Lord of the Flies (Jack x Piggy x Ralph)

Chapter 3

Finally Ralph gains the courage to move his feet in the direction of Piggy and Jack. Step by step his forehead lines with sweat, his palms becoming clammy as he nears. Both the boys are laughing and the little ones were chatting their ears off. Slowly the chatter dies once Ralph's presence was noted.
Piggy breaks the silence, "Ralph! I finally got to leave my bedrest, though sometimes it is weird walking." His smile backs up the cheer behind his words. Ralph starts to smile, all of his nerves go away.
But then Jack intervenes, "Ralph-o-roooooo! Its nice to talk outside of Piggy's quarters, makes it seem like we're actually friends!" New nerves appear, not ones of nervousness but rather of irritation. Jack scoots and gestures for Ralph to sit down at his side.
Though it was against Ralph's better judgement, he sat. With Jack on his right and Piggy on his left, Ralph felt a odd sense of peace. As if that's where he truly belonged. The group chatted away, the nerves long gone, the smiles shared and the jealousy gone.

Soon it wasn't a group of 10, maybe 9, it was a trio of kids smiling and talking. It was like they weren't just recovering from a drama filled adventure.
Marines would enter the mess hall and leave, their ears picking up on what was the laughter of happy kids. They would watch as the trio would punch each others arms, maybe push each other around. It was like they weren't on a ship, or they weren't in the presence of highly respected marines.
They were kids, their actions made it clear.

As time passed the trio had began to get tired, their energy not as full as before. They leave the table they had spent hours at and exit the mess hall. Ralph takes note that Piggy was starting to look better, the weight he had lost was slowly coming back, "youre yoyoing... like the yoyo effect"
"Yoyo effect?" Piggy questioned, somehow he didnt know this word.
"Yeah like when you lose a bunch of weight but it all comes back suddenly!"
"Oh! Its because i wasnt eating properly when i was on death bed, it caused my body to use its stored fats and now im storing more... i think." Piggy explains.
"If you lose weight will it help with your asthma?" Jack wonders.
"Ass-mar" Ralph corrects with a chuckle. His childish remarks cause all three to laugh.
"Im not so sure if it'll help me honestly."
"Its worth a shot."
"Dont worry Piggy, if you lose weight you'll crush everyones idea on you."
Piggy grimaces at the word crush, he suddenly remembers the facts he himself was almost crushed. Suddenly memories start popping up, his chest getting tighter with each thought. His throat burns, the taste of salt water remains but what lingers stronger is the meal he just had.
Flinging his hand over his mouth he runs towards his quarters, his asthma starting to take a toll and slowing him down. His ears picks up footsteps behind him. Piggy reaches the bathroom and throws up, tears stream down his face as he empties his stomach.
        He cries and cries as he breaks down. Two sets of feet stop by piggy, they comfort him and question why he started freaking out.
      "I... I remembered about the island and.. an- a" piggy stops as more bile finds its way out of his mouth.
  "Piggy its okay" Jack whispers while worried for his friend.
"You'll be okay, lets forget it all happened." Ralph rubs piggy's shoulders while calming him down with words.
      "You- you don't understand! I cant forget, its burned into my mind, i fear even wearing glasses! When i see fire my skin itches, even being on this ship as the water rocks it back and forth makes me feel disgusted! Im going mad, i might go insane-" piggy rants, both Jack and Ralph share worried glances, " Hell! I might not want to ever eat meat again. I hardly had any anyway because mr Jack Merridew wanted to teach me some kind of lesson!"
      Jack perks up, "Piggy I'm sorry!"
"Even Piggy is a name I want to abandon! Ralph i had told you not to call me that and look where it got me! Afraid even more of that humiliating nickname!"
      Ralph grimaces and wearily whispers, "i wanted to save you from being called 'fatty', i didn't know you would have hated Piggy this much."
     "Thats the problem! You both don't understand but you sit there and try to console me! Im done. Im done with your arse of an apology! Another thing, its 'asthma' not 'ass-mar'... now get out and leave me be." Piggy pants out of frustration.
        "Okay... we'll be out of your hair." Ralph drags Jack by the collar and pulls him out. Jack and Ralph both sag their shoulders in defeat as they leave Piggy's room.
       "Jack... I'm so horrible!" Ralph starts to tear up while his face brightens as much as Jack's hair.
  "No Ralph its all my fault, band has not prepared me for this." Jack keeps walking while lowering his head.
         As they walk further from Piggy's room a feeling that cant shake irks them.

          "Oh Piggy... its time to take back whats mine."