broken girl

 "I swear it’s just water!    I didn’t pee!   I swear!    Now help me cover  it    up before     someone    sees                         it!”

  "Alright, alright.    But it did just    get a little bit    warmer       in    here. Just -- -    swish the water    around, it should    go   a   w   a   y . "

  "'s fine. I'm new at all this official stuff, I used to just do this because it kept me busy,             and now it's the official thing that keeps me busy.".    [ she glances over him as she puts another piece into the basket. ]                 "So, is your job making sure we're all doing our own jobs?"

          [ she readies herself, a shot of adrenaline shooting through her body, moving herself towards the noise, right along side the other. whatever made that kind of noise, she was definitely not going in there alone. ]

    "If you must know, this is my job.           Keeper a' children, which also means you gotta clean up after them too."

                "It makes this so much better."     [ she holds her left hand out, counting down from five on her hand.             the dirty part about it? she took off at three. ]                          "C'mon, are you a stick in the mud?"               [ she laughed the excess air off her lungs as she ran up the hill and into the trees again. ]

Girls Of Group B

            { The frail girl wrapped her arms around her friend,       snuggling her chin into her shoulder. }           “I’m very excited!            I get to help people and not get yelled at for it.”   { The sullen memories tried to fog her brain,       but failed quickly, and was replaced by an assortment of—-       questions to ask her best friend.  }          ”Oh, is there anything you need?”

  [ she pulls away from the hug with faint memories of older ones, faded        like pictures in an aged photo album. one she didn't want to remember. ]      "That's great.           n' I don't think so."   [ sleeping pills would've been nice, the brunette's brain tell hers, but em was stronger than that. she could get through this without crippling on meds. she was strong. ]

  “Caught, if that’s what you want to call it!”         Adie shouted over the wind growing louder swallowing every sound.            “I’ve been waiting ages for a rainstorm! I love them!”  She turned her face towards the sky and closed her eyes, not sure if Emmy had heard her.                 But her friend seemed similarly happy about the storm.

 Em had to handle her loose hair as it swung in her face from the wind, trailing it back into it's rightful place.        "If you like this, you should see the tides!"

  “Hey Em, I’m making a list…       Do the kids need anything?”

 "Maybe a few packs of markers and books,    if you can find 'em. Not dire necessities,    but I feel like they're gettin' tired with the     old ones."         [ she shrugs, mentally going through her day to see if there was anything that needed replacement. Nothing turned up automatically, so em decided to turn the conversation a different direction. ]     "Are you nervous?"

               ” That poor thing… Where yah keepin it? “

 "In my tent. Put a few spare blankets on the floor and stole a bowl yesterday for water. Today was food --"    [ she held up the small bowls in her hands to show. ]     "As you can see."

  "Yeah, I just --      found him out in the woods      practically starved to death      and wounded, so i couldn't      just leave 'em out there."        [ there weren't any dogs back in the maze,            or at least ones that wouldn't eat you - so this was a pleasant thing. ]

 "So I might've,          maybe,    found a dog?"

              “—- sleeping.”      { She moves away from the other, trying to regain her slumber. } 

  "But it's almost noon.     C'mon, there's lunch                    at the tables."     [ she nudges again, gently. ]

                     … Uh-huh.                               Not so sure Adie or Frypan would incline to agree.                          Whatcha need all that for anyhow?

  Promise you won't tell?

      {  muffled snoring. }

  "Beth?       What're you even       doing out here?"      [ she then notices the light snoring, and stifles a snicker. ]   "Beth -- --"      [ there's a light shove at beth's shoulder at an attempt to wake         the girl up. ]

              … Well well well. What we got here?

    Nothin' --       What, you've never seen a girl       stealing food before? It's just       meat n' crap anyways, and it's       not much, so it's not like       anyone will ever notice it's                                               gone.