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Michael woke up with a start It was just after ten in the ed with sleep, Emma propped herself up on her elbows &039;What?&039; she ain In the distance, and disappearing quickly, was the sound of an engine

&039;More people like we heard yesterday,&039; he said, julooot to get out there and see where they&039;re going&039; &039;Why?&039; asked Emma, confused &039;Stupid bloody question,&039; he snapped &039;You knohy These are survivors These people could&039; &039;These people are leaving here,&039; she said, her voice still tired and heavy with sleep

&039;There&039;s no point going out now All you&039;re going to be able to do is watch theot to be better than just sitting here and&039; &039;Why not wait? They came back yesterday, didn&039;t they? Surely they&039;ll coain today?&039;

&039;Not necessarily,&039; he said as he pulled on his jeans and fastened his belt &039;No,&039; she yawned, &039;not necessarily, but probably You&039;ve got to adood chance they&039;ll be back later&039; &039;Yes, but&039; &039;But what?&039; Michael stopped what he was doing and peered at Eloom Dejected, he threw his T-shirt down onto the bed in front of her and sat down heavily next to her feet He knew she was right

In the time it had taken him to put on his jeans and socks the noise outside had already disappeared Whoever these people were, he had to agree it was likely they&039;d be back again later &039;Come here,&039; Emma said quietly Michael looked up at her with sad, childlike eyes She could see that he was struggling

As strong, resilient and brave as they both tried constantly to be for each other, it was becoh each day The lack of any news, direction or purpose was slowly killing them, and that hy Michael had reacted to the sound of the engine in the way that he had Every last fibre of his body wanted to believe that the survivors they had heard would bring an end to the bleak and relentless nightmare that their once ordinary lives had become over the last feeeks Michael lay down on the bed next to Emma and rested his head on the pillow close to hers She rolled over onto her side and looked deep into his tired face

He stared up at the ceiling, excited by the sound he&039;d heard but also angry and infuriated that he was still no closer to finding out who these survivors were and where they&039;d coet the answers to his questions in the near future but that wasn&039;t good enough - he wanted to kno Emma wrapped her arm around him and pulled herself closer He could feel her breath on the side of his face It relaxed hi outside feel somewhat less important &039;They will be back you know,&039; she whispered again with real belief and conviction in her voice Michael knew that she was right

&039;I&039;m sure of it It&039;s toopast here twice in two days and back again last night They runted &039;We should ested

&039;Move it into a place overlooking the track&039; He nodded &039;Suppose so&039; &039;Look, that&039;s e&039;ll do,&039; she said gently, still trying desperately to keep him positive and focussed &039;We&039;ll drive across the hills until we find somewhere we can see the track from and we&039;ll sit and wait

We can sit in the front and watch and as soon as we see them we&039;ll try and follow them back to wherever it is they&039;ve co words, although perhaps said more out of duty than belief, elcolanced across at her and lifted his hand and brushed a fallen curl of hair away from her face

She smiled and pulled herself even closer so that their faces were alhtly on the cheek and then kissed her lips He kissed her again and then pulled back slightly and stared deep into her eyes Much as they both craved wars, to be safe and to be this close to each other was enough for now