The Survival Games (Book 1 in The Survival Games trilogy)

Chapter 8: Romance and Zombies

When we walk outside, we notice the dead decaying zombies on the ground. Brianna begins to walk over to them.
"What are you doing?" I ask. She chucks the male zombie's arm at me and it hits my shoulder.
"Hey!" I yell . We are meant to be fighting these things, not playing with them. She throws the other arm at Jonathan.
"Bitch!" he also yells. She propels the head of the blonde into the air and it splats in front of callan.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" he says in an aggravated voice. Shayla walks up to her and punches her in the face.
"I fucking nearly died fighting them. I hurt my leg, and they all nearly bit me and your chucking their body parts around?!" She tries to hit her again, but Jonathan and Matt pull them apart. Shayla whacks Jonathan in the face and storms at Brianna again.
"You fucking cow!" she screams "It's like you don't even care?!" Jonathan runs to Shayla, this time he has a firmer grip. he takes her around the corner to calm her down.
"Shayla, calm down" he says in a calm voice.
"Shut up!" she yells but before she could say anything else, he leans in and kisses her. She is silent, but mixed emotions are scattering through her head.
"Guys, zombie!" Coen shouts out.
Jonathan runs out and shoots the figure...
And the figure shoots back!
"Who was that?!" Shayla yelled out
"Jacqueline?" Emma whispers because she can't find the strength to speak any more than a whisper.
"Jonathan! fuck" Matt yells
"Is he..." Shayla doesn't finish her sentence
"Please don't finish that" Matt asks.
I hear a loud crowd of zombies behind me.
"They don't give up, do they?" I say, exhausted
"Run!"
"We can't just leave them there!" Emma exclaims
"Run!" Kyle yells for the second time, except that was to Emma.
~~~~~~~10 minutes later~~~~~~~
Emma and Kyle are talking in the back of the van. He is trying to cheer her up about the...Jacqueline thing...
I still haven't spoken to anyone. What am I supposed to say? My friend just died in front of me! I pull over for a pit stop. Everyone gets out, knowing what to do.
"I want to stay here too" Emma says, sounding desperate. I nod and we walk off.
~~~~~~~EMMA'S POV~~~~~~~
Me and Kyle are sitting in the back of the van.
"Why did you want to leave me behind when we were overrun?" I ask
"Because" he says stiffly
"Because?! All you can say is because? unbelievable! You want to leave me behind and that's your reason?"
"Yes!"
"Bastard!" I shout at him
"Stuff you!" he shouts back. We just sit there. At first I am angry, but then I begin to cry.
"Why do we keep fighting? Why are you so distant towards me one minute and so close the next?!"
"Because I love you dammit!"
I am blown back by his answer. Speechless.
"I love you... And I don't know how to express it. I don't know if you even like me ba-"
I lean in and kiss him. I kiss him like there's no tomorrow, because frankly, I don't know if there will be.