This is definitely one of my longer chapters; it's also one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Chapter 11
We were carefully searching every room of the building for the spark plug wires with no luck. "There not here." Jenna said. "Well then we keep searching." Sara demanded. "No, we need out rest or we'll be no good for tomorrow." Kenia protested. "But if we can't find the spark plug wires, we can't leave." Jenna reminded her. "Let's just take a break and rest. Then we leave in the morning, storm or no storm." Kenia insisted.
"Then let's go back to the office." Nick agreed. "I'm going to go check on Kyle." I said. "I'll go with you." Jessica offered. Nick looked at me with the slick smile again. I rolled my eyes then left with Jessica to see Kyle. The rest of the group returned to the office to get some rest.
We reached Kyle just in time to find him falling asleep. I ran over to him and said "Kyle! You can't fall asleep, you have to watch them." "Sorry," He replied "I wasn't falling asleep." I sat down next to him then Jessica sat by me. "What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be looking for the spark plug wires?" Kyle wondered. "We were, but everyone got tired of looking and went back to the office to rest. I though you might want some people to talk to." I explain. "Thanks. Having someone to talk to might prevent me from falling asleep." Kyle responded with a smile.
We talked for quite a long time. We discussed music, movies, food, pretty much everything we could possibly think of. We all got to know each other much better. It was actually really nice. "I'm going to go use the bathroom." Jessica said "Okay, hurry back" I respond. "And be careful." "I will." She answered with a reassuring smile, and then she turned to exit the cell ward. I then turn to Kyle, realizing this is the first time we've been alone since I found them in this building.
"How are you?" I ask Kyle. "Surprisingly, okay." He replied. "I'm really sorry about Claire. I know she was your girlfriend." "It's okay. This might sound horrible, but I'm not that sad. Yeah, she was my girlfriend but we weren't that close. I don't think we really cared about each other. Well we did, but more in a friendly way. Does that make sense?" Kyle reported. "Yeah I understand. Sometimes it's just not right. Other times there could be someone perfect sitting right in front of you, and you don't even know it."
I smiled then rested my hand on his shoulder. He put his hand on top of mine then looked at me. It was slightly dark in the room, but I could still see his eyes sparkle. I felt lost in them for a while. What happened next was something I could only dream about…..
Back in the office, the group was sitting in a circle, still wide awake. "None of us can even sleep." Nick said finally breaking the silence. "Maybe we should just keep looking for the spark plug wires." Sara suggested. "Ok, since we can't sleep it's best to start searching again." Kenia agreed. "Let's split into two groups. Sara, Bridget, you come with me. Nick, Jenna, you two go together." Kenia demanded. Kenia had been taking charge of everyone since this whole thing started. She's been doing well thus far.
Then the group split up to resume the search for the spark plug wires.
"Jenna, can I be honest with you?" Nick asked as they were looking for the spark plug wires. "Sure, what is it Nick?" Jenna wondered but she still continued to search. "There's something I've wanted to tell you for a while." Nick began. "Is everything okay? You're scaring me." Jenna said, now very curious about what Nick's been hiding. "Ever since I met you, I've been in love with you." Nick finally admitted.
Jenna stopped what she was doing, stunned by what she just heard. It took her a minute to respond "Wow Nick, I had no idea. But you know my boyfriend just got killed. I'm going to need time to get over that before I even think of being with anyone else. Plus, who knows if we'll even get out of here alive." "I understand." Nick muttered sadly, now feeling really embarrassed about what just occurred. He shouldn't have even said anything.
"I… I think I'm just going to go search by myself." Nick mumbled as he walked out of the room. "Nick, I'm sorry." Jenna said sadly. She was now left alone to search.