The library was quiet when Annie walked into the group study room. She gently placed her textbooks on the table. Shirley walked in,"Hello."Shirley said in a sing-song voice. "Hey Shirley."
Shirley took her seat beside Annie and sat there quietly. Abed walked in, gave the group a wave and sat in his regular spot without one word. "Hey Abed."Annie said cheerfully. Abed just took turns staring at them. "Abed, sweetie, are you okay."Shirley asked. Abed shook his head. "Why won't you talk to us? Are you okay?"Annie asked him. Abed just sat there, Troy followed by Pierce walked in. "Hey guys."Troy said. Abed gave a wave, and Annie and Shirley exchanged worried looks. "What's wrong?"Pierce asked. "Abed did we do something wrong?"Shirley asked him. Abed shook his head.
"SAY SOMETHING! Why are you doing this?"Abed looked at the ground with a slightly sad impression on his face.
Britta and Jeff walked in, confused. "Okay what's going on?"Jeff asked.
"Abed won't say anything."Pierce said. Jeff thought about this as he sat down. Britta sat beside him and took his hand. The entire group sat in silence as they stared at Abed. Jeff got up and handed Abed a pen and a notepad. Abed took it and wrote something down and Jeff read it out loud. "I lost my voice and I cannot speak."
"Oh Abed if we knew that's why you didn't say anything, I wouldn't have shouted at you. Can you forgive us?" Abed gave a nod and Britta let go of Abed's hand. Hopefully they would still have fun Camping in the woods.
-Two hours later-
"Ugh! The wilderness is so boring. I can't believe we don't get wifi here." Jeff said.
"Oh relax! This is supposed to be fun." Annie said,"I think we should break into groups and examine our surroundings."
"But someone should stay back in case something happens."Britta said.
"I will."Pierce said.
"I'll take Abed and Britta."Jeff said, "That leaves Troy, Annie, and Shirley."
"Sounds good."Shirley said.
"Guys, do you even know where we are?"Troy asked.
"No I don't."Annie said.
"Oh lord, I don't want to die here." Shirley said.
"We should try to head back."Annie said.
"Where are we?"Jeff asked.
"About 2 000 metres from our campsite."Abed answered quietly (his voice came back enough so he could barely talk). "Good. As long as we know where we are than-"
*Thwack* Just at that moment Jeff had hit his he on a branch, and passed out unconscious.
"Jeff! Jeff? Oh god, what do we do now?"Britta asked Abed.
"We should head back towards our campsite." They started to head back (with Britta carrying Jeff) we Abed had griped over a tree root and fell to the ground.
"Abed are you okay?"
"I think I sprained my ankle."He said.
"Oh good. There's the campsite!"Troy said excitedly.
"Pierce where are the others?"Annie asked.
"They haven't come back yet."He said.
"Oh no! I hope nothing bad happened." Shirley said.
"I miss Abed."Troy said. He sat down and started to cry.
"Oh Troy. This is all my fault. I shouldn't have suggested it."Annie said.
"Do you guys want to know a secret?" Troy asked.
"Uh, sure."Annie said "Me and Abed have been dating."
"What happened?"Jeff asked, who was now conscious. Britta explained the story of what happened. After explaining the story to Jeff, he carried Abed back to the campsite.
Troy was still crying at the fact he may never see his speechless boyfriend again. Annie realised that something was approaching from the woods. Shirley was the first to realise that it was Jeff, Britta and Abed. "Troy."Abed whispered weakly.
"Abed! You're okay!"Troy said as he took Abed into his own arms. Troy stroked Abed's cheek as he leaned in and kissed him softly on the lips. "I love you."Troy said "I know. I love you too."Abed responded.
