zombie apocalypse | the fallen (book One) [REWRITING]

chapter 11

"im so sorry em." "it's okay preston. I-i love you." "i love you too emma." "i-i love you zoe." "i love you too sweetheart." " this won't be the last time we see each other. Okay?" "promise?" emma asks in a whisper. "promise." you say quietly and stand up. " Tell your future kids all about me. They have to know about the coolest aunt ever." She coughs more.

"alright emma one step at a time." you all smile sad smiles. Even in the end, she kept her humor. I almost saw a little bit of myself in her. This was it. "if you ever feel lost in the dark, look for me in the stars. I'll be watching over both of you with mommy and daddy." Prestons heart tinged at the words she said. Their mother said the same thing to them before she died.

"we love you so much hun." "i love you guys too. Thank you for taking care of us. I hope you find your mommy" "thank you for bringing us together. And thank you, i hope i do too."

after a few moments preston slowly picks up his gun. "goobye emma. Im sorry. I will never stop loving you." " Remember, This isn't the end. You were always my favorite brother." "im your only brother. You're my favorite sister." "I'm your only sister." you all smile one last sad smile. "See you later em." "bye zoe. Take care of each other and never leave each other alone." "we promise."

silence fills the air. Emmas eyes closed permanently. Her last heartbeat, last breath, almost echoes through the dark, empty house. Only the sound of a gunshot filled the air. She's gone. You and preston instantly fall into a long hug and cry for what feels like hours.

"we can bury her in the morning before we go." you wipe his falling tears as he wipes yours. "okay." you both break out of the hug and each take one of emmas hands. You sit there the rest of the night holding her.

The next morning you went outside to dig her grave as preston wrapped her body in a sheet. You made her a cross and surrounded it with rocks. Preston brought her out and laid her in the hole. You filled it with dirt and crouched down spelling her name with flower petals above her. Preston added a heart after it. You both sat in silence for a few minutes looking at her grave.

"im so sorry preston. But she's gonna be alright now. She can't get hurt anymore." " that's the only good thing out of it. She deserves to be in a better place than this sorry excuse of a world." you grab his hand and just sit there with your head on his shoulder. "it's gonna be okay." you barely get that out without crying. Preston can tell the change in your voice and pulls you into a hug. "it's gonna be okay." he copies.

You both sat there for a couple hours. The tears were on and off again with little conversation about where to go next. It was about mid afternoon now. You both get up and go inside. You grab your bags and go to Emmas grave one last time. As you were about to turn and leave you hear metal clink together.

You and your sisters rings. She left hers behind when she decided to leave home. You turn around and put your sisters ring in the middle of the flower heart on emmas grave. "this isn't the end." you stand back up and realize preston was watching. "you're giving her your sisters ring?" "she deserves it. Atleast i know someone important to me has it." "thank you. I bet she's happy now." "i hope so."

you intertwine fingers and walk down the road for a few miles. Suddenly it seemed like the clouds over your heads began to clear. " Holy shit, a car! Let's hope it runs." you put your bag down and climb in the drivers seat. " when the hell did you learn how to hotwire?" preston walks up behind you leaning on the car door. "when i was 8." "of course you did." he smiles. You haven't seen him smile a genuine smile in a while. It makes you happy to see him focused on something other than death.

"what's that supposed to mean?" you raise an eyebrow with a smirk and turn back to the wires. " you seem to learn everything as a baby." "i was 8 years old not 8 seconds old." you roll your eyes and you feel him lightly smack you in the knee. You sit up to push him away from the car.

"go do your job kid" "im older than you." "you sure don't act like it. Now go." you grab his shoulders then lightly push him towards the garage. You turn back around only to be grabbed by the shoulder. Before you could say anything prestons lips smashed into yours. You gave into his kiss. It felt like an eternity before you both pulled away, resting your foreheads against each others.

"now i will go." preston laughs and turns away releasing you from his grip. "no more interruptions." you say closing the car door. Preston knocks on the window and you roll it down a crack. "but it was a good interruption." you close the window on him and lock the door, getting back to hotwiring.