Chapter 5

Day one

Its morning. Waking is a strange feeling without the chirping of the birds outside my window. It makes me feel homesick. Swinging my legs out of bed I look out the small window in the room that I share with Riley. He is still curled up in a ball next to me. Pulling the blanket over his tiny frame I head out to the deck. It was really lucky that we were able to " borrow" the giant yacht. There was a pool and a giant kitchen which made Emily very happy. But it was even more lucky that Kane knew how to sail. He didn't talk much but he was a good friend. Im just glad he taught me how to steer the ship so he could rest. We had turned of the yacht for the night so that we could all rest before our long journey to the US. I head to the kitchen to start making breakfast for everyone. Just as I pass by Matt and Emily's room matt opens the door. He nods at me before disappearing into the bathroom. He was up unusually early but the apocalypse was getting to everyone. When I reached the kitchen I began making pancakes. We can only eat pancakes once on this trip because we mostly bought food that wouldn't go bad like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. As i add the chocolate chips riley pads into the room pulling on my sleeve. I take a break from making pancakes to pick him up. He rests his head on my collarbone. I set him down at the dining table while i finish breakfast. When everything is read i ask riley to go wake the others while i set the tabel. Five minuets later everyone trails into the dinging room and sits down. We begin to eat ins silence. Suddenly Matt pulls out the game Skip bo. Kane declines to pay and heads back to the bridge to get the ship started while Matt deals out thye cards for the rest of us. We play a couple rounds letting Riley win a few. When we are done I head up to the bridge to check on Kane. he seems like he didn't sleep well so I decided to take over so he could get a few more hours of sleep. He agrees and heads back to his room but not before giving me a strange longing look. I shrug it off though it stays with me for a while. Maybe I'll talk to him about it later. I steer the ship for the rest of the day and when its time for dinner I turn off the ship and head down for dinner. After dinner everyone heads back to their rooms. Laying in bed next to Riley, I stare up at the ceiling. Soon sleep takes over and i drift into the land of dreams.

Day 2

Not much happened on day two of our journey. Emily and Matt spent most of the day relaxing by the pool which was empty but they wanted to feel like they were on an expensive cruise. Riley spent most of his time sleeping and running around the ship like a mad man, trying to find something to do. I spent most of my time in the bridge steering the ship whenever kane became tired.

Day 3

On day three I was suddenly awoken by the yacht shaking violently. Riley screams as he nearly slides off the bed. I stubble to the deck to see what looked like a mutated whale ramming into the sides of the ship. A bunch of mutated fish have joined the whale. Their oversized gnashing teeth glinting in the sun. The others stumble out onto the deck. The fish began jumping onto the deck snapping at our ankles and they flop around. I run over to the supply closet and nearly slip on the now wet deck. Grabbing some brooms for me and the others I began sweeping the fish off the deck. Kane runs up to the bridge to start the yacht up. As we zoom away the fish and whale give chase but the ship is too fast. The others and I spend the next half hour batting fish over the side of the yacht. Finally the job is done and we can just rest. At dinner we decided that we shouldn't turn off the boat at night because that seemed to attract monsters. Kane and I agreed that we would take turns steering the ship. During the night I steer the ship while Kane rests. I stare at the full moon as I navigate the seas. When the sun comes up i had back to my room completely exhausted.

Day 4 -7

Nothing happened on days 4 through 7. I spent most of my time sleeping since it was my job to sail the ship at night. When im not sleeping im making sure the others are ok. On day 6 emily came and asked me what i had seen at her house. We talk for over the hour and she ends up crying but i can tell her confirm her susppicions.

Day 8

Day 8 was board game mania. We played Skip bo and chess. We even played Romme and sorry. We played all day genuinely enjoying ourselves for the first time since the beginning of the apocalypse.

Days 9 & 10

After our crazy day of board game mania we were super tired. Kane and i switched steering the ship regularly so that we could rest a little bit during the day.