One year later

Chapter Five

My eyes opened. Slowly, I stretched and got out the car. It looked to be about 5 am, and it was still pretty dark out. I took AJ out from inside the car and lowered him into the long grass. I didn't want either of us to stay inside any longer than we had to.
I looked at the map. We seemed to have stayed reasonably on the right track, but I needed to switch roads later on.
I ate, fed AJ and started walking, keeping my knife handy.
We continued like this for a few hours, stopping every now and then for rests, untill we reached the railway line. I sighed heavily. This track brought back a whole lot of memories.
By this time, it was already getting dark. Shadows danced across the ground, giving the place an eerie feel. Tears began forming in my eyes as I saw the rv...
There was no train obviously, but I could walk the lines. I wouldn't be able to cover as much ground as quickly, but I could probably do it in a couple of days, maybe.
It was too late in the day to do anything though. For now I would have to rest, build my strength up.
I felt a sudden wave of sadness as I climbed into the rv. Everything looked just like it had before.
A quick look around confirmed that no one was here, and by the looks of it, that no one had been here since myself. And Lee, Kenny, Kajtaa, Duck, Ben...
No. Don't think about that, don't think about them. It'll only make you sad. Just keep going. You're still alive. Haven't died. Not yet anyway.
It was times like this when I wished AJ was older. I wanted to talk to someone, have someone tell me that everything would be okay. Just to spend time with someone other than a baby. I hadn't said a word since kenny's death. Wasn't even sure if I could.
AJ yawned and opened his eyes, looking so cute and innocent that it made me want to cry. How awful, losing your mother and having to grow up in this hellish world.
Well, the same thing had pretty much happened to myself, but at least I had  a reasonably happy childhood. AJ would have no memories of a world before the apocolypse. This would be all he knew.
I sighed, feeling tired and sad.
Maybe things will look better in the morning I thought to myself miserably, before closing my eyes and falling into a deep, fitful slumber.