Now What? {A Niall Horan Fanfiction}

Chapter 5

Kinda a filler chapter- sorry!

Love you! (: Xx.

~Niall's Secret Wife

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Marie has had the same dream almost every night, even when she slept with Niall. Whenever she'd cry or sweat in her sleep, Niall would soothe her by rubbing his fingertips along her arms and face while he held her in his other arm. Then he'd brush her side bangs out of her eyes and kiss her cheek lovingly. Did Marie know he did this to help her? No. Niall would never tell her that he kisses her cheek in the middle of the night, and sometimes he'd even steal a kiss on the lips in her sleep.

They've been at the dine-in for a week now. They are planning on where to go from this point. "Where are we right now?" Drake asks.

"We are in South Carolina," Jack answers.

"So we can make a stop or two at each state, depending on how big it is," Niall says looking down at the map.

Marie looks up from the calendar she has been staring at. The hot summer air is going to come to an end soon and it will start getting colder for fall. She has no idea where her sister is but if they leave this place soon they will never find her. Jessica could be lost, alone, dying, or even dead; maybe even a walker. All Marie knows is that she has to find her before it's too late.

When the group leaves the restaurant, they take all the food that's left and walk towards Georgia, the state. Marie walks closely to Anne and Claire. The three have absolutely bonded a lot and I guess you can call the three best friends. Marie learned that Claire is nineteen, but she already knew that Anne was eighteen. Claire also has a little brother she's worried about. She said her parents live in Florida and she hopes that Florida might not have been hit as bad and they are still alive. Anne has an older sister who's just one year older than herself, probably was at university when people started turning into zombies. Marie told Claire about her sister, Jessica, and how she wants to find her. Hopefully it will be soon. Anne thinks they will find her soon. I mean if Marie's sister and her did survive on their own without parents, Jessica should be fine.

Niall slowly cuts in between the red-headed girl and the tiny blonde, only to entwine his fingers with Marie. She doesn't know how to react at first, should she let him? Should she let go? Marie takes too long to decide and the Irish lad has already gotten a good grip on her hand. Anne and Claire notice and look at each other giggling quietly at the romantic gesture Niall has displayed. Marie has to roll her lips inside of her mouth and bite on them, trying not to smile. She doesn't know why she is smiling, yes, she likes him but she just didn't know she did that much. Niall releases his hand and Marie's eyes drop in disappointment. Only moments later though, he moves his arm to around her shoulder. When the blonde girl scoots in, Niall swiftly moved his hand a little lower to her waist, causing Marie's two best friends to laugh again. Niall ignores the giggling girls and pulls his love closer, only if he was Marie's love. If you didn't know them you would think they were your everyday couple, but that's only a dream to the two right now. Maybe it's Niall's shyness around girls she likes but he seems to be doing pretty well according to Marie.

"Would you look at that!" Drake shouts out. Niall and Marie immediately pull away from each other, blushing, embarrassed if he was pointing out the way they held each other close. However, that's not what he's looking at. Out onto the side of the road there is an RV. It looks pretty abandoned, so they walk towards it, hoping for the best. When they look to the other side, there is only one walker leaned up against the side of the giant vehicle. There is a pool of blood by him but it is dry enough that they know he's been dead for a good four week. His skin is almost completely rotten and Marie can just picture a helpless man, all alone, being thrown against the car and bitten out of. Marie pushes the thought out of her head not wanting to think about the disgusting vision. You can practically here the bones and fragile skin crack when the walker turns its head towards the group. He reaches his arms out, growling, but he can't find his way up. Right when Harry is about to shoot it, Niall lowers the curly-haired lad's weapon.