infected.
"So Jake and Anna were here with
you?" His voice betrays his lack of hope.
I nod.
I see a small cluster of men fighting the
infected like fools. They will get sick. They will become infected and maybe
they will die because not everyone is able to live with running sores and
bloody tears.
"God, they should have run."
I recognize one of the men. He is the man
who shouted the loudest when the man with the evil grin peed on the fire. The
man named John who pulled down my pants.
"Those men held me captive. They're
the others."
"Do you know where their camp
is?"
"Yup. I'd like to avoid it."
"What if they have Jake and
Anna?"
The pain in his eyes hurts me somehow,
"I never said I was going to avoid it. I said I'd like to. I'm betting
they have Jake and Anna."
I take one last look and know it will be
a long time before I ever come back, if I ever do. I take my last look at the
white siding and the small windmill in the front yard waves goodbye to me.
As my feet make their way back down the
tree, I see something that makes me feel the smallest amount of fear and hope
simultaneously.
On the ground is a small bandage and
above it is a broken branch. I look deeper into the forest and see another
broken branch.
"They got away. They're this
way." I point.
Will looks at the bandage and frowns,
"Emma that could belong to anyone."
I shake my head, "No it's not. It
will smell like tea tree and the branches." I point to them, "I told
Jake it was how I always found my way through the woods."
He bends his face to the ground and
sniffs the air around the bandage, "It is tea tree."
I turn to run, but he grabs my arm as he
stands and pulls me into him, "One thing first." He puts his hands on
the small of my back and lifts me into his arms. His lips meet mine with
desperation and excitement. His tongue slides into my mouth, caressing mine. He
sucks my lower lip and nibbles it. His hands take up most of my back and rub
and caress me. Suddenly his hands make their way lower. I don’t feel
uncomfortable as he cups my butt and lifts me into him. He wraps my legs around
him. I'm feeling the way I used to when I read the romance novels granny had
stored at the cabin. I feel a heat rising low in my belly.
He lets me slide down his body, till my
feet touch the ground again. Air rushes between us. I open my eyes, not
realizing I had closed them, and look up into his face.
He grins, "I am going to have a hard
time staying focused."
I giggle like a schoolgirl, as my granny
always said. It is the first time that has left my lips, a giggle that is.
He kisses me softly one last time and
walks away toward the broken branches.
"I never imagined they were alive. I
went back to where they were when I got taken and I couldn’t find them. I knew
Jake was young and not very responsible. Well neither of us were." He runs
a hand through his dark shaggy hair.
"Anna told me you guys were pretty
bad for paying attention."
He chuckles and I catch myself staring at
his butt. It is round and firm and when he takes a step, it moves in a way I
enjoy. I realize when I watch him I feel a small amount of guilt. Jake kissed
me too. Jake made me smile and made me laugh.
Will makes me scared of him but safe
against the world, where as Jake makes me feel the opposite.
Chapter Twelve
The sun sets as we reach the top of a
hill I have never climbed. It is in the opposite mountain range from where I've
been and I am nervous of it. I don’t know what lies on the other side. My feet
hurt and I'm tired.
He lays a bunch of bows on the ground and
gives me a very appealing look. It makes my stomach hurt.
I walk to where he has chosen to sleep
and smile at it. There are branches on the ground making a mat for sleeping. He
has chosen a huge tree with great bows to protect us in case it rains. He is
like my father, more than I expected him to be. Not that I ever expected to
meet him.
"They think you're dead."
He puts the last bow down and sits on
"So Jake and Anna were here with
you?" His voice betrays his lack of hope.
I nod.
I see a small cluster of men fighting the
infected like fools. They will get sick. They will become infected and maybe
they will die because not everyone is able to live with running sores and
bloody tears.
"God, they should have run."
I recognize one of the men. He is the man
who shouted the loudest when the man with the evil grin peed on the fire. The
man named John who pulled down my pants.
"Those men held me captive. They're
the others."
"Do you know where their camp
is?"
"Yup. I'd like to avoid it."
"What if they have Jake and
Anna?"
The pain in his eyes hurts me somehow,
"I never said I was going to avoid it. I said I'd like to. I'm betting
they have Jake and Anna."
I take one last look and know it will be
a long time before I ever come back, if I ever do. I take my last look at the
white siding and the small windmill in the front yard waves goodbye to me.
As my feet make their way back down the
tree, I see something that makes me feel the smallest amount of fear and hope
simultaneously.
On the ground is a small bandage and
above it is a broken branch. I look deeper into the forest and see another
broken branch.
"They got away. They're this
way." I point.
Will looks at the bandage and frowns,
"Emma that could belong to anyone."
I shake my head, "No it's not. It
will smell like tea tree and the branches." I point to them, "I told
Jake it was how I always found my way through the woods."
He bends his face to the ground and
sniffs the air around the bandage, "It is tea tree."
I turn to run, but he grabs my arm as he
stands and pulls me into him, "One thing first." He puts his hands on
the small of my back and lifts me into his arms. His lips meet mine with
desperation and excitement. His tongue slides into my mouth, caressing mine. He
sucks my lower lip and nibbles it. His hands take up most of my back and rub
and caress me. Suddenly his hands make their way lower. I don’t feel
uncomfortable as he cups my butt and lifts me into him. He wraps my legs around
him. I'm feeling the way I used to when I read the romance novels granny had
stored at the cabin. I feel a heat rising low in my belly.
He lets me slide down his body, till my
feet touch the ground again. Air rushes between us. I open my eyes, not
realizing I had closed them, and look up into his face.
He grins, "I am going to have a hard
time staying focused."
I giggle like a schoolgirl, as my granny
always said. It is the first time that has left my lips, a giggle that is.
He kisses me softly one last time and
walks away toward the broken branches.
"I never imagined they were alive. I
went back to where they were when I got taken and I couldn’t find them. I knew
Jake was young and not very responsible. Well neither of us were." He runs
a hand through his dark shaggy hair.
"Anna told me you guys were pretty
bad for paying attention."
He chuckles and I catch myself staring at
his butt. It is round and firm and when he takes a step, it moves in a way I
enjoy. I realize when I watch him I feel a small amount of guilt. Jake kissed
me too. Jake made me smile and made me laugh.
Will makes me scared of him but safe
against the world, where as Jake makes me feel the opposite.
Chapter Twelve
The sun sets as we reach the top of a
hill I have never climbed. It is in the opposite mountain range from where I've
been and I am nervous of it. I don’t know what lies on the other side. My feet
hurt and I'm tired.
He lays a bunch of bows on the ground and
gives me a very appealing look. It makes my stomach hurt.
I walk to where he has chosen to sleep
and smile at it. There are branches on the ground making a mat for sleeping. He
has chosen a huge tree with great bows to protect us in case it rains. He is
like my father, more than I expected him to be. Not that I ever expected to
meet him.
"They think you're dead."
He puts the last bow down and sits on
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