Into Darkness

Chapter 17

The next morning I'm glad to tell you I was awaken by the birds singing.

So for the first time in a year, probably, I woke up with a grin.

I sat up and yawned as I looked around.

Lou and Oliver were both missing, but the rest still seemed to be asleep.

I got up and took my crutches.

I slowly made my way out of the tent, I was careful not to step in someone's face.

The sky was completely free from clouds and the sun stood pretty high.

I was extremely hungry so I walked to the truck where all out stuff was loaded and saw that someone

had put a few chairs and a table with food to take.

Around one of these tables I saw two familiar faces and I walked over to them.

"Hiiii!" I cheered and sat down next to Oliver.

"Good morning" He greeted me in the same joyful tone and I got a smile from Lou.

"The weather is amazing, it's hard to believe we're in England" I said once I'd made myself a sandwich

and grabbed a glass of water.

"I know really!" Oliver agreed and I took a bite of my sandwich.

The bread was a little bit dry and the butter had melted, but it was better than nothing. At least I had

cheese on it.

"I talked to Sandra earlier and she sad that we were free to do whatever we wanted as long as we

stuck together and had weapons with us" Lou told us, looking around for activities.

"Maybe we can look around the airport?" Oliver suggested and I nodded.

"Sounds good, I'm pretty handicapped so I can't really do anything physical" I looked down at my poor

leg, it was still in its cast and It would be stuck with it for another 2-3 weeks.

"Why aren't we sleeping inside the airport?" I then asked as the thought hit me.

Oliver and Lou both shared a look and then shrugged.

I sighed and we kept walking towards the big building.

The airport looked like any other airport really and I'd visited it more than once earlier when we'd

traveled.

I remembered that this Airport had both a Victoria Secret store and a praline shop and I got really

excited.

When we got to the second floor where all shops where I got lunatic and ran - tried to at least- all over

the place.

I squealed when I got inside the Victoria secret shop and quickly made my way to the bras.

When I found a few in my size, I grabbed them quickly and ran into the dressing room.

One light pink laze bra in particular, really fit well and looked hella fine on me.

I then walked out of the store with a grin, happy that I didn't have to pay and kept walking to a cloth

store.

I decided to give myself a makeover and grabbed a pair of jean shorts and a cute blouse.

Lou and Oliver had seen a candy shop and since then I hadn't seen them.

After I had visited the small shoe shop and grabbed myself a pair of comfortable, but pretty fash

sneakers I was pleased and decided to find the boys again. Well I say a pair of sneakers, but I could

only wear one, since my other foot was covered in gym pain and bandages.

I headed towards the candy store and when I heard noises I grinned.

"OLLIEEEEEE AND LOUUU" I yelled in a sing-song tone. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

"We're here!" Oliver answered and I fastened my speed as much as I could with the crutches.

I walked into the candy store and started to laugh when I saw the two boys on the floor, their knees

filled with sweets.

Lou was currently munching on a chocolate bar and Oliver had opened a box of chocolates and was

picking out all the ones with white chocolate.

They both looked up at me with wide eyes when they heard me laugh and then grinned a boyish smile.

I saw Lou's eyes traveling down my body and I raised my brow.

"A picture would last longer" I cocked an eyebrow and he smirked.

"I don't have a phone nor a camera so... Staring will be have to do" he cockily replied and I rolled my

eyes.

"Chocolate?" Oliver offered, handing me me a snickers.

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We stayed in the candy store for a while, just eating and talking.

And when we decided to go, my stomach was hurting from to much sweets.

"I should've stopped after that bar" I groaned, holding a hand over my stomach.

"I shouldn't have eaten anything at all" Lou muttered and we both groaned.

We looked over at Oliver, he was still eating and didn't seem bothered at all.

"Wanna taste this fudge? It's delicious! You can feel both the raspberry AND the licorice, you should-"

He started, handing me the piece of fudge, but just by looking at it I felt my stomach turn and just like

that; I emptied my stomach over his feet.

"Oh my god, it's all over my shoes" Oliver cried out and I flipped him off.

"Are you alright" Lou asked with a frown and I gave him a thumbs up.

"I'll go get some new shoes" Oliver sighed, running back towards the airport.

"Oh f*ck" I cussed as I emptied the rest of the contents in my stomach over the ground.

"I'm never going to eat again" I promised and slowly made my way back to our tent.

Lou rested a hand on the small on my back and when I looked up at him, he would give me

encouraging smiles.

"Pretty lady looks pretty dead" I hear someone snicker and I clenched my fists as I turned around.

I felt Lou's hand tense on my back and I glanced up at him. He clenched his jaw and glared at the

person speaking.

Tate.

"Can't you just go and... I don't know, die?" I suggested, furrowing my brow.

"And join you? I'd love to, but I have to take care of a camp"

I flipped him off and started to walk away.

"It's not like you can outrun me!" He yelled and I stopped straight in my tracks.

"Did you just quote Twilight?"

His face visibly paled and I heard Lou snicker besides me.

"No...?"

I smirked devilishly and then finally arrived outside our tent.

I ducked under the tent opening and sat down, with a loud 'umph'.

"Oh no! Raven has turned into a Zombie! We have to kill her" Kylie yelled when she saw me and I

flicked her off.

"Shut up"

"What happened to you, you look awful" Colton chimed in, not really making me feel better.

"Freaking snickers and licorice and fudge and Nutella-" I didn't finish my sentence as I - even though I

thought my stomach was empty - threw up one more time.

"Jesus" Kylie squealed in disgust.

"Sorry" I muttered and at the same time Lucky entered the tent.

"Oh my god, what happened?" His eyes were wide with worry and I wanted to hug him, but I was

scared that I would throw up at him so I just gave him a weak smile and laid down.

"I'll go get her some water" I heard Lou say to Lucky and soon I felt a cold hand on my cheek.

"What happened?" He asked quietly and I shrugged.

"Wayyyy to much candy" Oliver, now back explained and I whimpered, feeling really sorry for myself.

"Just eating candy can't have made her that sick... You- you aren't pregnant, right? You said that you

were a virgin, but maybe you and Lucas-" Lucky began, panic clear in his voice and I started to laugh.

"No, are you kidding me? I'm not freaking pregnant. I'm still as virgin as ever. Maybe I was food

poisoned or something" I rolled my eyes at his silliness and pulled my blanket over my head, blushing

slightly.

"Here's your water" Lou's deep voice said and I peeked out under my blanket.

"Why is she hiding under her blanket?" Lou asked, furrowing his brow and I pouted and looked at

Lucky.

"Lucky is embarrassing me" I mumbled, taking the glass from Lou and quietly thanking him.

"He thought- HAHAHAH - that - HAHAH - she was pregnant - HAHAHAHA - with your child" Kylie cried

out in between laughs and I felt my face turn a darker shade of red.

I saw Lou's expression change from confusion to embarrassment to confusion to I don't even know:

His eyes traveled from me to Lucky to Kylie and I was certain that I looked like a tomato right now.

"What?" He finally choked out and I had to keep a laugh from escaping.

"HAHAHAH"

Well that went great Raven, good job.

And then I went quiet and decided to stick with being quiet and embarrassed.

"Well that's good" Lucky spoke after a few moments of awkward silence.

"Are you feeling better?" Oliver asked me and I shook my head.

"Not really, I think I'll just rest for awhile" I admitted, my stomach was hurting really bad and my throat

was burning... And on top of that I still felt really sick.

"We should get that cleaned up" Kylie pointed out, staring at the puddle of vomit.

"That's really gross" Oliver scrunched his nose and I once again hid under my blanket.

"Where's Tyson and Loren?" Lou asked Kylie and she shrugged.

"Tyson and Loren went to talk somewhere, I think" She got out of her sleeping bag and left the tent.

"I'm getting some food!" She yelled, probably waiting for Lucky to come join her.

"You can go, Oliver and I can keep her company" Lou assured Lucky and he looked over at me as if to

ask if it was alright.

I nodded and gave him a weak smile and he soon ran out.

"Wait for meeee" I heard him yell after Kylie and I found myself smiling.

"I want more food" Oliver suddenly exclaimed and soon he was running after Lucky and Kylie.

"I WANT MORE FOOOOOOD" He yelled, leaving me alone with Lou.

I laughed quietly, resting my throbbing head at the pillow.

When I finished drinking my water, I felt a little bit better. But I was still pretty down.

I realized this was the first time, we'd been completely alone since our almost kiss and I felt my cheeks

burn at the thought.

"Uhm..." He scratched the back of his head, clearly realizing the same.

"I should probably clean that up" I mumbled, slowly trying to stand up.

"Can you hand me my crutches?" I asked tiredly, pointing towards them.

"No, you lay down. I'll fix it"

"No that's just embarrassing, I can do it" I insisted, grabbing the crutches on my own.

"Don't be silly" He grabbed my left crutch and just like that our faces were close together again.

I quickly dropped the crutch and sat down, widening the space between us.

I didn't want to kiss him after I just vomited. Three times.

We finally decided to clean it all up together and after I almost threw up for the fourth time. We finally

finished it and I once again laid down in my sleeping bag.

Lou was lying on his stomach next to me, rolling his thumbs.

"Should we talk...?" I asked quietly, I was scared of what he would say but I needed some closure.

He looked at me with a stern expression and I gulped.

"We almost kissed... Twice" I said, nervously tugging a strand of hair behind my ear.

"But you like Lucky?"

"No...? I don't know, maybe. I haven't known either of you for that long. Lucky for maybe three weeks

and you for like one and a half"

His stare got colder and I felt like crying.

He looked away and took a deep breath.

"Raven, I'm a boy" He finally spoke, his voice raspy.

"Well obviously" I tried to lighten the mood, but failed quite miserably.

"I'm only looking for some action, but obviously I'm not going to get that from someone like

you"