Me Vs Zombies [Book 1 & 2]

[Book 2] Chapter 27

[Payton's POV]

'The hell happened to the two of you?' Ben pretty much snarled as Eugene and I lugged Daryl in over our shoulders.

'Stupidity.' I muttered as Daryl made a grumbling noise under his breath. 'Don't deny it. It was very avoidable this accident.'

'What ever, bitch.' Daryl mumbled as Eugene pulled him off me and placed him down gently on his bed while I sat opposite him on my own bed.

'Who should I see first?' Ben asked.

'Daryl. I've got to go talk to Paul anyway.' I mumbled as I raised straight away, Daryl turned to look at me. 'Get some sleep idiot, you're lucky we're both alive.'

 Daryl rolled his eyes as I left the room, closing it gently just as Charlotte made her way down the hallway towards me, a tight frown across her cheeks.

'Alright?' I asked.

'Not really.' She mumbled as she reached me.

'How come?' 

'I- Umm...'

'Come on.' I smiled kindly. 'Let's go find some place nice to sit and I'll see if I can find us some place to make a few cups of tea and we'll have a chat... Just like the old days.'

'Just a chat? Is that it? You don't want to yell at me? Everyone else seems to.'

I smiled knowingly at her as I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, straining my own hurting shoulder but I didn't show any pain because I wanted to spend some time with my best friend, she's been mad at  me since we arrived and finally I've caught her when she needs a friend and right now, I'm the best friend she has.

A few minutes later, Charlotte and I had reached the kitchen and had grabbed two large mugs of tea before moving out and going into an empty room in the warehouse just off it, we closed the door behind us but didn't lock it as we moved to the back of it and sat down gently on the floor, our butts instantly going numb from the hard concrete.

'So... Have you spoken to Eugene lately?' I immediately asked.

'Yeah, we spoke a bit today. While you and Daryl were galloping off into the sunset.'

'Yuck.' I commented but continued listening.

'He told me his true beliefs on... things...'

'You mean that you're pre- pretty much ignoring everything he's said to you in the last few weeks.' I quickly picked myself up, I had to remember that Charlotte hadn't actually told me that she was pregnant, I only know because I accidentally eavesdropped.

'Yeah... That.'

'Well... Did you sort it out?' I asked, taking a long sip of my tea.

'No. Now it's even worse because... I see where he's coming from and I promised myself and my ego that I wouldn't do that.'

'So what are you going to do?'

'I don't know, Payton... Listen, you're not stupid so I know you know that I'm hiding something important from you... and I am and I will tell you... But not now, because I'm very scared. I'm very worried.'

'Well... I know you're not stupid so I want you to know that I do know the secret you're hiding because I overheard you and Eugene fighting just before we went on our "trip" across the country and back.'

'You've known for nearly 3 weeks?' Charlotte gawped. 'You've known that I'm-'

'Up the nozzle? Yeah. Sorry, but I know.' I whispered. 'You want to keep the baby right?'