I knew I only had one chance to prevent her from seriously hurting me. “I…thought you…wanted to be different?” I managed. Her features instan...ly softened slightly and she let go of my face. “Out.” She snarled. I quickly scurried from the room and across the hall to my bedroom. I took a deep breath and got into bed after putting on a pair of boxers. Right before I fell asleep I realized I had school tomorrow. Two weeks flew by without serious incident, Oriana and I hooked up once during this. I wouldn’t be here now, laying in this bed with you…...Sleeping with you…..Waking to your beautiful smile every morning, and just being with you all the time……. I’ll be honest though, I always wondered what would have happened if we did date…… We could have ended up like her and Todd eventually, or been swingers with you and John…..But we’ll never know, and frankly, I don’t even care……. But Babydoll, I do love you, to the moon and back”She leaned down and kissed me softly on the lips, then said. Fuck! They were heavy! She swang them over her shoulder, feeling the rough branches against her skin through the blouse, and followed Joy as she hobbled ahead of them through the woods. Fortunately, Tracey and Buttercup took turns in helping her carry the bundle, so it wasn’t so bad. But even five minutes at a time was more weight than she’d ever carried before. They walked in single line through a tortuous route that seemed to follow no obvious paths, stepping over fallen logs and ducking. We had to shift Fred and Tyson over there. You'll have to take it."I sighed. "Do we have any more gurneys here?"Gina responded. "David and Donna pushed the other two to medical already. Right now the roaches at the door are causing trouble so we had to shift just about everyone there. Hopefully David will be back soon."I wanted to protest when Kitty and Brittany showed up at the door with a gurney. "Sorry, but we're all that's available," Kitty said.Commander O'Brien has just stepped through.