"I'm here" Jade said as she walked out of the bathroom and saw her friends on the sofa. "Did I wake you?"
"No, the light did" Beck said referring to the window and she nodded but she was just standing there because she didn't want them to notice her slow walking, she felt weak.
"Aren't you gonna sit down?" Robbie asked.
"Umm…no, no I'm fine" Jade said and Beck put his arm around her shoulders as he kissed her head.
"You guys are together again?" Cat asked confused and Beck smiled.
"Yes" He said.
"Yay!" Cat exclaimed but Jade could barely smile. "I'm so happy"
"Me too" Beck said.
"You guys make a good couple" Robbie added.
"I know" Jade said and Beck chuckled.
"It's so hot in here" He commented as he took his jacket off.
"Yeah, the air conditioning is not working" Cat said.
"That's because we don't have power yet" Robbie explained and she nodded.
"Aren't you gonna take your jacket off?" Beck asked Jade.
"No, I'm fine" She said and took a breath to start walking to the sofa as fast as she could to avoid suspicion.
"Jade, are you okay? You look pale" Cat commented as Jade sat down.
"I've always been pale, what are you talking about?" She responded.
"No a different kind of pale, you look weird, are you feeling well?" Robbie asked and Beck looked at her closely, they were right.
"Mhmmm" Jade said as she nodded. "We don't have signal yet?" She asked to change the topic.
"Nope" Beck said but he didn't take his eyes off her.
"What?" She asked annoyed. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I can't look at you now?" He asked back.
"No, not like that…it's annoying" Jade said upset. "I feel you're studying me, I'm not a god damn lab rat" she commented but he was still looking at her so she rolled her eyes. "Will you stop? What are you looking at?" She asked.
"I don't know, you are acting…weird and you don't look well" He commented.
"You are imagining things, I'm fine" Jade said but even speaking was difficult for her, it was starting to become a problem because she was short of breath but she was doing her best to mask it. "Stop looking at me like that"
"I'm just worried" Beck said.
"I'm fine, focus on what's important and find a way out of here" Jade demanded and he sighed.
"Alright, we should use the sunlight we have now and try to unblock the doors" He suggested.
"Let's do it" Robbie said and both guys went to the entrance, they could see a lot better so they realized there were lots of rocks blocking the door on their side and they couldn't even get to the actual door. "This looks worse with light"
"Girls, I think we might need some help here" Beck shouted and Jade took a small breath as she stood up, she let Cat go first and walked behind her trying to look normal.
"Uh oh" Cat said when she saw all the rocks. "This isn't gonna be easy, right?"
"Let's just get these out of the way and then we'll see if we can open the door, maybe there aren't as many rocks outside" Beck commented and they nodded. He picked up the first rock and handed it to Cat so she would put it away, Robbie did the same and gave it to Jade so she grabbed it and as soon as she had the weight in her arms she felt a deep pain in her wound, she turned to the side to leave it on the ground and shut her eyes to resist it but she refused to let them know, at that point she was already a liar and she knew her help was needed to get out so she preferred to keep going.
They continued moving the rocks and bricks away from the door for around two hours and Jade could barely keep standing but she was used to the pain at that point. "How long is this gonna take?" Cat asked because she was tired.
"We are almost done" Beck said and leaned down to take a brick.
"I'm so tired" Robbie commented as he grabbed a rock and turned to the side to give it to Jade but he didn't measure the distance properly and accidently hit her with it. The hit hadn't been too hard but it'd been right on her injury so she couldn't help to let go of a small scream.
"Ah!" Jade said in pain.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry" Robbie said nervously but she didn't say anything, she was just trying to control her breathing and stop herself from screaming more.
"What's wrong?" Beck asked worriedly.
"Nothing" Jade said and took a small breath as she glared at Robbie. "Be more careful" she said as she grabbed the rock and put it on the floor trying to seem normal but she felt all their eyes on her.
"Does it hurt? Let me see" Beck said and stepped towards her but she pushed him back gently.
"It's fine, it wasn't that hard, let's get this over with…I wanna go home" Jade simply said and he nodded.
"Okay, just a little more" He said and smiled at her so she smiled back. They finished removing the rocks and finally got to the door so Beck tried to open it but it didn't work so he kicked it instead, only to get the same results. All their effort had been useless.
"It's blocked on the outside too" Robbie commented.
"Fuck!" Beck said in frustration and Jade looked down worriedly, she felt worse as minutes went by and the fact they still had no hope or way out was scary.
"I'm going to the bathroom" Jade said and made her way to the bathroom trying to walk as normally as she could, she managed to get inside and as soon as she locked the door she collapsed on her knees while still holding the knob. "Oh my god…" She whispered and slowly dragged herself away from the door just in case they heard her.
Jade sat on the floor with her back on the toilet and slowly removed the top of her dress to see her injury, she realized the blood was still flowing so she hit the floor madly. "Fuck!" She muttered to herself and took a breath as she cut yet another stripe off her dress, she tied it around her body and made it tight but she knew the blood wouldn't stop, it would only slow it down again.
She got dressed again and put her jacket on but she didn't want to move, she wanted to stay in the bathroom because she was alone and moving caused her pain. "Should I tell them?" Jade asked herself as she stared at the ceiling and shook her head. "No, no…it would only worry them, it's nothing, it's nothing, just a stupid little cut" she affirmed and closed her eyes as she nodded. "I feel like this because I'm hungry, that's it…yes, yes" she said and took a deep breath but she couldn't finish it so she got confused, she tried to do it again but she got the same results, it was as if she were cut off before she could take in enough air so she felt a weight stuck in her chest.
"Jade, I wanna pee…are you gonna take long?" Cat asked and Jade rolled her eyes in resignation.
"No, I'll be right out" She said and used the toilet to push herself up. She walked out of the bathroom and Cat immediately rushed in so Jade smiled, she saw Beck and Robbie by the window and walked towards them.
"Maybe if we tie our clothes together we can make a long rope and one of us can get down there at a time" Beck suggested.
"I don't know, that seems risky" Robbie said. "Maybe we should just scream for help until someone hears us"
"The city must be collapsing right now, they won't come here" Beck said. "But Cat's mom knows she is here, she'll probably tell someone"
"There are also Jade's parents, right?" Robbie commented. "Do they know you're here?" He asked her and she looked at him.
"Yeah, sort of" Jade said and took a small pause to breathe. "I told them I'd be with Cat and I said the name of the owner"
"Not so specific but I guess they could help us too" Beck commented and she nodded but she then she felt dizzy, she was looking at Robbie and the window behind him but for moments she saw a blur of colors and she felt she'd faint.
"Yeah" Jade said as she looked down and rubbed her eyes. "I'm gonna go…take a seat" she informed and the guys stared at her a little disconcerted but they didn't say anything and she sat down on the sofa, which made her feel a lot safer because she felt she would drop unconscious from one moment to the other.
Beck and Robbie spent the next two hours trying to unblock all the other doors but they couldn't do it from the inside only with their hands. Meanwhile Cat was playing with the dog and Jade was on the sofa just trying to resist the pain and stay conscious, she tried to keep her head busy.
"He is so cute" Cat commented as she smiled at the dog but Jade didn't say anything, she felt worse as time went by.
"It's useless, we are trapped here" Beck informed as he and Robbie came back from the other room.
"They will have to come eventually" Robbie said.
"Yeah, when once we've starved" He responded and sighed.
"Jade, you look sick" Cat suddenly commented as she looked at her friend. "Are you sure you're okay?" she asked but Jade's sight was getting blurrier so she blinked to focus it; she felt dizzy, tired and she had trouble breathing.
"I'm fine" Jade said and embraced herself because she was cold.
"But you're sweating and you look yellow" Cat commented so Beck walked towards her, he tried to touch her face so she leaned back.
"Stop" Beck said.
"Go back to the window or whatever" Jade responded but he didn't care and touched her forehead anyway.
"You're so cold, why are you sweating?" He asked confused but she didn't say anything. "What do you feel?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine" Jade said and swallowed as she tried to breathe normally.
"You're not fine Jade, just look at you" Beck commented worriedly. "Maybe you caught an infection or something, tell me what you feel"
"It's nothing serious, I just feel a little lightheaded because we haven't eaten" Jade said and he sighed mortified.
"We'll get you something to eat as soon as we leave but you're going to the doctor too, this isn't normal" Beck affirmed and she nodded, she knew she needed medical attention but she knew that by telling them she would only worry them because there was nothing they could do in that room.
Andre and Tori were fine after the earthquake and they had been stuck in the restaurant but in the morning they were released. "Hey, where are the others?" Andre asked.
"Cat said she and Jade would babysit a dog" Tori said. "We should go to her house to make sure they are okay"
"Yeah, Beck and Robbie were together too" Andre informed. "Let's go to Cat's house and then to Beck's RV"
They drove to the Valentine house and found the door open so they walked inside. "Cat? Hello?" Tori shouted and then they heard noises.
"Here!" A female voice exclaimed and they rushed to the living room so they saw Cat's mother on the floor.
"Oh my god, are you okay?" Tori asked worriedly as Andre helped her up.
"Yeah, thank you" The woman said. "I think something hit my head and I must have passed out"
"We are looking for Cat and Jade" Andre informed.
"Cat! Yes, she is at my boss' house" The woman, whose name was Anna, said worriedly. "Oh god, we need to get there now"
"But you need to go to the hospital, you hit your head" Tori said.
"I need to see my daughter" Anna responded. "I'm fine, I'll get checked later I promise" she said and they sighed mortified.
"Alright, let's go"
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