It's been a week or two since I last saw Skye. Since then I've gotten a lumber and a stone shed. Those have covered up a few spaces so there are fewer weeds. With all of the grasses and fish I've shipped I have enough to get a wooden barn. All I need is a couple more pieces of lumber. After weeding a little and watering the plants I set out with my axe in my rucksack to get the rest. I stopped a moment to figure out which place was the best. Probably Galen and Nina's yard was… They're a little… older so they can't take care of it. I started to head of in that direction but I heard someone calling my name over and over. I looked back and saw Rock running over to me. Ugh! I thought. I wasn't really patient with him…
"Hey Claire!" Rock said when he caught up he was panting. "Hey!" I replied. "Where are you off to?" He asked looking into my eyes again. "Galen and Nina's house. There are some logs over there so I'm going to go cut 'em up." He smiled at me and I smiled back, but not as warmly. "Um… Can I go with you?" I tilted my head. Going to cut logs sounded like the most boring thing ever. "Yeah sure!" I said trying to sound cheerful. "Cool!" He smiled again.
I started to cross the bridge and he followed. We walked side by side down the path to Galen and Nina's. When we passed Marlin, Rock gave him a cocky look. Marlin glared at the two of us, I got an uneasy feeling. When we got to the yard I took out my axe and Rock went over and sat in the grass. As I continued to work Rock kept chattering.
I answered all of Rock's questions and smiled when I looked at him, but I couldn't keep and annoyed face from creeping onto my face when I wasn't looking at him.
After a while my rib cage began to hurt like it never had before. I let out a small cry of pain. Luckily Rock didn't here it, or he would have made me stop. I only had three more logs to go though so I kept working. Two logs down one more to go. I swung the axe one more time and let it slide out of my hands. My vision started to go bad. I saw black blotches when I tried to look at Rock. I wanted to tell Rock to help me, but the only thing I did was mouth out: Save me Skye. After I fainted I was only aware of a couple of things. My body hit the ground and Rock yelled my name. The last thing I was aware of was Rock running off.
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