Alive

Closer

   Weeks passed and we kept moving . Beckett and I grew closer, telling each other stories of us before the apocalypse. He told me more about his brother Daxton. I told him more about Sophia. We laughed at the embarrassing stories each other told. 

   We got to a town it was pretty big, we hit a couple stores and got whatever we could then moved on. There was a lot of walkers here so we had to be extra careful. We decided to look through another store before leaving, I broke the glass and unlocked the door letting us in. I drew my katana just in case a walker is inside. We checked around, there wasnt anything worth taking. 

   I went outside and waited for Beckett. Two guys turned the corner and spotted me. "Hey pretty little thing." one said. I ran back inside, and drew my katana. "Whats wrong?" Beckett asked. I ran up to him. "Two other survivors that didnt look friendly we need to find a way out. Now" I told him. "They only know about me." i added. We ran to the back of the store, I heard the men come in.

   "Here kitty kitty kitty." One called out. Silently we sat there. " Did you see if they had weapons?" Beckett asked me I shook my head " No I didnt." I replied " Damn we have to get out of here without them seeing us." Beckett said " We know you're in here princess just come out we wont hurt you." The other one said. I felt disgusted when they called to me like that.

   "I have a plan, I will distract them while you go around and knock one out and I will take care of the other one okay?" I asked him. He shook his head. "No too risky I dont want you getting hurt." He protested. I sighed " We dont have time for anything else." I said and got up walking into the guys view.

   "There she is. Hello baby doll." One gave an evil smile they both walked towards me. The bigger one grabbed me by the throat and shoved me against the wall, with one hand he started unbuckling his belt. The other one watched waiting patiently. I squirmed a bit. Beckett came up behind the smaller one hitting him in the back of the head, he was out instantly.

   The bigger one turned around Beckett smashed his face with a bat. "Let's go!" He yelled, we ran out of the building. "Where is Drax?" I asked worried then he came around the corner with a rabbit in his mouth. We ran as far as we could. We stopped at a beat down building. We ran inside fast. Gasping for breath we sat down staying as quiet as we could in case the other guys came after us.

" Are you okay?!" Beckett asked me. I nodded "Good." he came over and hugged me. Drax walked over with the rabbit still in his mouth. I grabbed the rabbit and started to skin it. The building creaked, "Do you think we should move to a different place?" I asked Beckett. 

   "No, I think we will be fine for the night." he said, "Okay." I replied. Drax laid down next to me. The building creaked again. The sun started going down and the wind started to pick up. We didnt start a fire just in case those men were still near. 

   Some rubble fell from the roof of the building hitting the ground next to me. Drax got up and started whining. "Whats wrong boy?" I asked him, he looked at me then walked to the entrance we came in from. A strong gust of wind blew, the building shook. "Okay maybe we should leave." Beckett said.

   " I agree." I replied. we packed everything up, this time the wind was so strong that the building couldnt stand a chance. "Charlie!!" Beckett yelled as the building collapsed on us. I was hit in the head by the falling parts of the building. My ears were ringing loudly.

   "Charlie!" I faintly heard through the ringing. I tried to get up but realized I was under a metal beam that held part of the ceiling up. My head was busted open and my lip was split. There was dust everywhere. "Charlie where are you?" Beckett shouted, my hearing slowly came back.

   I coughed and tried to raise my hand. "Here!" I tried to yell. Beckett made his way over to me. "Are you hurt?" he asked "No Im fine but im stuck." I told him. In the distance walkers were making their way to us because the loud crash the building made.

   "Hold on, Ill find a way to get you out." He said when he reached me. "Please hurry who knows how many walkers heard the building fall." I told him. He ran around looking for something to help him lift the beam up enough for me to get out. He found a car jack, he brought it over. He jacked up the beam as high as he could then pulled me out.

   "We need to go." He said throwing my arm over his shoulder and his arm around my waist. Drax barked warning us of the horde of walkers approaching. We did our best to run the opposite way the walkers were coming.

   We found a house and got up the porch, Beckett broke the window and unlocked the door letting us inside. I stumbled inside and sat on the couch. He looked around for walkers, there was none. He locked the door behind us and closed the blinds. He started a fire.

"Are you okay?" he asked me walking over and moving my hair away from my busted head. "Im fine." I told him. He walked into the kitchen area and looked for a first aid kit, "We need to clean and bandage that up before it gets infected." He said. "I told you I am fine its just a scratch." I protested.

   "Thats not a scratch Charlie." He told me. He found a first aid kit and walked over. He sat down next to me and opened it. He pulled out an alcohol wipe and wiped my wound. I winced and grabbed his arm. He smiled a little bit. After he cleaned it he put an band aid over it.

   "Thank you." I looked away. "No problem." he replied. Drax was asleep by the fire. "Im gonna find some blankets for us tonight." Beckett said getting up. "Ill go with you." I told him and got up. I stumbled and got dizzy. "Maybe not." He said and sat me down. "I will be right back." he said.

   I got up and stumbled my way over to the fire place, it was warm by the fire. About ten minutes later Beckett walked back holding a couple blankets. He set them down next to me and walked away again. When he came back he had pillows. "You can have the couch I will sleep on the floor." he offered. I nodded and he came and sat next to me. 

   "That was a close one. You were almost crushed." he said "But I wasnt because you were there to help me." I told him. "But if we left instead of staying you wouldnt have gotten hurt." he said. I touched his hand. "Its not your fault, we didnt know that the building was going to collapse." I told him. He looked down like he was embarrassed. "I dont know what I wouldve done if you died." he said.

   My heart pounded. I touched his cheek and he looked up at me, I pulled him in and kissed him. Instead of him pulling away he grabbed the back of my neck and kissed back harder. His other hand went around my waist. He leaned forward and I laid back onto the carpet. He pulled away pulling off his shirt, then came back to kiss me again. 

   We went back and forth with kissing and removing clothing until there was nothing left to remove. Drax moved onto the couch leaving me and Beckett alone on the floor under a blanket in front of the fire.