Chapter 1
Life goes on
Melanie and I were taking a stroll around the caves. She wanted to go check on Lacey and Candy. Pet's memories swarmed my head, pushing out my past life's memories with Mel. I didn't want that, but at the same time I wanted to start new, a human as possible as can be. We reached the two girls room and knocked on the cardboard door.
"Hello? Who's there?" Someone asked. I thought it sounded like Candy; her voice was soft and sweet…..unlike Lacey's shrill annoying voice.
"It's just us, Wanda and Melanie!" I quickly answered. I could never get used to my soft, high voice! Before I could move, Melanie opened the door a crack and peeked inside.
"Can we come in?" Melanie said softly. I couldn't help but think about how much I missed her body, even though we were both much happier in our own bodies…..there were some consequences. Poor Candy had to deal with Lacey all the time, it's a good thing there were other people here. I think Candy would have gone crazy with only Lacey here!
"Sure! You guys are always welcome!" Candy piped. I thought I heard a smiled in her voice as well. As we walked in I found I was right. There was smiley Candy, sitting on her mattress with Lacey on hers. Lacey got up and turned to the small bookshelf behind the beds. On the shelves there were two pairs of crisp sheets, four board game boxes, five random books, and three changes of cloths for each girl. All of these were courtesy of many raids. Lacey came back with blue jean shorts and a tank top in her hands.
"I'm going to go take a bath. You guys make yourselves at home." Lacey said. She pushed the cardboard door out of the way and walked down the tunnel.
"Well, what do you guys want? Are we needed?" Candy asked, she seemed to be hiding something. I wondered what. Candy wasn't one to hide stuff from people. Melanie sat down on Lacey's bed and immediately started to talk to Candy. I walked over to the bookshelf and took a book from the stack. I sat next to Melanie and flipped through it. After awhile I got bored. I put the book away and started to think of questions to ask Candy to get out what she was hiding.
"So, what have you been doing?" I wondered innocently. Everyone knew when I was lying so lying was out of the question. What would I say?
"Oh…Lacey and I have been talking. Actually, I'm very thankful to you guys for saving me! I don't think I could take much more of Lacey's shrill voice and nagging questions!!" She laughed. Everyone hated Lacey's voice and her attitude.
We stayed for awhile longer then left to go work in the fields. Candy was sweet and I liked her. I was glad she stayed with us.