"Alright, we should stop now, the sun is staring to set" said Curtis as Maddie sighed, she had decided not to say anything anymore, Curtis was just making her feel worse than she already felt.
"I will make a fire" said Matt as he put down the bags as he walked around, he had to find some wood to start a fire.
"Should we set up our tents or sleep in our sleeping bags?" asked Ollie as he smiled and he looked at Annie.
"I think that we should just sleep in our sleeping bags, it's less stress for us to set up a tent and take it down again" said Annie.
"Alright then" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Maddie are you okay?" asked Annie as Maddie looked at her and she nodded, she was just fine.
"Are you sure?" asked Annie as Maddie had been awfully quiet, too quiet, she wondered if she was feeling alright.
"I am fine, I will make dinner" replied Maddie simply as she looked through one of the bags of foodstuff that Alina had packed for them, Alina was very nice.
"Oh okay…" said Annie as she knew that something was wrong, but she did not want to bother Maddie any more.
"Yes" said Maddie as she focused on what she was doing.
"What's wrong with Maddie?" asked Ollie as he whispered to Annie.
"I don't know" said Annie as she was worried and Maddie walked to Matt as he had some branches with him that he took from nearby as they were talking.
…
Annie sighed as she was already tired, and she wanted to go to sleep, they had eaten dinner, and things were very quiet to say the least.
The fire had been put out as everyone got into their sleeping bags.
"Goodnight everyone" said Annie.
"Goodnight Annie" they replied as Annie looked up at the sky and she closed her eyes as she tried to go to sleep.
Annie sighed internally, she could not go to sleep at all, and she did not know why, she looked up at the many stars in the sky as she had many thoughts on her mind, Annie could tell that the others were already asleep and she did not want to wake them up.
"Can't sleep?" asked Matt as he whispered and Annie turned to look at him as he was across her.
"Yes, I can't sleep, I thought that you were asleep" said Annie as she whispered back.
"No, I can't sleep as well" said Matt as he got up, and he walked to sit next to Annie and he laid his sleeping bag down.
"I guess that we are the same then" said Annie as she laughed.
"I guess so too" said Matt as he laughed silently, and they both looked up at the sky.
"Prince Oliver was telling me about how you guys came to rescue me" said Matt.
"He did?" asked Annie.
"Yes he did" said Matt as Annie found that interesting, she had not noticed that Matt and Ollie seemed to be getting close.
"He told me about everything that happened, and how you shot an arrow tied to a rope to cross over to the other side" said Matt as Annie laughed silently.
"Oh yeah… that" said Annie.
"He told me how everyone thought that it was dangerous, but you didn't care at all" said Matt.
"Well of course, at that moment, all I wanted was to see you again" said Annie.
"You don't know how worried I was for you, I thought that Lilith was crazy, and she wanted to force you to stay with her forever" said Annie as Matt laughed.
"I didn't know that you cared about me so much" said Matt.
"Are you serious right now Matt?" asked Annie as she looked at him and he looked at her.
"Of course I care about you, I care about you so much" said Annie.
"You're my best friend, and I don't know what I would do without you, you are just as important as Curtis and Maddie are to me" said Annie as she smiled.
"So of course I would worry, I felt so panicked that maybe I would never see you again, and it was like my worst nightmare, all I wanted was to find you, and I did" said Annie.
"You should never doubt that I don't love you Matt, because I do, what would I do without you? You have always been there for me at all times" said Annie.
"And I will continue to be there for you" said Matt as Annie smiled at him.
"I know you will Matt, I know that you will" said Annie as she smiled.
"You are the best" she said as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as it made him smile.
"But since when did you and Prince Oliver become so close that you started talking so much?" asked Annie as she laughed.
"Well I don't know, he's very easy to talk to" said Matt as he laughed and Annie laughed.
"Besides, I had to warn him, he was going overboard by annoying Maddie, he's in a daze because Maddie saved him once, and he's being really pushy, I fear that Maddie would actually hurt him if he annoys her anymore" said Matt.
"That is the truth, I mean I can understand why he wants Maddie to like him, I don't even know why she dislikes him so much" said Annie.
"I don't know as well, should we be worried?" asked Matt as he looked at Annie.
"Well no that's just Maddie being Maddie, believe me, if she doesn't like you, then she doesn't like you, I have first-hand experience, Maddie hated me for so many years, and I don't even know what I did to make her dislike me so much, but she did, until we became friends" said Annie.
"So we should just tell Prince Oliver to let go of all hope that Maddie will like him?" asked Matt.
"No we shouldn't Maddie has changed, maybe she just needs some more time to get used to him, that's all" said Annie.
"Well alright then" said Matt.
"Yes" said Annie as she smiled.
"We should go to sleep now, it's late" said Matt as he smiled.
"You are right, goodnight Matt" said Annie as she smiled at him.
"Goodnight Annie" said Matt as he smiled and Annie closed her eyes as she went to sleep.
…
"Curtis have you taken your pills yet?" asked Annie as she looked at Curtis as soon as he finally finished eating breakfast.
"No" replied Curtis.
"Then take them now" said Annie as she really did not want a repeat of what happened yesterday.
"Alright, fine" said Curtis as he did not argue with Annie as he took the container of pills as he took out two white ones and one green one as he took them.
"Did you take them?" asked Annie as Curtis nodded and he drank some water from his water bottle.
Ollie looked at Matt as Matt looked at him, Annie was going to make sure that Curtis took care of himself, she was supervising him carefully.
Maddie said nothing at all she cleaned up and she packed everything back into her backpack as she put her backpack behind her.
Annie looked at Maddie, she had been quiet all morning.
"Are we all done now? So we can go?" asked Maddie as she put her hair In a quick ponytail.
"Yes, we are, let's go" said Curtis as he put his water bottle in his back, they still had a long way to go.
"Alright" said Maddie as she nodded.
"Maddie are you alright?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie.
"Yes, I'm fine, why do you ask?" asked Maddie as she looked at Annie.
"No reason…" said Annie as she did not want to point it out, but Maddie had been acting very strangely lately.
Matt and Ollie looked at each other, Maddie was acting very weirdly, Ollie was worried.
"Maddie, your hair looks a bit off" said Ollie as he was sure that Maddie would snap at him.
"Blondie, I did not ask for your opinion" said Maddie plainly as Ollie was surprised, now he was sure that Maddie was not okay, she was not fine at all, she did not even shout at him, she just sounded tied and annoyed.
"Alright, let's go now" said Curtis as he started to walk ahead as they all followed after him.
"Maddie is totally not alright, she didn't even insult me once this morning" said Ollie as he looked at Matt.
"You worry too much, she is fine, she just wants to be quiet" said Matt as he laughed, the fact that Ollie based Maddie's standards of being alright, on whether or not she insulted him, it was just funny.
"I doubt that, Maddie and quietness do not go together" said Ollie as he shook his head.
"Relax, she is fine Prince Oliver" said Matt as he laughed and Ollie did not agree at all, he really hoped that she was fine.