Inside The House

XI

A few moments passed after which there was the sound of the "shed" door opening. I felt an immediate breath of coolness, which automatically sobered me up. The wind was howling very loudly, as if someone was shouting in a low voice through a megaphone. Two people entered the room and immediately ran towards me. They were Elizabeth and Randal. Their presence indicated that they had not left, which was obvious. I am sure their attention was drawn to the fact that the light in the cottage was out. They certainly didn't know it was a power outage, so they wanted to see what was going on. I looked at them lying on the floor and waved one hand. I wanted to lift my head, but it immediately began to hurt horribly. Elizabrth was first shocked, then furious. She looked straight at Randal and he looked at her. Saying nothing, the boy pointed with a gesture of his head to Alex lying next to him in a puddle of vomit. Elizabeth lit up with incredible aggression and was about to lash out at Rayan when Randal caught her. Rayan continued to apply pressure to my wound on my arm and stared blankly at my friend. She was pulling out of Randal's grasp, who was trying to remain calm at all costs. He looked at Alex first and then looked at me. There was no need to ask what happened because it was obvious. Soon Elizabeth broke out of Randal's grasp and grabbed her forehead with one paw. She said something, but not sure what, there was too much chaos around her. Once Elizabeth had cleared her mind, she visibly calmed down. She looked around the room and shouted:

- CALM THE HELL DOWN! - At this point everyone looked at the girl. - Randal you take Alex upstairs with them and put him in the side safe position. - While saying this she pointed at the other two boys. - Someone help Roxana take Aurelia to the bathroom and bring her to order.She continued. - Rayan keep the pressure on, I'll bring the first aid kit right away. And the rest of you go find some candles and light the hell up. Turn off the data transmissions, and preferably all phones. We need to conserve battery life because we don't know how long we're gonna be here. Mine will stay on, we'll continue to exchange and see if there's any coverage.

- You don't get to tell me what to do! - Roxana exclaimed to her.

Elizabeth walked over to her and theatrically smacked her forehead with her hand.

- Girl, get a grip on yourself! - Elizabeth shook Roxana. - You see what's going on here? Chaos! If you can't take care of the mess you've created, let someone smarter than you do it. - She said in an aggressive tone of voice.

- I didn't do anything! It was Rayan and Alex...

- Shut up already and do as I say. - Elizabeth interrupted Roxana's attempt to explain the situation.

The discussion ended and everyone started following my friend's instructions. Randal and two other boys grabbed Alex, who was mumbling something under his breath in moans. They started carrying him upstairs right after Roxana and one of the cheerleders took the teenager under her arm and led her to the bathroom, which was also located at the top of the bungalow. Elizabeth ran out of the "shed" right into the ongoing blizzard. She probably wanted to use the first aid kit located in the car. I didn't like that idea because a snow blizzard seemed to be very dangerous. Someone in the distance shouted that they had found candles. Someone else ran up to Rayan asking for a lighter. The Doberman replied that it was in the pocket of his jacket hung on a hanger by the door. The boy looked at me again and I looked at him. I stated that I had to get up because they were treating me here like I was at least dying.

- Rayan, help me up. - I asked.

- You shouldn't get up. - He replied. - Where do you want to go?

- As far away from you as possible. - I replied without thinking. The fact that I idiotically sacrificed myself for that asshole doesn't change anything. He was still annoying and I didn't feel like looking at him.