The Red Mile

Chapter 1

"Shyla?" I asked looking for my best friend as i walked around the clothing store.

"LOOK! They are having a sale on their shorts!!!" she giggles and tosses me a cute pair of high rise cut off shorts. 

"oh wow these are so cute!!! I need to find a top to go with these" i said as i grabbed her hand and dragged her over to the section of crop tops! I look over to Shyla as she was looking through the different tops trying to find the perfect match. How did i get so lucky to have a friend like her! She understands me in a way no one else does! Her long natural blonde hair framed her round face perfectly. She was fairly tall maybe around 5'8 with a perfect hour glass figure. Her piercing blue eyes complement her pale skin and her voice is so soft and quirky. As of me... well i'm me! I'm happy with my long silver hair and big brown eyes! I'm fairly small and don't have much of a figure  only 5'3 which makes it hard for me to reach the top shelf, but i'm still happy with the way i am. 

"what are you staring at nerd?" She giggled as she caught me looking at her.

"oh you know just admiring my best friend" i chuckled. "You ready to go try these things on?" i asked. 

"yup lets goooo" she said as we walked to the dressing rooms. She got into hers and I got into mine. I slipped off the olive green crop top i was wearing as well as my ripped jeans. I put on the shorts as well as the black high neck top i chose to go with it. it matched well with the black sun choker and my black vans i was wearing with it. 

"are you done so i can come out and see your outfit?" Shyla asked knocking on my dressing room door. 

"yup" I said walking out of my small room into the hall, i did a small turn then posed. 

"ohhhhh damn girl u look hot" she said looking me up and down! 

"wow so do you!!!" i said to her admiring her outfit and how it hugged her body nicely. "Lets get them!" i said excitedly. We walked over to the register to check them out. After we were done paying we left the store and walked out to the car.

"Wow, what a gloomy day" I said as the wind started to pick up. Soon we were bombarded with rain drops that splashed in an odd pattern. This rain felt different. It was way to cold to be summer rain. The air was thick and heavy. This isn't normal. We ran to the car and got in. I started the car in a hurry to get back to my apartment safely.  

"There is something wrong" i said to Shyla.

"I know I can feel it in the air" she said looking towards the road in i harsh stare. I drove for another 10 minutes until we got an emergency broadcast on the radio to get to shelter . I quickly look over to Shyla in a panic. 

"What do we do?" she asks me in shock.

"we need to get home as soon as possible" i say stepping on the gas. We came to a red light and there were police directing traffic. 'what the fuck is going on' i thought to myself. The officer signaled for us to drive. i soon see a man run out in the middle of the street. I slam on my breaks so i won't hit him. The officer then tackled the man. As the officer was on the man, the man bite the officers arm clear off. Both me and Shyla scream in fear only to next be hit by a car on the left side. My mind went black.

"Amber! AMBER! Wake up please!" i heard a voice scream out. I look over to the person next to me to realize it was Shyla. 

"What's going on" i ask not remember the previous events clearly. 

"we need to go now!"she yelled helping me get out of the flipped over car. We crawl out of my car and she helps me up. I look around to see people running and screaming, fires going up everywhere, and the feeling of death brought me back to the previous events. Reality hit me and i knew what was going on, this was it. This is the apocalypse. The world around me had froze. Everything had stopped until i was pulled by my arm by Shyla. We ran for our life. Left and right people were being attacked by other people, but the attackers weren't normal, they were the living dead. Their eyes blood shot red, their skin torn and blistered, their clothes hanging by threads. I didn't even know where we were running to, we just kept running.

"We need to get to my apartment its only about a mile away" i said slowing down to catch my breath Shyla doing the same. She nods unable to speak from her heavy breathing! We continue our journey on to my apartment. 

"Amber we have a problem" Shyla yells looking back. I look back and see that we have a lady running after us. She looked sick. I knew what she was after. Food. 

"Shyla we need to run faster" i yell at her. I grab her hand and run for my life! i turn the corner to see my apartment complex. 

"We are almost there" i say to Shyla in relief. The woman grabs Shyla's arm as she screams. I turn around and kick her down. She groans in pain and tries to stand back up until Shyla kicked her down again. 

"Holy shit" Shyla says as we start running again. 

"Are you okay?" I ask her 

"Yeah she just tore my jacket" she said as we run up the stairs to my apartment. Finally we are there safe in my apartment. 

"What the actual fuck is going on!" Shyla says out loud. 

"I don't know!" i say tears streaming down my face from what i just witnessed. 

"What are we going to do?" she said hugging me in her warm arms.

"Survive."