*Snort* I wish I owned The Host.
It's time for major plot time!! *I start evilly laughing now* Well I decided to keep writing but I had to change the story slightly. Well here it is, Chapter 9.
Chapter 9
They went through the line of people one at a time choosing who would be on their teams. Needless to say I hadn't been picked yet, and I was pissed. I was one of the best players the caves have seen and I was one of the last people to be picked. Making it worse, my brother laughed harder each time someone else got called.
"Fine, I'll take..." Jared hesitated before his eyes landed on me. "Cordy." I joined the small group that was my team.
Jamie high-five me. Chuckling, "They just don't want you to get hurt, they know you play rough."
"Sexist pigs." I mutter before we got in the huddle. We began to play and all worries were forgotten. Before I knew it, it was half-time. I grabbed a water bottle and went to join the small group who had formed around Wanda, our score-keeper. "So Wanda, how's our team doing." It's hard to believe I had, at one point, found her threatening. She was so sweet and loving, like a sister.
"Yours and Ian's team is winning." Wanda announced proudly, looking up at Ian, who kissed her lightly.
Jamie came from behind, startling me. He quickly sat down beside me and grabbed my hand which had been carelessly thrown to my side. I look at him questionably and in return he just shrugges. I look up, and the first thing I notice was Melanie staring daggers at our clasped hands.
"Am I missing something, because I hate being out of the loop." She directed to Jamie.
"No, I just like her."
"So she's your girlfriend." Jamie just shrugges. Now everybody in our group is paying attention to our conversation. "It's almost the end of the world and you get a girlfriend?" Melanie's voice rising toward hysteria.
"Well you shouldn't be talking." Jamie replied staring pointedly at Jared. His comment received some laughter from the group, making me turn redder.
"Fine." she told him. Then to me she said, "If you hurt him, I will hunt you down."
"Yes. Ma'am." I answer with a hint of sarcasm.
"Do I look like a Ma'am? I don't think so. Do I?" Melanie screams
"Well..." Jared jokes.
"I'll kill you Jared Howe"
"You can't, you love me too much."
"We'll see." She says before jumping up and running after him. We all laugh at the scene before us.
One minute I'm happy, the next, my blood runs cold. The room had died down and we were all preparing for the next half of the game, well except Melanie who was still chasing Jared. When a sight and phrase will haunt me for as long as I live.
Aaron came running in at full speed. His breath loud compared to our previous quiet one. "Someone just got off the highway, and is heading in our direction. It looks like Seekers " He gasps in one breath. All at once people gasp and begin talking. It was all far away to me. I finely found a home, friends, a family, and it was about to be stolen from me. It was devastating.
Before I could ponder on it some more, a loud whistle broke the noise creating complete silence. "Well now we're in a pickle."
Zach's Point Of View (Sorry, it adds to the plot)
I guess God has a cruel sense of humor. I'm finely happy for the first time in my life and God is about to snatch it away from me. I look around the room. All I see is pure devastation. Everybody has the same like of hopelessness on their face. Luckily Jeb drew me out of my reverie by whistling, but I can't stop thinking about it. The worst thing though, is knowing that I might be the cause of everbody's pain.
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