Chapter 4: Saved by a Bark

I wake up in a tangled heap of blankets.  I climb out of bed and groan. I open the curtain to get a blast of sunlight in my face. "Ugh"

I don't bother to change out of my clothes for yesterday so I walk out to breakfast.

"You lived!" Newt calls. I rub my sleepy eyes. He's sitting beside Elias and Frypan.

"Barely" I mumble sitting down beside Newt.

"Did you even change?" Elias asks.

"No I did not. I'm pregnant I can do what I want." I tell them.

"I don't think that's how it works.." Newt says.

"You try being pregnant" I tell him. "Fry do you have food?"

"Yes I do Little Lady!" he rushes into the kitchen and comes out with a stack of pancakes.

"Thank you so much" I tell him shoving my face full.

"You got to change or you will be stinky!" Elias tells me.

"Says you." I role my eyes playfully. "What's the plan for today?"

"Job day. We can skip the labor jobs like Bagger, Builder, Slicer" Newt says.

"Why?" I ask before thinking.

"Because we don't want to hurt the baby" He says.

"Ok. So what jobs do I do?" 

You could start with Track-Hoe." 

I stifle laugh. "Track-Hoe?"

"Yes..." Newt says visually confused.

"You really don't know what it means?" I ask.

"I do.."

"So who are the Hoes?" I ask.

"Me Z-"

"Your a Hoe? I wouldn't have guessed" 

"Me and Zart are the main Track-Hoes"

"Ok."

"You should get dressed and I'll meet you at the garden" 

"Ok" I finish my pancakes and head back to my room and change into a black dress, brush my blond hair putting it in a braid down my back. I waddle out of my room over to the garden.

"So what do I do?" I ask.

"Well we are going to pull some carrots." He says kneeling down and pulling a carrot from the ground.

I attempt to kneel on the ground beside him. "That ain't going to work" 

"I see that.. Maybe Track-Hoe isn't your thing.. Let's see if Frypan could mentor you today" He gets up and we walk to the kitchen. Newt knocks on the door.

"Come in!" Someone yells. We walk inside.

"What do you need?" Fry asks not looking up from the stove.

"Vivian isn't going to work as a Track-Hoe so I was wondering if you have room here for her to work today" Newt says.

That's when Fry looks up. He breaks out in a grin. "Of course we have room!" He leads me over to a stool. "Bye Newt!" He closes the door.

"So what should I do?" I ask turning on the stool.

"You think you can chop some onions?" He asks.

"Probably" I say. He hands me a chopping board, onions and a big knife. I start to chop. 

"So any Gladers catch your eye?" Fry asks going back to the pot on the stove.

I just about cut my finger of in shock. "I'm sorry what?" 

"Did any Gladers catch your eye?" He says again his eyes twinkling.

"Sir I've been here a day" I tell him cutting the onions again.

"So? None? No special guy?" He says turning to look at me.

"No?" I say my voice hitching at the end.

"Uh huh. Not even a.. Blond British boy?" He asks wiggling his eyebrows.

"What! No!" I yelp.

"You guys would be cute!" A guy says from the other side of the kitchen.

"Who are you?" I ask with a yelp

"I'm Ian." He says turning over to look at us. 

"Is this like the gossip room?" I ask exasperated.

"Sure is!" Fry beams.

"Ok.." 

"But seriously yall would be so cute together!" Ian squeals. "Unless there's someone else.."

"Yall seriously I've been here a day! Maybe another day I'll have some gossip!"

"Fine" They both huff. 

I continue to cut the onions.  "Here you go" I hand Fry the cut onions. 

"Thank you. You can go for lunch now. Prince Charming will be waiting" He winks.

I sigh walking out sitting at one of the empty tables.

"Oy!" A boy calls I look over and see Clyde walking over. "Now we can finally talk!" He sits down beside me a little to close for comfort. I get up.

"No thanks" I tell him.

"Come on please!" He says standing up beside me.

"No. I'm good" I tell him again looking around.

"You don't need to be afraid of me" He smirks.

"Leave me alone!" 

"No. I want to talk."

"Then talk!"

"Let's go somewhere more... Private" He says taking my hand.

I hit his arm away. "No. Now leave me alone." I walk off but he follows grabbing my arm.

"I just want to talk!" He then pulls me away.

"Let me go!" I yell.

"Shut up!" He hisses.

That's when I snap. I smack his arm as hard as I can. He yelps in pain. I speed walk away as fast as I can. Which unfortunately wasn't as fast as I would like.  

"Hey! Get back here!!!" He calls. All at once a black Labrador dog jumps in front of me and growls. Clyde backs up his eyes wide.

The dog starts to bark. Newt runs over from the garden. "What the bloody hell is going on?!"

"This man won't leave me alone. Then this dog came and started to bark and growl." I tell him.

Newt frowns. "Bark's never barked before.. We named her that as a joke.. But Clyde? He's been pestering you?" 

"Yep." I say.

"Told him to stop when he didn't I slapped him and ran. He followed, Bark came and saved me." 

"Clyde this is your one and only warning" Newt says. "Now go back to work." Both boys walk off to work.

I look down at Bark. "Thank you" I smile. She nuzzles my bump. I walk back into the kitchen Bark at my tail.

"Back so soon?" Ian asks.

"Ya. Some Pervert aka Clyde was trying to grab me. Bark saved me so I'm back" I say sitting down on one of the stools.

"he WHAT?!" Fry yelps walking over from the stove holding a whisk.

"It's fine Fry" I tell him.

"It's not fine Vivi!" 

"It is! Bark saved me. I'm fine!"

Frypan sighs. "You can eat in here."

"I'm not hungry" I tell him.

"No Missy.  You have to eat your feeding a whole nother person!"

"He's right Vivi!" Ian calls from the other side.

"Fine!" Ian quickly makes me a sandwich.  I engulf it. "Thank you Ian."

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