A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 16

     I wake up and I'm laying in my bed. My head aches like crazy. I press my hand on my forehead and groan from the pain. 

     "Kiersten, Im going to kill you," I say to myself. 

     I roll out of bed and close the torn curtains, hoping that blocking the light will make the pain ease a little bit. I have a difficult time walking down the hall to the girl's room because of how dizzy I am. When I get there, I use an extra key to get in. Everyone is gone. I find a note on the side table from Addi. 

     "Celeste, we left for a little bit. We'll be back soon. Stay alive! From, Addi." 

     I put the note back on the table and turn to walk back to my room. When I get there, I curl up on the bed. I think about Taehyung. I think about him and Kiersten. Then I start thinking about Kiersten and our childhood. We used to be friends, back in Jr High. We would talked on the phone after school and joked around. We were introduced to each other by Abbi. Kiersten is her cousin on her dads side, im her cousin on her mom's. One day, she started talking about me behind my back. She started telling people bad things about me and told people she wanted me dead. She was the first friend to ever turn her back on me. After that, we would always fight and argue until we just stopped talking at all. Pretty soon, I fall back asleep.

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"Awe you look adorable curled up like that!" 

     I open my eyes to see Abbi standing above me. My head is still pounding from the pain. 

     "Ow, my head...Abbi? What time is it?" 

     She glances out the window. "Um, I would guess around nine at night. Have you been sleeping all day?" 

     "I guess so. Where were you guys?" 

     Abbi sets a grocery bag on the bed and pulls out a bottle of pain killers. "We mostly drove around town. We stopped at the store and picked up food and medicine. Kiersten told us she saw you fall in the middle of the night and hit your head while she was up to get a drink. She figured you would be in pain when you woke up." 

     She takes out two pills and hands them to me. I sit up and place them in my mouth and then swallow them.

      "Why didn't you wake me up? I might've wanted to go with you," I say.

      She laughs. "Believe me, we tried. You must've hit your head hard because you wouldn't wake up." 

     "Oh...yeah, probably....when do we plan on heading out?" 

     She says,"We decided that we're just going to stay here a few more nights until you're better and rested. Plus, have you seen yourself in the mirror lately? Trust me, you can use a break. Once youre good, we're going to head to L.A. We got a call from Hoseok and Jungkook saying theres no zombies in that area right now."I nod and lay back down. "Hows your back Celeste?" 

     "Still hurts. A lot. Hows Addi." 

     "Shes still in pain, but Jin is constantly taking care of her," replies Abbi.

     "And...Taehyung?" 

     "Oh, he's doing a lot better. Kiersten doing a great job taking care of his wound and..." 

     She must've saw that I was bothered because she stopped talking immediately. After a few minutes of complete silence, I begin to speak. 

     "Is Taehyung happy?" Abbi nods slowly. "He loves Kiersten, doesn't he?" 

     She avoids eye contact. Theres a knock at the door. A part of me hopes that its Taehyung. Abbi gets up and answers it. Its Yoongi. 

     "How are you feeling?" 

     "Like crap."

      He lets out a small laugh and wraps an arm around Abbi's shoulders. "Abbi, Im going to the pool, wanna come?" 

     "Yeah, I'll be there in a couple minutes." 

     He kisses her forehead and walks out of the room. Abbi looks over at me. 

      "Ill be back in a couple hours. I left a knife on your side table just in case. You going to be okay?" 

     I nod and she leaves the room.

      Kiersten walks in a few minutes later. "So how are you?" 

     I glare at her. "Im doing fantastic! I only have a huge headache from falling and hitting my head apparently." 

     She rolls her eyes "Its a good thing I didn't kill you. With you alive, I have someone to tell about my day with Tae Tae. All day with him, holding hands, cuddling in the backseat..." 

     "Shut up Kiersten." 

     She grins. "Oh, that's right. You like him.... Well this is awkward, isn't it?" 

     "How would you know whether I liked him or not?" 

     "Oh please, its so obvious. Sorry, he's mine though. Don't worry, I'm sure someone will fall in love with you someday. You know, like a zombie or something. Because they don't exactly have brains." 

     "I said shut up!" I grab the knife and throw it. It almost hits her but hits the door instead. She turns and looks at it and laughs. 

     "Wow, no wonder Tae Tae doesn't like you. You have anger issues. Now if you'll excuse me, me and MY Tae Tae have a date. We're going to the roof, but don't worry. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. Bye." She walks out the door laughing. 

     I lay on my back and sigh deeply. I have to do something about her. I just need to wait for the right time and place.