Mike carries Lauren into the big house and sets her down in the first bed he saw. He opens a bathroom door when a walker jumps out on him "Shit!" He says but quickly stabs it in the head. He takes deep breaths. That was a close one. He hears slow clapping and turns around to see Lauren leaning against the door frame. Mike bows and laughs. Lauren turns around to open the hallway door and sees 4 walkers. She pulls a knife out of her pocket. "Lauren!" Mike yells. Lauren lifts the knife above her head and uses full force to stab the walker in the head. She grunts while doing this to the second and third walker. As the fourth comes toward her she pushes it up against the wall. She stabs it in the head over and over again. She screams while stabbing it a last time as it slowly falls to the ground. Lauren fall down with it. Sobs escape her lips and she sinks to the floor. Mike runs toward her and puts his arms around her. He lets her cry into his neck. "Hey..hey it's okay." Mike assures. Lauren stands up and brushes herself off. "I'm sorry. It's just.." He interrupts her. "I know." He says. Mike kisses her softly. Lauren smiles into the kiss. "Don't do that. Then it's hard to kiss you." He says while laughing. Lauren's laughter fills the room and it's music to Mike's ears. "So why'd you do that?" Mike asked looking into her beautiful eyes. Lauren looks down. "Do what?" She asks, acting dumb. "Never mind." Mike says. He didn't want to make her sad again if that's what it was about. Lauren's dad walks in. "We're going out scavenging. We need Mike. Lauren stay with Tracey, okay hun?" He says. "Okay, dad." Lauren replies. Her dad smiles at his daughter and gestures for Mike to follow him. Mike gets up and pecks Lauren on the lips. "Bye." He says and he walks out. After hearing the car drive off, Lauren walks down and sees Tracey sitting on the kitchen counter. "Hey sis." Tracey says. Lauren smiles at her. "So, new house." Tracey said looking around. "Yeah. I kinda like it. It's bigger." Lauren responded. Tracey chuckled. "The house got bigger when we lost more from our group. We only have 10 people now, Lauren." Tracey explains. "Oh." Lauren said looking down. "How are you and Zach?" Lauren asked her older sister. Tracey sighed. "We're perfect. But the worlds falling apart." She says.
Mike hid behind a corner. He showed the group that the cost was clear and they ran out. Everyone was running around trying to find anything useful. People were shoving things into their bags. Mike decided he had to do something. He looked around and found a lighter. He shoved it into a little pocket on his book bag. Mike turned to the left as he heard a loud bang. Everyone else also turns. Mike was the first to pull his gun out. A couple walkers come out of the small room. Mike shoots them and then goes back to scavenging. After about 2 hours they go home. They got plenty of good stuff. Enough to last then about 2 weeks before going out again. Mike was quickly known as the 'going to town man' in this group.
