I'm Never Leaving You

Chapter Two

Susie Pov:

Walking. It seemed all we could do was walk. We had no idea how far we were from our destination, only that we had to reach it if we wanted a fresh start at life.

"This sucks." Kris said from my back right. We were holding hands as we walked through the state of California and I had been pulling her along for awhile now.

"Yeah." I agreed softly.

"Are you alright?" I mentally punched myself, even I could tell that was a stupid question.

"Aside from you, everyone I ever knew and loved is dead. The home I grew up in is in ashes along with my hometown, I watched my mother turn to dust in my arms, unable to do anything. Everyone else in my family died before I could even say goodbye. Yeah, I'm just fucking peachy." She growled. Needless to say, I felt a hundred and ten percent like a pile of shit.

"I'm sorry, that was a stupid fucking question." I said as I stopped are trek and pulled her into a hug. She hugged me back and pressed her head into my chest.

"It's fine. I'm sorry for snapping at you." She said, her voice muffled a bit as she didn't move her face from my chest.

"Nah, Don't worry about it." I said as I held her tighter. We stood like that for awhile, just hugging each other.

"You do realize my face is in your boobs, right?" She asked me. Great. Moment ruined.

"Of course, ya pervert." I said as laid my head on top of hers. We parted from our embrace shortly after this.

We continued our journey through the state of California, looking for the place that promised a new life.

"I love you." She said as she put an arm around me as we walked.

"I love you too." I said while returning her side hug.

***

We've been walking for so long. This fucking sucks. Kris had begun to lean into me as we walked and I had put her arm around my shoulders.

"I'm glad I at least have you." I told her.

"Me too." She replied with a small smile.

We still had each other, as cliche as that sounds. This was the one thing that was keeping the both of us going through all of this. Everyone we knew and loved before was now dead.

"I hope we can find a new life. If not in this place we're headed to, then at least in some place." She said.

"I know. And I hope so too." I said as we continued walking. We had been walking for weeks now. Stopping only to sleep and eat and stuff like that. We had to resort to stealing food from places we had come across when we ran out of the little food we had taken with us from our hometown.

"I can't believe I used to like hiking when I was younger. Man I was an idiot." Kris grumbled.

"Meh, it's kind of fun I guess, in a fucked up way." I said.

"You're an idiot now, too." She teased.

"I can still drop you."

"...I guess hiking is fun in a fucked up way." She repeated my words. I rolled my eyes at my girlfriend's antics before deciding to carry her bridal style.

"The first thing we do when we find a place to stay is take a shower." I said.

"I didn't think you could still smell how bad we stink, I thought we both went nose blind or whatever it's called." She said with a...look that I don't know how to describe.

"I never said it would be for just cleanliness, I just want a relaxing shower with my girlfriend." I clarified.

"You mean you want shower sex." She teased.

"....maybe..." I admitted.

"And you call me the pervert." She laughed. I gave her a playful condescending look.

"You're purposefully putting yourself in a position where you are touching my breasts with yours right now." I said simply.

"....shut up." Kris mumbled. We shared a small laugh. I'm glad we were still able to laugh and crack stupid jokes after everything that happened.

I really hope we can start over in where ever we end up on our long journey. After a few minutes, she had fallen asleep in my arms as we continued to walk. Deciding to make a pit stop for the night, I found a small cave not far off of the road and placed her inside. I used my jacket as a blanket for her, and since I was almost twice her size, it worked pretty well. I sat up against the wall near the entrance to the cave and kept watch over her. I really didn't think it was a good idea for both of us to be asleep at once while we were in the wild forest. It's good thing that I can go so long without sleep.

"Another long night of creepily watching my girlfriend sleep....yay." I mumbled to myself.