Hope is Dead

Chapter forty two

''I'm guessing twenty.'' Marcel said and looked around, Luke looked at him as they sat beside each other ''Thirty.'' Marcel looked back at him ''Forty.'' Luke looked at him confused ''Your just making it higher then my number.'' Marcel smiled and looked away while Luke chuckled a bit, Jon smiled looking over at the two seeing the look on Luke's face ''Fifty.'' Marcel looked at him and bit his lip trying not to smile but was having a bad time hiding it. Evan looked over at Jon who moved his head back forward, he saw that Lui fell asleep on Jon's shoulder and he was about to fall asleep ''What was the last thing we ate?'' Brian asked a bit curiously, they all thought ''I ate on the road a while back.'' Jon said and looked at them.

''I think the last time we ate was back at.... a place?'' Craig questioned and they laughed at his unsureness ''I haven't even been thinking of food.'' Tyler said looking around at everyone else ''Maybe when they pass by we can go out looking for food.'' Brock looked over at Luke ''And my daughter.'' they looked at him ''And Lauren? Right?'' Marcel asked looking over to him, Brock went silent and looked down, Brian knew where this would lead ''What are you guy's not actually married?'' Tyler asked not seeing it was sensitive subject ''No we were I just... Don't really care anymore.'' they were all shocked ''What he's saying is that he's no longer in love with Lauren.'' they were even more shocked ''How come?'' Craig asked as they all stared in disbelief.

''We lost the spark, got in a huge fight before all this happened and it just made me think, I've been thinking about this ever since we left Washington, it's been there in the back of my mind stabbing me in the gut.'' he explained and slouched into the wall he leaned against ''You guy's did get married fast.'' Evan commented not bugging him about it ''And had a kid fast.'' Brock looked over at Jon who spoke up ''What, you guy's got married then immediately have a kid.'' Brock smiled ''Briana's cute.'' Marcel mentioned and they nodded chuckling a bit ''We'll find her.'' Tyler reassured and Brock smiled nodding a bit.

It fell silent again ''Sixty.'' Marcel hit Luke's arm lightly before sitting up ''Seventy.'' he said, the two weren't bothering the other's with their small little game ''Eighty.'' Marcel paused examining Luke's face to see if he would go higher ''I'm going back to twenty.'' Luke smiled ''Really? Why?'' Marcel nodded towards the door and he listened not hearing anything, he got up and walked over to the small window near the roof and got on a box beside Jon and Lui, he peeked outside and looked around the ally seeing there was just one zombie wondering around out there, he looked back at Marcel ''Actually there's one.'' Marcel got up and walked over as Luke stepped down, he peeked outside and looked towards the street seeing about ten and looked down at him ''Eleven.'' Brian chuckled at their cuteness but looked away as they walked back to their spot.

Craig soon fell asleep as the light from outside disappeared, Luke moved some boxes to the side of him looking threw them but not finding anything, when he moved the last three boxes he paused seeing a guitar case and remembered David's guitar he found. He remembered how Lui left it on the grave in hopes people didn't take it. He picked the case up and turned facing the others ''Who know's how to play?'' he asked having a feeling of who would raise their hand or say anything. His suspicions were correct as Evan lifted his hand. He walked the guitar over and gave it to him as a gift, setting it down in front of him before going back and kept looking for a source of light so it wasn't pitch black in this small room.

Jonathan moved Lui so he was leaning on the wall, so he could sleep, he took his sweater off and made it into a pillow before laying his head on the soft fabric instead of on the cold ground, Luke soon gave up and sat beside Marcel again. Marcel yawned before laying down on the ground, Luke took his sweater off and tossed it to Marcel who put it under his head falling asleep fast, Tyler noticed his kindness and looked at Craig who was still on his right shoulder hugging his right arm tight, he managed to slip his sweater off and wrap it around Craig seeing his grip around his arm loosened. Evan looked around not being tired at all, he looked across from him at Luke who was staring at Marcel before laying down himself and going to bed, Evan looked to his side seeing Brian and Brock laying down as well and knew this wasn't good, he couldn't sleep, not knowing those thing's were outside still. He didn't feel safe.