Chapter 3: Exhaustion
Anne's POV
I was pacing outside the room Chris was in, really worried about him. Then Carlos came out and I immediately looked at him.
"How is he?" I asked.
"He was so exhausted, his body shut down. In a day or two, he'll be just fine." Carlos replied.
"Can I go in and see him?" I asked, and he nodded his head. I then walked past him, opened the door, and saw Chris was indeed out. I sat down next to his bed, and sighed.
"He's so handsome when he sleeps… Wait, what am I saying?" I thought to myself when I felt myself blush.
Then I had an idea. I remembered he told me he loved my singing. I then picked up my guitar and was deciding what to sing. I made my decision and began strumming my guitar.
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
At the curtain's call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
I finished singing when I heard someone clapping. I turned my head to the doorway to see Carlos's daughter, Sarah, standing there.
"You're a really good singer." She said.
"Thanks." I said before she left to go back to her room. I then turned my attention back to Chris.
"Hey, Anne." I heard someone say. I turned to see Clem standing in the doorway.
"Hey, Clem." I said, waving to her to sit down. She obliged and sat beside.
"He still out?" She asked.
"Yeah. Carlos said in a day or two, he should be fine." I replied.
"I heard a guitar being played. Was it you?" She asked and I nodded my head. "Sarah said she heard you playing." She added.
"Yeah. She told me I'm a good singer." I said. Clem nodded in agreement. "Carlos told me she has an anxiety disorder. That's why he keeps her in the cabin all the time." Clem explained.
/The Next Day\
I went into Chris's room to see how he was doing. When I opened the door, I saw him on his feet, stretching his arms and legs out. I smiled wide when I saw he was awake. I ran over to him as soon as he stopped stretching and hugged him.
Chris's POV
I blushed the deepest red possible when Anne hugged me. When she pulled away from me, I saw her blush as deep a red as I did. Then I saw Clementine come in.
"You're awake." She said to me.
"Yeah, I am. How's your arm?" I asked.
"Better than it was." She replied.
"Good." I said.
"I take it Anne already introduced me." I said and she nodded her head. Then a Hispanic man I recognized as Carlos came into the room.
"Ah. You're awake." He said to me.
"Everyone loves stating the obvious around here, don't they?" I asked, chuckling a little.
"Why did you leave your father's camp?" He asked me.
"Remember Coleen, my step-mom?" I asked.
"Yes, of course. Why?" He asked me.
"He left her to die." I replied before explaining the supply run incident.
"I'm sorry." He said after I finished explaining.
I just shook my head.
"Don't be. I now know that man as the snarling bastard he is." I said.
He nodded then ushered me to follow him. I obliged and left the room with him.
When Carlos and I made our way downstairs, we saw everyone was surprised to see me up and moving.
My friend, Nick, finally smirked. "Well, whaddya know?" Our sleeping beauty's finally awake." He joked as I walking over to him.
"Good to see you, too, Nick." I said, chuckling.
"You really had us worried." Alvin said to me.
"Sorry about that, Al." I said to him. I then looked to Rebecca. I went wide eyed when I saw her baby belly.
"How much longer?" I asked her.
"Not much longer. A few days, max." She replied.
"She's just hoping it won't be his." Alvin said to me. I knew who he was talking about. "It won't be. It'll be yours, Al. I'm sure of it." I said.
Anne and Clementine came downstairs with Luke. Luke grinned when he saw me standing. "Well, ain't you a sight for sore eyes?" He asked. I chuckled.
"Nice to see you too, Luke." I said.
"I was gonna go huntin'. Wanna tag along?" Luke asked me.
"Hell yeah." I replied.
"I'm coming too." Anne said. I nodded my head.
"No way." Luke said.
"She and I were my snarling bastard of a father's best hunters. She's coming with us." I said.
"But-" Luke started.
"End of discussion." I said as Anne came to my side.
Luke, Anne, and I spotted a buck elk. Luke raised his rifle, but I lowered it.
"Are you crazy? Do you wanna lure every goddamn lurker within five miles to us?" I sternly asked.
"Good point." He reluctantly conceded. I drew my Sai and threw it directly at the heart. I smirked as the elk went down.
"Well, that's dinner." Luke said. I chuckled as we walked to the animal to see it was still breathing.
"Poor bastard." Anne said. I pulled the Sai out of the impact point and slit the elk's throat. After that, I turned to my Anne and Luke.
"So, who's carrying this delicious meat back?" I asked.
"I vote Luke." Anne said.
"I second that." I said.
"Why me?" Luke asked.
"Well, you're stronger than two teenagers." I said.
"Fine." Luke groaned.
We made it back in time to see the others were gathered in the kitchen.
"Hope you guys like meat." I said. With that, the elk was cooked and eaten. When that was done, we all decided to get some sleep.
That's chapter three. Review and I'll post more chapters.