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Given Up
Chapter 10: Little Things Give You Away
First Pov (Tyler)
October 15, 2027
12:45 AM
I started thinking about how people have survived in this world as I stood on the roof. There have been a lot of close calls over the past 14 years. Each and every one of us is in a life where it's kill or be killed. You mess up, you're dead. That's how bad it is in the apocalypse. Broken from the start and made from broken parts. I look through my eyes and I see the world that God gave us. I mean, we all know that there's no one to save us.
My thoughts were interrupted when I remembered the jet that flew over Detroit almost a year ago. Blew the whole place to Hell and killed Mickia in the process. It brings up many certain questions: who was flying that plane? Why did they bomb us? Were there other people? Does that mean we're not alone?
"Can't sleep?" I turned around to see Skyler walking up over to me. This was my usual night up on the roof: I think about everything and Skyler comes up to talk to me. I actually liked it when she came up. I had someone to talk to. She was wearing her dark green, long-sleeve shirt along with her silver sweatpants that had thin black stripes riding down the side. Her long, light brown hair rested on her shoulders as she stood right next to me.
"No, I can't. What about you?" I curiously asked, looking at her.
"I've been thinking about what happened about a month ago, when we were talking and I stopped you for a second, but I didn't say anything." She explained, slowly moving closer to me.
"I want to know what you were gonna say. If you want to get it out, do it now."
"Tyler, I-I…can't do this." Skyler turned away and started crying softly. Tears slowly streamed the side of her cheek. I placed my hands on the sides of her face and turned it. I stared into her beautiful aqua-green colored eyes and wiped the tears away from her face.
"Skyler, it's alright. You can tell me." I gently brushed the hair from her face and smiled. "I have something to tell you too. How about we both tell each other at the same time? Go." The next sentence was spoken in unison.
"I love you."
First Pov (Skyler)
I stared into Tyler's glowing hazel green eyes as we both started moving closer towards each other. We got closer and closer until our lips eventually met. We closed our eyes. Tyler placed his hands on my waist while I wrapped my arms around his neck. We both pulled to get closer. The romantic kiss was so passionate and it was a never-ending feeling. We eventually broke apart for air before resuming our kiss. My tongue slipped into his mouth while his tongue snaked its way into mine. Our tongues danced around in our mouths as we kept kissing each other. I am so excited that Ty loves me and that I love him. He stroked my hair as we kissed for the next few passionate-filled minutes. I released a breath in the form of a moan as I ran one of my hands through Tyler's very short, but soft hair. Meanwhile, I took my other hand and placed it on the back of his neck. In the process, I felt Ty's hand as he gently caressed my light-red cheek.
We broke away and looked at each other, both of us breathless. We stood there in silence for a few moments before we both smiled. Ty gently pressed his forehead against my own as he held me close. I pulled him closer to me so that there was no space in between the two of us. A few seconds later, I was the first to break the silence.
"Promise that you'll never leave me alone."
"I promise." I smiled when he said that. Tyler and I broke the embrace and started sauntering towards the door. He took a hold of my hand and at that moment, I gripped it tightly. I never wanted to let go. That night, I fell asleep in Ty's arms. My head rested against his chest as he held me close, acting both protective and compassionate. I can understand why he's being protective of me. I have no problem with it, whatsoever.
Following morning…
7:45 AM
I opened my eyes, waking up to see that Ty was still holding close me in his arms. I have to admit, Tyler looks kinda cute when he's asleep. Slowly, he opened his eyes and looked at me with a heartwarming smile that I had fallen in love with. "Hey."
I smiled. "Hey." We both moved closer to each other for a quick kiss. "I'm gonna go take a shower and I'll join you and the others for breakfast. Ok?" I explained.
"Ok. I love you."
"I love you too." I stood up and walked up to the second floor. I grabbed some clean clothes and a dry towel before turning on the water. I took off all of my clothes and stepped into the shower. As usual, I shivered as the ice cold water ran down my bare back. A few seconds later, it became warm and I started singing to myself.
Standing alone with no direction
How did I fall so far behind?
Why am I searching for perfection?
Knowing it's something I won't find?
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down again
All because
I run
Till the silence splits me open
I run
Till it puts me underground
Till I have no breath
And no roads left but one
When did I lose my sense of purpose?
Can I regain what's lost inside?
Why do I feel like I deserve this?
Why does my pain look like my pride?
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down again
All because
I let myself down
In my fear and flaws
I run
Till the silence splits me open
I run
Till it puts me underground
Till I have no breath
And no roads left but one
No roads left but one
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down again
All because
I run
And the silence splits me open
I run
And it puts me underground
But there's no regret
And no roads left to run
I turned off the water as I finished. I picked up my towel and dried off before tossing it to the side. I started putting on the clean clothes I had brought with me. I wore a pair of slightly ripped, cyan blue jeans along with a long-sleeve, navy blue shirt. Underneath the shirt, I wore a dark purple tanktop.
I started smiling as I thought to myself. I was smiling at the fact that Tyler loves me and that he knows that I love him. I know that we're in a living hell on Earth, but it seems that things were starting to look up.