I wake up with my head on Leo's chest and his arm around me. I wonder how long we've been cuddling like this. I'm not sure if I should get up or not... I don't want to. Here, against Leo, is the warmest and safest I've felt in a very long time. Even before... But I have to check on Benjamin. His bed is against the base of the fireplace. Leo and I share the other mattress, a few feet away. Who knows is Benji is contagious with anything or if I am right about the pneumonia, not that it even matters at this point. But the last thing we need is for another one of us to get sick.
I slowly shrink away from Leo and crawl over to my brother. He looks pale and sweaty. He looks so much thinner than the boy I knew a few months ago. "Hey kid. How ya doing?" I whisper as I gently shake him. He groans. "Want something to eat?"
Benji shakes his head. Parker Joe is purring somewhere inside my brother's burrito of blankets. I make Benji at least drink some water. He suffers through a few big gulps and then slips back into sleep. I want to go back to sleep, too. It's so dark and sad in the air of this house, and my eyes feel sore. Sleep is always a good idea. It's a way to stay warm and stop worrying.
I crawl back to Leo and sneakily maneuver my way back under his arm and the blankets on our mattress. I rest my head back onto his chest and to my surprise he tightens his hug around me and kisses my forehead. God, I wish I knew him before the end of the world. I wish I could live in this moment forever.
A/N- This is about the middle of the book, or as my original notebooks separate as Part I and Part II. So halfway there. And this is where the book starts changing a little more. Hope you're as excited as I am!
Later, Bookworms.
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130 Days
Science Fiction*Don't be threatened by number of chapters- most are 1-3 pages* "Negative temperatures in June." "Riots, power outages, traffic jams, accidents, looting, panic, hospitals understaffed and backed up, disease, injury, death." "Stay indoors. Stay warm...
