Walking Among Everyone

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"So he said nothing else and just left?" Zion asked me after Daniel's group has concluded the meeting for the time being. I nodded as I told Zion what happened with his best friend, Rick Francis.

But Zion didn't look too happy. I thought it was because Rick didn't ask anything about Zion, but there seemed to be something else beneath the "friendship" they had.

Maybe it was something to do with his condition, but I pushed the thought aside as I looked at Zion as he was contemplating about something. He took a glance towards his friends, but they weren't looking at him, so he turned back to me.

When he saw me staring, he gave a lopsided smile and sat beside me. I was wondering what was going to happen soon, but I didn't want to ask Zion about it.

Nothing feels right at the moment.

"Ashley, can I talk to you for a moment?" Sarah came from her group, looking at me with her arms crossed. She was restless, and I dreaded about what she might say.

"We are prepping to leave in 20 minutes. You should get ready soon, too. I don't want you to miss out on any of your belongings and then cry about it."

I nodded while Sarah just looked at me with a confused expression. I guess she was expecting me to be upset with her tone or something, but if I told her I'm used to it, will she freak out?

I mean, I do have a stepbrother who is an asshole and I have a rival now who won't get off my back.

As I thought of that, I turned to look at Amanda, who is eyeing Zion. That man didn't beat an eyelid over to his ex and was so focused on me. I caught his eyes. There it was, his deep green eyes that I enjoyed seeing. The thought of drowning in his eyes made me flush.

Looking away from him, I faced Sarah again. She was also looking at Zion, but I knew the look in her eyes. It was menace; she didn't like Zion. Maybe she could feel something wrong with him.

"Yeah, so where should we meet up?" I quickly pulled her attention back to me. She did so as fast as she could, thinking I didn't see the side glance she made again.

"At the meeting table. Daniel would like to give a brief about the outside world and wants you to be prepared about it," she paused. "I heard you're a softie, so I'm sure you can't handle what's outside."

I felt offended. How dare a girl who never met me before judged me? But I remembered the blood and the horror of screams that made me shiver. Yeah, I was definitely not ready. But I want to be reunited with my family again soon.

I miss them.

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"You ready?" Zion was beside me as he took my hand and brought it to his lips. He made sure that everyone was watching his every move. But he made it seems that he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings. But I know him; I know what he was doing.

I nodded, feeling abit flushed and worried. I was not sure if I was able to handle whatever that was going on outside. After hearing Sarah called me a "softie", I was very upset and tried to look brave but she was right, I was a softie.

Forcing myself to be ready of a situation that I had never been in, wasn't exactly the time for me to act brave. Instead, I should be sceptical and cautious of everything that might happen.

I thought that, but as I neared the meeting table, I was ready to give up and waste my life away being trapped in this gym.

"You look like shit," Daniel laughed when he saw my face. I was sure that I was making a constipated face as a sign that I was nervous. Sarah elbowed her friend to shut him up but he just shrugged and made a face to her.

"Thanks, that's the best compliment I had today," I wasn't offended. In fact, it made me realise that everything that was happening was reality and being fake won't help me at all.

Beside me, Zion sighed, giving my hand a reassuring squeeze. Out of nowhere, Amanda came and begged Zion to stay. He completely ignored her as we packed up and ready to leave.

"Stay close to me, my love."

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Author's note:
Finally an update on this. Sadly, I have no idea what will happen to this story. If you're reading this AN, I would like to apologise because as of now, this story will be dropped.

Also, idk but if you seen any similar story to this, it would mean that my story was taken from me. As I swear that I don't read a lot of stories on wattpad, so I can't plagiarize. At most, my stories are inspired by some manhwa or movies.

That's all I wanna say and thank you for staying till the end.