Falling

chapter twelve

DISCLAIMER- all of these ideas are the wonderful JAMES DASHNERs. I am not capable of coming up with such a great book idea. I only own willow:) hope you enjoy

I woke up in my sleeping bag. In my sleeping bag? How did I get here?  My thoughts flood to the night before when I remember drifting off in the woods with...Gally. He must have carried me here.
I could feel my cheeks heating up at the thought of Gally taking me back to my sleeping quarters. I sat up rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. There were a few gladers up this morning. I decided to go ahead and get up to see what I was supposed to do today. This was my only fifth day in the glade but it already felt like home, because of Gally. I thought. That's not true! I am perfectly fine on my own! I scolded myself. I walked to the kitchen to see what Frypan was up to this morning. As I walked in and spotted a figure with sandy brown hair sitting with his back to me and my heart fluttered. Frypan and Zart were talking so I decided not to interrupt them.

"Hey Willow!" Frypan called from behind the counter. I jumped, not expecting him to acknowledge me. Gally whipped around from the sound of my name. He had a small smile on his face and something I couldn't recognize in his eyes.

"Morring Frypan!" I replied as I walked over to sit by Gally. I slid in beside him making sure to bump him as I did so, just as he did to me my first day.

"Mornin' Gally." I leaned to whisper in his ear playfully. A smirk grew on his face and he gave me a sideways glance, trying not to look at me.

"Morning Willow," He said in a monotone voice trying to mess with me. I smiled back at him.

"Hey, did you know that I magically ended up in my sleeping bag last night?" I thought he would joke around with me about the night before, but as soon as the words left my mouth his face turned to stone and his body went rigid. I could definitely tell he didn't what to talk about it from the change in his face.

"Oh" I breathed out as my reaction to his sudden mood change. Just a second ago he was joking around with me. "Sorry," I said quietly and got up to go get whatever I could find in Frypans fridge. That was really weird. I know Gally is sometimes odd but I thought we were getting warmed up to each other. It was only me and Gally in the kitchen now, so it was silent as I padded across the room to the fridge. I grabbed an apple and juice then headed out to sit under a large tree by the homestead. All I could think of was Gally's odd behavior.