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I waved, and some other people did too, but a lot of them glared at us. I shrank underneath their stares, but I held my ground and stared back. So did Stella, but Tilla and Rose just kind of hid behind someone. But the fact that Till hid behind that bugger made me…a little weirded out.
I guess he's alright.
Jeb then stepped up and waved a hand at us.
"They're all good," he said with a smile. "Just sweet little girls looking for a place to stay."
I don't think Stella appreciated the 'little girls' comment too much.
Everyone then smiled at us, and the chatter restarted. Everyone was comfortable, now that we weren't a threat. Which was good.
I looked over to see Stella talking to Jamie.
"Yeah, I love my guitar!" She said, randomly picking strings.
"It's an acoustic guitar, right?" Jamie asked curiously, running his hands across the neck of it.
"Yup. Her name is Mayple." Stella responded.
"You named you guitar?" Jamie asked, trying to hide his laughter. "Obsessive much?"
"Hey, I'm not!!" Stella lightly punched him on the shoulder, blushing a bit.
"Mm-hmm. Sure." He snickered, then jogged ahead.
I walked over to Stella.
"See, I told you you're obsessive!! Even a guy you've known for 10 minutes can tell!!"
"Shut up Owen!" She laughed. I laughed, too.
"You like him, dontcha? Don't even deny it, I can tell!!"
"I-I…uh…"
"I KNEW IT!!" I said, messing up her hair, which in response she messed up mine. She put her 'baby' down, and then we attacked some other people. In response, it turned to a full out mess-up-hair war.
After maybe, a half hour, Jeb whistled and called everyone's attention.
"Well, that was fun!" He said chuckling. "But know we have tah get to work. Jamie, Burns, stay with the newbies and show them what to do."
Everyone cleared out, leaving us standing there.
"Sooooo..." I said, looking around the room.
"What are we suppose to do?" Rose asked.
"Well," said Jamie, "We all need to go pick corn and then plant some more!! That's our job!!"
"For how long?" Till asked.
"Ehh...about 3 hours." Burns smirked at our expressions.
"Holy crap."
"Are you serious?"
"How am I gunna do that?"
"We can't do that!"
They just smiled.
"You'll get used to it, trust us."
After 3 hours of back-breaking work, we headed back to our cave-rooms. The four of us shared one, so we all got lost together on our way back.
"Oh, great." Stella sighed, taping her hand on her guitar.
"Someone will come..." I said unbelievingly.
"Well, we could just sleep here tonight." Rose said. "Our room is almost the same as this anyway."
We all contemplated that idea. It was true. Hard cave floor here, hard cave floor there...
"Hey!! Whose there?!" I heard a voice echo to the right.
"It's us!! The new people!!" I said quickly. "We're lost!! Pleeeaaase heeelp!!"
Burns walked into view.
"Okay." He said, laughing at us. "Your room is this way!"
He walked in the opposite direction of the one we had been heading.
"...We're idiots."
"Didn't you follow Jeb's directions?" He asked us from up front.
"Uh, we all have about as much a sense of direction as Hatsuharu Sohma..." Tilla said.
We all nodded in agreement.
"Whats a ...Hatsu-thingy?" He asked, turning around and looking at us funny.
"...It's a fangirl thing." I said, shaking my head. He just turned around and kept walking, leaving the four of us to laugh silently at his normal-ness.
We got to our room in one piece. Burns waved goodnight, and left us alone to get situated. There were two mattresses, so Stella and I shared and Rosalie and Tilla shared. We laid down on our backs, trying to sleep, but the only thing we could do was stare at the ceiling.
We'd had a lot of nights like that in the desert, where we were to upset or scared or or restless to sleep.
"I'm scared." Rose said.
"Me too."
Stella and Rose nodded in agreement.
"We're here, though!" I said, thinking positively. "More friends, people to protect us, food..." They laughed. Yes, food was one of the best parts.
"Let's try to sleep." Tilla said, rolling over.
"We're gunna need it to work like that again tomorrow." Rose added.
We all playfully shuddered.
"Sweet dreams!"
"Good night!"
"Sleep tight!"
"Don't let the buggers bite!"
We all giggled, and finally fell into a peaceful sleep.
Bonjour mez amis!! I'm sorry for another uber-short chapter. Like, this is really short. But...I have NO IDEA what to do with this story. AT ALL. So please give me ideas and opinions!! REVIEW!!!
Until Later,
HogoshaOtaku
