Together We'll Just Survive Somehow

Only You

The hot sun beat down on the heads of the many hilltop residents who were currently working in the garden. After the war had ended, Hilltop had become the agricultural center for the communities. The agricultural team was headed by Enid, who had quite the green thumb after learning a lot of her skills from Maggie.

Enid slowly stood up from the ground, her legs somewhat asleep from kneeling for the past few hours and ran one hand across her sweaty brow. She slowly made her way over to the shed to grab her water bottle.

It was a brutally hot day and she couldn't wait to finish planting all of the tomato seeds. As soon as she was done she was planning on heading back to Barrington House, stripping down and soaking in the large bathtub. If she was lucky maybe Carl would be done at the forgery and join her.

Carl worked very hard in the forgery and she was incredibly proud of her fiancé, she loved referring to him as that. They hadn't set a date yet. They'd only been engaged for a few weeks and weren't in any rush.

She was pulled from her thoughts by a taped on her bare shoulder. She turned and found Burt Bell standing behind her, a plucky smile on his face.

Burt had only been part of the community for a month, Jesus had found him hold up in a garage about thirty miles from Hilltop. He has a tall, muscular young man with sandy blond hair. He had been become a major asset to the agriculture team and everyone seemed to like him. Everyone but Carl that is...

Since the day Carl and Enid met the boy, Carl hadn't like him. He kept telling Enid that Burt was bad news. He was continuously telling Enid that the boy was flirting with her. Enid thought Carl was just exaggerating. She told him that Burt was just overly friendly. Although she did find it cute how jealous Carl was getting.

"Hi Burt, How's the Corn planting going?" she smiled at the boy.

"It's going well, how are you doing? You look tired." He said as he took a step closer to her.

"It just a really hot day, that's all." She answered, somewhat anxiously. She really wanted to get home and take a bath.

"Yeah it is, so how's Carl?" he asked.

"Oh he's good. Working hard at the forgery like always." She laughed at the last part.

"Oh well that's good." He lifted up his hand and she noticed he was carrying a yellow tulip.

"Here I got this for you." He handed the flower to her, giving her a big smile as she did so.

Enid gave a tight smile back and took the flower from him. "Thank you, it's very pretty." Enid was trying to be as polite as possible but she was starting to become very uncomfortable with his actions.

Carl had given Enid flowers several times, but that was to be expected as they had been together for two and a half years. It was a common romantic gesture and she appreciated it very much.

However the fact the Burt was giving her flowers made her realize that maybe Carl had been right about Burt in the first place. She wanted to excuse herself right away before things got even more uncomfortable.

However before she could, Burt had closed the distance between them, backing her right into the shed and was leaning into her face.

"Your ten times prettier than the flower Enid." He whispered.

She could feel his breath on her cheek. He then turned his head slightly and pursed his lips. She knew what he was about to do. She turned her head to the side to try and avoid his lips.

"What The Fuck." Carl cried out as he come around the corner and saw his Fiancé and Burt looking like they were about to kiss.

Enid and Burt turned their faces around and Enid saw the look of anger and hurt on Carl's face. He stood their looking at her for a second before turning and storming off.