The One Direction Infection (A One Direction and zombie fanfiction) COMPLETED

Chapter 4

Courtney

I slowly open my eyes and see Zayn peering down at me.

"Hey Courtney, how are you feeling?" I blink, confused.

"What happened?" I ask.

"Before or after you successfully fell down two flights of stairs?" He jokes with a wink.

"After... definitely after." I say, smiling at him.

'Are we actually getting along?' I think in shock.

"Well, you passed out, and here we are about two hours later." He says, with a soft look coming into his eyes.

"What's the matter Zayney? Can't handle the sight of an injured girl?" I tease him.

"Oh, I can handle that Courtney, but I can't stand for a girl being abused by her dad just because he's a drunk!" He replies, his voice rising almost to a shout.

I stare at him with a blank expression, but I realize that Dru must have told them. I struggle to sit up while shouting insults at her from across the room.

"Dru! You no good, rotten piece of backstabbing garbage! As soon as I get up from this stupid bed, I'll kick your butt!"

Zayn grabs my shoulders and pins my back to the cot.

"You won't be kicking anyone's butt while you're in this condition!" he scolded

"Now see what you've done, you're bleeding again!"

He reaches down to the floor and pulls some yellowed bandages out of a first aid kit that must be 50 years old.

"On the count of three we're going to flip you over, ok?"

I protest, "Why do I have to be flipped over? I don't wanna!" I know that I probably sound like a little kid, but I don't care.

"1...2...3!" I hear Zayn shout, and before I can react, I am on my stomach, holding back screams of pain. Literally screams. I grit my teeth, but a few whimpers still escape my lips. Zayn crouches in front of the cot, his face level with mine.

"You ok?" he asks nervously, chewing on his lip. I look at him as if to say 'Are you serious?' but I end up just staring into his eyes. He's so close; I can see his dark pupils growing and shrinking, as they try to focus on my face. I feel his brown eyes stare into my green ones, and this time I don't flinch away from him. I stare back, and for a second, I swear that he leans towards me before coughing uncomfortably.

"Well, I guess I should change your bandages now." he says, rising to his feet.

"Yeah...you do that..." I say softly, and somewhat awkwardly.

I feel his cool hands on the bottom of my undershirt, and he pulls it up almost to my neck. He gently unwraps the soiled bandages, layer by layer. When he reached my bare skin, I can feel the heat radiating from the wounds.

"Zayn! My backs burning! Make it stop! Make it stop!" I yelp out before I can stop myself.

I can't see him, but I can tell that he has a sympathetic look on his face. I feel a tear force it's way out of the corner of my eye. "Here!" He cries out, pressing his hands against my back. They're so cold, and they soothe the burn.

"Is that better?" he asks, almost in a whisper.

"Yeah... I don't even know what that was."

I hear the familiar thud of footsteps, and I wait for the rest of the crew to surround me once again.

Dru

I skip over to Courtney after I hear her scream, as do the rest of the boys. Zayn looks panicked and so does Courtney. "What happened!?"

"I don't know I felt like my back was on fire but it went away in a few seconds." Courtney says

I turn to Zayn "What did you do to her."

"Nothing I swear." he says wide eyed

"Sure, I guess yesterday you didn't have a gun to her head." I say, sarcasm dripping in my voice

"How do we know it wasn't you?" he says accusingly

"Me, why would I hurt my best friend?" I shoot back

"Exactly, do tell." he says with a rude scoff

"You seriously think I would go out of my way to hurt the person I have known since preschool." I say narrowing my eyes

"Yeah, you sure do seem like a jolly young lass. Tell us how you got here... You CLEARLY were not the one killing all the zombies. Lets not forget your parents. As far as I'm concerned, you're a brutal killer!"

"You don't know me, or her so don't pretend to or you'll regret it." I say threateningly.

"Do really want another bruise on that pretty face of yours?"

Courtney pushed herself to the ground with a thud. '

"N-"

"Shut up! Let me see her back."

I knell next to her and undo her bandage, and I see yellow ooze coming out of one of her cuts. I knew what this was.

"Zayn, her cut is infected, she needs antibacterial cream soon or she is in trouble. We need to go to town. Who is the best with a gun, and fastest?"

Liam steps forward, saying "I am fastest and fairly good with a gun."

"Okay time to go."

Once we got inside the store I know what we were looking for. We are in a small Wal-Mart that surely would have the cream. I headed for the medicine center were they would have all the cream we needed. I headed down the isle and saw a zombie looking away from us, it was wearing a blue Wal-Mart shirt and looked as if it was taking care of it's section. We waited a minute for it to move to the next isle. Once it had turned the corner I tiptoed to the creams. Sitting before me was one cream that was what Courtney needed. I picked it up and walked back towards Liam. He nodded and we quickly headed to the entrance of the store. Once we swung the door open we were greeted by a group of zombies that encircled us. I pulled my gun and aimed for a zombie on Liam's side and shot it clear through the head, as Liam took out the one next to it. I grabbed Liam's hand and ran through the whole of the zombie circle. I ran beside him at my fastest pace. Luckily Liam really could run but the zombies were right behind us and if we slowed we would surely be eaten.

I am fairly sure we outran them by the time we got to the theatre. I banged on the door in hope they would be fast. Sure enough Louis and Harry greeted us. Once we were inside I ran to Courtney. She had picked up mild fever and was clearly panicked. I rolled up the shirt and bared her back. I opened the cream and spread it across her back lightly. She screamed as I saw the infection being cooked out of the wounds. I pulled her shirt back down and was glad Courtney and Liam were safe.