Change My Mind - A One Direction/Zombie FanFiction

Won't You Give My Love a Try, You'll Be Safe With Me

*Rose’s P.O.V*

Just by watching and being around these boys I could tell they all had some interesting personalities. I was still trying to decide if we should leave or not, but for this night I would just try to understand these boys a bit more and just enjoy myself. I talked with them, and watched how they acted around one another and my sister.

Zayn was one I would definitely have to watch out on, but he made my sister happy and that made me happy. Even with his leg like it was he always tried to be standing so he could be around everyone else instead of sitting out. Devyn was always by his side making sure he was okay and was not in too much pain, and I could see even after this short amount of time she cares about him. My sister deserves it, to feel happy. We had been through a lot lately and even if I did not want this, I was going to stick around for her.

Liam and Louis were both very rambunctious and loved to have fun with their friends. When I talked to both of them I found out both of them had girlfriends before this all started and they both lost them. I could relate to them a lot, but I would not tell them about what happened with Jeremy. I do not trust them enough for that, no one knows but Devyn.

Harry and Niall acted different towards me then the rest of the guys did. They always stuck a little closer to my side than anyone else did, always made me feel included. Harry was a big flirt, always saying and doing things that made me blush. I thought Harry was cute, but I did not get the butterflies around him like I did around Niall. Niall was just so sweet, always making me laugh and being a good friend. By the end of the night I had decided I would stay, at least for a little while longer.

For the next two weeks we carried on like Devyn and I usually do, but it was different now. Niall, Zayn, Harry, Louis and Liam were always with us. I would never admit it to my sister, but having the boys around was more helpful than harmful. With any person that tagged along with us in the past, they either endangered us or slowed us down, but with these boys they never did that. Well there was a few slip ups, but very few. Most of the time they were very helpful. All of them were stronger than my sister and I, so that helped if people were trapped behind or underneath things. To my surprise, Liam was very handy with a gun, and Harry could use a bow & arrow like he had been doing it his whole life. This was an attribute that helped me to stay around, but I told my sister this was the only reason I had stuck around.

Over the past two weeks I have fallen for Niall Horan. He always talks to me and makes me feel welcome and wanted. He says the sweetest things and just acts so compassionate towards me. We have been spending time together; when we stopped for the evenings we went for walks and talked. I actually started to open up to him, just a bit. I told him about how my parents had died, but I didn’t tell him about me having to kill my dad, and I did not tell him about Jeremy. I need to keep that promise to myself not to trust anyone too much. So after a week and a half I pulled away a bit from Niall. Not enough to really notice, but enough that I knew I would not start trusting him more, or falling for him more. It wouldn’t happen, not with him especially because I know when it comes to him I don’t think I could help but to fall in love with Niall.

We had a long day, with a very close call. I went by myself for a walk this morning, needing to think things over with the whole Niall situation. We had stopped at a house that had appeared deserted and rested there for the night. I woke up before everyone and left. I went outside, and walked through the field behind the house. Off into the distance there were some trees so I decided to walk by there. As I got closer I got deeper into thought and wasn’t taking note of my surroundings, I just kept walking. I heard a branch break in the distance and my head shot up from my stare at the ground, I leave my thoughts behind and become aware of my surroundings, attempting to figure out what that noise was that I heard. I knew better to call out; the noise would attract any zombies that could be nearby. I walked closer to the noise, expecting to find a person or even a single zombie, but as I looked around a group of trees I came to see a huge group of zombies. I slowly backed up, trying not to draw attention to myself, but while I was backing up I tripped over a branch and shrieked as I fell over. Suddenly the eyes of almost all the zombies turned towards me as I got up. I went to get up and run but as soon as I got up and turned around I saw zombies coming in the direction I was supposed to be going, so I ran around. I could hear them behind me but I kept going as fast as I could. As soon as I got to the open field behind the house I was slowing down because I couldn’t catch my breath, the zombies were catching up. In the middle of the field I fell to the ground, too dizzy to even walk. I didn’t know what else to do, I couldn’t go on my own to the house and if I yelled more zombies would come to our safe house. I knew to save my life I had to take the risk and yelled as loud as I could.

 “Someone please help me! Hurry! Help!” Very quickly after I had shouted it, I saw Harry bolt out of the house. He quickly saw the zombies behind me and ran as fast as he could, swept me up into his arms and continued to run. As he was running he quickly shouted at everyone to get out of the house and get in the truck. He put me in the back and ran into the house, coming out with my stuff, his stuff, and everyone else following him. He threw our things in the back and everyone piled in, him lifting me up and putting me on his lap. Louis started driving, and I quickly drifted off to sleep against Harry’s chest.

I woke up to Harry whispering to me that I should wake up or I would never sleep later tonight. I opened my eyes and saw that we had stopped now; everyone was out of the vehicle except for Harry and me. I quickly got up and got out of the truck. As I did, my sister came running up to me and wrapped her arms around me and laid her head on my shoulder. I quickly did the same, not sure why she was doing it but I could not leave my sister hanging on a hug. After a few seconds she let go.

“I am so glad you are okay Rose, I don’t know what I would do if they would have gotten you” she said to me, tears in her eyes.

“I promised you I would never leave you” I replied back to her. We broke apart, and we both started helping to prepare a meal for the seven of us. After we ate, we found a fire pit in the backyard and got a fire going. As soon as it got dark, Harry came up to me and asked me to go for a walk with him; I agreed and followed him out of the backyard and onto this path that started just outside of the yard. We walked down in for five minutes, not saying anything but being content with the silence. I started shivering, instantly regretting not bringing a sweater to cover my arms.

“Are you cold?” Harry said to me.

“N-N-No I am fine” I said, stuttering because my teeth were chattering because of the cold.

“Are you sure? I can give you my sweater” He said, sounding concerned.

“I am fine, really Harry. B-B-Besides, I wouldn’t want y-y-you getting cold” I said, wishing I would have a sweater of my own.

“You are a liar, I am not taking no for an answer from you” as he says this he quickly takes his sweater off and throws it on my shoulder, helping me to get my arms in.

“Thank you Harry” I said, he just smiled at me in response. Not long after we started walking again, we stopped when we found a bench. I was enjoying myself, looking at the stars. I love to look at them, especially the brightest ones in the sky.

“What are you looking at Rose?” Harry asked chuckling to himself.

“The stars; look at that one” I said pointing at the brightest one. “I want that star, it is mine.”

“What do you name it then?” Harry said.

“I will name it Rose because it is my star. It is so beautiful”

“Well I guess the star is just like you then” Harry added, looking into my eyes when he said that.

I sat there and blushed. I can’t believe this boy just called me beautiful, he was so sweet.

“What no response?” Harry asked.

“Thanks Harry, you are so sweet” I said smiling at him.

 “I mean it Rose. You are so beautiful and I have thought that since the day I met you. You are so full of life and so compassionate towards your sister. I always want you close to my side. When I heard your voice call for help today when I was lying in bed, I shot out of bed as quickly as I could because I was so scared something happened to you. When I got out of the house and saw the zombies approaching you so rapidly, I was so scared I was going to lose you. When you fell asleep in my arms, I wanted to stay like that forever because I know you will always be safe wrapped in my arms. I want to have the chance to protect you from this harsh, cruel world we live in Rose, I want to be a big part of your life” Harry said, finishing off his speech by looking at his feet.

“You are a big part of my life Harry, we are close friends” I said to him, not completely sure what he meant by the last part, but being completely in shock from the rest of what he had said to me.

“No Rose, I don’t want to be friends. I want you mine. I care about you so much and I always want to be able to protect you” He paused, looking up from the ground and looking into my eyes, taking my hands in his.

“Rose, will you please give me the chance and be my girlfriend?”