So excited about the finale tonight….though a little terrified about what may happen….

Let's wait and see…. and hope for the best!

Chapter 10

Lyndsay yawned as she walked tiredly into the kitchen, finding the other two roommates already sitting in the kitchen and having breakfast while talking animatedly about something. It was always a mystery how those two could be this awake at such an early hour.

"Elyza! Please!"

"No." The blonde replied and sipped her coffee.

Lyndsay made herself a cup of coffee. God only knew she needed it to wake up. "What are you talking 'bout?"

"I'm trying to get Lyza to agree on taking me with her the next time her teams goes out there." Cory explained.

"Let me guess. She didn't respond to any of your reasoning?" Lyndsay smirked and Cory rolled his eyes, grumbling something into his cereal bowl. "Why don't you join me at Tech Ward?"

"Tech is boring."

The brunette widened her eyes and put her hand over her heart. "Excuse me, young man?! I beg to differ. Tech is so not boring. You get to play around with really cool stuff."

"Or blow up things." Elyza murmured and emptied her coffee.

Cory's head whipped up, eyes wide with excitement. "Can you show me how to make explosives?"

"Yeah!" Lyndsay replied before she met Elyza's deathly glare. "I mean, of course not!" There was a knock on the door and Elyza went to open the door. The brunette girl leant over and kept her voice low so that the other girl wouldn't overhear her. "Just come over whenever you want. Explosives aren't that hard if you have the necessary components. But if you say anything to Elyza, I'll make sure to mine your room."

"Cool, breakfast!" Dave appeared in the kitchen, followed by Elyza. Dave got himself a cup of coffee and a bowl of cereal.

"Don't you have your own food at home? How come you're always eating yourself through our food?" Cory frowned.

"Hmpfh…" Dave replied with his mouth full of cereals, making it hard for the three roommates to discern Dave's answer.

Lyndsay ignored the big man-child whom gulped down their cereals and turned her attention back to Cory and her coffee. "I don't even know why you want to go out there so much. You've got everything you need in here. Something for your boredom, food, water,….hot girls."

She glanced innocently at Elyza after receiving a dirty look.

"I don't care about girls."

"See! You're not even a real man yet."

Cory frowned. "Not all men only care about hot girls."

The young brunette lifted a brow and turned to her right, looking at Dave whom had ignored their conversation the whole time and kept his attention on his breakfast. "Yo, Dave. There's this new girl in Tech. Keeps bugging me about you."

Elyza fought back the urge to grin as she saw Dave suddenly raising his head, mouth full of food, his eyes showing them his excitement. "Really? What's she look like? Do I know her?"

"See what I mean?" Lyndsay replied deadpanned and turned her attention back to Cory whom had finished his breakfast by now.

"Come on. We're not all like….this." The blonde boy threw a meaningful side glance at Dave.

"Hey!" Dave huffed offended, before he turned to Elyza whom had silently watched the rather fun exchange between her friends. "Elyza!"

Elyza, Lyndsay and Cory stared surprised, yet amused at Dave. His Elyza-whine sounded like he was a little kid and someone had just stolen his favorite toy. Even Dave must have realized how it must have sounded and shrunk a little in his seat, clearly embarrassed about his unmanly whine.

"Right," Lyndsay breathed out. "Maybe you are more man than Dave."

This time Dave opted to stay silent, but still gave Elyza an offended glance while he indicated at her two roommates. Elyza shook her head at their antics and smiled amused. "Don't look at me. You've walked right into that one with that whine of yours."

"Elyza." Lyndsay and Cory mimicked Dave's earlier whine.

Dave resigned. "I'm never gonna live that down."

"Probably not." Elyza replied and stood up. "As fun as this is, I've got to go. Cory don't forget that Mr. Bright is expecting you an hour earlier." With that the blonde grabbed her coat and left the apartment while Cory put his bowl in the sink and went to his room to get ready for his day, leaving Lyndsay and Dave alone in the kitchen.

Dave cleared his throat and looked at the remaining girl. "So,…about this girl in Tech?"

Lyndsay rolled her eyes and grabbed the towel which laid on the table and threw it over Dave's head. "Keep dreaming, stud."

Alicia was sorting through some medical supplies inside the medical ward. Medical was huge, bigger than Alicia had imagined it to be. There were several rooms, some filled with patients and some empty, waiting to be used. A big supply room with all kinds of medicine was also available.

It had been a week since the council meeting, and it only had taken three days for Alicia to settle down. She knew her way around, at least in the most parts of Polis. She even made some friends and she started to like her work in the medical building.

Alicia absolutely adored Polis and its citizen.

And she was thanking God for sending her and her family Elyza, because she was sure that they would've never ended up in this camp without the blonde girl.

Elyza.

She had seen her a couple times during the week, they even spoke briefly once and then, but both girls had been rather busy so that their encounters were always kept short. Still, as brief as their encounters had been, they had remained powerful. Beating heart, meaningful and lingering looks and soft smiles.

The girls had gotten comfortable with each other.

Maybe even too comfortable. Alicia couldn't deny the fluttering of her heart while just thinking of the blonde. She was hooked. Without a doubt.

It was around the sixth day in Polis when she admitted to herself that she may have a crush.

Just a little one.

It didn't help that the apartment she and her family were living in was in the same building than Elyza's, resulting in even more encounters - mostly early in the morning or late at night.

A loud crash brought her back from her thoughts and Alicia turned around to see what had happened. Standing in front of her was one of the patients, eyes wide staring at her. Her eyes flickered down and she saw a pair of crutches laying on the ground.

"You're dead." The man breathed.

Alicia blinked surprised. "What?"

"You should be dead. Why are you not dead?" He replied, the last part spoken more to himself than to anyone else.

"I've got this." A girl rushed by Alicia and went over to the patient. "What's the matter, Peter? Did you need anything?"

Peter pointed at Alicia whom still didn't know what was going on. "My sister. Dead."

"I know, Peter. But that's not you're sister."

"Not my sister?" Peter frowned.

"No. Come on, I walk you back to your room." The girl responded softly and led Peter gently down the hall.

Alicia kept staring confused at the retreading figures. Was Peter on drugs? He had looked normal to her – well, aside from his paleness while looking at her. She was still thinking about Peter when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Startled by the sudden touch, Alicia dropped the boxes she had in her hands and turned around, a set of blue eyes glancing worriedly at her. "Elyza, hey."

"Hi. Are you okay? I've called your name several times but you didn't respond."

She breathed and drew a hand through her hair. "Yeah, yeah. Sorry. I was just thinking about the patient who was just here."

"Peter? Yeah, he's not okay. We're hoping that he'll get better soon. Jessy, the girl whom led him away, works with him. He's in good hands with her."

Alicia nodded and looked at the fallen boxes. She bend down to pick them up when she noticed the blonde mimicking her movements. "Here, let me help you."

They collected the little boxes and simultaneously looked up. They were close and Alicia sucked in her breath. Her heart pounded. She saw Elyza blinking a few times while she kept glancing dazed at her. Alicia swore that her heart skipped a beat when she noticed Elyza's eyes flicker down to her lips for a brief moment.

They just knelt there, staring at each other for a few seconds. Neither dared to move away, yet neither dared to move closer. They were stuck. So close and yet so far away.

The blonde suddenly shook her head and cleared her throat, bringing them back to reality. Elyza quickly stood up and gave Alicia the boxes she had collected as soon as the girl had righted herself.

"I've got to go. I'll see you around." Elyza exclaimed and left without waiting for a reply from Alicia. The blonde swiftly walked away, deep in thoughts. She still didn't know what it was about the girls that made her react like this. She had built walls. High walls. Walls that kept her safe from any pain. Yet, this green eyed girl had found a way through them – or around them. Elyza didn't know which, just that she knew a way to make her walls look like a knee-high fence one could easily climb over.

That wasn't good.

She'd have to watch herself around the brunette.

Two hours later Alicia finally called it a day and gathered her things, ready to go home. She bid her goodbyes to her co-workers and friends and left the building, slowly making her way to her apartment building. It was already late and she knew that her family probably already retired for the night. The streets weren't as busy as during the day, but there were still enough people walking around, most of them spending time with friends and loved ones.

Alicia smiled at some of them, recognizing some from short encounters in Medical. It didn't take long until she reached the building her family resided and went up to her apartment.

The brunette moved to unlock the door though paused with her task when she heard a chuckle nearby. Glancing over her shoulder she saw Elyza talking to the girl from earlier whom had led away the confused patient. The girl had her arm around Elyza and it was pretty obvious that they were a little tipsy.

They walked down the hall and Elyza opened the door leading into her apartment. The dirty-blonde haired girl smiled seducing at the blonde and bit onto her lower lip, sauntering into the apartment. Elyza smiled while shaking her head at the girl's movements and was about to close the door and follow the other girl into the apartment as her blue eyes flickered up and met Alicia's green ones.

Alicia saw the surprise in Elyza's face. They just stood there staring at each other.

She didn't know how long their eyes lingered on each other, but Elyza blinked once and shook her head, clearing the fogginess in her head and broke the eye contact. Smiling slightly at Alicia, Elyza entered the apartment and closed the door.

Only when Elyza was inside the apartment and the door was firmly closed did Alicia dare to breathe again.

Damn.

She definitely was in trouble.

Jessy Arman – Niylah

Have fun watching the finale tonight!