The End Of The World

Vanessa POV

Dad began to get sick and started getting dizzy. It was around winter though so it could be a cold of some sort. Every time we went to get supplies he seemed to lag behind and could hardly walk. We were going back to the bus after a short supply run and dad stops. I look back and dad has tears in his eyes. "Dad what is it?" I ask. "I want you to shoot me" dad replies. I couldn't believe what I just heard "what do you mean" I ask. "Look for yourself" dad says then pulls up his shirt. It was a bite. I stood there looking at it in horror "it happened when we went into that water hole to the the food" dad says with fear in his eyes. I keep staring at the wound "I should have told you before I got sick" dad says while more tears stream down his face. I start to tear up and look him in the eye. I run up to him and hug him tightly. "What do you want me to do?" I ask while hugging him. "The only thing you can do" dad slowly says. " I'm sorry I am leaving you by yourself but I know that you will win in this, I know you won't die like the weak...like me" dad says. "You're not weak though" I reply sadly. "You're right I will stay strong so you will remember me the way I was before this happened" dad says while smiling. Dad slowly breaks the hug and we slowly walk to the trees next to the building. "Here" dad hands me a gun and I look at it. I push it away "but you need to be buried" I say weakly. "No I rather die looking at the forest". He was always the person who would love to be outside half the time it was like he lived outside. Dad slowly sits down then hands me all of his supplies. I take his supplies but still leave the gun in his one hand. "I'm sorry I am asking you to do this but I don't want to turn into one of them, I want to stay who I was until I die" dad says while starting to cry more. I slowly take the gun from his hand and my hand starts to shake. He then grabs my hand and holds it still. "You can't miss because I could still be alive and have a gunshot wound in my head" dad says. He lets go and closes his eyes "I love you" he says "I love you too" I reply. I pull the trigger and the gunshot seemed to echo around in my head. It had a silencer but the sound was in my head. I slowly start the walk back to the bus with the supplies in my hands. I could hear a loud ringing in my ear and that was it. I got in the bus and slowly started it.