CHAPTER 2
Enemies Among Friends
Rebecca's POV
To be truthful, Jed was a smart guy. They were chatting among themselves so I went off and started climbing a tree and sat high up on a really thick branch.
Jed's POV
"Hey? Where's Becky?" Robert asked, looking around. I looked around to see her bag on the ground but she was no where to be found.
"Shit! She probably wondered off!" I stated.
"What if she gets caught and tells where we are? What if she rats us out?" Danny questioned.
"Danny! Shut up!" Matt stated.
"Rebecca!" Daryl started yelling.
"SHUT UP!" I told him. I heard leaves crunching and I whipped around to see Rebecca approaching us.
"You people called?" she asked.
"Where the hell were you?" I asked.
"Calm down Jed. I was up in that tree," Rebecca said, pointing to the tree about 10 feet from camp.
"Don't wonder off," Matt said, sternly.
"I was looking to see if anyone was approaching," my little sister said, throwing the binoculars at me. "No one's coming near the mountain to let you people know! But next time, I'll just let us all get killed instead of warning you if someone is coming." She headed over to her bag but stopped when Daryl snapped at her, "Don't be sarcastic!" She automatically whipped around and walked right up to him.
"Listen. The only ones who can boss me around are Jed, Matt, and my dad. Jed and Matt are right there and you are not my father or brother. And just because you are "Student body president" doesn't mean you rule us! We're not in school. Out here, wits and survival skills rule, not how many votes you got or how you're getting an 'A+' in English. Next time, I wanna see you climb a tree, shoot a deer, even use a gun..." she snapped.
"Hey. You have no right speakin..." Daryl started.
"I wasn't done!" Rebecca interrupted him. "I don't give a shit about you. I wouldn't even care if a bullet ripped through your skull right now. You probably think the same thing about me but you know, I still don't give a shit. I want to survive. I don't know why you want to give yourself up. Listen, if you're smart enough to listen to my brothers and follow their directions, you'll live. If you wanna die, I'd be glad to push you off a cliff, but you're not bringing the rest of us with you...I care about my family and friends. And you are neither to me. Next time you order me around, I'll make sure the enemy gets you...I mean, your dead body," And with that, Rebecca shoved him, threw her shoulder length auburn hair over her shoulder and walked off to 'her' tree and climbed it, bringing a blanket with her.
"Listen Jed. You have to keep your sister in line," Daryl stated.
"I think you have to keep your mouth shut. When Becks makes a promise, she keeps it. Don't boss her around again," I said. "Alright. So from now on, if anyone wants to boss Becks around, you must really have a death wish and a reason that you don't want to live."
"Hey? It's almost dinner time? What's for dinner?" Danny asked.
"How about beans and hotdogs?" Matt said, digging through the boxes of food.
"I'm up for that. I'll start cooking. Someone call Becks down for dinner," I stated, grabbing the pans.
Robert's POV
I walked up to the tree and called out "Becky."
"What?" she asked.
"Dinner time. C'mon down," I stated and she climbed down. We all sat around the fire and we were eating when Daryl broke the silence.
"About earlier Rae. I think...I think you should apologize to me," Daryl stated. Rebecca nearly choked on a mouthful of beans.
"Are you serious?" she laughed.
"Ya. I'm older than you and I can boss you around. I'm..." Daryl started.
"Daryl. I don't care who or what you are. And I'm not apologizing. I mean, out here in the wilderness, people need to live on survival skills. Jed has about a 99 of surviving out here. You, without them, probably have about a 9 chance of surviving. I'm being truthful Daryl. And when I apologize to you, a Russian will have a gun to the back of my head okay. And that's not gonna be happening any time soon. So just go on...What were you gonna say," Rebecca stated. But Daryl couldn't find any words. Rebecca was the only one that could win an argument, every time.
"So. Robert? Have you ever hunted?" Matt asked me.
"No. When we first go hunting, it'll be my first time," I answered.
"We're gonna eat animals? Like deer and stuff?" Danny asked.
"Ya. What do you expect us to eat? You know that's where hamburgers come from, right?" Matt stated.
"And Rebecca makes some mean mountain squirrel stew," Jed stated.
"Squirrel stew?" I asked.
"Yup. It tastes just like chicken," Matt stated. "And plus she's an awesome tracker. If it wasn't for her, half the animals we'd caught we would've never caught."
"Shouldn't you be more interested into makeup and stuff like that?" Arturo asked.
"To be 100 truthful, when a girl grows up with two older brothers and her dad is always taking her camping and hunting with the two brothers, she'll become a tomboy," Rebecca stated. Meanwhile, Daryl was digging through the boxes looking for more food.
"HEY!" he yelled. When he got our attention, he just plainly said, "Who packed the tampons?"
"Hey! A girl has 'needs' too!" Rebecca said in between fits of laughter. "You guys brought your football, I brought my tampons!"
After dinner and everything was cleaned up, it became dark. Rebecca went off with her sleeping bag and put it near 'her' tree then climbed in and we didn't hear a word from her...Well not until the next morning.
And where do you go, With no destination, no map to guide you, wouldn't you know, that is doesn't matter, we all end up the same, these are the chronicles
of life and death and everything between, these are the stories of our lives
as fictional as they may seem, you come into this world, and you go out just the same, today could be the best day of your life.
