A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 44

As I quickly step through the yard to get to the building where taehyung must be, I hear marcus' booming voice coming from the cellar, along with his soldier's. When I first go through the door, there are two staircases, one leading down and the other leading up. It smells strongly of rot and chemicals, leading up from downstairs. I decide to go upstairs. "Tae?" I ask quietly. I listen and hear his voice coming from a room down the hall. I smile and run down the Hall, but stop in my tracks when I hear a young woman's voice. I hide behind the wall and listen as I barely peer into the room. He's talking to a girl who looks about his age. She's tall, blonde, and pregnant. "Two more months until I have the baby. I wish you could be there." Taehyung laughs and places his hand on her belly. "We both know I can't. It would cause major problems." The girl gives him a pouty face and them laughs. They both look down at the floor shyly then at an open window. "Will I ever see you again?" She asks quietly. "I promise you will." She wraps her arms around his waist and rests her head against his chest. She releases and looks out the window again. "I guess I better go then." She kisses Taehyungs cheek and smiles. "Thanks for everything. I love you Tae." She climbs out the window and down a ladder, to freedom. Taehyung smiles and turns, his smile dropping when he sees me looking into the room. "Celeste? Wh-what are you doing here?" He walks closer to me. I hadn't realized until now that I was crying. He reaches out his hand to touch me and I hurry and back away. "Don't touch me!" "Celeste, it's not what it looks like." I dash down the stairs "Celeste please!" I hear Taehyung chasing after me. "Leave me alone!" I open the door and run towards the gate, when I suddenly run into Marcus. "You. What are you doing here!?" I try to run but he grabs my wrist and yanks me back to him. "There was a deal! You let everyone go didn't you!?" He pull out a gun and holds it against my head. I cry out and the gun clicks. At this point, I hope he shoots and puts me out of misery. Marcus is suddenly striked in the head with the butt of a gun right as he fires. "Run!" Screams Taehyung. Marcus' soldier starts shooting at us. I do as he says and get out of there. Taehyung doesn't follow. I never want to see him again, but at the same time it feels as though a part of me just shattered because he isn't with me. I run to the truck, where everyone is waiting, and I get in. "Let's go!" I scream. Karissa asks, "but what about tae-" "I said let's go! Please!" Everyone gets in and I drive away. It's silent and I keep catching those in the backseat staring at me from the mirror, before they look away. I drive until we're out of Maine, and pull over at a park. "We'll stop here for the night." I say as I turn the truck off and get out. I walk away from everyone and lay down on a picnic table. After a few hours, everyone goes quiet as they fall asleep. I see a tall silhouette walking towards me when I sit up and I immediately recognise it as Taehyung. I stand up and walk to the truck. "Celeste, are you okay?" I push past him. "I'm fine. Leave me alone." "Celeste please. I really need to talk to you." I turn back around to face him and cross my arms. I notice he looks like he got beaten up. "There's nothing to talk about Taehyung." "You're making a mistake. Please Celeste. I beg you, just let me explain. It would help you feel a lot better. I promise." I roll my eyes and look at everyone as they lay on the ground asleep. "Fine. But not here. If any of them see you, you as good as dead." We walk a far distance away and I stop in a all, open area, hidden with surrounding trees. We sit on the ground across from each other. "Celeste, I just want to start by saying that I'm so sorry." I shake my head. "Sorry doesn't cut it Taehyung. I can't accept your apology." "I don't understand why." "You have no idea how hard it is to walk in and see your boyfriend who you've you missed so much for eight years with another girl! I normally wouldn't care but seeing her pregnant with two months to go made me realise that you and her must've been pretty busy within those eight months! You moved on pretty darn fast Taehyung while I was trying every day to survive to be with you again! Everytime I looked at my ring I remembered you, just like you told me to." I take the ring off and hand it to him. "But you didn't even remember me. Why don't you take it to your new girl." I stand up, but Taehyung grabs my hand and pulls me back down. "You said you would let me explain so hear me out now." I slowly nod. "First of all, you think the baby is mine? I would never move on that fast if I moved on at all. She was three months pregnant when she was caught. She's married by the way, and her husband is still alive and picked her up at the gate. Celeste I thought of you every single day. I could never forget you." I wipe away a tear. "Then why did you help her escape while your friends we're suffering so badly? Why did she get special treatment?" Taehyung sighs. "I helped her escape because when I saw her, I couldn't help but think of you. Her and her husband were separated just like we were. I mean, what if you were pregnant? I couldn't let our baby be born somewhere where I knew it and its parents would die. I didnt want that to happen to her. That's why I also let addi escape because no child should be born in danger. And the others, I knew they wouldn't survive if no one was out there to help them. That's right, I knew you helped them." I stand back up and turn around so that I don't see his crying eyes. "I'm sorry that it seemed like I loved her. But I swear to God I didn't. You are the only one for me and always will be, even if you never want me back, I'll still love you. I wish I could fix things. I messed up and lost what means the most to me." I hear him start to sob. "I'm sorry Celeste! Please give me another chance." My body shakes as I fight back tears, but soon it's too much for me and I also start to cry. I spin around and sit in his lap and hug him tightly. "I'm sorry Tae! I should've had more trust in you! I love you so much!" He strokes my hair soothingly and kisses the top of my head. "I love you too." He takes my hand and slides the ring back on my finger. I press my lips against his as he pulls me closer. "Shouldn't you be getting back with the rest of the group?" He kisses me again. "They're fine without me." I slowly pull away and smile at him. He cups my face in his hands. "Why are you so cute?" He kisses me one more time before we lay down. We look up at the sky together. I rest my head on his chest and he has his arm around my shoulders and holding my hand. Eventually I start feeling drowsy and I fall asleep listening to Taes gentle heartbeat.