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

chapter 28

You all get to the house. It's covered in black bricks with stone columns. The paneling is whitish beige. It's small. You really hope you don't need to share a room with anyone. "I know it isn't much. Especially now that there's 6 of us. But it'll work. You'll share a room with ellis. If that's okay." she sees the discomfort on your face but you just nod. "if you want to move just let me know" you smile at her and follow them in. It smelled like burned roses. "i know it smells. You get used to it. We can't find the source of it"

After a few minutes Ellis makes his way over to you across the living room. "I'll show you to the room if you want" you nod once more and follow him. "you sleep on that bed. If you ever need anything just beat me with a pillow or something and I'll get up" he laughs. You smile a little. "can i ask you about earlier? About the girl and when you said you weren't okay" you nod. If you're gonna be staying with them you might as well warn them. You talk/write for a few minutes and he finally understands. "You're-you're not gonna strangle me in my sleep are you?" you laugh and shake your head no. He releases a breath of relief and also laughs. "Do you believe your boyfriends dead?" he asks. You weren't expecting that. You shrug and write. " he was a strong person. But after losing so much it's hard to say. He has no support holding him up. And i don't have mine. He wouldn't give up. Im sure he's alive but i don't want to get high hopes then find him dead one day. You have to consider both good & bad in any situation."

that was a lot for a simple yes or no question but you didn't give a damn. You're a detailed person. "I think you'll find him one day. I can't promise whether he'll be alive or not but you'll find him. I can only wish you the best" "thank you" you write. The pencil led breaks and you throw the pencil making an angry face. Ellis laughs. "you could of just pressed the eraser. It's mechanical idiot" "you smack him with the notebook and smile.

After a couple hours Lydia calls for everyone to eat. You sprint down the hall, racing Ellis. You won. "how are you so fast" you smile and sit down. "How do you like it here so far?" Nate asks. You give him a thumbs up as you stuff your face with bowtie pasta. The best pasta. Everyone laughs including you. "That's good to... Hear?" brennen says confused. " good to see." Lydia responds. Smartass just like you. You'll be great friends. Once everyone finishes eating you all go outside to the firepit. Jessi is trying to start a fire but she's really struggling. You decide to be nice and help her. "Thank you" she gives you a bright smile and sits down. You smile and nod and sit down too. Ellis throws a bag of marshmallows on your head so you smack him with it before he can run. "you're fuckin' sonic aren't ya'?" he sits down and you nod. Lydia and brennen start aruging over something. You weren't really listening til you heard your name.

"We can't keep taking people in, Lydia! The girls a fucking psychopath. For all we know zoe could kill us in our sleep and take off" brennen looks at you and realizes you were listening. He swallows hard knowing he may be added to your list. "She wouldn't do it unless you deserve it by hurting the people she loves. That's no different than what anyone else would do. You're clearly the only one who didn't read her explanation. Therefore you don't know her and cannot say that about her. If you don't want to deal with having others join then you can leave. It doesn't matter if she has a problem with people who hurt her own because we all would. But she has a good heart and cares for others even if she doesn't like people or like expressing it. She'd risk her life to save someone else. You can't do anything about it." "watch me"

before Lydia can say anything Brennens storming over to you. You stand up but Ellis stands up quicker jumping infront of you. "She has been here for only like 3 hours you already like her" "She's a friend to all of us. We protect our friends. You're not gonna do shit" "wanna bet little boy?" Brennen goes to shove Ellis out of the way but you grabbed his hand and bit it. He better not need that pinky later on. He can reattach it himself if he needs it. "What the fuck!" Brennen yells looking at his disembodied pinky on the ground. You spit the blood in his face.

Everyone looks at you for a few seconds then snaps back to reality when Brennen grabs your hair. Ellis hits him with the butt of his shotgun as hard as he can and Brennen lets go of you and grabs his head. He stumbles around before regaining balance. Jessi takes your hand and pulls you behind her. Ellis jumps on Brennen and starts smashing his face in with the gun. "that's enough Ellis" Lydia yells. But he doesn't stop. Nate goes to stop Ellis but Ellis slightly pushes him away giving him an evil look. Nate stops in his tracks. maybe he will listen to me.' you think. You let go of Jessi's hand and walk to Ellis slowly. You kneel beside him and put your hand on his arm. He stops and looks at you. You nod your head and he puts the gun down. You both rise together and look at Brennen. He definitely won't recover properly from that. He'll look like a burnt and skinned voldemort for the rest of his life. If he survives. You take Ellis's hand in yours and watch as Lydia and Nate start carrying Brennen away.