It was a great night but the group started to disintegrate as it began to get colder. I was definitely tired, I felt myself dozing in and out every once in a while. Shane was warm and comfortable. I mean, who wouldn't fall asleep? Honestly.
Shane had gotten up to do something and after a while of waiting for him to return, I decided to get up and go to my tent to get some sleep. I couldn't risk falling asleep outside. Not only was I next to a fire, but also there's dead people walking around eating living ones. Yeah, I'd rather not go like that.
I almost made it to my tent when I felt someone grab my arm and swing me into them so my back was against their chest. I opened my mouth to scream, by they put their hand over it to silence me. I panicked, not knowing what was going to happen to me. Was I going to get beaten? Raped? Killed? All of the above? Or worse? Seconds felt like minutes as the person brought their lips to my ear and whispered "Gotcha." My eyes grew wide as I recognized the voice. It belonged to Shane.
He loosened his grip on me and I pushed away from him. I turned around and started to flip. "What the fuck Shane!" I whisper shouted at him. Tears began to form in my eyes and Shane had guilt written all over his face. "I thought I was about to get raped, beaten, murdered....what possessed you to think that was a good idea?" Shane definitely felt bad, he walked towards me and tried to touch me but I smacked him away. "Don't even right now. You scared me to death." I started to cry as I walked into the tent. Sobbing endlessly, I got into the sleeping bag. I moved all the way to the edge, trying to get away from Shane's side. There wasn't much I could do since our sleeping bags were connected.
I felt Shane get in the sleeping bag and I knew he was trying to put his arm around me or do something to comfort me but didn't want to upset me again. After a few minutes of silence, Shane spoke up. "I-I'm sorry Sara. I didn't mean to upset you or make you cry. It was stupid of me and I wasn't thinking." He said. I could hear in his voice that he was sincere about his apology. He felt really bad. I rolled over and looked at him. I scooted closer and he wrapped his arms around me. "It was a mistake. I'll never do it again. I promise." He said, kissing my head.
Not long after that, I fell asleep in his arms.
