The next day went a little better. I tried to warm up to Caius. After all, he was helping out, and moping about him want going to fix anything. I might as well handle it maturely. I was, as usual, the first one up. I lit a fire and put on some oatmeal. Caius showed up only a few minutes after that, probably woken by me moving about.

I took a deep breath as he walked up, stirring the oatmeal. Caius stood next to me and looked down at the bubbling pot. He grimaced and stuck out his tongue.

"Ew... Why's it so slimy?" He asked. I actually smiled, trying to keep myself from loosing my good mood.

"That's what happens when you rehydrate something with milk in it. It kind of clumps together like that." I said, prodding a lumpy part.

"Well, I think I'll skip out on this meal." He said with a grossed out look on his face.

"Oh yeah? What do you plan on having then?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I can hold out till lunch." He said. "Besides, there's no time for food. I've got work to do. I'm going to make a watch tower today." He said. I stopped, and turned to him.

"A what?" I asked. The idea sounded kind of useless to me. It made me chuckle a little.

"A watchtower. So we can tell if someone's comming. You guys seem really worried about being found, so I thought I'd make something to ease your mind." He said, proud of his idea.

"Okay Caius. You build that tower." I said with a smile. He put his hands on his hips and gave me a smirk.

"You don't think I can do it." He said.

"Well, it certainly sounds like a piece of work." I answered.

"Exactly, that's why I need to start now." He stated. With that, he turned around and started to, what looked like, examine trees. I shook my head with a chuckle. When the others got up we ate breakfast together and started on our own work. I filled up the water bottles and chatted with Peter and Skyler for a while before starting to sort our supplies better.

Caius went in and out of the forest , looking for wood and supplies. His 'watchtower' turned out to be a tall tree with a soon to be finished ladder. He had good intentions though, and I respected that. My mother called me over for lunch and I ate the bowl of perogies quickly. I didn't know how hungry I was.

I looked over to the tree Caius had been working by and saw him sitting on the ground, still hammering away. I looked at the pot of food, and grabbed an extra bowl. My mother filled it up and I walked it over to Caius.

"Hey. You hungry?" I asked. He turned a little too quickly, and then tried to cover up the fact that he was actually starving. He shrugged.

"Just a bit." He said cooly. I smiled and handed him the bowl. He started wolfing it down, obviously giving up on his act. I started feeling a little guilty about the way I'd been treating him. I mean, I had reason for it, but I still felt bad. It was pretty immature.

"I uh... I'm sorry about giving you crap the past few days." I said sheepishly. I looked up, confused. "Huh?" He said.

"Well, I mean I threatened to leave you for dead, and made you carry more things then a pack horse could manage. Not exactly moments I'm proud of." I said, rubbing my arm. Caius smiled and flexed an arm.

"You just gave me an opportunity to prove myself." He joked. I chuckled too.

"Seriously though. I should have given you more of a chance. It was just... Seeing you with Jess really got to me." I said, picking at my fingers. "She's... A good friend of mine, and I wouldn't want to see her hurt is all." I continued. Caius nodded.

"Well, I'm out of wood. I'd better go get some more..." He said.

"Oh, do you want some help?" I offered.

"No, no, it's okay, I got it. It'll only take a minute." He said, ducking into the woods. I sighed and grabbed his empty bowl, taking it back to camp. At least we where on better terms now.
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