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Authors: Kellee L. Greene
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If there had been clothing in the dresser drawer, they had been emptied. I guess I wasn’t the only one out there looking for clean clothing.
There was probably two hundred dollars in twenty dollar bills scattered about inside the top dresser drawer. I found it somewhat amusing that money was completely useless. Someone would rather have clothing than two hundred dollars.
I opened the closet door and found clothes still hanging inside. Whoever had been in here had forgotten to check the closet, or maybe they had been in a hurry. Whatever the reason, I’d hopefully be able to find a change of clothing.
I moved things around looking to see if anything had been left behind that we could use. There was a large gaudy hat, a few belts with big buckles and a shoe box hidden behind a pile of books.
I slowly removed the lid of the shoe box like I was afraid it might explode if I moved too quickly. I grinned when I realized what I was looking at.
It was a box full with about twenty candy bars packed neatly inside, and every single one of them was calling out to me. My mouth started to water. They most certainly weren’t nutritious, but it was something. It wasn’t just something, it was chocolate.
“You aren’t going to believe this,” I said trying to hide my excitement.
“What is it?” Penn said turning his head sharply as if he was afraid I’d found a poisonous snake.
I turned around and showed them the stockpile of candy bars. Dean smiled and took several quick steps towards me. He looked inside the box and ran his fingers over the slick wrappers. It was like he had to touch them to believe they were real.
“Hopefully, they found other things downstairs,” Penn said as he gestured towards the door.
“What’s better than chocolate?” I joked to Dean when Penn was out of earshot. Or at least I thought he had been.
“Food,” Penn said over his shoulder. “Like actual real food.”
“I don’t remember what that is anymore,” I said holding my candy bar box against my chest.
When we got downstairs, I was hoping to see a big pile of canned or prepackaged goods laid out on the table, but there wasn’t. There was a can of chicken noodle soup and a box of dried noodles. I set down the shoe box without telling Sienna, Alice and Carter what was inside. If I told them I wasn’t sure they’d wait until we figured out how we were going to ration out the few things that had been gathered.
Penn sighed as he opened a small door that led to the garage. I followed him out and crossed my fingers that we’d find a working car, but I wasn’t surprised when there wasn’t one waiting for us. All that was in the garage were molding two-by-fours, a bike with two flat tires and other random garage junk.
“Hey! A grill,” Carter said as he started moving towards it as if he was going to grill us up some steaks. Maybe he was imagining the fish or other wild animals we could cook on top of it, if we had any.
He took about four steps before he tripped over a board and fell. Carter stumbled towards the garage’s side wall. His hand stretched out and he mostly caught himself, but stepped on a tarp which slipped down and revealed a beautiful sight.
Sitting there on the floor were two giant jugs of water. They were huge containers, the kind you put in water dispensers, but that didn’t matter. They were filled with water, that’s what mattered.
Penn smiled, “I think I could kiss you right now.”
“You don’t have to,” Carter said as his lips curled upwards. He knelt down and examined the top of one of the jugs. “Was there one of those things inside to put this on?”
“Hmm… I didn’t see one,” Penn said hovering over Carter’s shoulder. “We don’t need one. Get some cups.”
I ran to the kitchen and looked through the cabinets for something we could drink out of. Everything had been taken except for a single hard water stained plastic cup that had a crack in it. It would have to do.
When I went
There was probably two hundred dollars in twenty dollar bills scattered about inside the top dresser drawer. I found it somewhat amusing that money was completely useless. Someone would rather have clothing than two hundred dollars.
I opened the closet door and found clothes still hanging inside. Whoever had been in here had forgotten to check the closet, or maybe they had been in a hurry. Whatever the reason, I’d hopefully be able to find a change of clothing.
I moved things around looking to see if anything had been left behind that we could use. There was a large gaudy hat, a few belts with big buckles and a shoe box hidden behind a pile of books.
I slowly removed the lid of the shoe box like I was afraid it might explode if I moved too quickly. I grinned when I realized what I was looking at.
It was a box full with about twenty candy bars packed neatly inside, and every single one of them was calling out to me. My mouth started to water. They most certainly weren’t nutritious, but it was something. It wasn’t just something, it was chocolate.
“You aren’t going to believe this,” I said trying to hide my excitement.
“What is it?” Penn said turning his head sharply as if he was afraid I’d found a poisonous snake.
I turned around and showed them the stockpile of candy bars. Dean smiled and took several quick steps towards me. He looked inside the box and ran his fingers over the slick wrappers. It was like he had to touch them to believe they were real.
“Hopefully, they found other things downstairs,” Penn said as he gestured towards the door.
“What’s better than chocolate?” I joked to Dean when Penn was out of earshot. Or at least I thought he had been.
“Food,” Penn said over his shoulder. “Like actual real food.”
“I don’t remember what that is anymore,” I said holding my candy bar box against my chest.
When we got downstairs, I was hoping to see a big pile of canned or prepackaged goods laid out on the table, but there wasn’t. There was a can of chicken noodle soup and a box of dried noodles. I set down the shoe box without telling Sienna, Alice and Carter what was inside. If I told them I wasn’t sure they’d wait until we figured out how we were going to ration out the few things that had been gathered.
Penn sighed as he opened a small door that led to the garage. I followed him out and crossed my fingers that we’d find a working car, but I wasn’t surprised when there wasn’t one waiting for us. All that was in the garage were molding two-by-fours, a bike with two flat tires and other random garage junk.
“Hey! A grill,” Carter said as he started moving towards it as if he was going to grill us up some steaks. Maybe he was imagining the fish or other wild animals we could cook on top of it, if we had any.
He took about four steps before he tripped over a board and fell. Carter stumbled towards the garage’s side wall. His hand stretched out and he mostly caught himself, but stepped on a tarp which slipped down and revealed a beautiful sight.
Sitting there on the floor were two giant jugs of water. They were huge containers, the kind you put in water dispensers, but that didn’t matter. They were filled with water, that’s what mattered.
Penn smiled, “I think I could kiss you right now.”
“You don’t have to,” Carter said as his lips curled upwards. He knelt down and examined the top of one of the jugs. “Was there one of those things inside to put this on?”
“Hmm… I didn’t see one,” Penn said hovering over Carter’s shoulder. “We don’t need one. Get some cups.”
I ran to the kitchen and looked through the cabinets for something we could drink out of. Everything had been taken except for a single hard water stained plastic cup that had a crack in it. It would have to do.
When I went
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