To Kill Time

Chapter 2: Stranger

CHAPTER TWO: STRANGER

       The three wolves disintegrated. In their place stood a tall figure. 
"You should go check on your friend, see if he's okay," he said in a calm voice.
How does he know Derek is here? June thought.
"All right," she responded.
       June went inside to check on Derek. Sure enough, he looked worse.
I got to get this under control soon. June thought. Otherwise, he'll– June couldn't bring herself to finish her thought.
"Here," June jumped. The guy who helped her before was now holding a med-kit behind her.
"Where did you get that?" she asked.
"Where do you think? From outside. I brought it along just in case, but it looks like your friend needs it more than me."
"Oh, thank you!" June leaped on the stranger and momentarily wrapped him in a hug. It took her a minute to realize that she never even knew this person.
"Sorry," she said.
       She opened the med-kit and set it down next to Derek.
"Can you please help me?" she asked.
"Why not?"
After several minutes of experiments, June had bandaged the wound tightly. Derek still looked pale, so she took some food out of her jean's pocket. 
"Derek. Derek, get up," June whispered. Derek's eyes fluttered open slowly. 
"June?" Derek looked at his bandaged arm. "You did this for me?" 
"It wasn't all me." June looked toward the boy. This time she got a good look at him.
       He had dirtier blonde hair than June's, and his eyes were the color of hazel. He looked a little older than June and Derek too. But June didn't completely trust him.
"By the way, I never got to ask your name," June said
"Eric."
"June Lily," said June, "and this is Derek Han."
"Nice to meet you both. Now Derek, how are you feeling?" Eric asked.
"I'm okay, but I don't think I can get up yet."
"Okay, then we'll stay here for another few hours or so then move."
       June still wasn't sure if they could trust him or not. She looked at Derek.
'He's right though, June thought, we will need to stay here for a while until Derek heals.
"Oh, I completely forgot. Here Derek." June gave Derek the food she was going to give him.
"Thanks."
"You should have some too, Eric."
"No, thanks. I have my own, but I'm going to save it for later."
"Okay,"
June started nibbling nervously on her food. 
I'm probably worrying too much. Everything will be fine. Now that we have Eric on our side. June thought.
She turned around to thank Eric, but he was gone.