Luke's Diary: An Unlucky Man In A Zombie Apocalypse. Entries 957 - 1157

Entry 1047: Friday 9th August 2019

Entry 1047
Friday 9th August 2019

A nice quiet day with no drama.

No work today. I met up with Mum, Mike and Sci-Fi Cyn at Sails Café in Cowes, and we had a nice chat over a cuppa as I cuddled and spent time with Leo. "So how are things between you and SHE who shall not be named?" Mum asked in a firm tone. "If you mean Nikki," I said, "Things are fine." "Really?" said Mum, in a tone that suggested she found this hard to believe. "Mum, I don't want to get into an argument," I said, "I've had enough of arguments to last me a lifetime." "Well, if you're shacked up with an argumentative, violent b*tch, arguments are what you're going to get," said Mum. "I said, I didn't want to argue," I said. "I'm not arguing," said Mum, in an arsey tone, "I'm just commenting." "Well, don't," I firmly said. "We just want you to be OK, babes," said Mike. "Yeah," said Sci-Fi Cyn, "We're just worried about you." "Well, don't be," I said, "I'm OK. Everything's going alright. No shouting, no arguments, no violence." "You wouldn't tell us even if she was being violent," said Mum. "Mum, will you shut up?" I snapped. "Don't you speak to your mother like that or I'll put you across my knee," said Mum. "Nice," I bluntly said, "Threatening violence to someone you don't want to experience violence from his girlfriend, but you're OK with you dishing it out." "Oh, shut up," said Mum, "I'm not really going to put you across my knee. You're too fat. You'd break my bones." "Thank you," I bluntly said.

I told Mum, Mike and Cyn about Tinsley turning up at The Hive yesterday and killing the infected man. "Awesome," said an excited Mike, "Do you think he'll let us all go and take out a few of those dirty piggies?" "Mike, I think we've got more to worry about than using the infected for sport," I said. "Like what?" asked Mike. "Like the fact we have a commander and chief who's a f*cking psycho," I said. "I think we should just stay out of his way," said Mum. Lynn's right," said Sci-Fi Cyn, "He held a meeting this morning with some of us at GRID HQ. I get the feeling he's planning something." "Do you mean like a party?" asked Mike. "No, Mike," said a blunt Sci-Fi Cyn, "I don't mean a party. I mean something bad. Probably something very bad." "Like what?" I asked. "I don't know," said Sci-Fi Cyn "but he had that crazed look on his face that suggested he was plotting something... I don't know... Something, not good. I just think we should all stay alert." "Didn't he give you details about what he was planning?" asked Mum. "No," said Sci-Fi Cyn, "He was very smug but also very vague." I really have no idea what Tinsley could be planning, but I hope it's not something too horrific that's going to affect us all. I'm sure we'll find out at some point.

Nikki had another counselling session today. I started to tentatively ask her about the session, and she made it very clear that she didn't want to talk about it. I didn't push her or reassure her, but I also made it clear that we need to talk about it in some way because I need to know that she isn't going to get violent if she gets angry again, as this will help me decide when Leo comes back.