<div class="floatleft">(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-zBWWApOG1J8CPcUpDFot2n02AcRBchj4j6m4amWgJWtJ51eJKw)<br/><div align="center">Arlene~23</div></div><br/>Lucas asked when they last got fully wet. Arlene's mind went dirty for a second and she licked her lips and bit the inside of her lower lip while looking at them. She could be fully wet in a moment.....shit....she thought to herself and inhaled slowly. God she was a perv, she shook her head and at least pretended like she wasn't thinking about them naked. Both of them were good looking, muscular, and while they both had their own personality, they both had attractive qualities in their personality. Then again....she wasn't thinking about their attractive qualities right at that moment. After counting to five, she offered a smile.<br/><br/>Jim took the cheez-it's, which made her feel better. Especially after the look of sheer please on his face. She wouldn't help but wonder what else could cause that expression. Stop it, she snapped at herself as she took the frog from him. It had been a while since she had any type of meat. Even frog. Hard to fish in the middle of land and since she has been near the river...well...hard to stop and fish when you had crawlers coming after you. Jim spoke and she listen closely. He talked about the people he was with. Arlene couldn't help but feel bad for him. He seemed to have lost a lot of people.<br/><br/>Arlene was lucky. Most didn't hurt her, simply for the fact that if she couldn't do anything, at least she could trade...other things for her survival. Not that she regretted anything, she enjoyed most of the people she had been with. However, more than once did she trade services for her life, one time even for a meal and bed for that night. Sharing that bed, but a bed none the less. Shaking her head, she didn't want to think about that. Once he said his piece she spoke up softly. "Fully wet. It has been a while for sure. I mostly stayed on the land. When everything happened, I was already country side. It took months for even a single crawler sighting. Then it took another few months before we really had to start worrying about them. Plus, a lot of people tried to build communities. People usually feel safe when surrounded by other people," she knew she did anyway; "Anyway, I think the last time I was fully drenched was about three months back. This sanctuary I was with, they found this hot spring. A few of us went skinny dipping. That was obviously a mistake. Did you know running naked is really uncomfortable?" She cracked a smile as that memory came back to her.<br/><br/>A few of the people around Arlene's age went to the hot springs at night. It wasn't in the sanctuary, but it was so close that one could see the lanterns still from the springs. They set up candles and dared each other to go skinny dipping. For once she was actually having fun. Then they heard noises. Arlene had just gotten to the sanctuary and knew that rustle too well. The sanctuary fell two nights after that. They didn't attack, they waited until their numbers were up and they stayed out of bullet rang. It was then that Arlene realized they were not mindless. Mindless didn't hunt in packs like that...waiting for the perfect moment....it still brought shivers.<br/><br/>Looking back to Lucas, she tilted her head slightly. "You said you have some cans? Hmm," she pressed her lips together for a moment, "maybe we should hold on to those. After all, don't know what we can catch tomorrow..." she already saw them as a team...a group...she hoped they felt the same.