Apocalypsis: Book 4 (Haven) by Casey Elle

Author:Casey, Elle [Casey, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-03-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

BODO AND I WALKED TO the showers in silence. My brainpower was split between worrying about being stalked and attacked by Coli and what my boyfriend was thinking - if he even was my boyfriend anymore.

When we got to the shower, Bodo untied my bandage. I walked to the water hoses without taking my clothes off.

“Aren’t you going to go naked?” Bodo asked. He stood at the entrance watching me.

“No. I’m too tired and sore.”

“I can help you.”

I looked over at him. “I can’t believe you’re making a move on me in the middle of all this.” I shook my head in disbelief. I didn’t know whether to be mad or happy.

“I’m not!” he said, sounding serious. “It is just a bad idea to be wet all night when you are going to be weak from an injury. But you go ahead and do it. It’s not a problem for me.” He turned around, facing out and no longer looking at me.

Tears pricked my eyes. I so didn’t need rejection in my life right now.

I squeezed the clips that kept the water inside the plastic bladders that were extended above my head. Gritting my teeth at the pain of water flowing over my wound, I bent over and took the soap bottle, pouring some of its contents over my arm. I scrubbed until I nearly wept with the pain. Once the soap was all rinsed away, I let the clips go and walked back over to Bodo. Watery blood dripped down my arm and off my hand.

Bodo’s back was rigid. He was staring out into the evening-lit field that reached the edge of the shower area.

“Can you put the bandage back on for me?”

He turned around and grabbed a piece of his t-shirt at the bottom, ripping another strip off. “Let me clean it first.” He walked over to the hose and soap, scrubbing the material and rinsing it well. When he was done, he came back and wrapped it around my arm, putting the knot once again over the wound. The mosquitos were out in full force, buzzing around the bandage and my face.

“Let’s move. I have to get away from these bugs.”

“Do you know where da looms are?” he asked, following behind me.

“Yes.” I was mad at him, so I said nothing else. We were in a life and death situation, and he was doing the bare minimum to help me out.

So he was a friend now, and not a boyfriend. He was making it very clear. I tried to ignore the painful squeezing in my chest, but it was impossible. I’d always considered Bodo a caring, loving person. Peter had convinced me that I was a special person to Bodo, someone he didn’t want to live without. But every signal he was sending said otherwise. I didn’t like being this confused or in the dark about my own love life. Things should be simpler than this. If you love someone, just love them. If you don’t, then don’t.

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