"You don't have to do this" I re-assured her.
"I do. I want too" she replied, hands tightly wrapped around guns and a silver whistle around her neck.
Beth had told us her plan. She was going to run into the bush and blow the whistle, cut her hands and draw the zombies over so we had a chance of survival. With the zombies attacking her we would have a free space to drive through.
But was it worth loosing Beth?
It's not like I knew we for very long, and I did feel a little bad for not feeling much guilt.
"If I don't do this now, I might change my mind. And if I change my mind we all die"
I scanned everyone's faces, not an inch of doubt sat upon there lips.
So why was there so much on mine?
"I only have one condition"
"Which is?" I pried
"I take the dog"
I nodded in agreement
"Whoa whoa whoa" Paxton said placing her hands in the air.
"He'll die!" She proclaimed, hands still firmly in the air.
Placing my forehead against the interior of the bus I sighed.
"Well Paxton would you rather accompany her?" I suggested cynically.
Paxton shrunk back into her seat.
"Well, go on then" Mason urged.
It fell quiet
"Well don't pretend we weren't all thinking it, I want to get safe as much as the next person"
"Right well that's my que" Beth sang as she got to her feet.
My eyes welled up with tears.
Don't cry Carmen for gods sake don't cry.
Peters fingers brushed against my chin and tugged it towards him.
"Hey, it's gonna be OK alright? She needs to do this, she said it herself so don't feel guilty" his lips curled to the side. I pushed a loose strand of hair away from his face and tucked it behind his ear.
He lent into my hand an closed his eyes with a sigh.
"I've got you, and I'm not going to let anything happen to you OK?" He assured opening his eyes to meet mine.
"OK" I agreed.
He slowly lent in and placed his lips on mine in a soft but powerful manner. My mind melted into a gooey syrup before the clearing of a throat cut our romance scene short.
"If you don't mind, Beth is trying to say goodbye before she dies" Max's voice turned into a growl
Beth laughed
"No it's alright Max, Id rather them kiss than cry"
With a last hug she crept down the stairs with Maynard's leash in hand and gun and knife in the other.
We watched her place the whistle in her mouth and blow furiously.
"COME AND GET ME DEAD FUCKERS!" She yelled as she sprinted into the bush. Maynard barking her head off and close on her tail.
Slowly the zombies heads cracked toward her, followed by movement in her direction.
Within five minutes the whistle stopped blowing.
The path had cleared enough to pass through safely.
"Thanks Beth" I thought to myself as I nuzzled my head into Peters shoulder.
His chin sat upon my head while his thumb slowly ran along my arm.
Paxton had taken over driving to give me and Peter some much needed cuddle time.
Somewhere along the trip I drifted off.
I was woken by a faint static noise coming from the radio.
"Turn it up! He's saying something!" Karli cried as mason scurried over toward the speaking box.
"Broadcast 30: To anyone who is listening and alive. There has been a change in plan since our last message. As the camp has had difficulty getting resources we have had to delay the closing of the site for an extra 24 hours. Take this time and use it to the best of your ability. Thank you."
Mason clapped his hands with joy.
"Yes! You know what that means?" He smiled
"No, what?" Asked Karli, rubbing her hands together for warmth.
"We have time to stop and rest, look we are on schedule and only have like 3 more hours to drive. Everyone is exhausted and deserve a well needed rest, we can set an alarm on my phone and we will be sweet"
"You do realize our phones don't work, no service? So why did you keep it?" He smiled at me and said
"Because I'm just that good."
*****
"Anyone need any more blankets? Because it's freezing outside and not to mention scary as hell, so I'd rather not go out there again."
"No I think we're good" Paxton said as she looked around the bus.
There was a huge blanket and pillow infested nest lying in the isle, creates by my wonderful boyfriend.
Everyone else was confined to a small seat to curl up in.
Max and Paxton were on separate seats opposite each other and by the look of things, Max was already asleep.
Judging by the loud snores I could guarantee he was asleep.
Karli and Mason however we're cuddled up with each other on the long back seat.
Everyone was pretty shocked to see that pairing, apart from me of course. My shock ended after I eves dropped on their little late night conversation back at the house.
Max gave them shit and their response was:
"It's for warmth!"
Yeah right. As long as the warmth doesn't travel to below the belt. I'm good with that.
After settling down and saying our goodnight's everyone quietly drifted to sleep.
******
Before long I awoke to an unusual noise...
"SHIT SHIT SHIT"
Rubbing my eyes I looked in direction of the panicked voice. I was surprised to see Mason scanning his phone quickly and pulling at his hair.
"What's the problem?" I said groggily propping myself up on one arm.
He turned to me and cried;
"We over slept!"
*****
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