"I'll stay."
Tobin smirked while the bearded man threw his hands up and walked inside muttering something obscene. Tobin took my wrist and let me inside along with Ted and the woman.
Two people were at a table comforting a man with a cast on his arm. One was a man, with a large grey beard and equally large amount of grey hair. His brows were furrowed in deep concentration as he unveiled the man's arm out of the cast.
The woman looked pretty, with blonde hair tied into a bun and a patch of freckles rested on her cheeks. Her lips were pursed into a frown once the man looked at her and grinned. Tobin and I approached the three.
"Ey Mick n' Madison."
"Hello Tobin, me and Maddie are just getting Justin's arm fixed up." The man called Mick said. Tobin groaned.
"How did he do it this time?"
"Dumb shit tried to grab a bird and he landed on his arm."
Justin had jet black hair and a crooked grin with slightly yellow teeth. His black vest was stained with dirt and dry blood.
"I see we got a new lady."
Justin grinned, showing off his yellowed teeth, which disgusted me. Tobin glared at him, which he frowned at.
"Hey, you claimed her already, then Bayley is free!"
"Bayley is still with me, I'm just making shar ya don't get any ideas."
"Fine Jesus."
Tobin led me away from them as Justin kept his gaze on me. I shuddered.
"What's his deal?"
"I know, he's pretty weird, but I took him in just cause I felt bad."
"Is that the reason why you helped me?"
"That, and I wanted to piss Wade off." Tobin grinned when he said that. I could only assume that Wade was the bearded guy who resisted on letting me in.
"Why?"
"Well, before me, Ted, and the others met you, we worked together as one, no leader, no ruler, nuthing. Things were good for a while, but one day, me, Wade, and three others went on a trip to town. We ran into bandits and we had to run. They followed us, but we took too long to fight or leave, and they killed Caleb, Louis, and his wife Jen."
"Oh my god..."
"Wade's been under stress and demanded that someone lead. Me and Wade tied, and we're pretty much co-leaders."
Tobin swallowed sadness as he remembered the people he lost, and I felt bad. I had lost people, but Tobin lost people in front of him.
"I'm sorry, you wanna talk to Bay? She's helping Ted unpack." Tobin motioned over to the woman that Tobin kissed earlier. I walked over.
"So, you're the new woman that Toby brought in." Bayley said.
"Toby?"
"I give nicknames out a lot, I call Ted here Bear, Mick is shark, and Madison is cowgirl."
I heard Ted mumble something under his breath.
"What's Wade's?"
"The man that shaving cream forgot."
I chuckled at that since his beard was quite messy.
"Justin?"
"I don't have one for him."
"Can I make one up?"
"Sure."
Ted looked up, waiting and grinning to hear the nickname. I read Ted's shirt.
"Just-un credible?"
Ted burst out laughing and began rolling on the floor, his face turning red.
"THATS A GOOD ONE!" Ted hollered.
"It's good, cause it's true!"
I smiled, already I had been able to clear the image of my group out of my mind.
I could get used to this.
