Project Dandelion by Heather Carson

Author:Heather Carson [Carson, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781075486876
Published: 2019-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Willow didn’t come back into the room until after the dinner packets had arrived. She jumped into the shower without speaking. Everyone was already eating when she came back into the room drying her hair. She separated the crackers from the packet to put into her emergency sack and clutched the bag holding the rest of her food to her chest. “What do you guys plan to do when the doors open?” she asked while looking at Dreya.

Dreya swallowed a mouthful of food and quickly glanced around the room before making eye contact with Mia. She broke their stare and turned back to Willow. “We haven’t really discussed it,” she said. “I kind of assumed that we would all go our own ways to find our parents or whatever is left of our homes.” Mia and Katrina nodded in agreement while everyone else looked at the floor. Dreya saw the division in the room. “Did anyone else have another plan?” she asked. “I’m open to suggestions.” Katrina also looked around the room in confusion to find James staring at her.

Willow clung to her packet tighter as if she were hugging a teddy bear. Her voice was almost a whisper. “What if no one survived? Or at least not our families? Wouldn’t it make more sense to stick together? Or to even just stay here?”

Ethan perked up. “That makes perfect sense. Plus, they know where we are, so we should just stay put.”

“I feel like we need to think on this some more,” Dreya said smiling at Ethan. “Both individually and as a group. What do the girls in Room 5 think, Willow?”

“They want to stay. We figured it would be best to dig our way out and then stay close to the shelter for as long as we keep getting food and water,” Willow’s voice grew more animated. “We can even build structures or start farming on the surface depending on what it looks like up there.”

“That does sound like a good idea. You girls have really thought this out.” Dreya looked back at Mia who quickly shook her head no. She bit her lip before continuing. “Why don’t we tell everyone that we can have a group discussion about this during the physical exercise session tomorrow?”

Willow smiled enthusiastically. “I’ll go tell the rest of the girls now.” She skipped out the door. Mia put her head in her hands and groaned.

“What’s that moaning about?” Dreya asked her sister.

“You are going to get everyone all worked up and try to become president of the new world. I just know it,” Mia spoke through her fingers.

Dreya laughed. “Or I am just going to facilitate a conversation for the whole group. I need to think some more on this.”

“What’s there to think about? We are going to find mom and dad.” Mia crossed her arms over her chest. Jayden looked down at his feet. She turned to him. “Well you can come with us though, of course. We can find your family too…” Mia looked over to Ethan.

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