When time froze

chapter 35

"where could he have gone?!?!" Ethan asked freaking out as he and Kat stood on the porch while I looked up and down the street still.

"why did he leave ?!?!" Kat asked, also freaking out.

I had tears filling my eyes as I paced back in forth in the street. "Aria?" Kat asked.

I turned to her and she said "did you say anything to him?"

I didn't answer and Ethan asked "what happened?"

"did he tell you anything about running away at all?" Kat asked.

"did you say he should run away?" Ethan asked.

"was it his choice to run away or did you say anything?" Kat asked.

they asked me more on going question until I got frustrated and yelled at them "I DONT KNOW!"

they stopped talking and went silent. they stared at me then I took off into the house and to my room. "Aria wait?" Kat asked as I ran by her. I ignored her and ran to my room. I shut the door behind me then jumped on the bed and stuffed my head in a pillow then started to cry. my tears soaked the pillow as I balled my eyes out. "Aria, we are sorry. we just wanted to see if you knew anything" I heard Ethan say from on the other side of the door.

I lifted my head up and looked at the door, with blurry eye sight "go away!"

he said nothing. when I put my head back into the pillow, I saw a white piece of paper out of the corner of my eye, on the bed frame. I looked up then sat up and there was a full piece of paper taped to the bed frame. how did I not notice that before. I reached for it and saw that it was folded with 'Aria' written on it. I opened it up and read the note.

dear Aria,

     I am sorry I had to leave without telling you. I hurt to many people and you did like me the way I liked you. I always did like you but Kat came along and I did like her, but no as much as you. I am sorry Havana and Paige and Scott had to die. I am sorry Leslie died. I am sorry Ashton died. I am sorry about everything that I made happen. if only I had checked them for weapons, would Paige still be dead? if I told them to go get gas, would Havana and Scott still be alive? if I didn't suggest going an hour late to go searching for food, would we still be at camp right now? having my brother telling us what to do and Jake yelling at us as Skylar and Delilah flirt with me while you and Leslie mock Luke and having Havana and Erin cuddling while not listing at all. things could be totally different. we could be sharpening our weapons while we wait at the gate for Emma to arrive with her monkey but slaves. we could of never have meet Kat or Ethan or Paige or Quinn or Jackie or Hana or Ethan or Scott or Paige or Isaac or anybody else we knew. if we didn't go an hour late to go into that town or into there property when the sun was going down, we would all still be alive. none of us would have to feel the pain of our best friends dying. everything was my fault and I am so sorry. we could still be alive. we could be hanging out together having laughs and talking about what would we do if a zombie apocalypse happen or what we missed since this happened. I had to leave before anyone else got hurt because of me. I am so sorry......for or everything. 

                                                                                                              goodbye,       

                                                                                                                                -Carl. 

after I was done reading the note, my eyes were filled with tears and I was crying. I couldn't breath or think I was crying so much. "Aria, you ok in there?" I heard Kat ask. 

I wiped away my tears, folded up the note, put it in my pocket, and then stood up and walked over to the door. I opened it and Ethan and Kat were standing there, I looked up at them and said "lets go to Atlanta."

they nodded then we walked over to the car and started driving. I laid my head on the window and I started to tear up again but I quickly wiped them away. after a while of driving, I finally asked "why are we going to Atlanta anyways?"

"we never knew" Kat answered. "we were outside the same time you were. it was me, Ethan, you and-" she was going to say but then cut her self off. there was and pause then she continued "but when we got to the RV, no one told us why we were going to Atlanta in the first place."

"so why are we still going?" I asked them.

"because, your sister told me that not matter what happened, we had to get to Atlanta. but she never told me why" Ethan answered.

I nodded then we kept on driving. we drove for a while again until Ethan slammed onto the brakes and we all flung forward. "what?!?" I asked.

"there was a dear!" Ethan answered.

I looked forward and it was a dear, that was frozen. "I never saw a frozen dear" I said, looking at it. there was always people frozen but never animals.

we stared at it for a long time until Ethan finally said "I will just drive around it."

we started driving again. it was about 4 hours since we kept driving. "can we stop?" Kat asked.

"yeah, I am tired of driving" Ethan said then pulled over to the side of the road.

we got out and stretched our legs while Kat went to go get some more chips she stole from the gas station yesterday. I grabbed some and we ate while talking. "why do you think the sun doesn't go down any more?" Kat asked.

"I don't know. maybe time freezing finally got to the sun" I answered.

"after about 3 years of time being frozen, I think it would get to the sun and moon faster then it did" Kat said. I shrugged my shoulders. 

we talked for a little more as Ethan was at the front of the car. "guys" we heard Ethan say.

"yeah" we both said.

"come here" he said.

we walked up there and threw our trash on the road. we walked up to Ethan and saw what he was looking at. "oh no" I said, not taking me eyes off of what was coming at us. we stared at the white, thick fog, slowly making its way towards us.