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Chapter 17

~Camille~
"Camille! Wake up." Chris shook me. I woke up slowly. Kirsten was pulling into a small parking lot.
"What are we doing here?" I asked.
"The car is breaking down. It can't take this much travel." She said. We all got out of the car, and into the small lot.
"Where are we?" Crawford asked. Karisma looked at her phone.
"Somewhere in Tennessee." She said. .
"How long have we been driving?" I asked.
"You slept a long time. We've been driving for 2 days. This car doesn't go very fast." Kirsten said. I started walking around the lot. There was nothing around. We were on abandoned street. Great.
"What are we gonna do?" Crawford complained.
"We have to ditch the car." I said.
"Yeah." Chris said. I stretched after a 2 day nap. It was dry and hot. Ugghh.
"Well, we could walk?" I suggested.
"Then we'll be like hobos." Kirsten said.
"Well, it is our only hope," Karisma agreed.
"Okay." Kirsten sighed. And we were off. I'd like to say it was about 20 minutes until we found someone, but no.
We have been walking for 3 hours and nothing. No people. No trucks. No buildings. Karisma got so tired she fell to the ground, and now Chris is carrying her on his back. Double the trouble for him.
"So, how old are we?" Crawford asked me out of nowhere.
"You don't know?"
"Our parents stopped celebrating birthdays after Kirsten turned 4." He said.
"Whoa whoa hold up! You've never celebrated a birthday then?" I said. He shook his head.
"Okay, well, my birthday passed about 3 months ago, and I'm 17. So you are too." I said.
"Wow. It felt like, I was like, 25 because that's how slow my life has felt." He said. I chuckled sadly.
"Hey, sorry your life has been so bad. But it'll get better." I said. A small smile appeared across his face.
"You know your a better sister than the others?"
"HEY!" Kirsten and Karisma yelled at him, as he chuckled. Wow. I thought my friends were my closest siblings, when really, I had 4 I never knew about. That is really crazy though, to think you have no family, when you realize you have family, and you just me them. That is the feeling I've been feeling for a while now. It's so weird, but so amazing.
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Now we have been walking for days. It feels like we're walking in circles, bur we're not. We're all so hungry, and helpless. Then we saw a small little car driving down the road. Two actually. In the cars, there were to girls, both beautiful. One had short red hair and was wearing a blue tanktop and shorts. The other had poofy multicoloured hair and was wearing a purple tshirt and white shorts. I put out my thumb and so did the rest of us. The girls stopped by us.
"Hi!" One said.
"Hello!" The other said.
"Hi! I'm Camille and this is Crawford, Chris, Karisma and Kirsten." I said.
"Hi, I'm Alesa." One said.
"And I'm Ashley." The other said. She had a beautiful British accent.
"So, you think we could hitch a ride? We've been walking for days." Karisma asked.
"Of course! Ashley you take two, I'll take three." Alesa said. Me, Chris and Crawford went with Alesa, while Karisma and Kirsten went with Ashley.
"Where do you guys want to go?" Ashley asked.
"Um, how far away is the nearest airport?" I asked.
"Not far." Alesa said.
"Okay, then the nearest airport please." Crawford said. Alesa nodded and the girls started driving.
"The closest airport is in Nashville. Not that many miles away." Alesa announced. We started heading towards Nashville.
Not long after, we arrived at the airport. It wasn't as big as LAX, but whatever right?
"Ugh. Guys. I forgot. We can't pay." I groaned. We all groaned.

"No guys, we got 2 first class tickets. You can trade it in for 5 coach tickets." Alesa said. I ran and hugged her.

"You beautiful ladies are the nicest people I've met! Thank you so much!" We all tackled them in a bone crushing hug.

"Honestly. You 5 people are crazy. Well, our friends flight delayed. We didn't wanna wait for them so...."

"Thanks so much Ashley and Alesa. You both rock." Karisma said.

"Hey, and you need a bit of help right? You got any money?" Ashley asked. Chris pulled out 20 bucks, and so did Crawford, Kirsten and Karisma.

"Okay. I don't have money, sorry guys." I mumbled.

"It's fine. Your our sister." Crawford said. Then out of nowhere, Chris said,

"Ashley, can I talk to you?"