8. On the road
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Kara was sitting outside of the cabin and she heard Ravit come and sit beside her. "Sorry if there was some noise during the night." Ravit said and she smiled faintly back at her. Feeling a little puzzled by this foreign woman. She did seem hardcore, doesn't take any bullshit from anyone, yet she felt Ravit had the urgency to confide in someone. "You don't have to apologize." She said looking to the forest, seeing glimpses of the Potomac river. "I like him." Ravit admitted. "I think he's into you too." She shared a look with Ravit. "Well after last night I hope so.." Ravit smiled.
She had walked into Burk's room without a knock. He had been lying on his bed and looked rather startled when he saw her standing in his room. She smiled to herself, seeing the obvious uneasiness she made him feel. Without a word she had walked over to him and placed herself on top of him and kissed him. Feeling first his touch a little unsure, but advancing to more rather quickly and in the heat of the night she might have been quite vocal as she had felt very much alive.
The following morning she had woken up and she could feel someone looking at her. As she opened her eyes, she had met him gazing at her. "Hi." Was his short comment to her and she saw he was a little tense again, it was sweet that he was still nervous around her even though they had done some wild stuff last night. "That all you have to say after the night we had?" She chuckled and gave him a teasing look. "Well.. I.. I think you're cute and stunning, not that last night had anything to do with it." Burk had managed to say, but she could hear the nervousness in his voice. "Your not that bad yourself." She smiled at him and moved to kiss him. Wanting to feel his hands on her body again..
"Please leave the dirty details to yourself.. He's a friend." Kara chuckled. "You understand?" Ravit met her eyes and she nodded. She knew. That's why she had needed Danny this morning as well and she sensed he had needed her too.
"You got family back home?" She thought to ask. Get to know Ravit. They just might become friends. And who knew what would happen to them. If they got to Norfolk at all. "My parents died when I was younger. I have a little sister." Ravit told her. Seeing that the subject was painful to her.
"Sorry about your parents." She reached to hold her hand. Thinking that they both needed the comfort.
Danny and Burk had found a van on their trip around Coles Point. They were studying the map of the area. "So we drive down to the 360 and continue towards Gloucester." Burk pointed the map. "There's probably a safe zone there, but we all agree to continue towards Norfolk?" Danny glanced at the group. "I think we all agree on that." Frankie stated looking around.
She looked at Danny, he seemed a little tense, but no wonder he was a leader. He took the lead on planning the trip and he listened to suggestions from the rest of them. They didn't know what to expect when they got on the road tomorrow. And the fear of meeting the wrong kind of people. What if they would come in contact with the virus?
The following day..
She was sitting on the backseat with Halsey beside her. The roads seemed pretty empty, but there were a few cars that had driven by and each time they felt the fear, what if it will turn around? She could also see that some cars were parked by the road, some had even driven off the road. It looked like it had been a smart move to wait for two days, avoid the clusters of people on the move. Not wanting to think about what she was seeing, she thought about the first day with Danny on their road trip.
Sitting on the passenger seat of his Jeep, looking at the scenery from the window. Every now and then glancing at his way. She still wasn't sure if this was such a good idea. And she felt just a little awkward that she was on a road trip with the guy she had daydreamed about. Now she actually had to talk to him.
"So why do you think we were at the Arctic?" She asked trying to find some topic to discuss. They couldn't just be still the entire time. He chuckled. "I don't know. But escorting those scientists wasn't peachy." He gave a look at her. "There are some bets going on about why we were there and why the ship was at EMCON." She continued. "Afraid we don't have anything to talk about?" He asked. "That depends. How afraid are you of your mother?" She asked smiling. "What makes you think that?" He looked puzzled. "Why do you need me then?" She asked looking at him, sensing that he felt a little nervous. Was there something he wasn't telling her?
"It's actually not a family reunion, it's my little sisters wedding." She heard him say with hesitation. "What? I'm your date to a wedding?" She looked stunned and suddenly felt so nervous. She hadn't even packed anything suitable for a wedding. "Well I RSVP'd with a plus one and I couldn't have known that the situation would change." He tried to explain. So he had been dating someone. "And then I forgot to change the invite before the trip to the Arctic and when I got back, my family was thrilled to know that I wasn't coming alone." She listened to him explain the situation. This was going to be a disaster, she thought. "You broke up with someone?" She had to ask. "Well she left me. We had been together for a year and a half and she didn't like the long distance relationship we had." He glanced at her. "Oh. Sorry I asked." She said looking out the window. "Don't worry about it. I promise you it's just this one time." She saw him smile at her. "Your buying me a dress." She gave him a look and smiled. Hearing him chuckle at her comment.
"So that's why your profile didn't say what you were looking for. Just tried to find the first girl who swiped for Yes." She looked at him. Noticing that he seemed a little more nervous. "And you were looking for a good time." He stated glancing at her. "It says that? Oh, I am so gonna get back to Alisha when she comes home." She felt so embarrassed right now. "It wasn't you?" He gave a wondering look at her. "Alisha created the account because she wanted me to get out." She explained and she saw him smile a little too much and wondered what was his real agenda here.
"So where you from?" He glanced at her. "Kansas, grew up on a farm. You?" She replied and looked out the window again. "Connecticut." Was his short reply.
"Siblings?" She heard him ask. "Only child." She looked at him. So what was this now? Speed dating? Getting to know each other because they had to know details of each other by the day after tomorrow.
"Well I have a little sister, her name is Annie. Three years younger than me. Got also a little brother Luke, he's in college." She heard him tell her. "And your parents?" She was still looking at him, wondering why had he chosen her? "My father's name is Travis and my mother's is Sheyla." He told her.
"So what exactly are we going to tell your family about us..?" She thought to ask. "Well we can say we met on a mission and been dating a while." He gave the explanation so casually. "This won't go well." She stated while she shook her head. "Trust me. All will be fine." He smiled. Had he done this before then? Pick up a girl saying I need a date to a family thing. "You do this often then?" She smiled. "No. I trust you." He reassured her. Trust her? He didn't even know her and he was trusting her. She felt so puzzled by him.
She must have fallen asleep because they had reached Gloucester pretty fast. Suddenly realizing that they had stopped on a gas station just before hitting the center of the town.
She, Halsey and Ravit where waiting in Danny's Jeep. The rest of them were talking logistics as they didn't know what was waiting for them in Gloucester. Agreeing on a rendezvous point if things went south. Norfolk was just an hour and half away. Did they really need such a detailed plan in getting there? So far they hadn't seen anything else than a few moving cars.
They were driving down the George Washington Memorial Highway in Gloucester when they noticed a road block made out of cars in front of them. Deciding it was best to turn around and drive to the closest exit a few yards back, they needed to find an alternative way to get through.
But as they drove off from the highway, they quickly noticed that they were being followed..