Turn to Me
“I hissed. “Seriously?”He just gave me a look. I rolled my eyes, then yelped again and covered my head with my arms as a bullet smacked through the branches above us.“I'll provide cover,” Blane said, “you run as fast as you can back to the barn.”“What? No way,” I said, shaking my head firmly. “I'm not leaving you.”“We're an easy target out here in the snow,” Blane said, before squeezing off another round and ducking back behind the tree. “If I can keep him occupied, you can get back and sen...d help.”I chewed my lip in indecision. I really didn't want to leave Blane by himself, but there was little I could do to help him. After all, he was the one with a gun. Blane cursed as another shot hit the tree we were standing behind. “On three,” he commanded, and I reluctantly nodded. “One...two...go!”I took off running the best I could back in the direction we'd come, hearing Blane's gun spit bullets as he provided cover. The snow impeded my progress but I reached more trees and darted in amongst them. I was breathing hard now and my legs burned from the exertion of running.I could still hear sporadic gunshots so I kept moving as fast I could. I had to find help for Blane. What if he didn't duck behind a tree fast enough? What if he ran out of bullets? The what-ifs terrified me and I prayed he would be okay.After what felt like forever, it started to snow yet again, the fat flakes resting gently on my nose and eyelashes. I realized I should have been back to the barn by now. Blane and I had walked a ways, but I'd been running back. Stopping, I looked around in confusion. Dusk was fading, the falling snow becoming a thick curtain that was difficult to see through. Everything looked the same around me - endless rows of Christmas trees. As I turned around, I realized I couldn't tell which direction I'd just come from, my footprints already disappearing under a new layer of snow.I fought down panic. I couldn't be lost – we hadn't gone that far. The barn should be right up ahead past this grove of trees. I hurried forward, certain I was right. Stepping out from the trees into a large clearing, I was dismayed to see how wrong I'd been.There were no man-made structures in sight, just woods. Not even the neat little rows of Christmas trees now, just naturally growing ones. Uncertain what to do, I walked further into the clearing, wondering if I should stop walking and stay put. Wasn't that what my dad had always told me to do if I got lost? Except I didn't know if anyone would be coming to find me.I wondered if Blane was okay and frustrated tears stung my eyes. If my failure to get help had resulted in him getting injured, or worse...but I couldn't finish that thought.A movement caught my eye and I was relieved to see a man standing about fifty yards away at the edge of the clearing near the trees. I couldn't see him very clearly because of the snow, but I could tell he'd spotted me.“Hey!”MoreLess
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