November 9, 2034
Ellie's P.O.V.
" Aw, fucking cunt." I said, putting my cut finger in my mouth.
" It was starting to sound like something." Joel said, walking towards me.
" Yeah. Thanks. But the strings are cutting the hell out of my fingers."
" That's why I told you to wear gloves. They're old."
" Try wearing leather gloves in the middle of summer. It fucking sucks."
" You ready to go?"
" Yeah. Let me bandage this up."
" Remind me when weget back and I'll pick Tommy's mind and see if there'sa place round here that has newstrings. They shouldn't be that sharp."
" Yeah. So I'm going to start guessing."
" You wanna spoil your surprise now?"
" It's not gonna be ruining anything if you don't tell me."
" Or, how about you just drop it?"
" Nah. Is it a dinasor?"
" Stop trying to guess. I ain't telln' you."
" Alright,is it an elephant?"
" Ugh..."
" Is it a convertible?"
" Your not gonna guess."
" Is it a puppy? Is it alotta kittens?"
" You mean a litter?"
" What's a litter?"
" A buncha kittens."
" Why wouldn't you just call it a buncha kittens?"
" I don't know why-- it's called a litter!"
Joel and I hade to stick to the edge of a cliff for a while,and as soon as we saw water, he pushed me off the edge.
" What the fuck's wrong with you! I coulda died, or drowned!"
" Your fine aren't you?"
" Yeah, keep laughing! See what happens."
I let the current push me along, but was interrupted when Joel jumped in behind me.
" Alright, is itmy 6th grade histotory teacher wanting to apologize for being a massive dick?"
" I beg your parden?" Joel asked as he floated past me.
" My friends and I would argue whenever he called the firefly's terrorists."
" Youknow they are, correct."
" They do what they have to do to survive, like we did."
" But."
I exhailed. " They are, in some people's eyes."
" Am I now considered,asyou put it, a dick?"
" Very much so,as you would put it."
" I have a feeling it's about what did, not what I think."
The current lead us into a deeper part of the water, but it was walled off with rocks and the only way out we saw was blocked by trees.
" Stay here. There's probably a way out under all this."
" Don't drown."
The sound of a shreak made me jump.
It was really close.
" Ellie!" I heard Joel's voice yelled. " Dive straight down, there's a culvert you can go through!"
I quickly found it and swam through, then saw Joel.
" There's a Clicker somewhere." I whispered as he pulled me out of the water.
Joel and I looked around. " You sure you heard one?"
" If I did, we would see it by now."
We stood there for a few more seconds, then kept moving.
The rest of the trip was silent for a while, giving me time to think what the supride was.
" Could you at least give me a clue?"
" Nope."
" Clue."
"Hmmmm mmm mmhm." He began to hum.
" Hey, stop it!"
He continued humming, them shopped when I shovedhim into the same creek.
" How's that feel?!"
" Refreashing."
" It's not cool getting pushed in is it?"
" Well, actually we need to swim through this part anyway."
" I got you back. Your angrey and upset! Admit it!"
" I am VERY angrey and upset, now come on."
I jumped in after Joel cleared the way, then he dived under water.
" How much further? I need to get back."
" You got a date or something?"
" Kat and I are gonna hang out."
" Alright, then we better get moving."
It wasn'tlong until Joel stopped and pointed down into a valley where I eyes met a giant stone dinosaur!
" Holy shit!It is a dinosaur!"
" I've been trying to move that junk that's around it away from it to make another look out area, but I figured I would show it to you for your birthday."
" Wait,is that a building?"
" That is is for your next birthday."