Chapter Twelve

A great key to survival with a group is communication and trust. If you dont have that, the group will surely suffer.

(Dennis)

The car ride was still extremely silent, I looked down at my crusted bloody hands. I felt so ashamed of myself for letting go of my sanity that quickly, it was just suppose to be a minor show off. I bawled my hands angrily and looked out at the vegetation around us, beautifully colored plants were grown. It easily took my mind off of the situation at hand.

Dipper and Daniel were on either side of me and we were in the middle of the car, Jean and Tom were in the back of the car glaring at each other annoyed. Klancy was driving and Blaire stared harshly out of the window. I was slightly angry at them for be mad at me after I just saved their life but I guess I can see where the anger comes from.

We eventually pulled into a drive way of what looked to be an old overgrown house, it was in decent condition it just had plants growing from certain places. I got out of the car on Dippers side and walked toward the trunk waiting for it pop open. I got my bag out and handed Dipper his before grabbing Toms, he stepped from the back of the car and I handed him his back sending him a small smile. He returned it and turned his attention to the rest of the group.

"Alright listen up, I dont know how many rooms there are but we'll be getting them, you guys can have the living room floor" said Jean blankly, "The fuck?" I started "Ain't no way in hell are you guys gonna decide that for us, I know I lied and held out on some important information but I saved your guy's life. You can fucking walk for all I'm care I'm not letting you fuckers treat us like shit, dont think I cant kill you" I threanted darkly.

Tom and Dipper glanced at me surprised but took up my intense glare as we stared harshly at the group of dickheads. They looked intimidated and nodded at our threats, "Fuck this shit we'll just take another house if it's really that big of a deal" I said raising my hands in defeat. "You guys better come to your senses quickly and get over your little prissy fit because I'm on your side" I spat harshly.

I grabbed Tom and Dippers arm taking them to the car and hoping inside to drive to the next parking lot. It was a little ways away from the other group but not to far, and easy running distance. I took the keys out and lead the two men to the house. Thankfully the house wasnt infested with any rotten creeps, I determined that after checking 2 thorough times. Inside the house there were two couches and a broken TV, because the couches were old and damp and I didnt want to risk the chance of bugs, I decided we'd just sleep on the floor instead. Tom and Dipper began getting comfortable as they sat down in places they deemed less disgusting and began chatting slightly about random shit.

I looked crusted blood on my hands and thought about going to look for a pond to wash it off. "Hey guys I'll be back, I'm gonna go look for a pond or something to wash off this blood, if you need me just shout" I said standing up. "Hey I'll go with you" Tom offered, "No that's fine I kinda need the time to myself anyways, dont worry tho I can handle myself" I said smiling. He returned the smile wearily and sat back down on the floor.

I took that moment to walk out of the door and journey off somehwere into the plant infested town.

The town itself had more of a colorful overtone to it because of all the vegetation, as I expected there were puddles and ditches of water from possible rain or gathering of moisture. A perfect environment for these flowers and plants.

I walked up to a rather deep one, my feet pattering against the grown and I kneeled and dipped my hands in and began scrubbing hard.

I froze as I heard the soft patter of footsteps walking behind me, thankfully the water allowed me to here them. I turned around swiftly with my knife and aimed it at whoever's throat. I calmed down when I realize it was only Daniel, he had his hands up and an alarmed look on his face. "Sorry" I mumbled and turned back around to keep scrubbing, he sighed and sat down facing the other way next to me. "I'm sorry too" He said, I was a little taken back from his answer. "Why exactly?" I asked, "because I've been unfair to you, you're totally right. Were treating you like some kind of rabid animal and although what we witnessed was terrifying, you are on our side and that was unfair of us" He finished.

I couldnt help but form a small smile on my face as I turned to look at Daniel's adorable face. "Daniel I never did ask what your sexuality is" I said smirking a bit as his face flushes red slightly. "I'm s-straight, I think.." I trailed off, "w-what about you?" he stuttered out embarrassed. "I'm bisexual" I answered, "and single" I added cheekily. "So what made you say, "I think"? Are you questioning?" I asked him.

"Well truth be told, I always thought I was straight until.." He trailed off again. "Until what?" I helped him out, "Until I met you Dennis" he said. My eyes widened a bit but I smiled, "oh so I made you question huh? That's crazyy, but I'm flattered hehe" I chuckled. "Y-yeah, I dont know what my sexuality is but I know for sure that I like you so.." He said shyly, "Well I'd be happy to let you experiment sometime and maybe we'll see how you feel afterwards hm?" I offered, his face contorted into sort of a frown. "Did I say something wrong?" I ask, "No no its just, I dont want some kind of low fling you know? I actually geniuenly have a crush on you, I havent know you nearly long enough to love you, but I like you" He stated. I nodded, understanding what he means. "Well we have the entire apocalypse to figure it out Daniel" I said putting arm around his shoulder, "Yeah we do huh?" he said and I hummed in agreement once more. We sat there for a moment enjoying the vegetation before getting up and deciding it'd be good if we headed back.

"I'll convince everyone to stop being so hostile towards you, and we can finally work it out tomorrow deal?" He proposed, "Yeah that sounds like a good deal, I'll see you then Daniel" I finished as we began walking back to the houses.

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(Tom)

Dennis walked back into the room with a smile on his face, earlier I peeped on him before he came back and saw that he was hanging with Daniel. I grimaced at even the thought of his name, me and Dennis is suppose to be with me but Daniel came along and is stealing his attention, I hate him so much!

"Hey you're back!" Dipper said excitedly and hugged Dennis, Dennis hugged back and patted his hair before sitting down next to him as Dipper laid on his shoulders. "Hey Tom, I hope you didnt miss me too much" he said smirking into my direction and I couldn't help but smile a little at his taunt. "Actually I did" I said standing up and sitting on the other side of him laying on that shoulder. He caressed both me and Dippers hair as we all sat down, immersed in our little moment. "Daniel said hes gonna talk to the others and we agreed that we'd try to sort it out by tomorrow" Dennis informed us. "Guys if they dont accept me, I think we should take Daniel with us, I mean he actually supports me and doesnt think I'm some kind of monster and hes really nice and east to get along with right?" Dennis went on. I gritted my teeth and bawled my fist into my lap, I didnt like him at all but for Dennis's sake I'll agree. "Yeah you're right that sounds like a great idea, but hopefully theyll accept you so we can move in a trusting group you know?" I stated.

"Yeah hopefully, we did good in that warehouse before I went crazy so I would love to see more of that teamwork if we can actually fix this group" He said. I nodded in agreement and yawned, I was decently tired from today, a little nap wouldn't hurt. "I'm gonna get some sleep" I said snuggling deeper into Dennis's shoulders, "Me too" both Dipper and Dennis agreed and slowly all three of us began falling asleep in each other presence, I hope I can win Dennis over before Daniel steals him away..

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