I screamed at both the pain and at what was happening. It was not fair at all. I had struggled so hard to survive and just when I had thought that I stood a chance of happiness with Blake, I was bitten. I was going to die at the age of 23! Blake pulled the zombie off me and neatly stabbed a knife into its chest.
“Cassie, are you alright?” He rushed over urgently to me. I could hardly breathe, shocked at what was happening. “NO” He shouted as he saw my bitten arm. I felt the tears fall mercilessly. There were still a few zombies that Joyce was handling. “I am so sorry” I croaked out. “Leave!” I demanded.
Instead he grabbed my good arm and pulled me towards the car. Joyce seeing us about to leave, quickly ran towards us and hopped in. “What happened?” she asked. “I’ve...been….bitten” I choked out. Blake was staring hard in front of him driving fast, not looking at me. I turned to stare out the window. He wrapped a hand around mine but still did not saying anything. I took small comfort in that.
When we got back to the stadium, Blake washed my arm and wrapped it up for me in silence. “The incubation period is actually 24 hours, so we have some time” He said resignedly. I started sobbing hysterically. I did not want to die like this! Surely there was some way of survival! He hugged me hard. “I love you” he told me, yet somehow this made it my heart bleed even more. I had failed to survive in this chaos. I did not deserve his heart, because in the next few days to come, I would break it.
When I had calmed down a bit, I talked to everyone preparing them for my demise. Familiar faces that had become family were crying for me. I wandered off to Kallang Leisure Park for some solace. I don’t know for how long I was sitting there at the emergency staircase landing, just contemplating the short life that I had lived, before Blake found me. “It’s dangerous to go places alone, you know”, he commented casually as he sat beside me on the staircase. “I would think that the danger now lies in keeping company with me” I retorted.
He sighed and slung an arm around my shoulders. “Well, I am not afraid. Why should you be?” I felt the corners of my lips turn up reluctantly. “Now, what shall I do to keep that smile on your face?” He asked. I looked at him, into his eyes. He was trying to be strong for me, to help make my last day bearable. I put both my hands on his face and yanked his lips to mine. We kissed feverishly, knowing that soon this would not be possible anymore. As we surrendered to our desires for the last time, I drowned all thoughts of the world away.
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Surviving in Chaos
Romance"I liked small children too but this one was a little odd. Her eyes were bloodshot and the colour of her eyes were dulled as if the life had gone out of them. That wasn’t the worse part of it, as she ran, it was obvious she was unstable on her legs...
