The next day, Katy helped Meghan learn the ropes about how to go about things when it came to meals and what a usual day looked like. Nearly every night, Creedy and Quinn and maybe some other people would perform something to entertain all the children from a long and normally quite boring day.

They did old school classics like Tom Sawyer, Pocahontas, and Beauty and the Beast. It seemed like a good idea to her and she had to admit that she was excited to see what they had in mind for that night.

She was introduced to Jared, a young boy Quinn had apparently taken in a few years ago. As a result, Jared and Quinn were pretty close. Meghan liked how Quinn interacted with all the kids and the fact that he helped others even if he put himself at risk. Like her and Jared.

"How are you feeling?" Quinn asked her as they got their breakfast ration.

"Much better. And I'm starting to learn how things work here."

"So does that mean you're going to watch our show?"

"I guess so. What are you doing tonight?"

"The kids really like The Lion King."

Meghan smiled. "I used to love that movie."

"Well, I hope we don't permanently ruin it for you."

The two of them laughed together. When Meghan looked over where a lot of people who had already gotten their rations were sitting, she noticed that quite a few girls were looking at her icily. Perhaps Katy was right about a lot of them having a crush on Quinn. And now they were all jealous of her. Perfect.

She abruptly stopped talking with him, which did not go unnoticed by him.

After breakfast, Katy took Meghan to where they took care of the younger kids. A lot of the older kids went to the makeshift school the adults tried to hold so they could at least get a little bit of education.

"Katy!" a chorus of young voices called out when the two women appeared.

"Hi, guys!" Katy said as some of them ran to her. She picked up one little girl and went to the middle of the group. "How are you all today?"

"We've missed you!" the girl she was holding cried.

"I've missed you all too! This is my good friend, Meghan Burke."

Meghan shyly waved to the young kids and they all smiled and greeted her politely. She spotted Jackson and smiled at him and as soon as he made eye contact with her, he ran up to her and hugged her legs. Katy raised her eyebrows at her, surprised at the boy's actions.

"Hi, Jackson," Meghan said as she knelt down to his level.

"Are you all better?" he asked quietly.

"Yes, I am."

"Did Mr. Quinn make you all better?"

"Yes, he did. Him and Creedy."

"They make everyone better."

Meghan smiled. "It's their job. And they're quite good at it."

For the next couple of hours, Jackson played with Meghan and got pretty creative with some of the games he came up with.

Towards the end of their time together, Meghan put him up on her knees and began bouncing him up and down in time with a little rhyme: "Trot, trot to Boston, trot, trot to Lynn. Better watch out or you might fall IN!" On "in", she opened up her knees and let him fall through them but caught him before he hit the floor. She looked up and saw Quinn watching her from a small distance away. Her face got hot as she looked away from his smiling face.

"You're fun!" Jackson told her.

"You are too."

Katy stood up and walked over to her. "Meghan, it's time to go."

"No!" Jackson exclaimed as he hugged her.

"Don't worry," Meghan said quickly. "I'll be back soon."

Meghan and Katy began walking away much to the chagrin of all the children.

Katy eyed Meghan. "Okay, what did you do?" she asked. "I haven't been able to get two words out of Jackson the whole time I've been going there, and then you have him acting just like a little kid should in a matter of hours."

"I don't know," Meghan admitted. "He was the one to find me. He came into Quinn's room while I was recovering."

"Jackson does love going to Quinn's room. Quinn seems to be the only one who can get him to talk. Until you came along, that is."

Katy and Meghan went to go get their dinner ration before Quinn and Creedy put on their show for the kids.

A few of the girls were still giving her icy glares, but it didn't bother her as much as it did at breakfast.

When they finished eating, Jackson ran up to Meghan and took her hand. "Come on, Meggy! We're gonna be late for Mr. Quinn and Mr. Creedy's show!"

Meghan threw a smile at Katy and then Jackson pulled her away to the little makeshift stage Quinn must've created.

Jackson plopped himself down on her lap and the two of them watched Quinn, Creedy, and some other people she didn't know reenact all of The Lion King for everyone. It was comical to Meghan, but all of the kids loved it more than anything and some of them got really, really into the action.

When the show ended with Quinn/Simba accepting his place as king of Pride Rock, the two men announced that it was time for bed.

"Let's say our prayers," Quinn said. "What do we do when we wake?"

"Keep both eyes on the sky," the kids replied in unison.

"What do we do when we sleep?"

"Keep one eye on the sky."

"What do we do when we see them?"

"Dig hard, dig deep, run for shelter, and never look back."

"Time for bed."

The kids groaned and got up. Meghan decided to take Jackson back to where he was supposed to sleep and tuck him in for the night.

"Alright, you're going to get a good night's sleep and be all rested for tomorrow," she said as she wrapped the blanket around him. "All good?"

"Mm-hmm. Good night, Meggy."

"Good night, Jackson. I'll see you tomorrow."

Meghan returned to her bunk room with Katy. "He's really taken a shine to you, hasn't he?" Katy asked.

"It's nice. At my old home, we didn't have any kids."

"Well, I have to thank you for finally opening him up."