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Later that evening, Beck still wasn't back. It was almost pitch black outside and there had been constant weather updates on the radio about how bad the weather was getting, especially the wind. It had been rapidly getting worse throughout the day and it was literally like a hurricane outside.
"Okay, now I'm worried," Robbie announced as he checked his phone again. There had been no messages from Beck at all in the entire time that he had been away.
Cat buried her face in her knees, "What if he doesn't come back?" she asked quietly, fearing for the worst.
"He will," Jade answered simply. She didn't want to think about what might happen if he didn't come back. She just focused on the positive side and believed that he would walk through that door any minute, even though she believed that several hours ago.
Silence fell over the group again as they each got lost in their separate thoughts. The howling wind outside sharply contrasted with the ghostly silence inside, minus the static of the radio. But suddenly, a loud bang broke the silence as the door to the shelter was flung open. The three of them gasped at the same time as their heads spun towards the door.
It was Beck.
Robbie and Cat rushed over to help him as Jade pulled herself up from the mattress, hugging her blanket around herself to keep warm. Cat took the numerous bags from Beck and dumped them down on the floor before helping Robbie to pull the door closed, struggling against the force of the wind, but finally managing to seal it shut. Beck was completely soaked from head to toe. He was shivering all over and his normally tanned skin was pale from the freezing weather. He had several cuts on his face from God knows what, and he appeared to be limping as he walked further into the shelter.
Jade made her way over to him and embraced him tightly in a hug, glad to see him alive. He hugged her back tightly and buried his face in her soft hair, relieved to be back inside of the warm shelter and out of the horrendous storm. Jade looked up at him and pressed her warm lips to his own freezing ones. He sighed happily against her lips and tightened his arms around her slim waist.
The kiss broke as Beck collapsed down onto the mattress. Jade took her blanket off and wrapped it tightly around his shoulders, asking Cat to bring more blankets over. Beck kicked his drenched boots off his feet and grunted at the pain shooting up his leg.
"What happened?" Jade asked as she sat down beside him, taking his cold hands into her warm ones and holding them tightly.
"It's horrific out there, absolutely horrific. Cars have been blown over, there's stuff all over the road, everywhere is almost completely flooded. God…" he breathed, resting his head back against the wall as Cat and Jade wrapped blankets around him.
"Did you get hurt?" Cat asked as she lay a blanket across his legs.
He nodded, "When I was driving, my wheels hit something and I flipped into a ditch," he said, groaning as he shifted his leg.
"Oh my God!" Cat cried, her hands covering her mouth. Beck grimaced and nodded. Jade's eyes clouded with tears as she thought of his car flipping into a ditch. He could have been trapped. She could have lost him. Beck noticed her change of demeanour and squeezed her hand to let her know that he was okay.
She caught his eye and he smiled softly at her, reassuring her that he was still there. He was fine. "How badly are you hurt?" she asked, afraid of the answer. Before he responded, she did a quick once over of his body, checking for any bones popping out or anything completely serious.
"Not that bad. I twisted my knee and my car window smashed in my face, but apart from that I think I got pretty lucky," he replied. Jade relaxed slightly, knowing that it could have been a lot worse.
"Wait, how did you get back?" Robbie asked as he continued to unloaded all the stuff that Beck had gotten. There were at least five or six completely full bags about to burst.
"I had to walk, I had no other option," Beck replied, "Which is why my knee is completely wrecked now," he groaned. Jade's heart squeezed in her chest as she heard how much pain he was in. She leaned in and hugged his chest tightly. He smiled lightly and rubbed her back.
"At least you got loads of stuff, I think we'll be good for at least a week if we happen to be stuck in here for that long," Robbie called, gesturing at all the bags.
Beck nodded, "I grabbed as much as I could," he told them, but then grunted in pain again as his knee twinged painfully. Jade sat up and leaned over him to where the first aid box was lying. She grabbed it and pulled it over before rifling through it to find something. Beck watched her in confusion, wondering what she could be looking for, until she pulled out the large roll of bandages.
She gestured for him to take off his pants so she could get to his knee. He grimaced as he pulled the drenched denim from his lower body before managing to kick them off with his uninjured leg. He covered himself with the blankets again to keep warm while Jade began to bandage up his knee. He watched her in fascination.
"How do you know what to do, babe?" he asked, letting the pet name slip through his lips before he even realised. Luckily she didn't yell at him, but let a small smile creep upon her lips as she heard the familiar pet name.
"My dad has a bad knee, always has. I used to watch him bandage his knee when I was little," she explained, wrapping the bandages around again and again until she felt they were tight enough before stopping. She put the rest of the bandages back into the first aid box before moving back into his arms. She took his right hand and gently brushed her fingers lightly over his scraped knuckles as if she could magically heal them. Maybe she could, because with Jade back in his arms, he couldn't feel any pain whatsoever, only happiness.