Snippet #2703327

The small group hobbled to and fro towards the compound. Stress and sheer exhaustion had taken a toll on them nevermind their injuries. While it seemed like suicide to head towards the bandit headquarters while they were so weak it was the only path cleared for them. Cathy turned around and saw Issac and Yukito behind them. Even Issac the one of the most battle-tested out of all of them seemed weary and defeated. She turned to Carrie. "Thank you......for....everything" The sun overhead was setting in the northeast. Dusk was not far off and they still were a mile from the base. Cathy stumbled forward over a root and took Carrie with her. Her eyes watered with pain but she said nothing. Moments later she was laughing like a school girl. Though her leg was busted and her friends were suffering she couldn't help herself. "I can't" Tears, of joy or pain, she didn't know streamed down her face. She kept giggling as she saw Issac's face contort in confusion. She looked at Yukito, then Carrie. "I love you guys so much" Her leg ached as she tried to prop herself up. "I'm struggling to find words to express my gratitude for you......all of you. Without you, I wouldn't be who I am today." A small giggle interrupted her. She restrained herself from another laughing fit. "I don't know if you all realized this but before you...before the school, I was so lost. I was so broken. Something inside me just did not feel whole. And then I came here. It seems like I've known you for years." Cathy smiled "And now here we are....broken, split up, lost in this jungle of life. If I could do it all over again I would one hundred times over. Back at the school....I have never been as happy as I was during those moments. I just want you all to know that I'm eternally grateful for each and every one of you."


(I hope whoever if anyone is reading this, reads in between the lines. I have so much to say but I don't even know how to put it into words. If anyone is out there who contributed THANK YOU....from the bottom of my heart. You truly have made my life a million times better because of this. Whenever the world feels upside down I'll come here and reread our old posts and messages and I'll get all tingly inside, warm and happy. You don't have to respond....it would mean the world to me if you did though.... thank you)