Little Pete fell down towards the seething mass of bugs. All Astrid could see was him FALLING… falling… falling… falling….
Astrid splashed water on her face again and again, knowing in her mind that she was never going to wash away that memory, that even though she saw Dr Kirstin every week, that memory would haunt her for the rest of her life. She was the one that killed her brother. Astrid would never forgive herself for that. She looked up from the sink and at the stranger staring back at her in the mirror. She was in the cinema's bathroom, surrounded by plush towels and clean surfaces, an impossibility in the FAYZ. A knock at the door, Sam's voice rung around the bathroom-
"Astrid, are you in there?"
Slowly, like her hand was made of lead, she turned the handle and opened it to Sam's worried face.
"I'm fine." She said in answer to his expression.
"They're up to Caine coming down from Coates. Dekka and Diana have already left."
"I might go too…" Astrid whispered.
"Sure. I'll meet you at the apartment later." He said it with nonchalance, but she could see the hurt in his eyes. She knew he had his speech after the film, felt a pang of guilt, and a wave of nausea.
Choking it back down, she gave Sam a kiss goodbye and left the cinema to go to the place her, Sam and Diana called home
Hi! Sorry my chapters are really short because I don't usually have much time to write much… anyway leave your comments :D!