Chapter 10- Amy's POV
I woke up with something sharp in my back. I was lying on a cold rock with water dripping from hair. It felt as though my body was on fire, and to top it off, I was freezing cold.
I tried to move my fingers and I cried out in pain. It literally felt like I was ripping a layer of skin off every time I moved. My cry brought Ian out of the woods behind me.
"Are you alright, Love?" I try to nod, but resort to just letting out a strangled "yes".
Ian bends down and strokes my hair, being careful not to move me.
"How did we..?" I can't finish my sentence so I trail off.
"Escape? I knocked Isabel out and threw you out a window."
"Thank you." It's all I can manage to say, but Ian smiles and touches my cheek ever so carefully.
"I thought I lost you. Isabel made me watch everything they did to you, and I thought they were going to kill you." It breaks my heart that he's crying now. The tears spilling down his cheeks. I manage to move my arms so that were holding hands.
~~Put Your Hearts Up~~
An hour or so later I have managed to stand up, and with Ian's help, I can walk. We start off in the direction of some bright lights, and we literally go until I'm leaning against Ian.
"Love, we must stop. You can't go any further." I shake my head.
"We have to keep going. Isabel might catch up. I'm fine, really!"
Ian helps me onto the ground anyway. I try to tell him that I'm okay but he really doesn't care. We sit down and huddle together, trying to keep warm against the bitter December wind.
"Ian?"
"Yes, Love?"
"Why did you care about me?"
"Why did I... I love you Amy. I know I did some horrible things to you, but I'm sorry."
He seems shocked that I didn't know this already, but how could I know it? Korea left me scarred, and we have been a little cold to each other since. But he loves me? How is that possible? And how do I feel about Ian? I hated him throughout the clue hunt, but now I hear that he loves me, and I realize something that shocks me more than anything else.
"I love you too, Ian. Just don't call me Love." I lay my head down in his lap and go to sleep.
~~Glitter in the Sky~~
The next morning I wake up cold and stiff, my head on Ian's chest. My arms are very sore, but I think I can make it through one day.
"Have a nice sleep Love?" I look up at Ian's face.
"I slept alright. How about you?"
" Let's just say it was one of my better nights."
I grin. We still have a long way to go, but I think it will be bearable now.
~~Part of Me~~
Natalie's POV
How do I describe the past few days? Well, we have no leads as to where Amy and Ian are whatsoever, but things have been surprisingly OK.
Dan and I have been, holding hands a lot more than normal. As in, almost all of the time. Ted and Ned started calling us "Natan" behind our backs, but they seem to forget about the security cameras.
The one time I went up to visit Hamilton, I found him and Sinead kissing on the bed. Weird. But that didn't stop me from taking a few blackmail photos. What? It could come in handy. Ned has been teaching Madison about the construction about weapons, and I think something might me going on there.
Reaghan and Ted are an interesting match. Reaghan has been giving Ted some wrestling lessons, and I can see that getting out of hand fast. Again, I took some photos of things that looked a little...Iffy. Alistair looks very uncomfortable.
You can quite easily tell that eight teenagers are living in the house. Alistair has tried to maintain a little order, but really, he's not going to succeed.
So we have solved the problem of who's dating who, but we haven't gotten anywhere on the problem of where Ian and Amy are.