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Rali's POV

I am loving our new sleeping arrangements. This morning I woke up to Kayla cuddling me quite intimately. She had wormed her way between my legs, her head resting on my chest and her arm wrapped around my shoulders. I will admit she wasn't alone in this, I had my arms around her waist tightly. I smiled down at Kayla as she slept. The red marks in her neck had gone down, now only two small pale holes. I gently let my fingers brush over the cuts, committing the new edition to her body to my memory. Kayla shifted against me before her eyes opened softly and a smile spread across her face. I smiled back.

"Morning Sunshine." I joked, my voice low. She rolled her eyes and sat up, shaking the sand from her hair. I followed her example, running my hands through my short brown tufts. I sneezed as some sand got up my nose and Kayla giggled.

"Come on, we should get moving. Are carpet and Kanjer awake?" she said, looking over my shoulder. I turned as well to see Kanjer up and stretching, but carpet being barely able to lift himself from the ground. I got up and quickly got up and rushed over to him, holding him gently.

"Carpet what's wrong?" I asked. Kayla came to stand beside me. She poked at him gently and he shifted.

"Maybe he's tired?" she offered as carpet curled away from her hand. I nodded.

"Yeah, he flew for to long yesterday and now he can barely flap his tassels." I determined , looking at Kayla. She narrowed her eyes at me before getting up and walking north.

"Come on! We don't have time to sit around!" she shouted behind her. I thought about going after her but, knowing Kayla, she wouldn't listen until something bad happened. I sighed and draped carpet over Kanjer's broad back.

"You get a good rest carpet. We're goanna need you when you get your strength back." I said before I followed Kayla with Kanjer beside me.

We walked for hours, the sand burning at the soles of my bare feet. Kanjer was ahead of me, like a joiner between me and Kayla. This girl and her mood swings, I couldn't keep up. I don't care how hot she is, no girl is worth this. Then again, she was the first person who really understood me, got under my skin, made me smile. I hadn't realised I had stopped until I almost stumbled forwards, my legs not coming with me. I looked down to see my feet sinking below the surface of the sand, my skin feeling wet and sticky. The more I pulled, the more I sunk. What was happening? I looked up to see Kayla and Kanjer a few metres ahead of me and still moving. Why weren't they sinking? I noticed that they were more eastward then I was, closer to the sun. I must just be on the edge.

"KAYLA!" I shouted as loud as I could, waving my arms in the air. She was so far away that she was just a shape now, I couldn't distinguish anything on her body. "KAYLA!" I shouted again, praying she'd hear me. The shape stopped and turned to me. It started to come towards me, Kanjer following on behind her.

When she reached me she was about to come to stand in front of me but I stopped her.

"Don't come any closer! I don't know why, but I'm stuck and sinking. You gotta get me out!" I yelled. Kayla stared at me angrily.

"I don't know what's more stupid; the fact that you're stuck in quicksand or that you don't know that it's called quicksand!" she yelled before reaching for my hands. I stretched for her reach, but we fell short by a few inches. "I can't reach you!" she yelled. I was up to my knees now and still sinking fast. Kayla looked lost, searching for anything that could help. She spotted carpet on Kanjer's back and grabbed him. "Carpet I'm really sorry but you need to fly me up close to Rali so we can pull him free or else he will die." she said quickly. Carpet seemed to do a small nod before he groggily flapped up from Kanjer's back. Kayla hopped on and he flew her close enough for her to grab my hands. "Ok carpet now lift us up, now!" she demanded. Carpet obliged and I was roughly yanked upwards as him and Kayla shot upwards into the air. My legs started to hurt as I was being pulled from the sand. I could feel my knees come free, shivering at the sucking and squelching feeling. "Almost there!" Kayla groaned, before my hands slipped from hers. I rocketed back into the sand, sinking right up to my chest, only one arm still free.

"Rali!" Kayla screamed, grabbing onto my hand and starting to pull again. She kept pulling, sweat coating her forehead and hands. Soon I was down to having just my left leg still under the sand. Kayla was putting every ounce of strength she had into it, pulling as hard as she could.

"That's it Kayla, I'm almost fre-" I stopped speaking as a pop sounded from under me and a pain so intense fired through my leg, bringing a scream so course it burned my throat to take over any coherent words. Kayla stopped pulling, staring at me fearfully.

"Rali what happened?" she asked, effort straining her voice.

"K-keep pulling, I'm fine." I chocked out. She looked unsure but kept pulling. I grit my teeth against the pain shooting through my leg, feeling more and more with each tug. With the last ounce of strength I think Kayla had left she pulled and I was freed so vigorously I flew through the air, knocked her off carpet and sent us both sprawling onto the sand. I sat up, barely stifling the cry of pain as I clutched my leg. Kayla was up a second after, pulling me towards her.

"I thought you were going to die. I'm so sorry I got cross with you this morning, you were just doing what was best for carpet." she cried. I pulled away from her and smiled at her though the pain.

"Kayla, calm down. I'm fine." I said hoarsely. Kayla smiled in relief, laughing slightly at her own actions. She took a deep breath as she stood up, offering me her hand. I gulped as I took it, not knowing how much damage had been done to my leg. I found out as soon as I stood up, the pain bringing me to a stop and forcing me to collapse. Kayla crouched down beside me.

"What's wrong?" she cried fearfully. I grunted as I sat up, my leg straight out in font of me.

"I don't know. There's a very intense pain in my leg starting at my knee." I explained, tears falling down my cheeks. Kayla nodded, looking down at my leg and placing her hands on my shin. I gulped as she slowly moved her hands towards my knee, knowing there was going to be more pain. Her hands reached my knee and she gently put pressure on where the knee joined to my leg. I screamed again, batting her hands away. She grimaced at my leg, not meeting my eyes.

"It's definitely dislocated. If we don't get back in the socket it will heal wrong and permanently damage your leg." she said gravely. I nodded knowing she was right. She knew more about this then I did so I readied myself for her treatment.

"Do what you have to do." I said grimly, gritting my teeth. Kayla looked a little surprised but nodded. She took from her pack a few bandages and wrapped half of them in a small ball before shoving it in my mouth. I looked at her confusedly.

"You'll realise what this is for soon enough." she said sorrowfully. I felt a little scared as she gripped my leg just below my knee. With one more apologetic look, Kayla wrenched my knee towards my body as hard as she could. My scream was muffled by the cloth as i bit down on it harshly and the pop that sounded from my knee as it was forced back into place. Kayla stroked my hair as we waited for the pain to ebb away. Kayla was watching me but would sometimes look away towards the sun. I felt drowsy, my eyelids heavy. Kayla sighed, looking back down at me.

"We'll set up camp for the night here. You and carpet both need your rest." she grumbled, standing up and getting a fire ready. I tried to sit up, my whole body fighting against my sudden weariness.

"I'm sorry Kayla." I mumbled weakly. She turned to me as flames started to lick at the wood pile. She smiled warmly and I suddenly felt much better as she lifted my head onto her lap, her fingers threading through my hair gently. I could feel the irony from last night creep up on me, along with the need to sleep.

"Don't worry Rali, none of this is your fault. You get some rest, your leg won't be good to walk on tomorrow or for a few days." she said softly. I nodded, already falling into a deep sleep.

I was started awake by something pressing against my temple. I looked over to see Kayla lying beside me, her finger gently tracing the counters of my face. I don't think she knew I was awake, as she kept going.

"So different." she mumbled quietly. Different? She was speaking as if she'd never seen a male face before. How long had she been left without human contact? "It's been too long." she said sadly. I pretended to stay asleep, letting her hand travel from my face, down my neck and onto my chest, feeling every muscle. "So strong." she said as her hand skimmed over my heart. I didn't know what she was doing, but I couldn't deny that I was liking it. I felt the goosebumps rise as she continued to touch my chest and stomach. All to soon she took her hand away, laying down beside me. Subtly, hoping I wasn't giving myself away, I rolled over so that I was facing her and draped my arm over her stomach, pulling her closer against me. I don't know what it was about this girl that made me want to constantly be close to her, to keep her happy, but I liked the feeling I got from her when she smiled.

"Goodnight Kayla." I mumbled, smiling into her hair.

"Goodnight Rali." she replied in a smug voice. Crap.

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