Alright guys, Here is Chapter 3 for you! Should I Label each chapter? LMK in the comments.
Chapter 3
As I walked up to the owner's area of the motel searched every draw, cabinet, and closet for anything, after an hour of searching I walked back to the RV to see what Josh had done.
"I got two boxes of peanut butter bars, an EpiPen, a loaf of bread, three cases of water, two boxes of cereal, and about seven first aid boxes. We should still stop by a store for some more stuff" I say walking towards the RV.
"Ok, cool." said Josh from under the car
"How are we doing down there?" I asked.
"Well it's drivable for about half the way right now, but I believe I can fix it to take us all the way to my uncle's." He said as he moved out from under the car.
"Cool. I'm going to go check on the girls while you finish up here."
"Ok, I'll be there in 5." Josh said scooting back under the car.
I went back in the room to find Maya still asleep and Riley sitting beside her, back turned to me.
"Hey" I said in a soft voice.
She quickly turned around to look at me and I saw she had tears in her eyes as she got up and came towards.
"Hey, what's wrong"? I asked as she punched me in the shoulder and then pulls me into a long hug.
"I... I... I thought you left." Riley said now sobbing.
"I will never leave you." I said looking her in the eyes.
"Whe...where is Josh?" Riley asked.
I then explained to her our plan to leave and go to their Uncle's house in Kansas. In turn, she insists that we wait for Maya to wake up before we go, and I promise her that we would wait.
Just as we split apart, Josh walks into the room and Riley runs over and gives him a huge hug.
He turns to me and says, "So, the R.V. will take about a few more days to fix up before we can go."
"Ok." I said.
"I'm so glad you're ok." Riley says still hugging Josh.
"Yeah, you to." Josh said. "Where's Maya?"
"Over there in the bed." I said.
"Ok, thanks." Josh said as he moved to sit beside Maya.
Just as Josh said, the R.V. took a few days to finish up and anytime he wasn't working on the R.V. he was sitting beside Maya talking to her, sometimes singing, and sometimes just sitting there lost in thought. In those few days, Riley and I scavenged the motel for supplies. While Riley took a nap, I went out to check the last two rooms. In both rooms, I found the mattress and pillows were missing, but I thought nothing of it. As I walked back to our room I find to my surprise Maya sitting up and talking with Riley. I walk over and give her a hug, relieved that she's okay and awake.
"Maya! Welcome back to the land of the living." I say.
Riley and I then explain what the plans are. I tell her that Josh is just outside fixing the R.V. we're going to use, and Riley and I have been spending the past few days gathering supplies for the trip. A few minutes later, Josh walked in and with a huge smile he walks over and gives Maya a huge hug so excited that Maya was okay.
"How's the R.V. coming?" I asked
"It's all ready to go, have you told her the plan yet?" Josh asked
"Yeah, they've told me the plan." Maya says.
"Great! So, we'll need to stop by somewhere to get more food and then we're ready to go." Josh said.
"Ok, so when do we leave?" Riley asked.
"I was thinking tomorrow." Josh said.
"Well, first you two need to rest and recover before we leave." I add.
"We just slept for a week." Maya said kind of annoyed.
"Yes, but with no food, no water, and no movement. You need to recover." Riley said.
"We can do that on the R.V." Josh whines.
"That's actually a good point." I say.
"Okay, well if it's the R.V. I saw earlier then we can't drive it anyway. It's illegal." Riley said.
Over the next few minutes we debated on whether we should use it. In the end, it was our best chance of survival. We decided to leave tomorrow for less of a chance to be found by the soldiers still in the town.
"Ok, so we leave tomorrow. Josh and I are going to go scavenge around town to see what we can find." I said.
"I don't like you going to the other end of the motel, why would you think I would like y'all going into the town?" Riley unhappily asks.
"We have to go, if we don't we'll starve on this trip." Josh replies.
"We'll be careful, I promise" I turn and say to Riley. She then turns to me and looks at me with those big brown eyes and says,
"Please be careful."
And we promised as we head to the door.
"You ready?" I ask.
"Let's do this." Josh said.
Once we got outside, Josh turns to me and asks, "Do you think we will see any of them?"
"I don't know, we haven't seen any here but they could be in the town." I answered.
"Will we have to kill them or will we run away?" Josh asked.
"We should try to run but we might have to" I said.
As we were getting our gear ready Josh faces me and says "You have to stay here."
"What are you talking about?" I asked confused.
"If we both go then no one will be here with the girls." Josh said.
"But what if you need my help?"
"I'll be fine" Josh said trying to convince the both of us. "If I am not back in three days you need to take them and leave."
Over those next minutes, we continued argue on whether to leave him behind and me take the girls to safety or to wait. It became aggravating that he wouldn't let me stay with him and then a question popped into my head that I knew he would understand fully.
"Would you leave me?" I ask.
"No…no I wouldn't. Fine, but if I'm not back..." Josh started before I interrupted"
"I said..." I started before
"Let me finish... If I'm not back in three days then you go to the diner up the street, I'll meet you there." Josh said
I agree, and we decide that if he hadn't returned on the third day, we would leave. Even though I didn't believe it was best, it would keep Maya and Riley safe.