We Are Survivors - The Last of Us & The Walking Dead

➳ chapter 28

「 chapter 28 」
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My eyelids gradually lift open to see a the blue sky out my bedroom window sky, it made me wonder how long I've been sleeping in this bed for. I stretch my legs out and a few joints crack pleasantly as I yawn.

I lift my head off the squishy pillow and sit up, feeling like I've finally had a proper sleep for once.
I look down and notice a large grey blanket over me, the room did seem quite chilly, Rick must have put it there.

I rub my eyes and swing my legs out from the bed, my muscles were sore but I ignore them and stand up, facing the window again. I throw my hand over the jeans pocket, suddenly realising my switchblade is missing.

"Oh great, where did I leave that?" I start searching the bed, ripping the covers apart, throwing the pillows up before switching to my dirty clothes, I can't find it.

I pause for a second to think, maybe I put it somewhere next to the bed.

I head back over to where I slept and get down on my knees, the carpet is soft on my hands. I pat my hand underneath the bed frame, it's dark under there and I can't see anything, I still try to peek underneath but it was useless.

I stand back up, gazing around my surroundings until my eyes land on it.

It's sitting on the night stand next to me.

"What? How'd that happen?" I snatch it up, Rick must have found it and put it here. He knows how much it means to me and I know for sure I wasn't the one who left it there.

I sigh and slide the knife into my pocket before putting on my old shoes and heading out of the room to find Rick or the others.

I walk down the stairs as a put my hair back into a ponytail, it felt weird with it out.
I tie the elastic around my hair and pull it tight as I get downstairs.

"Hey, Ellie." Noah greets me, looking very clean, he's dressed in new clothes, he's definitely had a shower too.

"Hey, good shower?"

He cracks a wide grin, nodding, "Hell yeah."
I smile at him as I walk past, getting out to the front veranda. The sun hurt my eyes for a second as I looked around, I see Rick out here with Judith, Daryl was on the steps gutting the possum he shot outside the gates before, he clearly hasn't had a shower yet.

"How was your nap?" Rick turns around to me, patting his daughter's back.

"It was good." I nod, loosing focus on the conversation to gaze around. I didn't realise there were so many houses here, they were all massive and lined up beside ours, Carol was investigating the one to our left.

"You can go look, just be quick." Rick says, noticing my curiosity.
I give him a look, "Really?" He never lets me go do these kinds of things alone.