Can we stop?" Hayley asked.
"If I see a sheltered spot, we'll hole up for a while."
"Can we look for one? I have a blister--"
"We all have blisters," Sam said.
"We need to keep going," Daniel said. "We lost a lot of time yesterday."
"What? Are we on a schedule?" Hayley said. "Is there a bus waiting to pick us up somewhere?" She sighed, then said, "I hate complaining."
"So don't do it," Sam said.
Hayley glowered at her. "You think I like being the whiner? If Nicole was here, she'd be complaining just as much. We're tired and wet and miserable, but I'm stuck being the one who says it while everyone else just hopes I whine loud enough so we all get to stop and rest. Maya and Daniel can't complain. They need to set an example. Unless Corey's in enough pain that he snaps again, he's going to tough it out. And Sam? Well, she's not even human, so she doesn't count."
"Excuse me?" Sam said.
"Face it, you're not one of those bendo-things. You're a robot. A cyborg. Probably an evil one, programmed to murder us all in our sleep."
Corey snickered.
"Yeah?" Sam lifted a fist to Hayley. "You want to try that one again, blondie?"
Hayley looked at Daniel and me. "I rest my case.
"If I see a sheltered spot, we'll hole up for a while."
"Can we look for one? I have a blister--"
"We all have blisters," Sam said.
"We need to keep going," Daniel said. "We lost a lot of time yesterday."
"What? Are we on a schedule?" Hayley said. "Is there a bus waiting to pick us up somewhere?" She sighed, then said, "I hate complaining."
"So don't do it," Sam said.
Hayley glowered at her. "You think I like being the whiner? If Nicole was here, she'd be complaining just as much. We're tired and wet and miserable, but I'm stuck being the one who says it while everyone else just hopes I whine loud enough so we all get to stop and rest. Maya and Daniel can't complain. They need to set an example. Unless Corey's in enough pain that he snaps again, he's going to tough it out. And Sam? Well, she's not even human, so she doesn't count."
"Excuse me?" Sam said.
"Face it, you're not one of those bendo-things. You're a robot. A cyborg. Probably an evil one, programmed to murder us all in our sleep."
Corey snickered.
"Yeah?" Sam lifted a fist to Hayley. "You want to try that one again, blondie?"
Hayley looked at Daniel and me. "I rest my case.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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