Ara

The first thing Erin saw when she woke up was Ara's face above hers. She then realized that was what had woken her up, ara shaking her. Her head still slow with sleep, she got up and asked what was wrong.    

“ I think we need to leave,” she whispered to Erin, “I had another one of those nightmares. Except this time i know why.” Ara had always been plagued with nightmares. Some she remembered vividly others she couldn't even remember screaming when she woke up. 

“What do you mean?”

“ I mean, I don't feel right here, I haven't for a while, and i know now i need to get out. I don't expect you to just pack up and leave with me but I really hope you will.” she looked defeated. Erin just nodded, she knew that feeling. Erin couldn't even remember joining the amazons. She’d thought about leaving a lot. 

As quiet as they could they packed bags. Erin got dressed and put her hair up messily (sleeping in braids wasn't the best idea). Ara on the other hand seemed to be flustered. she was scrambling around looking for things, mumbling to herself all still in her pajamas. All her movement eventually woke Taylor, who insisted she go with 

them. Once Ara got organized they left trying not to wake anyone. 

Half way down the first hallway they were stopped. 

“Where do you three think you're going?” hylla really had a way of stopping people with her voice. They all just stood there trying to think of an excuse. Hyllas face dropped ever so slightly. “ you're leaving.” erin looked her in the eyes at the same time ara looked down and taylor stumbled through an excuse. 

“ i knew this would happen eventually, i can't have you running all over the country now can i.” she paused, “let me make a call.” they waited there in  the hall until she returned. 

“ wait outside by the garage, i have gotten you an escort.” The three girls looked at eachother.

“An escort to where?” Erin asked venom coating every word. 

“You'll find out soon enough.” she turned away like nothing had ever happened. 

The three of them waited for no more than five minutes when something appeared in front of them. They all jumped back startled, Taylor screamed. That something turned out to be two people. They both walked over to one of the SUVs. Erin was very confused by all of this. Who were these people, how did they get here, where would they be going? One of them jogged back over to the three of them. 

“ hi, I'm Will.” he waved at them and Erin thought he looked all too bubbly to be awake so early, especially since he couldn't have been much older than they were. He walked back over to the SUV and got in the driver's seat. Ara followed, so Erin did too. Taylor got in on one side and Erin followed ara through the other. 

“Is he okay?” Ara asked softly. The other person was currently sleeping heavily in the passenger seat.

“ Oh yeah, that's Nico, he’ll be okay,”he smiled, running a hand through his blond hair. 

About an hour later ara and taylor were leaning against each other snoring. 

“It's a really long drive.” Will said, looking at her through the rearview mirror, “you might want to get some sleep.”

“Thanks, but i'm not that tired,” Erin lied, “ i'll just stay awake with you.” there was no way she would fall asleep right now even though she had barely slept at all from nightmares.

“Okay, well i'm gonna stop at the next exit for coffee, if you want some.” Erin smiled and nodded looking at those bright blue eyes through the mirror.