the zombie next door

Landed

the first week of school passed in the slowest manor possible. i have no idea what happened to Zed in the 15 minutes before he was found on the first day but it was something big. he walked around like a lost puppy for DAYS. i would see him one minute and the next he was gone. he was always sneaking around. he was giving us zombies an even worse name than we already had. being the first and only school to integrate zombies was hell on earth. all of the humans would mock and try to harm us. so Zed running off doing God knows what is not making this "transition" any better.

it was the first friday of the school year and a pep rally was happening later in the day. i was growing anxious sitting in that basement all day. and i started to get annoyed listening to all the zombies talking to Zed about football and music class like any of us had an option. my ears finally perked up when i heard Zed's voice say "i'm going to go to the pep rally, we all should go." him and his big ideas make me sick sometimes. but instead of the zombies sighing in their normal cynical tone i heard a chorus of applaud. they all were in agreement and if i am one thing i am a follower.

the janitor was powerless to stop us. we all headed up the stairs like we owned Seabrook High. we made our way to the gym and that's when i finally connected the dots. Zed had been dazed by that wretched blonde cheerleader. i heard the chatter start when we walked in but i was only focused on Zed looking at Addison how i had always wished he looked at me. i felt a tear swell in my eye when i was snapped back into reality with a loud yell. of all of things it could have been the crowd sounded so shocked because miss perfect Addison was falling. not because there were at least 2 dozen zombies in the gym but because miss fucking perfect was about to break her neck. i believe in that moment, it was the only time i wished all eyes were on me. maybe she would've just broke her neck.

just moments before sweet victory i heard a loud crash against the metal bleachers. it was Zed breaking his fucking zband. of course he was risking his life for that dumb blonde. god i wanted to hurl or maybe watch him crack her skull open like an egg. but alas, neither happened. he caught her in the nick of time. the jar also fixed his zband. so win-win i guess. i thought a mob would be after us soon. but Zed kneeled there with Addison in his arms looking like an undead knight and the crowd of humans cheered with applause.

that following Monday Zed's dream came true. he was scouted for the bottom feeders football team. so now he was a football star and he got the cheerleader. i went to a couple of his games just to be a critic and make snide comments about how stupid Addison was to myself. but Zed being a good football player had it's perks. The school finally let zombies into the normal classes and for awhile it felt i was normal. finally like i wasn't an outcast among the zombies or the humans.