Chapter sixteen
Reflections
Delilah's POV:
We had all spent the night in the jazz bar. We needed to get to the boats. We were running out of time. Samira and Eric definitely had an unspoken thing between the two of them. I was glad when he was alone he had found Samira. I was so grateful. She'd taken care of him when I couldn't. I wanted to make sure he was okay. I wanted him to be safe. We still had a ways to go to get to the ferry boat. We all got our things and headed towards the docks. Samira gave the three cats some cat food. Frodo was more than happy to share with his new kitten friends. My mind wandered to my life before this. Before the silence. What if Eric had quit the shop to become a lawyer? Full time. What if he left one day and just never came back. He could have. I started to think about my ex boyfriend. Paul. He'd went to work overseas at one of my uncle's stores. The original store. The one Eric had come from. Paul was always so passionate about the candy and chocolate business. He eventually just stopped calling and distance made us grow apart. It hurt and I didn't date for a long time after that. And right now I feel like I'd rather die than not have Eric. He's the air that fills my lungs. Eric gave Samira a hug as we walked, her body getting weaker and weaker. She shook her head and tried to sit down, Eric helping her. A fire sat in the middle of the street, crackling softly. Sam took deep breaths, trying to be strong. Eric sat down next to her and reached for me. I took his hand and carefully sat down. He pulled me closer to him, kissing my forehead. I wrapped my arms around him, leaning my head on his shoulder. Eric put an arm around Samira as well. "Eric?" Sam said. Eric looked at her and she said "were you going to a job interview?" "What?" Eric questioned. "Why were you all dressed up in the subway?" Eric gulped and said "well, I was at work when everything happened. I was separated from Delilah and her family. I was alone. I was scared. I was never accepted back home. My father had this idea of how he wanted his sons to be. I wasn't like that. I was more sensitive. More imaginative. I never had a place to live back home. I lived in a small town and because I wasn't stoic like everyone else, I never fit in. Everything was always so hard for me. And I'd lost Delilah. I didn't think I'd see her again and I somehow ended up in the subway. My feet must've carried me there. My mind wasn't working properly. It was flooded. And since I didn't have a place to live back home I figured I didn't need to live anywhere." Eric's brown eyes welled up with tears and my heart broke. I squeezed his hand and he sniffed. "And because of you, Samira I'm alive and I found Delilah and I'm ok." Frodo looked at Eric, pawing at his white button up shirt. He swished his tail angrily as if he was mad that he wasn't mentioned. "And you, Frodo. You're the one who found me coming up out of the subway." Frodo squinted at him, seeming proud he was thanked. Frodo climbed into Eric's lap and made biscuits on his brown dress pants. Eric smiled really big and we decided to move to a building for some shelter. Frodo seemed to lead the way, picking somewhere that seemed to be safe. "The boats. We have to make it." Haisley said softly. Everyone seemed to nod. Sam sat down and took a breath. Eric rummaged around the store, seeing if he could find anything useful. He found some water and tried to pass everyone a bottle. Sam gladly took the water and seemed to down it. Eric's words rung in my ears. I didn't know much about his home life and I had no idea his father could be so cruel. He wanted to end it. It broke my heart. I hated that he had been feeling that way. Dakota leaned her head on Samira's shoulder. Sam wrapped her arms around my sister, hugging her. I wished we'd all met under different circumstances. I wished the world wasn't ending. I wished Sam wasn't dying. I didn't want to lose Sam. I didn't want to lose anyone. I wanted all of us to be able to make it to the boats. We all deserved it. My mind went to my uncle and cousin. I'd left them to do what Sam wanted. I left my own family to be with a woman I just met. And I was grateful I did. The small amount of time I've gotten to know Sam, I had fallen in love with her as a person. Your brain doesn't shut off when the world is ending. It's all you can do. Think. The chances of at least half of the world gone was very high. I wanted to hear everyone's voices again. Not a hushed whisper. The boats were our only hope. The only thing that could do was get there. But we were running out of time.

Ok so this is mostly a filler and it's short but I felt like it was important to write! I've also went back and edited chapters 9 and 14! I added some stuff so if you guys haven't seen it then maybe check it out!! And if you've started reading this book today then you're fine and the editing doesn't really affect you! It's nothing serious. I bought the movie last night and watched it!! So I went and added some things and I hope that everyone is enjoying this! And 6k?! On the first day of August?! (Which happens to be my birthday month) that's awesome!! You guys are way too nice!!
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