“Better?” she asked.

“No one else?”

“No, baby. No one but us.”

Sabrina felt the girl’s body begin to shake again with tears. She wasn’t gonna tell Evan not to cry. It was better she got it out now, then hold onto the grief. That wasn’t healthy. But Sabrina wouldn’t allow herself to expel the guilt she felt her surviving. She had to focus on making sure the two of them stayed alive to be found.

*****

“Babe,” Tina began walking into the room but stopped when she saw Bette sitting on the couch looking at her favorite baby picture of Evan.

She slipped down next to Bette and looked at the picture with her.

“She was such a good baby. Never fussed or anything. She only cried when she was hungry.”

“Like she does now,” Tina laughed.

Tina watched as Bette ran her fingers over Evan’s face followed by the woman’s tears on the frame.

“Babe,” Tina called pulling Bette into her body.

Tina knew there was nothing she could say to ease Bette’s heart. As much as she was hurting also, Tina had to put her feelings aside to take care of Bette. Her strong wife , who seemed to be hurting more in these recent months than ever before.

‘When Evan comes home, I’m locking the doors and all the windows so nothing else will hurt them again,’ Tina thought to herself.

*****

Sabrina awoke to drops of water landing on her cheek. At first, she angrily wiped them away, trying to settle back asleep but then realized that what she suspected was happening.

“Evan, wake up… we got to move,” she said to the sleeping teen.

Nothing.

“Evan? Evan?” Sabrina called again.

She sat up, turning Evan over. The young girl was unconscious. Her gray pallor worried Sabrina even more. Sabrina tried shaking her but stopped in fear of hurting her. Then rain began coming down in heavier sheets instantly soaking them. Sabrina had to find a dry place for them immediately and worry about Evan’s color later.

Sabrina struggled at first but then had Evan draped over her back allowing Sabrina an easier way to transport Evan. Problem was, there were no caves or anything that provided enough shelter for them both. Nothing but the downed airplane. Sabrina squinted her eyes against the rain seeing that the cabin of the plane.