Nadia
I frown as I wake, confused, because the light on my eyelids – and the noise –
My eyes blink open and I sit up, disoriented for a second. But then I realize that I’m not at home, or in my dorm room at school. That I’m in this stupid tent with twenty other nurses, which means I may never sleep properly again…
“Morning, Nadi,” Grace says. I turn to see her smiling softly, rubbing one eye, peering at me with the other. “Did you sleep okay?”
I sigh, wrapping my arms around my legs and resting my head down on my knees. “Not really.”
She purses her mouth together in pity, perfectly aware of why I didn’t.
Shayne groans, pulling her pillow over her head. “Would you two please shut up!”
We both turn to her and I can’t help but smile as I pull my pillow from behind my back, throwing
