Lucky it seemed that Kennedy had actually listened to me and hadn't turned of the alarm clock and I got up at 7:05 after listening to the alarm clock for five minutes. I shoved the confuter of me and got up wandering over to my dresser somehow stubbing my toe in the process. Owww that hurt! I dressed in my favorite pair of ripped jeans figuring that they were messed up enough that I wouldn't matter what I did in the garden, they really couldn't get any worse. I wore a white poke dot boy tank top and grabbed my flip flops I knew for experience that when you where in the garden you didn't really wear your shoes. I was picking green beans and since I had picked beans from over the age of three every summer the work wised by without me really thinking about it I smiled thinking of the work Derek would have to later, I always had to be the one to snap the ends off but no more! I grinned and hurried my pace. Today we were splurging and eating some of the microwaveable meals, I for once listen to Derek. "There gonna go to waste if you don't use 'em now, besides it'll be a treat for Kennedy right?" I had to admit he was right but… why does he have to be such a stupid no-it-all? It gets on my nerves! Derek was the one going into town that day and he'd probably be back shortly so I better finish this up I stood up wincing you'd think id get use to my knees killing me I brought the bags of beans back to basement and left them there tomorrow I was going to teach Simon everything I knew about freezing, jarring and packing. I when back up stairs and took a shower I was filthy. Simon had been entertaining Kennedy for me and I was grateful, I knew that being a four year old kid in this situation was probably really boring but I had taken all of my old toys from the basement and given them to her being mad at her for breaking one of my favorite toys wasn't going to help at all so I tried just ignoring that she had them. I walked back down stairs my hair still dripping. I still had to organize all the food but I think I was getting some where everything in the cabinets where shelved by date the longer I thought something would last the farther back in the cabinet it was. All of the cook books in my house, aunt bunny's house, Kennedy's house, Derek's and Simons house where now on a rack in the kitchen, the past few days I had been reading thought them and marking all of the recipes that didn't require fresh ingredients. I had also gone up to cliff top, it was only up the road from my aunts house. I'd taken the smaller containers of flower and sugar and taken the whole can of cinnamon from cliff top I felt really bad about it cause I knew that soon people would be starving hungry for anything but them I reminded my self of Kennedy she was my 1st priority and keeping her save meant keeping under raps about the garden in fact I don't think very many people knew about my aunts house hidden up in the woods near cliff top and its going to stay that way I thought I wandered in to the den and joined Simon and Kennedy they were playing on my game boys and seemed pretty happy "What'cah playin?" I asked ruffling Kennedy's hair and sitting down Indian style.
"Mario cart" Kennedy said not taking her eyes off the game "Who's winning" I said staring very hard at Simon "She is" he said with a big sigh "even when I use all the tricks of the trade" he continued with a smile, I smirked "I know, I use to play this stuff with her all the time at wrestling. She's old friends with my game boy right Kennedy?" I said looking at her "Shush" she said "I'm trying to pass this guy" was her only answer. "Hmm, Kennedy would you mind it if I did your hair?" she shrugged and I squealed making Simon wince "Yay! I'll be right back don't move" when I returned with hair necessities she had moved. I did her hair in a braid and she looked soooo cute "I'm done Kennedy" I said sliding from my knelling position to sitting "Kay" she said unresponsive "Want a snack?" I asked already knowing the answer "Yeah!" she said finally taking her eyes off the game boy "ok, will you help me make it?" "Sure she said hoping up and grabbing my hand "Simon you want some?" "What is it" he said following me into the kitchen "Ants on a log" I said "Um no thanks I'll pass" he said backing up I rolled my eyes "Its not real ants its raisins on peanut butter on celery or apple" "oh ok I'll have some then" he said sliding into his favorite seat. We were half way though eating it when Derek burst in "What's the matter Derek?" I said he took one look at me and grabbed my arm yanking me up from the table "Ow Derek what the hell" I said as he pulled me out into the hall "Simon will you look after Kennedy while I get your brother to act like a normal person" I said calling back "Ah ok" he said herding her into the den with the food. I pulled my fingers out of Derek's grasp and hised "Well what's them matter?" "Bette's dead" Derek said without emotion a gasp slid though my lips "What? How'd?" "Ork did it" "Oh" I said my voice hardening In anger, the last time I went into town I'd seen what ork and drake had been doing, anyone who did something they didn't like ended up seriously injured "That monster, what are they gonna do to him" "nothing" Derek said in a flat tone "Noth- but they have to!" "Apparently not" Derek said dropping the conversation "and there going to all the houses and marking down who's got what and how much of it there is" I ground my teeth "not in my house they aren't" Derek blinked looking surprised and I raised a eyebrow at him "people cant see this house from the road so as long as no one mentions it they won't no where here" "Um what about the drive way?" Derek said "its made out of gravel you take out the gravel fill it in with dirt and leaves and no know will no" I answered "Why don't you want people to know where here?" Derek said with a confused expression "Derek" I said pointing out the window "that garden isn't big enough to feed every kid in perdo beach and if caine knows theres food here he'll say it for the good of the people and take it all and then where will we be?" "I'll help" he said his expression hardening "none of those coat kids are getting any of our food on my watch"