Oblivion {n.h.}

Chapter 10.

The five of us girls stumble down the gravel path toward where the vehicles sit and wait for us. Conversation becomes just excitement and relief to see their old group, while I walk awkwardly to the side.

The gravel crunches beneath all of our feet and bugs buzz in the distance of the trees, a peaceful sound reminding me of all of the camping trips Jackson and I had used to take with our mother when we were young.

The walk takes about five minutes of our time before we reach the truck gang in the road. Josh is talking to Niall in the front while the other three guys joke and laugh with Alex against the side.

Louis, Harry, Niall, and Liam sprint off in a run towards the three new girls we picked up.

Louis nearly tackles Perrie, pulling her into the tightest hug I've ever seen before, Niall picks up Jade and spun her around a few times before pulling her into a hug also.

Stepping away from their massive group hug, I walk back towards the truck where my usual group is sitting.

"How'd it go?" Steven asked, standing up and reaching out an arm for me to grab and be lifted into the trunk.

"Good....awkward... But good." I smiled at him before turning towards Jackson.

"How's he doing?" I stare down to my brother's unconscious body, a steady breathing lifting and lowering his chest.

"Better." Alex had spoken up, followed by josh. "Boy's breathing, his pulse rose back up to its normal speed, all were waiting for is him to wake up."

"How long could that take?" I ask, almost not wanting to hear the answer.

"Hours, days, maybe even weeks; but he's not dead, that's all that matters." I shake my head and turn towards the group conversing just a few feet away.

Harry stirred over all of their cheerful and excited voices, gesturing his hand in the air for the three girls to meet our side of the group.

Perrie, Jade, and Jesy make their way toward the truck to where they're standing as if they're about to hop in.

"Everyone introduce yourselves?"

"I'm Steven Stark, pleasure to meet you." The guy flashed his charming smile, shaking all three of the girl's hands one by one. As soon as the first syllable escapes Steven's mouth the girls giggle and smile at the good looking guy.

With my instincts, I keep a lookout on all sides of the truck, now would not be a great time for lurkers to come join our reunion.

"Emily." The nice girl waves up her hand while giving them a shy, but welcoming smile.

"I'm Alex, nice to meet you." The boy sticks out his hand for them to shake before they all turn towards josh.

"Josh Ameen, at your service my ladies." He says humorously, clearly working, making all of the girls chuckle.

"And this is Jackson, after that car wreck he lost consciousness and hasn't woken up, Danielle's fraternal twin brother." Joshua points to Jackson, laying by my side.

I smile at them weakly, hiding the fact that I'm scared to death my brother is unconscious.

"Well that's everyone! It's nice having some more tough women around." Emily says, smiling towards every one of them.

Turning away and staring off into the distance from the truck, my smile fades away, turning into a dropping of my jaw in shock.

Steven stands up from where he was sitting next to Emily and follows my gaze.

It could've been hundreds of walkers, thousands coming down the road in the distance. A fog covers them just to where they are transparent shadows, but they're there, and soon enough they'll be here.

"We need to go." Steven says under his breath, but just enough for everyone to hear him, reaching down to grab his shotgun before jumping off of the truck and running towards the conversing group.

"Walkers!" Emily screams towards everyone else, cause people to scatter towards their cars.

Yes, since the walkers are pretty slow, they won't get here for another few minutes; but we aren't gonna stick around to see how long it takes.

Perrie runs to her dark green Jeep Wrangler, followed by Jade and Jesy. Carly and Harry decide to ride with them since our one truck is pretty crowded.

Josh hops up into the front of our truck with Niall in the passenger seat and Liam, Louis and Alex in the back seat. Steven returns into the back with Emily, unconscious Jackson, and I.

Before the large horde of walkers even get close enough to bite us or scratch an arm, the noise had attracted plenty more from out the woods on the side of the road.

Steven shoves a walker in the face with his foot right as josh takes off at full speed, following Perrie's jeep.

I hold Jackson's head over my thigh and everyone sits back, taking one last big breath to calm down.

The sky begins to dim as the walkers slowly fade and fade away from our sight as the night grows old and the road curves away.

The passengers are silent, some drifting to sleep as the only sound to be heard is the bumbling of the vehicles on the cracked road.

I feel my own eyelids becoming weight above my sight, and I look down to my already slumbering brother.

But when my gaze reaches its destiny, it falls upon his, because his eyes were open. And Jackson was awake.