The Forest Part 5
Chapter One
When I woke up the next morning, it took me a few seconds to remember where I am and what happened last night. William was still sleeping next to me snoring softly. He was lying on his stomach and I could just see his chest move up and down as he breathed.
I pulled myself up in a sitting position and took a look around. There was more light coming in now, but from the lack of sunlight, I knew the fog must still be as thick as ever outside. I felt a wisp of cold air rush over me and again cursed myself for not having a jacket or something.
As I sat on the bed, I looked down towards my sock covered feat. I felt miserable wondering what my dad was going through. He must have half the town by now searching for me. The idea of my dad looking for me wasn't giving me the courage to feel any better. We were miles inside the forest. It could take them weeks to find us.
William next to me stirred and turned his head in the other direction. He was still sleeping softly. I contemplated waking him, but stopped midway as my hand reached towards him. There was no use in waking him as there weren't anything we could do, so I left him to get some more sleep. I couldn't help but look at his defined body lying next to me. The memories of last night came back rushing to me with a force like a bullet and I felt myself blush, but at the same time felt a pinch of guilt inside my chest. I have never done anything like that before, but at the same time I'm not disappointed that it DID happen.
I slowly got up from the bed and walked towards the small wooden door. It was still slightly ajar and I felt a sip of cold wind blowing inside. I felt my skin turn on edge again as the air made my hairs stand up. I slowly pushed the mouldy door open and stepped outside.
The cold air hit my face like ice. It wasn't frigid cold, but enough to wake you fully. I looked up towards the sky as to try and see if I could spot anything, but all my eyes met, was white air as if a huge cloud was hovering above me. I could see the familiar train track running along the small wooden cottage shed, but as the tracks were overgrown with green ferns, it was almost impossible to see how far it goes.
I walked towards the edge were the trees were and pulled the front part of my pants down. Eager to have my morning pee. I watched as the yellow stream hit the base of the tree and run down towards the roots. I pulled my head back in relief and watched a blueish bird fly from one branch up towards the other. I was able to keep my eyes on him for only a few seconds before he disappeared in the fog covering the tree tops. As I finished up and pulled my pants back up, I noticed how little of the wooden cottage I could see, being only a few feet away from it.
A sudden rumble in my stomach reminded me how starving I was. I tried to look in any direction for a hint of something to eat, but it was no use. All that was visible was green covered moss floor with ferns and green plants everywhere. The huge shadow of the mountain cliff on my right was making the fog seem thicker than it was. Not that it would have been any better inside the forest. Hardly any sound was escaping the trees and you could barely hear any birds.
I walked back towards the mouth of the cave and kept my footing next to the tracks. Making sure I was able to see where I stepped. As I reached the entrance, I felt the familiar warm moist air blowing over me. I turned back towards the trees and could just make out where we originally came though.
"It can't be that hard to find our way back..." I thought to myself and looked towards the wood logs and ferns.
I gazed once more inside the cave as to try and see if there was anything we could use lying around, but the light was breaking inside and I could barely see anything. I was just about to step a bit closer inside the cave when I heard William yell.
"LIAM!!!.... LIAM!!!" I could tell he sounded panicked.
"I'm here!" I yelled back and walked back towards the cottage.
William's face was almost as white as the fog when I spotted him hurriedly jogging towards me.
"Don't ever go out on your own! Anything could happen and if I lost you..." But his voice trailed off and he looked away.
"Er... Sorry. I didn't mean to. I thought you might need some more sleep, so I left you alone." I quickly apologised seeing the look on his face.
He seemed to have calmed down and his breathing slowed down. He looked at me and moved his head forward, kissed me on the forehead and pulled away. I felt my cheeks go red from blushing and looked down towards the floor. The familiar feeling of having forty butterflies in my stomach was washing all over me again.
"Are you hungry?" He asked and I looked towards him.
I nodded and he pulled me closer to him. I felt his arms wrap around my body as to try and warm me up. I could feel the warmth of his chest against my face. I inhaled as he held on to me and I smelled a mixture of perfume that was still on him and a very light hint of sweat. It didn't smell bad at all. In fact, it made me feel more secure and safe next to him.
I felt him let go and pulled myself away from him.
"Come. We need to find something to eat." He said determined.
I followed him as he walked back towards the cottage. I had no idea as to what his plans were, because to me it looked like the only thing we could eat at this moment was grass and ferns.
Chapter Two
As we reached the cottage he stopped suddenly. He looked up towards the cliff of the mountain and muttered something to himself that I couldn't hear.
"What's wrong?" I asked while copying his gaze towards the cliff.
"Just thinking..." He said thoughtfully.
I could clearly see he WAS thinking to himself. He would look at the trees and mutter something, then turn his head towards the cliff again. I was starting to feel really impatient as I wanted to know what was going through his brain.
"OK. I think I might be able to find us something." He said and walked towards the cliff.