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Piper's POV

"Piper, Piper, Piper" Abbey whispers.

"What do you want" I ask annoyed.

" The answer for question 3" She replies. Suddenly there was a pounding on the door. Mr. Freese, our math teacher, goes over to the door . I expected the principle to walk in to observe our class. I was right except the principal(I can't even pronounce his name) was covered in blood and smelled awful. Mr. Freese screamed. For a 40 something man he sounded like a girl.

"Abbey run" I shouted to her. She sprinted out the door and I followed her pulling my pocket knife out of my pocket. We knew the apocalypse had started already. But, I didn't think it could spread to D.C. so quickly. So much for it being " government protected". We run down the hallway of the middle school. Somethings wrong with me having to keep a pocket knife with me at all times.

I grab her hand and pull her outside. " I need to get Jalyn from her class."Abbey manages between breaths.

"We can't go back in" I say.

" She is my sister. You can't stop me from getting her"

" Your right but there's a few flaws in your plan. You aren't armed, you didn't do track like I told you so your slower, and she could be dead.

" I'm going anyway. I have a heart unlike somebody I know."

"Ok if you do survive, a piece of advice. Don't stay with the government. It fell once, it will fall again." She ran back towards the school and I ran 6 blocks to my house. My parents are nowhere to be seen. I hold in tears and head up to my room. I grab a backpack and put in two other outfits and a picture of my family before the virus.

I stop in the garage and open the lock to my dad's gun cabinet. I grab 2 random pistols and shove one into my holster. I shove bullets in my bag and go in the kitchen. I put duct tape, knives and canned food in my bag. At the last moment I remember my iPhone. I'm hoping I can call my parents before the cell towers are effected but first I got to get outta here.

Since I'm in Washington D.C, I decide to head east. I'm passing by the school again when I see a zombie limping towards me. I look at Abbey with a bite  on her arm." Told Ya". I mutter. I walk up to her and take to knife out of my boot.  I come closer and she snaps at my hand. I kick her head knocking her down.I stab her thinking she should have listened. I quickly get up and start running. I run for another mile then I have to stop. 

I run to a random house on the edge of the city. Without bothering to knock to see if walkers are in it, I kick open the door. I close it quietly. I search the house only to find it empty of walkers and food. I hear a thump upstairs. I run up the steps. A little girl is sitting on the floor in one of the bedrooms, crying. I slowly step forward. The floorboards creak. She girls whips her head around and pulls out a gun I didn't see she had. I was about to speak, when she shoots at my leg. Luckily, she misses.

" You little monster." I mange to say without swearing.The girl seems surprised I'm talking.

"Oh my God. I'm so so sorry.Please don't shoot me." She says starting to cry again.

"I won't shoot you. What's your name."I say.

"Marley Wilson."

"I'm Piper Nates" After a while we get to know each other better and I share some food with her.

By the time we go to bed, I've learned she is 9 years old and from Maine. I decided to tell her that I'm 14 and I'm from Kansas but I moved here when I was 6. Marley came here with a small group of survivors that found her hiding in a abandoned brick building. They went on a run and she found them infected in the gun shop.

I search the house one more time before nailing the door shut with some nails,boards and a hammer I found in the garage. Upstairs in a bedroom there were some blankets and pillows. I grab a pillow and some blankets, taking the rest down to Marley. Earlier I managed to persuade her into sleeping on the floor because we have no idea what died on those beds.

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Marley's POV

I still feel awful about almost shooting Piper. Good thing my aim is terrible. After Piper came back with blankets and pillows, I made my bed on the kitchen counter.

" Aren't you gonna fall?" She asks raising an eyebrow as she sets up her stuff underneath me.

"If I do at least you'll break my fall."

"Your way too optimistic."

"Yup. I'm a glass half full kind of person."

" I'm a  glass empty unless I get off my ass and get water kind of person."

I laugh and my eyes start to droop.  Before I drift off I hear her saying prayers. Good God is what we need right now.

I had the most awful dream that night:

I was a alone in a house my group just went out on a run. Just then Piper walks in as a zombie. I can't shoot her she was like my sister now. I run out the door. Lots of zombies are out. They all rush forward and start biting me. I scream and shout. All I think about is how much it hurts.

It was a short dream but terrifying. I am all sweaty and hot. I roll over and fall off the counter, landing on Piper. She pushes me off her. We were both giggling.

"Thanks for breaking my fall" I say with tears still in my eyes from the nightmare. Piper notices my tears.

"What's wrong?"

I told her about the nightmare. She stands up pulls me up with her and says:

" Want to see something I found earlier?"

I nod my head excitedly. She pulls me behind her towards a little girls room. I walk in and see an American girls doll with clothes surrounding her. I scream and run towards it. It has light brown hair like me and green eyes.

"Happy birthday!!" Piper says

"It's not my birthday"

"Who cares!"

I look around and see a purple backpack. I go over pick it up and start shoving doll stuff in it.

" Piper can we get new clothes?"

She looks at the outfit I've been wearing for a couple of days at least. She nods.

"Let's go before I change my mind"

I shove the doll into my backpack and follow her out the door. I have only a little room left in my backpack. Piper hands me a two knives. I slide one into my boot. I have my gun and the other knife in my hands.

We look out the window and Piper points towards an unlocked pick-up across the street.

"When I say go run towards it and don't stop. No matter what don't stop."

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Hey everybody. Please don't kill me if I don't update for a while.

Please read my other book Why the world stopped turning if you haven't already. I've worked on it more and started it earlier. Thanks for reading this.  - Pixiana