The Others by Sara Michelle

Author:Sara Michelle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Published: 2014-08-05T16:17:58+00:00

12:25 p.m.

“We need to talk though,” he stated.

My stomach dropped. What? Seriously! What could he possibly need to say now?

“What’s up?” I muttered, taking his hand in mine.

He sighed. “Henry and I were talking. We’re not going to be able to last on supplies here for much longer. We’ve five extra people here. We have to start looking for more food. Doing that means I need to leave for a couple days.”

I closed my eyes. He was going out there again. It hit me then that I hadn’t been outside since we’d arrived. It’d been days. How did it look? Was there more snow? I wondered if any more survivors were going to be found. I wondered if Ryan would be safe. I had so many questions. I also had a million reasons why he shouldn’t leave. But I knew it was right. I knew we were running short. And I knew our lives depended on finding more supplies and keeping the shelter up and running.

“For how long?” I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. “It’s hard to say. Depends on how far we have to travel and what problems we run into along the way. Don’t forget how long it took to walk here through all of the destruction.”

How could I forget it? How could I forget the people we saw along the way? They were burned into my brain. My hands began to shake. He couldn’t risk his life like this. Why couldn’t just Henry and Michael go? Michael was older than Ryan. He should suck it up and take it into his own hands. I knew what I thinking wasn’t right, and I knew Ryan needed to go. But I wanted to be with him.

“Let me come,” I pleaded. But I knew that he would argue that I wasn’t strong enough to go.

He shook his head. “Babe, you’re not going with me. You are way too slow. Plus you need to stay here with the girls and Daniel. You guys will be fine, I promise. And I’ll come back as soon as I can, I swear to you.”

I wanted to cry … again. I felt like such a wimp. “When are you guys leaving?” I sniffed. “Tomorrow morning,” he answered flatly. Then the tears really filled my eyes.

Why so soon?

“That soon?” I asked.

I bawled like a little girl. I cried so hard that I gave myself hiccups. I didn’t want him to leave. I felt like a little baby, but the past 24 hours had been so overwhelming. My vow of no more tears was toast.

He held me while I cried. We must have sat there for, like, ten minutes in silence. Well, except for my blubbering. And the hiccups. After I calmed myself down, I faced him. I knew I must have looked vile. Snotty nose. Red eyes. Great.

“It will all be okay, Cecilia. I swear this is just what has to happen. This is what it’s going to be like now. I know it sucks. But I have to be one of the adults now.

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