The Infected [1]

10.Unexpected Reunion

My eyes widen at him as he did the same. I quickly got off him and offered him a hand, to which he took. He wasn't supposed to be here, no he's supposed to be in quarantine. "Jay,I thought you were in quarantine.",I said.

"I was but I escaped, I overheard them saying that they were going to experiment on me like I was some kind of animal or something.",he explained.

I growled at the thought of someone hurting him. Jay tensed as he thought that the growl was for him. I shook those thoughts away and looked back at him.
"I'm just glad that you're okay."

He smiled reassuringly at me and wrapped his arms around me. I growled at the contact as my instincts detested the fact that another zombie was so close to me and saw Jay as a potential threat just like Jeff. "Sorry,but I don't think we should hug for a while.",I said.

He frowned and sighed. "Because my zombie instincts don't like hugs, I think.", I quickly explained.

"Same but I thought one hug wouldn't hurt.",he replied.

"Anyways we really should get going. You can stay at my place. Besides, who knows what that hospital will do if they found out that you were missing?"

"But any light can hurt my eyes and blinds me."

"Hmm.......Oh I know, just close your eyes and I'll guide you around. People will probably think you're blind."

"But what about you."

I put my glasses back on my face and grinned at him. He rolled his eyes and told me to 'lead the way'. I grabbed his hand and started making our way back to the house.

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"Are we there yet?"

"No, but we'll be there soon."

10 minutes later.....

"We there yet?"

"Nope."

5 minute later......

"How about now?"

"No."

A minute later......

"Now?"

"Not yet."

10 seconds later.....

"Are we the-"

"Just shut the fuck up."

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"Okay Jay, we're here.",I informed him.

"Finally.",he groaned.

I opened the door and led him inside. "You can open your eyes now.",I said as I closed the front door.

He peeled his red glowing eyes open and sat on the couch, not bothering to look around as he had been here dozens of times before. I took off my glasses and placed them on a nearby table before sitting next to Jay.

"Where's Jeff?",he asked.

Right as if on cue, the front door swung open and in came Jeff, Andrew, and Mark. "Dude, I can't see a fucking thing in here.",Andrew grumbled. For some reason, I felt a bit uncomfortable once Andrew had entered the house. His presence was riling up my instincts.

He and Mark also smelled different from each other and Jeff, Jay, and I. But Mark didn't rile my instincts like Andrew did, in fact the look of uneasiness on his face might be caused by the rest of us who he seemed to be threatened by.

"Jay, Jeff, don't you guys feel threatened by Andrew?",I asked, not caring if it might offend Andrew.

They both nodded and I turned to face Mark. "And Mark don't you feel threatened by the rest of us?"

"Sort of.",he answered shortly.

"I think that there are like different ranks in the zombie hierarchy. It's like the lowest rank is Mark next Jeff, Jay, and I then Andrew.",I exclaimed.

They all looked at me with wide eyes. "That makes total sense. That was why I felt threatened by you guys, it's cause you are all of higher ranks than me. But I'm kinda sad how I got the lowest rank.",he said the last part more to himself.

"Aww, it's okay Mark. At least, you're still our best prankster.",I tried to make him feel better.

"Oh you guys would never beat me in pranks.",he grinned.

"Oh really what about the 'invisible glass door' prank I pulled last month.",I smirked slyly at him.

His face turned a bright red and he looked away in embarrassment. He made a bet that he would never fall for a prank this year and I just happened to manage to prank him. We never stopped teasing him after that.

We all started laughing hysterically as he huffed angrily. "Shut up.",he muttered and rolled his eyes.

The blonde is Jay, Auburn hair is Mark and the black hair is Andrew.