Creepers
Chapter
14
When I wake up I realize I am slung
over someone’s shoulder. As we walk my vision starts to
clear and I prop myself up on the boy’s shoulder. I realize
that it’s Everett carrying me and I mumble into his
ear.
“Put me down, Everett.”
He looks up at me and lowers me to the ground. “Are you
okay? Do you feel dizzy?”
“I’m fine, I’m fine,” I say as I brush
his hands off my shoulders.
He puts his hand on my forehead and mumbles something about me
being warm. “We’re going to stop in another hour or
so. Do you think you can manage until we stop? Then I can fix you
up.”
I nod. “I’m sorry. I know I’ve been a nuisance
lately…”
He shakes his head. “No you haven’t. You’re
hurt and sick just like I was. Sometimes you just can’t
control your body.”
I frown not liking his answer. I am too in control of my body. I
walk beside Everett without my bag; he won’t let me carry
it. It’s much easier to follow along without carrying the
weight of the bag, but I also feel much more useless.
“Everett? How long was I gone?” I’m not sure I
want to know the answer, especially after he way he tenses after
I ask. I gulp as I wait for him to answer.
“Four days,” he says.
I blink. I didn’t think it had been that long. I hook my
arm through Everett’s and hang onto him. I grind my teeth
before saying, “I missed you.”
Everett’s face flushes before he answers. “I missed
you too.”
I chew on my lip. “I never thought I’d see you
again…”
He looks at me sternly. “Of course you would, Riley. I made
sure of that. I was so worried.”
I nod and rub a sore spot on my shoulder. I whisper,
“Okay.”
We walk in silence until the sun starts to set. Hook directs us
into our jobs for the night. When he doesn’t give me a job,
I grabmine and Everett’s bags and set up a spot to sleep.
It annoys me that I cannt climb a tree to sleep. I set up my
sleeping bag and doze until I feel Everett sit down beside me. I
sit up and rub my eyes as Everett passes a bowl of food to me. I
eat quickly, scarfing down my food. He gives me a couple of pills
to take for my fever after I finish my food.
“How much further do we have to go?”
Everett pulls out a map and stares at it for a minute.
“Well we started in Miami and travelled upwards. I think we
are about half way to D.C. by now at least. Probably in Georgia
somewhere.”
I nod, sighing at how far we still need to go. The lab that we
need to get the vaccine from is all the way in D.C. and we have
been travelling the whole way on foot.
It’s a long walk.
“We’re going to hit a town tomorrow,” he
says.
I perk up a little. “Really? Is it big? Are we staying
there? Do you think there are other people there? I sure hope
not…”
He chuckles. “I’m sure there won’t be anyone
there. We aren’t staying, but Hook wants to search for
supplies.”
I nod excitedly. “Maybe we could find a car or a bus! How
awesome would that be?!”
“Pretty awesome. How awesome would it be to find some
better food than beans and rice?”
I laugh. “Now that would be something.”
He grins. “Like chocolate cake and ice cream.”
I groan in wanting. “Or spaghetti and meatballs or chicken
parmesan.”
Everett licks his lips. “You’re making me
hungry.”
I laugh and rest my head on his shoulder. “When we go home
the second we get in the door I’ll make us some.”
Everett sighs and wraps an arm around my shoulders. “Sounds
like a great plan, Riley.”
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luckyjax98 · 1 decade ago
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