Zombie Mayhem

Chapter 3

I became the designated driver to pick up the other 7 friends because even though I was twelve, I looked around 20. Cole and Timmy were first on my list to be picked up. We picked up Timmy and absolutely no words were spoken. Then we went to pick up Cole. He lived at the entrance of our neighborhood, so It was on our way out to get other people. As I pulled up to his house a blur ran out of Cole's front door and jumped into the opening minivan door.
"GO GO GO!" Cole yelled. I slammed the gas and sped out of the neighborhood. Only after a minute of driving at 80 mph did I ask Cole what that was all about.
"Oh I just thought it would look cool." He grinned as I rolled my eyes. As I was driving my mom's minivan through the deserted streets of St. Mary's County at 1:30 am, the realization of my family disappearing hit me and mixed emotions of absolute rage and sadness coursed through my body. I gripped the steering wheel tighter as my amazement for my sudden driving skills soothed my rage and slightly softened my sadness.

Regan and Jackie lived in a neighborhood not to far from Anthony , Cole, Timmy, and I's, so I picked them up first
"Hey Regan how are you feeling?" I asked her as she climbed into the front seat.
"Honestly, I feel fine. Sad of course because my family is gone but ok overall." She said.
"Well that's better than me." I laughed. When we pulled up to Jackie's house, Jackie climbed into the middle row next to Cole, put her head on his shoulder and started bawling. Everyone was silent as Cole tried to comfort her.

Once we picked up Gregory, Regan brought something to our attention.
"Where are Alicia and Julia going to sit." She said worriedly.
"Well Alicia can sit in my lap," offered Gregory. "And Regan can sit on Xander's lap." He grinned and I rolled my eyes. Once everyone finally got situated in the van, Anthony stated the obvious question.
"So where are we going?" Anthony asked.
"Honestly I think we should go to someone's house and see if there is any news on this in the morning." I suggested. "We could go to my place. Anthony's house is next to mine so there are a lot of resource options and there is enough room for everybody to crash."
"Everyone for going to Xander's house say aye." Gregory said. Everyone said aye. It was settled. We were going to my place.