trying Logans aprouch." I say that, my voice geting lower on each word. I look at Zack that was lookin sideways.

I do realize that it's a painfull topic, but if i don't mension him from time to time it's like he never existed.

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I menaged to steel some coats after lunch. Don't ask how. Those doctors have too much of these anyways, they wont notice 2 or 3 missing.

I put them in my secret spot in my room. It's under my bed. I move one board of the floor to reveal a hole. That was my and Lea's hiding spot when we were 8 years old. Let's just say we didn't just sit around all day doing nothing.

Come to think of it, this cell is full of memorys. We didn't have much freedom here, but at night and our free time we would do a lot of crazy stuff here. Well, not me realy, i would just watch my friends do crazy stuff. I would try it myself sometime, it was fun.

I wonder why did i distance myself from everyone. I was never so close to anyone, realy. But still.

I sigh and get up from my bed, leaving the cell.As i pass through the white hallways all my memories fill them. One girl runs past me, i look at her to see 9 years old Lea smiling and waving to someome behind me. I look back and see little Zack and Logan fighting, well aren't they having fun. Mark and Masha that are a bit older then us are talking and behind them are Layla and her cellmate Sara. There is our eldest member at the time, Noah, just looking at Logan and Zack fighting, looks like he is trying to pick his side to cheer on.

Lea runs up to a white haired girl with red eyes, taking her hands and lifting them up.

"Hey S! Didn't your age number went up today?" She asked, i nod.

"That means that today's your birthday!" She yells. We here don't celebrate anything. Our age is just a number that they use in some tests and let us see it, because, well, it's no secret.

Little Lea then runs up to everyone and yells. "I read in some books that people should celebrate their birthdays! So lets celebrate S's day!" She yelled. Surprisingly everyone smiled and started cheering. Even Zack and Logan stoped fighting and joined the fun.Lea was just draging me around as we played a lot of games.

I gigled at the memory. All of a sudden they all disapeared, i wasn't surprised. The past is in the past, i will keep and enjoy my memories with them, but i shouldn't let it hold me back.

Now when i think of it, my 13th birthday is January 24th. And before me is Zacks January 10th. Time sure pases fast. I remember when i first got here. They just braught me here and i had my own cell. The kids that were here all welcomed me. There was Masha closest to my age along with her friend Maya, and there were Mark, Noah and Jacky, the older kids.

I was the yungest one that was braught here and the only one that was S ranked. They all called me S, nobody ever knew my real name, so even i started forgeting it. Then some went away and others come. I got used to this place realy fast. It wasn't that hard to survive for me.

As i finished thinking i entred library and was welcomed with Zack and Masha that were sitting in their tables. We seperated ourselves in seperate tables because there wasn't enough space for all the books on just one table. I smiled at them and sat in my chair, opening one book and started reading it. I should be prepared, we are leaving this all behind soon.