Zombie Containment

Chapter 3

The pleasant feeling of someone gently playing with a few of her curls near her ear roused her back into consciousness. She stretched her sore muscles and groaned softly before her brain caught up with her. She shot up into the sitting position.

The muffled chuckle made her snap her head in its direction. Zed was sitting where he fell asleep smiling at her. She realized that she must have fallen asleep at some point too. Seeing him smiling at her, made her own wide smile spread across her face.

She launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugged him as tight as she could. Zed laughed and held her close and buried his nose in the crook of her neck, wanting just as badly to be near her.

"I'm happy to see you too!" Zed teased when Addison finally pulled back to look at him. She giggled and play slapped his shoulder. He pulled her further onto the bed till she was resting comfortably in his lap, neither of them relinquishing their holds on the other. Addison still had her arms around his neck and he held her delicately around her waist.

"I missed you." She said softly, affectionately. Zed couldn't stop himself from smiling even if he tried. Addison had saved him. She was so brave and proved to everyone that they had a real, deep connection that, even if he lost control, he would never hurt her. He leaned in and brushed his nose back and forth against hers, giving her an eskimo kiss.

"I missed you more." He replied. Addison blushed as she realized how close his face was to hers, and how easily they could lean in a few inches and their lips could touch. Even through all this, they still hadn't shared their first kiss.

~"I know it might be crazy, but did you hear the story" He sang quietly, just to her. Their usual teasing when singing this song together seemed distant as the two held a soft and serious gaze with one another, the air thick between them.

~"I think I heard it vaguely"

~"A girl and a zombie"

~"Oh, tell me more boy, Sounds like a fantasy" Addison's eyes lidded as she looked from his eyes and his lips for a moment. Zed doing the same.

~"Oh, what could go so wrong, With a girl and a zombie?" They sang together as the distance between them closed.

Addison completely shut her eyes just before their lips met, a spark shooting through them straight down their spines. When they pulled back, they looked into each other's eyes. Zed rested his forehead against hers and Addison giggled contently. He smiled at the sweet sound and squeezed her a little tighter.

Then one of his hands reached up and pulled lightly on the collar on the side where the 'Z' patch was sown in of his jacket she was still wearing. "Nice hoodie." He teased raising an eyebrow at her. Addison blushed, tugging on her sleeves nervously.

"Yeah, um, your dad let me borrow it." She said avoiding his eyes. Zed quirked his eyebrow at her.

"My dad? Like at the field?" He asked in confusion when she would have met up with him.

"No. I went to your house. Asking him for help." She confessed, gaging his reaction. His brows furrowed together still confused so she continued. "He drove me here." Zed's eyes widened and Addison could see the anger all over his face.

"He what?!" Zed almost yelled. Addison winced but not from fear of him hurting her, but of him being mad at his father. "He knows how dangerous this would be for you and he still let you come?! He brought you here?!" He ranted at her, still holding her affectionately. His fear of her getting hurt showing through his anger. Addison shook her head hard at him.

"No! He tried to convince me not to come, but I insisted! I told him I was going whether he helped me or not, so he gave in." She explained, defending his father. He sighed, knowing how she could be when she set her mind to something, and gave her a resigning smile as he shook his head.