The Infected

Chapter 1 

It was unusually cold that morning, colder than it had been in the last couple of weeks. She awoke to the sound of the wind whistling past the windows and doors. Letting out a deep breath she stood, the cold tile floor icy beneath her feet. Today was the day she had to leave. She could feel it in her bones, the house was strong but she only had a few cans of food left and she had been watching the news blog that someone had been providing for the last couple of weeks which said that the infected where nearing her home town very quickly. She had to get to the coast and after a few days of planning she thought she was finally ready to go. After showering which took a couple hours of heating water over a fire she made in the fireplace, she went to her room and put on clean underwear and a clean bra. It was a little over 20 degrees outside so she had dress warm and the trip to the coast would take a couple weeks at the least if everything went well. She put on a tank top and a warm black flannel long sleeve over that then she put on a warm sweater that she usually used when she went camping in the winter, it was a dark gray almost black color and it was thick with fur on the inside and a hood that had thermal material on the inside. She then put on a pair of thermal gray leggings and put black sweatpants over that. After putting on a pair of her warmest thick wool socks she put on her black hiking boots and tied them up so that no snow could get in if her foot sliped under the snow. She pulled her long black hair into a braid and tucked it inside the back of her sweater. She put a black beanie on and pulled it down so it covered most of her eyebrows. Her big green eyes shown like emeralds against the black hat and black attire. She got out a medium sized backpack and carefully put in a few light hoodies, a flashlight, a map, a pair of stretchy black jeans, clean underwear, soap, and other essential things. After putting the backpack on she made her way tot he living room where she took down a photo of her family all together, smiling at the camera all wrapped in eachothers embraces. She felt silent tears slide down her cheeks as she looked at her mother and fathers faces and her older brothers face, she had no idea where they where anymore, if they where alive or if they had become victoms of the infected, she knew she would never see them again and her broke a little more at the thought of leaving the house she had grown up in, where she had made the best memories of her life. Wiping her tears away she shoved the photo deep in her backpack. Now was not the time to be weak she reminded herself. She had decided that she would take her fathers truck and drive untill the gas she had ran out then she would have to walk the rest of the way. She had many gallons of gas because her family had been planning to drive to the desert and ride their motorbikes for a vacation before the infection began. She remembered that day like it was yesterday the chaos and how terrified she had been. That day still haunted her dreams and her thoughts. 

Next chapter will be about what happened (how the infection started how her family dissapeared). I hope your enjoying it. By the way there will also be romance in this story!! After a couple of chapters.  I would really appriciate comments and or votes:) Please tell me what you think and if you have any ideas on what should happen next :)) thank you!