Rebuild. Restart.

Stepping through the curtain revealing herself to her friends Ellie to looked to the ground, self conscious about her body to an extent she felt nerves tug at her brain that remained until she heard what her friends had to say on the matter. Breathing a sigh of relief Ellie let a small smile form on her features and nodded. "Thank you." She said quietly. Turning to the mirror that was attached to the nearby wall Ellie tugged once more on the bottom part of the red and black flannel in an attempt to straighten out any remaining wrinkles that may have resided. Turning back to her friends Ellie looked first to Sara who nodded approvingly, Nodding in thanks she then looked to Ziggy who, to no surprise to Ellie gave an over exaggerated response. 'Ravishing?' she echoed to herself as she looked to the clothing she wore. Shortly Sara chimed in as well in the same faux British accent as Ziggy saying she looked marvelous

'Ravishing? Marvelous? There pulling my leg surely.' She thought to herself as she looked around for a sign of Thomas and the rest hiding behind one piece of furniture or another. Not seeing them however, nor hearing the snickers from Cam, who found it nearly impossible to stay quiet when something funny or exciting was happening around her Ellie looked back to her two friends. "Ravishing. Marvelous." She repeated. "My.. My apologies, Those terms are just extremely foreign to me, I'm not the idea of beauty or anything in my eyes." She explained as she looked to her two friends. Not receiving an answer on the matter right away Ellie watched as Ziggy smiled and approached her. Tugging downward on her shirt and flannel Ellie felt herself go red as more of her cleavage was revealed to the world. "Is.. Is that necessary?" She asked a little nervously before watching Ziggy step back again with a smile on her face. Reaching up Ellie ran a hand through her still messy hair and frowned. "Think... Think, Perhaps we could do something with my hair?" Ellie asked. Completely out of her element when it came to fashion and beauty she was completely at the whim of Ziggy who seemed to be the expert on the matter among the three.

Ziggy's answer however, didn't come in the form of words, but with actions. Watching Ziggy as she came to stand before her again Ellie turned her back to her friend allowing her better access to her hair. Feeling her friends hands go to work Ellie shivered slightly, it was an odd feeling, having someone other than yourself touch your hair. Taking a breath Ellie straightened out and stood as still as a stone while Ziggy did what she felt she needed to. As she worked she heard Ziggy comment that they should find her a necklace of some sort. "A necklace?" Ellie questioned. "I.. I had one once, My mother gave it to me. That was lost a while ago though." She responded, not wanting to get into too much detail about her parents Ellie shrugged it off "But, You're the expert here. If you think a necklace would help me.. Then I'll try to find one." She answered. A number of seconds later Ellie felt as her friend tapped her on the shoulder signalling her to turn around again. Doing so she met the smiling faces of her two friends and returned them with a smile of her own, a nervous and slightly awkward smile that contrasted with the normally cool and casual face she always wore. Looking to the mirror Ellie saw what Ziggy had done to her. Her usually messy and unkept long blonde hair was pulled back into a neat bun and her bangs hung down in two strands on either side. 'That's not me is it... That's.. Preposterous.' She thought, caught in disbelief that she was looking at herself in a mirror Ellie then looked back to her friends.

"I look..." She started to say but caught herself flustered. Looking to the ground bashfully Ellie then heard Ziggy call out to her and Sara, seems she had found the necklace section of the shop. Making their way to join her Ellie soon found herself being given a sharkstooth, a neat hole drilled through it's base and a leather cord threaded through it. Hearing the input from Ziggy and having none to add of her own Ellie shrugged and put the necklace around her neck. Reaching up she let the tooth rest in her hand and studied it carefully. From the looks of it it was more than likely a bull shark as it was too small to be a great white and to large to be a white tip or similar. Smiling at the tooth around her neck Ellie looked back to her friends, it seemed Ziggy had found her a necklace of her own, a ring with a saying inscribed on it. Not familiar with what it was from she did recognize the Latin saying, a saying that she didn't need to repeat herself as Ziggy did it mere seconds later. Smiling at the scene unfold Ellie began to chuckle, which grew into a soft laugh. Stifling it as best she could Ellie shook her head and looked to her friends.

"I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you particularly. I'm just having.. Fun. It's a peculiar feeling. A feeling I've not genuinely experienced before I suppose." Ellie explained. "At least up til now."

Sara chuckled at Ziggy's joke and when she asked if Laura was still alive she nodded. "Yeah I saw her with her parents this morning while heading to see Ayita. I mean we didn't talk or anything but she seemed happy." said Sara to Ziggy. She listened as Ellie said she was having fun and it was a new feeling for her, this made Sara chuckle and smile at the bookworm in front of her. She listened to Ziggy nodding along as she was making a good point that she was hiding behind a wall afraid of feelings. She wanted to say something but she waited her turn and listened to Ziggy as she gave an example about Thomas saying that it was chemicals in the brain. She put her hand up to her chin as she thought about her relationship with Troy. She enjoyed his company and he was more than decent around her but did he feel the same way that she felt about him? "What goes on in his head? Does he really care for me or am I just on hold until someone else comes along?" thought Sara to herself.

She broke out her thoughts as she heard her name and she listened to Ziggy explain that they were having out with Ellie because they wanted to and that they cared for her. It made Sara's smile grow even bigger. "I'm just going to say that if you really like Thomas it's not the chemicals in your brain...Okay well it is BUT it's also what you feel in here." said Sara to Ellie as pointed at her heart although she did stumble on her words as she tried her best to explain what she meant. She let out a heavy sigh and decided to make her words short and sweet. "You know what...Just go get some, girl!" said Sara to Ellie with a smirk.


 

Watching Ziggy and Sara leave the room Ayita looked around for a moment as she let herself settle down from the joyous reunion with her friends. Take a measured breath Ayita looked to the door before down to her stomach that was still covered with the blanket for the moment. Pulling them back revealed the white bandages and gauze that served to cover her wound and remind her that it wasn't all just a dream, she had been shot and she was in the hospital. A heavy sigh met the air as the fact solidified in her mind. Shaking her head as the feeling started to set in Ayita brought her hand to rest on the bandaging. "No. You're fine. You've just gotta recover, you got friends and the best girlfriend you could ask for. You'll get through this." She reassured herself as she looked to the wound on her stomach. Holding it she tried once again to get to her feet, but this time too proved futile.

"Dammit." She cursed under her breath as her attempt failed. Falling back to the bed Ayita swung her feet back onto the bed, it was gonna take a few days at the least to get her strength back and the fact she was gonna be dependent on others during that time was something that would take some getting used to. Lost in her thoughts she hadn't noticed the door to her room had opened and a number of figures had made their way in. Feeling as her ears perked up at the sound of footsteps Ayita snapped herself out of her thoughts and looked around.

"Hey!" Clara called with an overly energetic wave towards her. "Teen Girl Squad here said we should all come say 'sup' to you since you've been a good friend to them." She added with a wide smile.

"Oh.. Uh.. Hello there." Ayita responded awkwardly to the overly energetic girl before her, Not that she wasn't used to this amount of energy, Cam seemed to always have energy in reserve but she would always prepare herself for it, this time however, she was caught completely off guard. beside the energetic girl was a smaller one that looked similar enough to be blood related, the similarities continued with her personality as she too waved in her direction with the same wide smile as the larger of the two. Nodding a greeting Ayita let her gaze shift to the excited girls other side where two other figures stood waiting for her to greet them.

Her eyes meeting the first she saw Sarah B's face, but she didn't act like Sarah B. "Hey there. Heard you gave those goons a real kick in the balls out there. Good going."  The girl greeted with Sarah B's smile.

"Thank you.. Uh.." Ayita started, wanting to call her Sarah B but stopping as the way she was talking just didn't sound right, This thought was solidified when the next figure spoke up.

"Hi Ayi, How you feeling?" The second Sarah asked, this one sounding exactly like the one she had become friends with, That's when it hit her.

"Oh, yea! You were twins. Are you okay Fearah?" Ayita then asked as she remembered meeting the two of them back in the woods upon their first arrival, how they had been arguing over how they were going to clean their rifle. Looking to Sarah she chuckled "Yes I remember." Ayita reassured the two of them.

"So Ayita! What's it like being shot!? did it hurt? Did you see god! Oh! Did you-" Clara began to ramble before a hand wrapped itself around her mouth from behind, the hand in question belonging to Justin who had entered moments before and come to stand behind the group of girls before her.

"Sorry about that Ayi." He greeted. "Clara doesn't think before she talks a lot of the time." He said as his gaze fell to hers.

"MmMMmm." Clara mumbled into his hand. Feeling as Justin released his hand from her mouth she repeated herself. "Sorry.. I was just curious." 

"Well I don't think Ayi wants to talk about getting shot right now, Okay?" Justin answered.

Smiling at the display that was happening before her Ayita shifted her weight and felt the stiffness in her sides again, Getting as far upright as she could manage she then looked back to her friend and her sister. "Glad to see you two are alright." Ayita answered with a smile.

About thirty minutes or so would pass as they all discussed one thing or another, Justin mentioned that he had been asked to play a more prominent role in the town, Something that didn't surprise Ayita in the slightest, In the short amount of time she'd known the man he had proven to be trustworthy and knowledgeable, not to mention extremely kind and understanding. He went on to say that Sarah and Fearah had already decided they'd be joining him in whatever training he was doing and showed a great deal of happiness at this fact.

Getting through a few other bits and pieces that they felt she should know about. Getting ready to take their leave the group began to file out and passed by Ziggy as she made her way in, nodding a greeting they all headed out.

Hearing her girlfriends voice Ayita's eyes lit up and her smile grew. Turning her gaze to meet hers as she made her way in Ayita's smile softened. "Wilkommen zurück meine Liebe"(Welcome back my lovely.) Ayita greeted as she returned the kiss her girlfriend placed on her. Taking notice of the sweet smell of her Ayita's smile widened. "You smell good my dear." She said as she looked her over. "And you look good too." Taking a moment to look her girlfriend over Ayita thought about playing with her a bit but decided otherwise, As she smelled the sweet aroma of her though she noticed the contrast in herself, which judging by the face Ziggy made she had as well.

Thankfully though Ziggy was on top of everything as usual and quickly brandished a bag of clothing, a bag that not only held clean pants and shirts but also underwear, clean underwear, The though of wearing a fresh set caused Ayita's smile to widen even further. Watching as Ziggy set the bag down before her Ayita began going through it looking for something that caught her eyes. Most of the clothing looked like stuff that Ziggy would wear but that having spent so much time with her by this point she was half expecting it, Not that she minded dressing like her at this point, On the contrary she had begun to think that it would possibly bring them closer.

Setting on a Purple and Black flanel, a white tshirt and a pair of black slim fits Ayita set them to the side before getting to the main course. Fresh underwear. Shifting through them for a moment she smiled as she found a pair she like. Purple with a small black bow on the front. Quickly finding the matching bra she set them to the side and looked to her girlfriend with a blush. "Uh... Mind.. Helping me wash up?"


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Having made it to Brody's house and fetched the portable DVD player that he had stashed in his closet before the town had been taken over Cam and the boys made their way out the door after giving Brody's mother a quick peck on the cheek, Judging by the fact she was still treating Cam the way she always had she ventured a guess that Brody hadn't told her about them yet, Not that Cam wanted to tell her herself either, In a way they meshed like that, both lazy, both hating conflict, or the prospect of it. At least among people they liked.

Taking their leave the three made their way towards Cam's house to fetch the movies that were surely resting on the DVD shelf of her fathers bedroom, it still hurt making her way into that room of her house but she knew her father was in a better place now, not here among the dead. Although she did wish she had managed to let him meet her new friends, and her boyfriend. The thought crossing her mind brought a blush to her cheeks.

Reaching her house in short order the three stepped inside and Cam caught herself calling out to her father telling him that they were home. Shaking the thought away Cam led her friends down the short hallways before pushing open the door into the dimly lit room that belonged to her late father. "It's a mess in here, I'll get'm." She said as she stepped over the messy floor. Getting to the other side she fetched the three Star Wars DVD's from the top row and returned. Leaving the house the three were about to make their way back when they noticed a couple of the bikers milling about in front of her dads old garage. "What's that about?" Thomas asked.

"I'll go find out." Cam said, a slight amount of annoyance in her tone as she handed off the movies to Brody. "I'll meet you guys back at Ayi's room." She said as she began closing the distance with the bikers.

Getting within earshot of them Cam caught sight of the only familiar face among them, Troy, The one that had joined them during their training with Claudia before the fight. "You guys need something with my pops shop?" She asked slightly suspicious of their presence.

As the bikers were waiting to get into the shop they were talking about how they could help the community and in some way redeem themselves for their past actions. "So listen here-" said Paco before he was cutoff by Cam as he heard her question. The bikers looked at the young girl and them Troy let out a soft sigh before stepping over to her. "Actually we come bearing gifts." said Troy with a smirk to her as he stepped aside to show her the bikes that were parked before her.







He then turned to her still smirking before looking at his friends. "Also we left the Hell-Riders so...We can't go back now." said Troy half jokingly. "But for real Claudia wants me and the gang here to work on the bikes so she told us about your dad's garage. I just wanted to know if we could use it? Claudia said to ask you and let me tell ya these bikes could use a tune up. Also Roger was with us when we got the bikes here but he left to go get his tattoo removed so if you want to take his place and fix a bike up be my guest." said Troy with a smile. Soon Cutler and Paco came over both giving Cam a nod. "Well since I guess we are starting fresh I'm Richard Cutler." said Cutler with a smile to Cam. Paco took a drag off his cigarette before blowing out the smoke. "Paco Vasquez but people call me "Loco"" said Paco as he held out his hand to shake Cam's. It was a start and it seemed like the bikers were trying to get off on the right foot. "Also I was also wondering If I could use some tools to make Claudia a weapon?" asked Cutler to Cam. Both Troy and Paco looked at Cutler surprised. "Wow...What's next? Buying a ring?" asked Paco jokingly. There was a moment of silence as Paco took a drag off his cigarette raising his eyes slightly at Cutler who started to laugh and hide his face a bit.





Once the laughter stopped Troy looked at Cam as he waited for her answer.