Another Girl, Another Zombie: Another Way

Chapter 3

(I was hoping to post it yesterday but I literally fell asleep writing. This is a relatively long chapter but it's pretty much entirely altered canon scenes. It'll diverge from canon more again in the next chapter, if the idea I have in mind works out. I have to figure something out for the next chapter, still, and I don't know how long it will take. If I can't get it figured out, though, I'll have to go with my original idea which will just be more altered canon so I really want to get it done. Hopefully, you'll understand when you read it~ But for now, we have to get through these scenes before any of that stuff can happen. I was going to update Limelight yesterday as well but I hit a block. I'm mostly out of it now, though, so Limelight will be up either tonight or tomorrow)

Curfew had just barely started when Bonzo heard the sounds of screams and tires screeching outside. His head snapped up, suddenly distracted from his sketching and he stood up. Putting the sketchbook aside, Bonzo hurried down the staircase and out the front door. It happened every year without fail – on the first day of school, some teenagers, specifically cheerleaders, would sneak into Zombie Town to cause trouble. He never understood why they did it on this particular day, but maybe he could find out tonight.

Maybe Bree would be there.

He hoped she wasn't.

If she was there, if she was joining in on their cruel pranks... Well, she wouldn't, would she? Bree may have been scared of him at first, but it wasn't malicious. In the end, she'd wanted to help him. She was nice to him.

Bonzo stood outside, looking up and down the street but seeing no potential culprits. They must have driven off already. He heard another door open and Zed hopped off his porch opposite, checking for himself, then caught sight of Bonzo and the two shared a look of confusion. Neither of them could even see any signs of vandalism. Something moved out the corner of Bonzo's eye and he frowned – a flash of pink. You never saw pink in Zombie Town, and certainly not that bright a shade. From behind the fence, just a few feet from where Zed was standing, a face peaked out.

An all-too-familiar face framed with a pair of glasses.

"Breeska?" his voice was soft with hurt but it rang loud and clear in the dead silence. She hid again.

Zed took a few steps forward and tilted his head to see around the corner. When Bonzo saw his face fall, he guessed his cheerleader was there too. Zed turned back to Bonzo with no idea what to say or do. However, Bonzo's eyes were fixed on the exact spot where he had seen Bree's face. He couldn't deny it now. After only a moment, he looked at Zed, shaking his head. He threw up his arms and stormed back inside, just as Zed's dad called out.

"Zed? Anybody there?"

Bonzo paused, watching him. He hesitated.

"Uh..." he avoiding looking back at the fence, or at Bonzo, "No. Nobody."

Bonzo closed the door behind him.

He didn't see the look of guilt on Bree's face.

- ANOTHER WAY –

She should have said something. Either of them could have said something. They didn't have to hide but they couldn't change that now.

It was the following morning and Bree had always thought she'd be so happy the day she walked into school wearing her Mighty Shrimp cheer uniform for the first time, but one single day had turned everything around. She spotted Addison talking to Bucky by the fence outside and was about to call out to her when Bucky brushed a lock of blonde hair back and smiled at his cousin in such a twistedly sweet way it made her freeze. Bree watched her friend's eyes drop to the ground as Bucky went inside and she hurried over.