Chapter 16

“What do you mean three days?” Carla was barely able to get out
“Well it was three days ago since you first passed out, I put you on the couch and waited for you to wake up but by morning you were still out. I tried to get as much water and food to you as I could but since you couldn’t really chew I couldn’t get you much food, and because you could barely swallow I couldn’t get you much water.” Dashed explained
“So why do I feel so shitty?”
“Well remember what I said about not being able to get you much water, your suffering from extreme dehydration. Unpleasant, but treatable, here, drink this.” And with that Dashed grabbed a canteen and gave it to Carla, she asked, “What is it?”
“It’s a special hydration drink that I found while planning on where we were going to leave.” He replied
“It tastes like water.”
“That’s because it is water.” Dashed said with a smirk, his mom always said he was the biggest smart ass in town. His victory was short won as an empty canteen hit his forehead. He just grinned and picked Carla up, her fur was surprisingly soft and fluffy. “I can walk you know.” She said fiercely
“I know you can but to be honest I think it would be better if you just recovered for a day or two. That includes not moving, not working, and drinking lots of water.” Dashed began to walk up the stairs holding Carla in his arms.
“I think not moving implies not working.” Replied Carla as Dashed plopped her down on the couch.
“It’s good to see I’m not the only smartass left in the wasteland.” They both smiled at each other for a few seconds before Carla demanded for more water. Dashed was more than happy to oblige, for the rest of the night Dashed fetched Carla water and Carla recovered. He actually was having a lot of fun, he didn’t have to worry on where he needed to go or what he was going to do, he could just relax and be with Carla. Dashed could tell that something was bothering Carla he finally worked up the nerve to ask, “What’s wrong?”
“Where’s Olivia?”
Dashed admitted that he was taken aback by the question, he didn’t even know if Carla cared or even noticed Olivia at all.
“Olivia is never coming back, she…I don’t know what she did or how she did it.”
“Oh my god,” breathed Carla, “I’m so sorry how did she die?”
“She didn’t die. I better tell you the whole story… you see the Olivia you know was named after my girlfriend but, she died. She didn’t die from a nuclear blast or The Disease, she died because I was stupid.”
Dashed was feeling the tears threatening to pour out of his eyes, he was glad that his back was towards Carla. “She and I were beginning to leave the town, we knew exactly where we were going to go, we knew how we were going to spend the nights, and most of all we knew what we were going to do when we go out of this hell hole.”
“What happened?” Carla asked with genuine sorrow
“We were going across a bridge, we thought it was safe, but...”
“But what?”
Tears were now flowing freely from Dashed’s face, “It wasn’t, it collapsed, I was lucky enough to dive to solid ground. Olivia on the other hand…she took a 15 foot drop and broke her leg on a rock. God how she screamed, it sounded like she was being torn apart. I managed to carry her to a house, I…I tried to treat her but, I knew nothing and she caught an infection. She suffered for days until one day I woke up and….”
Dashed stopped talking, he started to sob uncontrollably, tears were falling from his face freely, he stood up and wiped his face but couldn’t stop crying, “She was gone,” at that point Dashed couldn’t take it anymore he sobbed uncontrollably. He just stood there and cried for the longest time until Carla got up. She walked over to Dashed and hugged him so fiercely his ribs felt like they were going to crack. “I understand, I felt the same when my dad died,” Carla said softly. “I just don’t know what I’m going to do now that she’s truly gone, and it doesn’t help that you’re the most beautiful thing I’ve seen.” He weeped Carla softened up and said, “You think I’m beautiful?”
At this Dashed barely stopped crying said, “You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in years.”
Dashed felt weird, his body was really warm and he felt light headed, he only felt this way around Olivia. He turned around and faced Carla, she was looking at him with the nicest smile he had seen in years, he saw Carla close her eyes, and unwillingly he did the same, finally, they kissed. Her mouth felt warm and her breath tasted like a combination of peppermint and ginger, he could feel her tongue trying to gain entry into his mouth. He allowed it to enter and felt the true feeling of lust but them, without warning Dashed pulled away and started to clutch his head and ranted, “No not now, it’s too soon, I can’t do this, what would she think, why am I doing this, what is going on, is this real, WHY MUST THIS PLACE CONTINUE TO BE HELL!”
“What the fuck was that Dashed!?!” Carla screamed
“I’m sorry I just can’t do it, I saw Olivia today!”
“Listen to me Dashed I realize you saw your fox die but what the hell? Why kiss me?”
“I don’t mean the feral Olivia, I mean I saw HER: the true Olivia.”
He could tell that Carla was confused, “but you just said she died a long time ago!”
“She did, but she…she came back somehow.”



COMMENT:
I'm going to start putting my comments down here from now on. Sooo what do I have in store for you, ghosts? Zombies? Aliens? You'll just need to wait to find out! anyways huge shout out to  Portialiterature for the fan story she wrote, so for those of you that want to know what happens to Dashed and Carla when things get...interesting just go to: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/7157660
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