In the Apocalypse

Zombie Baby Daddy

"Nice job." I complimented 10K's fishing skills as I came back. 

"You too." He looked down at the squirrels tied to a rope that was tied to my belt loop. 

"We both have our own skills. I can't fish worth anything." I chuckled. He smiled at me. "What?"

"I love you." He told me, pressing a short, sweet kiss to my lips. 

"I love you too." I said before kissing him again. 

"You know, we have some time before we need to be back with the others." 10K suggested with a shy look on his face. I rose an eyebrow at him teasingly. He blushed.

"I think that's a great observation." I chuckled, removing the rope from my belt looping and hanging it off of a tree beside me so I wasn't just leaving it on the ground. He looked a bit more confident now that I had agreed. He did the same thing with his fish that I did with my squirrels.

***

10K and I were walking back to camp hand-in-hand. 10K had a large grin on his face, which kept me giggling a little bit. Though, our positive energy was brought down a bit when we saw Vasquez trying to sneak through the woods. 

Vasquez didn't see as us he walked. 10K and I crept closer and crouched down to watch him. He kept looking behind him to make sure no one was following him. It made me want to follow him. However, once he was out of sight, 10K gently pulled my arm to lead me back to camp.

We walked through the mostly torn down cabin to the group. "Caught some trout." 

"And a couple squirrels." I held up my game. 

"Kid, you are a fishing guru. What's your secret?" Doc complimented 10K. 

"Be one with the fish." 10K said seriously, making me giggle. 

"Far out." Doc nodded.

"Hey, I brought something back too." I held my squirrels higher. 

"Oh, I guess you did." Doc teased with a playful roll of his eyes. 

I gave him the squirrels and went to sit by Addy. 10K had given his fish to Doc and walked our way as well.

"Well, I got some foil in here somewhere. We're gonna fry one of them bad boys up." Doc said. 

"You two look to be in a good mood." Addy teased, waggling her eyebrows. I blushed.

"Shut up. It's a beautiful day. We're allowed to be happy." I retorted. 

"You know I'm only teasing." She chuckled.

"Hey, we need to get a look at that baby." Warren stated, bringing our attention over to her.

"Yeah, well, good luck. Super Dad over there won't let anyone touch her. I'm guessing he's afraid we're gonna leave her behind." Addy informed. Warren was quiet, looking at the ground.

"Which is not something we're considering doing, right?" I questioned, worried that thought had crossed her mind.

"Something tell me she's gonna outlive us all." Warren stated. The others nodded, accepting the response. Though, that wasn't a yes or no. Then Warren looked around. "Where's Vasquez?"

"Disappeared again." Doc shrugged.

"We saw him while we were out." I told her. 

"Yeah, we passed him in the woods. Heading south for town." 10K added.

"Well, I'm gonna find out where he keeps disappearing to. And you two see if you can't get that baby away from Murphy." Warren decided, standing up and sheathing her newly sharpened machete.