WHY WONT YOU LOVE ME ⇒ JAEDEN LIEBERHER

sorrow

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it has been thirty minutes since being in the car. it has been thirty minutes of sitting in silence, and y/n thought she was going to burst. the minute she got in the car, she didn't realize tears running down her face. though, no one asked her if she was okay.

she had her thin fleece blanket wrapped around her, her head leaning against the window. for the first time in forever, she felt weak and scared. ever since the apocalypse, she always felt assured and secured with herself. she knew she was strong and knew she had a fighting chance with this but she was also safe behind gates and stone walls.

rubbing her nose gently, she sniffed again. her eyes growing glossy once more.

jaeden turned his head to his right, his posture going soft when he saw the girl he liked in such a sad state. he hates seeing her like this. he moved a little closer to her and placed his right arm around her shoulder. pulling her body towards him. y/n was surprised but she didn't mind. she rested her head on his shoulder. she can feel his body relax as he started rubbing her arm.

"where are we going?" y/n said to no one in particular.

"that neighboring sanctuary that oliver and trenton is at." chosen replied, causing the raven-haired guy to shake his head vigorously.

"no no no, we can't go there. we're from there, and if they see us with you guys they'll-they'll try their best to hurt everyone." the shorter stranger spoke, causing y/n to jolt up.

"what? what do you mean?" she asked, moving away from jaeden's grasp, leaning forward a bit to see the stranger's face.

he let out a deep sigh in order to calm himself down. "our people, they aren't the best. and we get it, you've been trading with us for some time now. but our leader is so power-hungry, he wanted more than eggs and some fruit. he wanted more land, so when your leader and his brother came over..." her hearing became fuzzy when the remaining of that sentence was said.

she couldn't believe what came out of his mouth. she felt like her whole life is crumbling down. she was so hurt, it was like someone shot her in her heart. her vision grew blurry as tears started to cloud them. "they're dead?" she asked, her voice shaky.

"yes, and he'll kill you all. tell the others we have to go somewhere else," he spoke calmly.

not knowing what to do, chosen has just pressed the horn long and hard. he didn't care if a mob of walkers come stalking towards them, it's way better than getting killed and shot in the middle of your face. he only pressed it for a few more seconds until the dirty black car in front of them came to a halt. a very confused finn and gianna exited the car fast walking towards the minivan. y/n had now fully gotten off her seat and slid the door to get out of the car. chosen decided to stay in the car in case the strangers try to drive away and steal the car. jaeden, however, gotten out of the car right after y/n.

"what the hell?" finn asked, throwing his arms up. "what's wrong now?" he asked a few seconds later.

"i- these people say they're from whittmore." y/n simply spoke, causing gianna to place her hand on her forehead before muttering, "of course they are."

"why would they do this? wait we have to get trenton and oliver." finn said looking back at the car as if to say let's go.

y/n, not being able to keep her tears down, rubbed her eyes. "no! we need to leave. they're -they're...they're gone. the fucking leader of that goddamn hellhole killed them. shot a bullet straight in their fucking head just because he wanted some more shitting power!" she shouted at him. her tears sliding down her cheeks. "my best friend is fucking gone." she added shortly after, her tone now softer and her voice cracking.

gianna had her right hand covering her mouth, completely and utterly shocked at what has been said. the guy she had known since forever and was like an older brother to her was officially gone. and the sweet little kid she grew to love was dead. she didn't know how to handle this. she knew her best friend, julius, won't be able to handle this well. "let's just drive in the woods, and sleep there for tonight." finn suggested quietly. his left hand was placed on gianna's lower back, a form of comfort. the curly-haired girl nodded. "yeah let's just do that." she replied, softly before turning around and heading to the car. with finn following right behind.

y/n had her arms wrapped around her stomach. she felt like she was going to be sick. "are you okay?" jaeden asked her, his hand placed on her shoulder.

"mhm." she nodded, "let's just head back in the van." she said before walking off into the car with jaeden following behind.

when jaeden got in, y/n was already sitting in the same seat as before and chosen was looking at him. "finn said we're just going to sleep in the woods, so just follow him." he said, already knowing what he was going to ask.

starting up the car, the teens and young adults turned left and into the dark woods in silence. the silence has lasted for a few more minutes until they were deep enough in the woods where they wouldn't get seen. at least for one night at least.

jumping up from her seat once the car stopped, someone grabbed her arm. looking down at the culprit, it was the stranger with the ginger hair, the one with a shot up foot because of her. "i'm sorry." he said. "i was acting like hot shit earlier, i didn't mean to."

"it's fine, i'll get gianna to look at your foot uh...." she trailed off, not exactly knowing his name.

"it's russo, and he's ivan."