We're going to skip ahead about a month here. You're still with Becker and Matt but there are no signs of any of the others.

You wake, blinking to the sound of the forest, as the sun rises over the horizon. The forest below you starts to move as creatures begin their foraging for the day. In the distance, a heard of diplodocus raise their heads from the trees they striped bare in the night. In the tree next to you, some monkeys are swinging back and forth, their chattering slowly rousing the two sleeping men either side of you.

"God I hate those monkeys." Matt mutters, pulling himself into a seating position.

"Be glad their only making a racket. You could be having an early shower." Matt pulls a face at Becker before reaching for his jacket. He clambers down the tree to the ground, leaving you and Becker alone.

"One month." You sigh. He pulls you closer to him, resting his head against you.

"We're still here aren't we?" he presses his lips gently to yours.

"C'mon love birds!" Matt calls and you laugh, shimmying down the tree, Becker dropping down next to you. "We'll continue to head South. They must be headed that way too because there was a coastal region up North." there was sense in Matt words the first time round, but now they don't mean much. Even so, you take Becker's hand and walk ahead of Matt.

You stop every now and then to gather the roots and berries that you can eat. Matt mocks you for it, trying to persuade you to hunt, but you'll keep shooting him down. Becker backs you and that pisses him off somewhat.

It's been the same old routine for one month.

Wake.

Walk.

Eat.

Walk.

Drink.

Walk.

Eat.

Walk.

Rest.

Walk.

Sleep.

Always 'heading south' yet there were no signs of the others. Danny and Jenny had probably headed west and Abby and Connor east. At least they still had each other. You hope. You've still got Becker but Matt's on his own. The girl he loved thousands of years away and may never know.

"We should stop for a bit." Matt calls. You nod in agreement and move to sit on a stone as Becker leans against the tree. "Do you know what the date is?"

"Matt," Becker sighs. "We're thousands of years in the past. I have no idea." You know. One month since you left and you know the date oh so well.

"It's Abby's birthday." you murmur. "God I feel sorry for her. Some fucking birthday present this is!" You kick the stone you're sat on in anger, and pain shoots up the back of your heel. Becker crouches down infront of you.

"Hey now." he takes your hands in his. "We'll find her, and it'll be alright." Becker pulls you to your feet. "We keep walking."

X

It's dark before you find somewhere to rest. You climb to the top of yet another tree and settle yourself between Matt and Becker, laying your head on Becker's again. Your eyes are closing by the time you see something odd. "Smoke." you mutter.

"What?" Becker's eyes are closed.

"Smoke!" You sit up-right, heading down the tree.

"Wait!" Matt calls after you. "It could be a fire!"

You shoot him a pleading look. "Please, I need to know!" Matt nods and Becker jumps to the ground as you take off. You run as fast as you can, ducking, dodging and weaving through the forest until you reach a clearing. You burst into the glade and come across a fire. On the other side of the fire are two faces, each brandishing a stick.

"A stick?" you ask in disbelief. "A year here and that's all you cam up with? What if I was some angry tyrannosaurus or something?" You grin at the couple and they grin back and Matt and Danny race into the clearing.

Abby grins and runs forwards. "Oh thank god!" she slams into you and you pull her close. "We though you were dead!"

Connor joins the hug before clapping the boys on the boys on the back. "How's ya find us?"

"She saw your smoke." Becker gestures towards you. There's a silence in the air, a question no one wants to ask. "Danny and Jenny..."

"Are they-?" Abby begins.

"We don't know." Matt sighs, picking up a stick and scratching the dirt. "We're heading south in hope that they'll do the same."

"Same. There was a ocean north, so maybe we'll get lucky. Where do you stay the night?" Connor takes the stick back off Matt.

"In a tree. Dear god, we sound like monkeys." you mutter. Abby nods and Matt scrambles up another tree, checks it and calls back down to you to come up. Becker gives you a boost before following you up the tree.

You settle back into the position you were in before, Abby and Connor now on the other side of Matt.

You hope that tomorrow will bring the relief of Danny and Jenny with it. As you nod off, you remember something. "Abby?"
"Yeah?"

"Happy birthday."