University Weeks 3 & 4
Abby's Accountings
We are back at the compound. This round is worse than the last! I have even more projects and have to be there ALL day! I only have breaks on two afternoons to get extra work done.
I checked into our barracks and I found a slew of new recruits. They are a quiet bunch and keep to themselves. Only one is female. We will see if she lasts.
I grabbed a plate and sat down to see if I could use my newfound charisma on them and get them to open up to me. It worked pretty well, but they are just studious.
I have to go to the kick off orientation, just another word for a meet-n-greet. Hopefully green eyes won’t be there. Oh who am I kidding – but honestly there is
no harm in looking – right? Actually I am looking forward to seeing who is left
other than me.
Well, I was sorely disappointed. Seems like a lot of folks
here are returning veterans and didn’t feel the need to attend the
orientation. I decided to take advantage of the quiet and I am using the word processor here to write this up. Since it is so dead here, I think I am going to head back to the barracks and work out.
OMG!!! I found out what happens to the recruits that don’t
make the cut. That new idiotic female recruit
stayed outside when the full moon was out. We had been warned that the air is
especially toxic on those days due to tidal shifts or some BS and were told NOT to be outside under any circumstances. Stupid bimbo stayed out anyway. She came running inside
screaming about dead people walking around – like night of the living dead – kind of dead people. I looked out the window, and saw Mikaela –
the recruit that was with us the last two training camps. She was definitely not right. Then I saw a
couple more that I recognized. That
scared me shitless for sure...I am definitely going to make sure I make it
through this boot camp.
Other than the monsters that apparently come out on full
moons, this boot camp was work and study, work and study. No time for play. After I saw those things, I knew there was more going on than just a screwed up water
supply and power grid. Even though I was left with
precious little time to practice my people skills I managed to get through
this 3rd camp at the top of the group. Thank goodness.
Off for a little R&R.
Abby
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Abby's Accountings:
When I returned, I found my workload had been reduced. But they did this
because we need to be fully prepared to move on. This is the last time I will be able
to come to the facility. My training is almost done. After this training camp is over, I am on my own – well sort
of. I will be writing up the reports and sending them on. To be honest, I am not sure if the reporting or being on my own is scaring me the most.
At least with fewer assignments, I will have a little more time to myself and can work on my writing and interviewing techniques. That is unless they make us use that silly broadcasting contraption.
Time to myself was short-lived. I should have known with a barracks full of bimbos one of them would start an oven fire. Good Grief. Where is Green Eyes when you need him!
Ask and you shall receive – or so they say. Guess who was assigned to my bunker - none other than Aaron "Green Eyes" himself. He came in a few days late. I wondered why we only had seven bunking here. I saw him and quickly went the other direction. So far I have managed to keep my distance from him. I am not even sure he knows I am here and that is fine with me. With the way those girls were going after the other dude, they are going to jump on Aaron. It will be funny to watch anyway. Not.
Well keeping my distance didn’t last very long. We nearly plowed into each other on the way to our morning assignments. He just smiled at me and we kept going. He knew as well I as did, that you absolutely cannot be late for an assignment.
He knows I
am here now but I doubt he cares. I sure
don’t. But damn, I had to work hard to
focus today. I don’t know why he rattles me so
much unless it is because he was the only one that tried to help when the barracks
were burning down.
When I got back to the barracks at the end of the day, Aaron was waiting for me. He hugged me and then we talked for a while - so long that I didn’t have time to get my workout in. Well, that stops today. After we are done here and leave we won't ever see each other again so there is no use getting invested in a relationship; be it platonic or otherwise.
Aaron and I managed to stay busy and pretty much just exchanged small talk the remainder of the training camp - until yesterday. Aaron approached me and said he would miss me. I found his arms around me again. He said he would very much like to see me again after we were gone and then he kissed me. Why did he have to go and do that? Of course I kissed him back which was stupid. I was so rattled. I grabbed my coat and ran out the door to my next assignment. I didn’t realize I had just thrown my coat on over my pajamas. I was so embarrassed.
When I got to the meeting room, I had to threaten the dude next to me so he would stop snickering and I could concentrate on what we were being told. This was a VERY important meeting.
They called me aside as I was leaving and told me since I
was one of the top performing recruits I would have most of my shelter built
for me when I got to the Valley. They
gave me a car, a precious commodity these days, and let me take my word
processor. They also gave all of us a small amount of money, but reminded me I would get
paid for my work so not to worry. That was okay, I had my 'stash'. Next week, we leave.
Today is the last day. As I was packing I discovered someone took part of my stash. Damn. Now I only had $8308 to pay for the shelter. All of that pain of losing a kidney for nothing - crap.
Today is the last day. As I was packing I discovered someone took part of my stash. Damn. Now I only had $8308 to pay for the shelter. All of that pain of losing a kidney for nothing - crap.
After I packed I took my things downstairs and I saw Aaron. He was waiting for me. He pulled me to him and kissed me again. It took all I had to break the kiss and push him away. I started to leave and he stopped me. He told me that he was falling in love with me and said that if we got married, we could be assigned together. That totally freaked me out and this time I turned around and ran inside. I guess I hurt him because he didn’t follow me. That was one of the hardest things I ever did.
I am typing this up through my tears as I wait for the all clear to leave. I am upset about Aaron. I hurt him. I don't love him and he couldn't possibly love me. I need to put that behind me. I am leaving here with a purpose;
more than I came with and for that I am grateful.
Until then,
Abby
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