A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 15

     I march outside to the truck and find a small gun on one of the front seats. I search under every seat for a box of bullets. When I find it, I load the gun. I pace back and forth in front of the building for a few minutes, panicking. I dont know what to do. I feel hopeless. I stop and look down at the gun that Im gripping tightly. I sit down on the ground against the wall and bury my face in my hands as I sob. After a few moments, I look back up. I wipe the tears from my eyes with the back of my hand and slowly raise the gun to my head. I close my eyes and rest my forefinger on the trigger. I take a deep breath. Suddenly, the gun is knocked out of my hand. I look up and see Abbi. 

     "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" she screams. 

     My eyes start to tear up again. "What does it look like?" I reach for the gun. "I'm killing myself. Im done with all his bullsh-" 

     Abbi punches me hard in the side of my face and forces me onto my feet. I hold my mouth from the pain, and when I pull my hand away, its covered in the deep red blood that I've become very familiar with. She grabs both of my shoulders tightly. "Why would you do this Celeste!" 

     I get out of her grasp. "Cant you see how bad I'm hurting Abbi!? I can't do this anymore! I cant keep fighting! I give up!" 

     "How many times are you going to keep saying that!? You are NOT going to give up just like that!" 

     I can feel the warm blood dripping slowly out of my mouth. "I actually thought for a while that maybe, just maybe, everything would be okay. I felt like we would get out of this alive. I was actually happy. Taehyung was the only reason I was happy! And then Kiersten had to come along and-" 

     "Don't blame your sadness on Kiersten, Celeste! She wasn't the one that broke his heart! You did. You're the only one to blame for your depression. Not her!" Abbi picks up the gun and makes her way back to the entrance. She stops and looks over her shoulder. "Im sorry. I just...I cant lose you. Come in when you're ready. Taehyung went to bed." 

     She continues walking away. I yell as loud as I can, letting out all my anger, sadness, hurt. I sit back down and cry until I have no more tears left.

***

I walk to the room to find all the girls piled on each bed. I quietly sneak past and walk into the bathroom. I turn on the light and I'm shocked by my appearance. I look pale with puffy eyes from how much I've cried. My mouth area is stained with blood and there's a big bruise on my cheek where Abbi had punched me. I can't remember exactly how I used to look before this whole zombie thing. I walk out of the bathroom and stand by the beds. One of them has Kayla, Karissa, and Addi. The other has Abbi and Kiersten. I walk over to the open side on the bed where Abbi and Kiersten sleep. Kiersten rolls over and sprawls out, making it so there was no room. I wasn't going to fight, so I go to the lobby and find a key to another room. I find my door and walk in after unlocking it. Theres one bed and it smells like a dead body. I decide not to go into the bathroom, fearing what may be in there. I flop down onto the bed and let out a deep breath. My eyes get heavy and I fall asleep shortly.

***

     Taehyung walks into my room and lays down next to me, waking me up. 

     "Hey beautiful," he whispers. 

     I smile when I see him. He gives me a soft kiss and strokes my hair gently. I sit up in bed bed and turn to face him. All of a sudden I feel a cold, sharp blade against my throat. Taehyungs smile disappears and he gets up and walks out of the room. 

     "Tae! Dont go!" I yell as loud as I can. 

     I hear Kiersten laugh. "You dont love him Celeste, remember? You let him go. You broke him. And now he's all mine." 

     I knock the blade out of her hand, accidently cutting myself. I turn and punch her, but she kicks me in the stomach, causing me to fall to the floor. She picks up the knife and holds the tip against my stomach. Seconds later, she pushes the knife hard and twists it. I let out a blood curdling scream from the pain.

     I sit up in bed, breathing heavily. Then I walk over to the sink and splash water on my face. My face hurts where i got punched and my back feels worse than before. I feel nauseous and dizzy so I lay back down on the bed and close my eyes, but I cant fall asleep. I glance over at the door, which is now open. 

     "Hello?" 

     I look around the room but nobody is there. I walk into the hall that's dark and silent. I step out and I hear a click coming from behind me. I turn around to see Kiersten pointing a gun at me. 

     "What are you doing?" I ask her, "And how did you know what room I was in?" 

     "Its simple. I saw you enter it so I went and got a key. I was going to shoot you in your sleep, but you woke up. Oh well, this way is funner." 

     I hear Taehyungs faint voice calling Kiersten. 

     "Shoot me now. Lets see what happens when he says me laying dead on the ground with you standing there holding a gun." 

     She looks in the direction of her room and then glares at me. Suddenly she smacks me in the head with the butt of the gun and everything goes black.