Haven (on hold)

10

"Treat People With Kindness."
-Harry Styles

~Aurora's Pov~

T-Dog, Glenn and I got out of the car and started walking towards the lit up house. My stomach was turning, I was scared knowing Carl was in that house with a gunshot wound. "So do we ring the bell? I mean it looks like people live here." Glenn said. I got up the steps quickly, not able to wait any longer. I pulled the door open and stepped in the house.  "Mom?!" I called out and walked in further feeling my heart race. "Dad?!" I called out feeling a pit in my stomach growing by the second, I felt my eyes start to burn with tears. well up in my eyes.

"Aurora." I turned back to see my mom. I went to her quickly. "Carl?" I cried scared. She pulled me into her. "Carl- Mom, Carl??" I repeated. "He's in here. Cmon." She said and pulled me in a room where I saw Dad, a woman, a man and Carl laying on the bed. He wasn't awake. I saw a pad on his stomach with some blood. I gasped looking at him not being able to breathe. Mom pulled me back into her and put a hand on the back of my head, kissing my head.

"Oh my god-" I cried looking at him. Dad got up from his chair and slowly made his way over to us. He looked really pale and he had a cotton ball on his arm. It looked like he gave a lot of blood. This felt like dad's situation all over again. This time was scarier because we had no doctors. Dad hugged us both and held us close. The woman stepped out of the room but the man stayed on the bed taking Carl's pressure. Dad held my hand and I held it back scared.

"What happened- what happened?!" I cried. "It was a hunting accident- it was an accident." Dad said holding both me and mom. Mom had tears in her eyes as she held me, hearing my cries. "Is he gonna be okay?!" I asked. "Shane went out," Dad said pulling away. He stood in front of me, Mom helped him stand straight. "He'll be back with the things this man needs to save him okay? His name is Hershel. He's going to help him." He said looking at me.

I nodded looking at him. He put a hand on the side of my head as I looked at Carl on the bed.

~Later on that same night~

Earlier tonight, Carl had a seizure earlier. It was scary and it hurt to watch him go through it. If there was a way I could switch places with him, I would without hesitating. I wasn't in the room anymore, I left my parents alone for a while. I was sitting at the steps leading upstairs, with my head against the wall. I saw the woman that came to get mom on the horse walking towards me with a sandwich and some juice. She gave me a soft smile, putting the plate and glass down next to me.

"Thought you might be hungry." She said looking at me. I looked at the sandwich and orange juice. "Thank you.." I said and looked back at her. "It's Aurora right?" She asked sitting on the step below me, she sat in front of me so I wouldn't have to be looking to the side. "Yes," I said softly. "My name's Maggie." She said resting her head on the railing behind her. "It's nice to meet you.. Considering.." I said and swallowed the lump in my throat.

"You too," She said looking at the plate. "Try to eat something honey." She said and got up, leaving me alone.

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I got up, finally finishing the food. I looked around until I finally found the kitchen, I saw someone in here getting some water, they looked over. They looked back hearing footsteps. "Hi," The boy said. "Hi.." I responded softly, holding the dishes in my hand. He put the glass of water down and held his hands out towards me as he walked to me, "I got 'em." He said, I handed them to him. "Um.. he's your brother?" He asked walking away from me, heading to the sink. "Yeah.. his name is Carl.." I said looking around. "When Otis and your friend get back," he said and turned around to face me again. "He'll save him. I've helped him do surgeries like this before on animals." He said.

I furrowed my eyebrows as he finished his sentence. "Animals..?" I asked, confused. "Uh- y-yeah. My dad's he's a vet." He said stuttering a bit. "A vet? He's not a doctor?" I asked. "Technically he is." He said. "But for animals.." I said. "Your brother will be fine.. My dad knows how to operate. He's done something like this before." he said walking closer, he grabbed his glass and looked at me. "Why aren't you in there with them?" He asked. "I couldn't breathe, I left my parents alone for a while." I said. He nodded a bit still looking at me, "I'm- um- My name's Oliver.." he said. I nodded slightly at him, "Aurora." I said softly.

He smiled a bit, "Oh cool- like the princess." He said pointing with his finger a bit. "Uh- yeah.." I said and furrowed my eyebrows a bit, but smiled slightly. "Yeah i guess.." i said and I looked down, it felt wrong to smile right now. "I wanna ask if you're okay but It's a stupid question.." he said scratching the back of his neck, looking at the floor for a second then back at me. I shook my head, "I'm worried," I said. He nodded a bit as I looked back at him. "Yeah.." he said looking down at his glass of water.

We heard quick footsteps coming our way and we looked back to see Maggie appear quickly. "They're back." She said, Oliver and I followed her and went outside to see a blue pickup truck. Shane walked towards my dad limping. "Carl?" Shane asked, catching his breath. "There's still a chance." Dad responded, reaching to him. "Otis?" Hershel asked, noticing Shane arrived alone. Dad told me that's the man who shot Carl. "No." Shane whispered after a second, Oliver walked up to Maggie and put a hand on her back. "We say nothing to Patricia. Not till after. I need her." Hershel said and rushed back inside with the materials.

Dad pulled Shane in for a brotherly hug for a second, Shane looked at my mom and I looked at her too. "They kept blocking us at every turn." Shane said, catching his breath shakily. "We had nothing else. We were down to 10 rounds. Then he said- he said he'd cover me and that I should keep going." He was struggling to talk. I've never seen him like this. "So that's what i did. I just- I kept going but I... I looked back and he-" Shane said choking on his words.

Maggie turned around and hugged Oliver as she started to cry.

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A/N:

Name: Oliver Greene

Nickname: Ollie

Face Claim: Tom Holland

Age: 17
(High school Junior, worked with Hershel as his assistant)