WANDA POV

Ian explained to me last night who Ana was. She used to be a friend of his back when they were in college. He said the day he and Kyle ran away was supposed to be the day that she would move in with him and another roommate. He never saw her again until now. I'm not sure why I felt like there was more to the story than just what he told me but I didn't want to press the subject for fear of upsetting him. But the way he cried and held her yesterday confirmed to me that there was more to the story. I know I shouldn't feel this weird sensation of jealousy but I wasn't happy that he spent all day with her in the hospital. I haven't even seen him today and it's already dinnertime.

"Hey, Wanda! You look sad. I don't like seeing you sad. Tell me what's wrong," Jaime asked, or should I say demanded while he dug into his plate of food.

"Oh, it's nothing Jaime. I stayed up late reading this book, it had a sad ending," I said, hoping he wouldn't be able to hear the lie in my voice.

"Don't worry, Wanda. All the books Ian has are fiction. I read them all, so they are not real stories," Jaime said, his mouth full of a piece of bread roll.

I was very happy he didn't notice my rather screaming out lie.

"Wanda, do you think Mel and Jared will let me come out to the raid with you all tomorrow?" he said shooting me a hopeful look.

"I don't think it's a good idea, Jaime. But you should really talk to them about it," Knowing quite well Mel would agree with me.

"Fine but promise you'll help me convince them because they can be quite stubborn."

"I know you really want to go this time with us but Mel has the last work on this. I don't really like the idea of you being put in danger but I do promise to think about it," I replied, nonchalantly as I was picking at my food which I realized I had eaten almost none of it.

Jaime shrugged, feeling hopeful.

"So where's Ian? He's usually glued to your hip," he asked.

Great, I was praying he wouldn't ask me that because I honestly didn't know what was going on with Ian. I felt my eyes start watering and tears threatened to spill over. I bit my lip and swallowed hard.

"Oh, wait never mind, there he is."

I looked up from my plate to see that he walked in and went toward the food and grabbed a whole ton onto his plate. He turned around searching the faces in the kitchen and then walked slowly toward Jaime and me.

"Wanda, love, I looked for you everywhere. Should have figured you were already here," he said.

"Yes, I was hungry," I said, trying to mask a bit of disappointment in my voice.

He stared at me and then stared at my plate of food which was still completely untouched except for my picking.

He sighed, "Wanda, you're a terrible liar."

I stood up and grabbed my plate but as soon as I did Ian stopped me. I can't help but admit it got me a bit annoyed.

"Wait, you need to eat something especially if we're going on that raid tomorrow night," he said with concern written all over his face.

"I did eat, this is actually my second plate,'' I lied.

He once again sighed and shook his head.

"Wanda, please, eat something," he knew quite well that I wouldn't say no to him especially if it made him feel better.

"Ok, I said taking a bite out of my roll."

We finished eating in silence and I asked Ian if he was coming to our room with me but he said he had to speak to Jared for a bit and then was going to check up on Ana. At that, I just stalked silently away towards our room.

IAN POV

Wanda was acting very strange lately, I'm not sure if it was because she was worried about the raid tomorrow or because of Ana. I know she doubted the fact that Ana and I were only friends. To be completely honest, Ana used to be my ex-girlfriend back when the world hadn't yet been taken over by the souls. She had been the one person then that made me feel loved and I knew that at one point I loved her too. Her being here stirred up those emotions and I still cared for her and I wanted her to be ok but Wanda is the love of my life. She's the one that brightens my days and the reason that I have to keep fighting to survive. I'm just not sure she knows that. I watched her walk away headed towards our room but I stayed behind to find Jared and discuss the raid tomorrow but I also wanted to speak to the kid and see what they were talking about before I interrupted them.

Jaime was still eating his food, typical.

"So Jaime can I ask what you and Wanda were talking about."

"Why?" he said with mouth in his food.

"Oh, no reason just curious," I said, hoping he would not think much of my reasons and just tell me.

Jaime shrugged and said, "She was telling me about that book she read last night that was sad. And discussing my possible addition to the raid group tomorrow. That's all. Oh by the way, which book was it that she read. I bet it was House of the Scorpion, right?

I stared at him for a moment before I realized that Wanda had lied to him. Last night, we talked about Ana and then she fell asleep right after that. Why would she lie to him?

"Jaime, how did the book conversation come about?" I asked.

"Mm, oh because when I saw her sitting here alone, I noticed she looked sad like she had been crying and that's when she told me about the book and how it made her sad." He replied.

I instantly cringed at his words. Wanda had been crying and I was completely unaware of it. How could I be such an idiot? I have been so wrapped up in making sure Ana was ok that I had been neglecting Wanda. The person that I loved, the person that I would give my life up for. I swore to myself that I wouldn't let Wanda out of my sight after what Jared and especially after what Kyle had done to her. And now I had spent almost the whole day without her. I felt a crushing pang in my heart. I love Wanda and I was going to make it up to her.

I said bye to the kid and all about ran all the way to our room knowing that I would find her in there. As I neared our room I saw that the red door was slightly opened to which I thought nothing of. I burst in ready to see her long blonde hair and her silvery eyes that always filled me with love. But as soon as I did, the room was empty with no sign that Wanda had even been there. I started to panic, realizing that if something happened to Wanda that it would be my fault seeing as I hadn't been with her; protecting her. My heart started pounding in my chest as I ran towards Mel and Jared's room, hoping that she would be there. I knocked on their make shift door and Mel answered.

"Yes?'' she asked.

"Melanie, its Ian. Is Wanda in there with you?" I asked panting from all my running.

"No, O'Shea. She isn't here now if you'll excuse us we were in the middle of something." I heard Jared retort.

I heard what sounded like something coming in contact with someone and I assumed Mel had hit Jared. Those two were really something. I searched everywhere else including the washroom, the kitchen (again) and the rec room. I even checked the field and the storage area but she wasn't there. I realized that the only place left was the hospital but I knew Wanda wouldn't go in there willingly as she absolutely hated being in the hospital. The only reason she would be there was because it would have been absolutely necessary. I cringed at the thought of Wanda being hurt. I hadn't realized it but I was running faster than ever. As I neared the corner and saw the lights emitting from the hospital, I prayed that if Wanda was there it were because Doc asked to speak to her or because she just felt like chatting up with him.

As I walked into the hospital, I noticed Ana still 'asleep' on a cot in the corner of the room and then the next thing I saw was Wanda laying on one of those horrible cots, dripping wet and clearly unconscious. Doc was hovering over her wiping her forehead with a rag filled with blood. And then I noticed Kyle standing on the other side of Wanda and he was also soaking wet. And I felt my heart sink to my stomach.