Me Vs Zombies [Book 1 & 2]

[Book 2] Chapter 11

[Charlotte's POV]

Demi stared at me in surprise as I huffed and puffed, my stress causing me to have a mini panic attack right there on the branch.

'You're- You're-'

'Pregnant.' I huffed. 'I know.'

'How can you be pregnant?' She whispered slowly.

'You've had a child, I'm sure you know.' I chuckled awkwardly, attempting to lighten the situation.

It didn't help.

Demi continued to stare with big blue wide eyes, her fingers drumming across the tree trunk as she looked up at me.

'I... Umm... I'm just not sure how to react.'

'Don't then...' I whispered. 'It just came out, I didn't intend on actually telling you or anyone for a while.'

'Does Eugene know?'

'Yes.'

'And you still came on this trip knowing full well if we actually went back to the group alive, he'd kill you himself!' She gawped.

I sighed. 'I know, I was cruel to leave after telling him something so major but... Well, I needed to find safety for my child, I needed to find others to look after us, once I'm heavily pregnant I won't be able to protect myself as well as I'll have slower reflexes.'

'Couldn't you ask some of the men to go out searching then? If you had told Eugene this I'm sure he would of-'

'He wants me to get rid of the child.' I mumbled, looking into the distance, out of the forest where I road full of abandoned cars waited for us to run across to escape the dreaded walkers.

But they were so close, they almost reached my Demi's dangling feet over her branch.

'Bloody hell.' Demi whispered. 'That's intense... I presume your rebelled.'

'Of course!' I growled. 'I'm not getting rid of a child, that's wrong, no matter what state the earth is in.'

'Hmm... I get where your coming from, but, you could die Charlotte, during pregnancy because of the inability for fight, during pregnancy because I doubt we'll have the medical equipment to keep it safe or after because of infection to your area... and let's not forget the child, how would we feed a new born baby when we can hardly feed ourselves? You might be able to produce another milk for the child but if you die... What then?'

'I won't die.' I growled. 'We have more than 6 months to plan these things, we can find more people, we can rid the earth of more walkers, we're ever so slowly bringing the rates down Demi with all the other survivors there are on this planet...'

'What about those people that have Ben and Payton then?' Demi snapped. 'They'll squeeze everything out of Ben and Payton, information of our gang and then they'll come for us, if the two spill our whereabouts which I wouldn't blame them if they did given the amount of pain they must be taking... What then? They will use you for your body, kill you, hurt you? All we've done on this trip is lost two members of our group and put the entire group in extreme danger.'

'Fine!' I growled. 'My plan didn't go as well as I hoped! There's no denying that but I was desperate ok! I'm not loosing this child! You may have failed in taking care of your child but I never would!!'

Demi snarled at me and leaped downwards, grabbing my neck in between her hands, she didn't squeeze tightly but tight enough for me to know to let her talk.

'Don't you dare! You're a child! You may have been on the front for a few months and got training but don't you dare act like your a professional mother, I have no doubt in my mind that either you or your child will die, it's not to do with how good of a parent you are it's the nature of the earth, the fact that your refuse to get rid of your child is selfish, nothing can condone abortion unless the child would be in constant danger and your child would be. THE EARTH IS NOT GETTING BETTER, CHARLOTTE!! BILLIONS OF ZOMBIES OWN THIS EARTH NOW!' She screamed loudly, her fingers tightened slightly as she screamed.