Bray narrowed his eyes at Ebony, and ran off in the direction the others seemed to have gone.
"Amber, are we ever gonna have a break?" Chloe and Patsy were whining.
"Later." Amber said monotonously, and walked on faster. The girls caught up to her again.
"But you've been saying that all day!" Pasty pointed out.
"We've been walking all day, and my feet hurt now." Chloe added.
"Fine! We'll stop when we can find somewhere decent to spend the night." Amber was getting wound up.
"But it's almost dark! Can't we…" Patsy started.
"No! Now just leave me alone!" Amber shouted and walked off, leaving Patsy and Chloe looking rather forlorn.
Earlier, Bray had been very close to catching up with the others, but then Ebony had gone missing. Now he had found her again they must be miles behind the others.
"Look Bray, it wasn't my fault!" Bray wasn't speaking to Ebony. He was sure Ebony had deliberately walked off, so as to loose the others.
"If you didn't want to come with me, then why did you?" He finally hissed at her.
"Well…where else was I meant to go?" She replied uneasily.
"On your own somewhere?" Bray suggested sarcastically. Ebony scowled at him.
The Mallrats had eaten what food they had managed to get, and were just about to settle down for the night. They were over half way there now, and were sleeping near a wooded area.
"What's that?" Salene looked round frantically. She could hear a rustling noise.
"What's what?" Lex said, in typical Lex manner, and Bray walked out from between the trees, closely followed by Ebony.
"What's she doing here?" Trudy asked spitefully.
"She was thrown out by her own tribe, isn't that right Ebony?" Bray was fed up with her now.
"Is it?" Trudy repeated. Ebony just squirmed.
"Do you want something to eat?" Salene brought over some food and offered it to the newcomers. After they had eaten everyone settled down for the night. Amber let the tears run silently down her face.
Amber had got bored of trying to get to sleep, so she had walked off into the trees to think. She had resolved to leave the Tribe in the morning, she didn't think she could stay in the same tribe as Bray and Ebony. She sat down and leant back against a tree. The same thoughts kept whizzing round her head, again and again, and she was crying softly.
"Amber, what's wrong?" Someone said softly. Amber groaned - it was Bray. She looked into the distance, her eyes glazed over. "Amber?" He tried again, and sat down. "Why aren't you talking to me?" He put his hand on her knee, and shook it gently. She picked up his hand and moved it off her, holding it for longer than she really needed to. "Amber! Look at me!" She was annoying him now, but she still didn't look at him.
"What do you want? Because I know you don't want me, so just run back to your precious Ebony." She said, half talking, half sobbing.
"What!?" Bray said, shocked. Amber finally looked at him, avoiding his eyes.
"I saw you two together. By the pool. So don't deny it!" She snapped, and turned the other way. She didn't want Bray to see she was crying.
"By the pool?" He asked, confused.
"You know what I mean." She said, trying to sound spiteful but coming across as upset.
"But I don't!" Bray replied. Amber swallowed hard, trying to fight her tears.
"I…I found out where you were being held, and I saw you…" She sobbed. "…Saw you with her…she was rubbing suncream into you." Amber was all choked up now. Bray shook his head in disbelief.
"You've got it all wrong…" He started.
"I don't think so. So just do me a favour and leave me alone. You're only digging yourself into a deeper hole." She said unhappily.
"Wait! Amber give me a chance to explain this!" He begged.
"O…okay" She looked at him nervously.
"Ebony was forcing me to. If you had watched properly, I was struggling to get her off, and I did!" He said gently. Amber realised that she had quickly glanced at them twice, her mind had made her think the worst.
"But…but…how do I know you're not lying?" She was a bit suspicious, however much she wanted to believe him. "I know you and Ebony had something going before the virus."
"As you said, that was before the virus. Afterwards I saw sense." He started. Amber smiled slightly. "And why would I have followed you if I had wanted to be with Ebony?" He asked her. Amber felt like kicking herself, sometimes she could be so blind. "And lastly," Bray took a deep breath, "…I love you."
"What?!" Amber said quietly, shocked, but happy. She finally plucked up courage to look at him properly. She couldn't believe he had just said that, straight out. "Did you just say…you love me?" she raised her eyebrows.
"Hadn't you guessed?" He smiled.
"No…well…I knew I was in love with you, but I never thought…" She hesitated. "I've missed you." She said, and hugged him tightly.
"Me too."
"Amber! Amber!" Bray whispered, trying to wake her. They had eventually fallen asleep in eachothers arms, still in the same place as they had been last night.
"Uuuuhhh?" She moaned, half asleep.
"We better rejoin the others, or they'll think we've left them." He smiled.
"That's a good idea…" She grinned, opening her eyes properly. "Do we have to? I was enjoying that!" She said coyly, her eyes wide. Bray stood up, and pulled Amber up by the hand. She smiled at him, and they kissed.
"Amber, are we ever gonna have a break?" Chloe and Patsy were whining.
"Later." Amber said monotonously, and walked on faster. The girls caught up to her again.
"But you've been saying that all day!" Pasty pointed out.
"We've been walking all day, and my feet hurt now." Chloe added.
"Fine! We'll stop when we can find somewhere decent to spend the night." Amber was getting wound up.
"But it's almost dark! Can't we…" Patsy started.
"No! Now just leave me alone!" Amber shouted and walked off, leaving Patsy and Chloe looking rather forlorn.
Earlier, Bray had been very close to catching up with the others, but then Ebony had gone missing. Now he had found her again they must be miles behind the others.
"Look Bray, it wasn't my fault!" Bray wasn't speaking to Ebony. He was sure Ebony had deliberately walked off, so as to loose the others.
"If you didn't want to come with me, then why did you?" He finally hissed at her.
"Well…where else was I meant to go?" She replied uneasily.
"On your own somewhere?" Bray suggested sarcastically. Ebony scowled at him.
The Mallrats had eaten what food they had managed to get, and were just about to settle down for the night. They were over half way there now, and were sleeping near a wooded area.
"What's that?" Salene looked round frantically. She could hear a rustling noise.
"What's what?" Lex said, in typical Lex manner, and Bray walked out from between the trees, closely followed by Ebony.
"What's she doing here?" Trudy asked spitefully.
"She was thrown out by her own tribe, isn't that right Ebony?" Bray was fed up with her now.
"Is it?" Trudy repeated. Ebony just squirmed.
"Do you want something to eat?" Salene brought over some food and offered it to the newcomers. After they had eaten everyone settled down for the night. Amber let the tears run silently down her face.
Amber had got bored of trying to get to sleep, so she had walked off into the trees to think. She had resolved to leave the Tribe in the morning, she didn't think she could stay in the same tribe as Bray and Ebony. She sat down and leant back against a tree. The same thoughts kept whizzing round her head, again and again, and she was crying softly.
"Amber, what's wrong?" Someone said softly. Amber groaned - it was Bray. She looked into the distance, her eyes glazed over. "Amber?" He tried again, and sat down. "Why aren't you talking to me?" He put his hand on her knee, and shook it gently. She picked up his hand and moved it off her, holding it for longer than she really needed to. "Amber! Look at me!" She was annoying him now, but she still didn't look at him.
"What do you want? Because I know you don't want me, so just run back to your precious Ebony." She said, half talking, half sobbing.
"What!?" Bray said, shocked. Amber finally looked at him, avoiding his eyes.
"I saw you two together. By the pool. So don't deny it!" She snapped, and turned the other way. She didn't want Bray to see she was crying.
"By the pool?" He asked, confused.
"You know what I mean." She said, trying to sound spiteful but coming across as upset.
"But I don't!" Bray replied. Amber swallowed hard, trying to fight her tears.
"I…I found out where you were being held, and I saw you…" She sobbed. "…Saw you with her…she was rubbing suncream into you." Amber was all choked up now. Bray shook his head in disbelief.
"You've got it all wrong…" He started.
"I don't think so. So just do me a favour and leave me alone. You're only digging yourself into a deeper hole." She said unhappily.
"Wait! Amber give me a chance to explain this!" He begged.
"O…okay" She looked at him nervously.
"Ebony was forcing me to. If you had watched properly, I was struggling to get her off, and I did!" He said gently. Amber realised that she had quickly glanced at them twice, her mind had made her think the worst.
"But…but…how do I know you're not lying?" She was a bit suspicious, however much she wanted to believe him. "I know you and Ebony had something going before the virus."
"As you said, that was before the virus. Afterwards I saw sense." He started. Amber smiled slightly. "And why would I have followed you if I had wanted to be with Ebony?" He asked her. Amber felt like kicking herself, sometimes she could be so blind. "And lastly," Bray took a deep breath, "…I love you."
"What?!" Amber said quietly, shocked, but happy. She finally plucked up courage to look at him properly. She couldn't believe he had just said that, straight out. "Did you just say…you love me?" she raised her eyebrows.
"Hadn't you guessed?" He smiled.
"No…well…I knew I was in love with you, but I never thought…" She hesitated. "I've missed you." She said, and hugged him tightly.
"Me too."
"Amber! Amber!" Bray whispered, trying to wake her. They had eventually fallen asleep in eachothers arms, still in the same place as they had been last night.
"Uuuuhhh?" She moaned, half asleep.
"We better rejoin the others, or they'll think we've left them." He smiled.
"That's a good idea…" She grinned, opening her eyes properly. "Do we have to? I was enjoying that!" She said coyly, her eyes wide. Bray stood up, and pulled Amber up by the hand. She smiled at him, and they kissed.
