The Infected [1]

11.Spending Time With The Boys

"Checkmate."

"Ughh...fine you win.",I admitted my defeat to Andrew.

The boys and I had decided to take a day off before dealing with the zombie thing. I offered to play chess with Andrew but I've been losing to him for the last three rounds including this one. "Don't worry, you just need practice and who knows, one day you might beat me.",he assured.

"That day is definitely not coming anytime soon.",I said being the pessimist I am and rolled my eyes even though he probably couldn't see because of my glasses. I found out that he couldn't see anything in the dark not even his own two feet, he's and I quote 'as blind as a bat' in darkness. So I had to turn on one of the lamps so he could at least see which chess pieces that he's moving.

He chuckled and ruffled my hair playfully. I loved having him and the other boys around cause they're kinda like the brothers I've never had or will have well except for Jeff since he's actually my brother. 

Jeff acts like me and share same interests as I do, he's practically like my twin. Mark is obviously the mischievous prankster and joker, he's probably the best comedian I've known. Andrew is like the big brother that looks after us and makes sure we don't get into trouble. Jay is the polite and extroverted one who likes to socialize.

All of them have very different personalities but there's one thing we have in common, we care for each other and would never abandon each other. We're sort of like a pack. Plus, we get along with each other very well.

"Hey Ash! Mark is setting a prank in your room!",Jay yelled from the hallway.

"I was not, besides I can barely see in here!",Mark protested. I knew that was a lie. He could at least see what's in front of him.

They continued to bicker back and forth like a couple of 5 year olds. "Okay that's it.",I walked towards where the boys were bickering and snarled at them. Mark stepped back and prepared to run if needed while Jay growled lowly.

"Mark you better undo any prank you set up in my room and Jay go help him.",I ordered.

"But I-",I bared my teeth at him, daring him to finish that sentence.

"Fine.",he said reluctantly.

I grinned and went off to find some other things to do.

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I growled at Jeff as I restrained him. He growled back and tried to break free. I curved my hand in a bit so it will only cause little to no injury and slashed him on the side. He stopped struggling and I grinned victoriously. I got up and offered him a hand.

"Told ya, I'd win.",I sneered.

He rolled his eyes before taking my hand. I had told him that I would win in a wrestling match with him but the persistent bastard wouldn't stop saying otherwise so I proved my point.

"I'm kinda hungry, wanna go hunt?",I asked as my stomach grumbled.

"Sure got nothing better to do.",he agreed.

I put on my glasses and Jeff did the same. We walked over to the front door and unlocked it. "Guys,Jeff and I are gonna go hunting, this house better still be in one piece when we get back Mark!",I yelled before going out of the house with Jeff. I closed the door and headed with Jeff to the nearby forest.

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I placed my glasses around my head before dropping into a crouch. I sniffed the air and dozens of scents flooded in.
I focused on one scent which I recognized as a rabbit. I supposed it will be able to suffice for now. I began to make my way over to where the rabbit is.

I darted silently from tree to tree before I spotted a bushy tail stuck out from a bush. I stepped back a little and got into a deeper crouch. I waited a bit before leaping and snapping the critter's neck. I used my sharp nails to shave a little bit of the fur around the rabbit's neck before sucking the blood out of it.

Once I finished, I kept the rabbit to try and cook it later. My instincts pushed me to let out a scream even though I still don't really know what it means. I don't know why it even angered me when Jay screamed close to where I had screamed. Perhaps, it was to claim ones territory. But I'll leave that to think about later.

I headed back to the house and met back up with Jeff there. "How's your hunt?",he asked while opening the front door.

"It went fine.",I answered.

We entered the house which was luckily still intact. Although knowing Mark, he wouldn't heed my warning and do the complete opposite. But thankfully much to my surprise, nothing seemed out of place. "Guys?",I called.

No response.

I tested the air and I could still smell them so they're definitely still inside the house. Mark must have rigged the house with some kind of trap.There's no way I'll fall for it. I smirked as I glanced over to Jeff. "Hey Jeff, why don't you go inside first."

He raised his brow in confusion but complied. He carefully entered and right as I predicted he stepped on a string which in turn triggered a bucket of water to fall on his head. Laughter echoed from inside the house as Jeff stood there with a bucket on his head, covered head to toe with pink paint. I giggled to myself because I know that the prank was meant for me but I set up Jeff to sprung the trap.

The boys entered the scene and they were laughing uncontrollably. Jeff grabbed the bucket and threw it over to the small set of stairs leading to the front door, and it landed right next to where I was standing. Jeff turned to Mark and snarled in rage. Mark immediately fled somewhere in the house while Jay bared his teeth and Andrew growled, obviously irritated from the fact that someone below his rank dared to snarl at him.

"Okay Jeff that's enough.",I tried to calm him.

He growled in response before taking a deep breath and calmed down. I glanced over to the boys and ordered them to go find Mark and clean this mess up. "Hey bro, why don't you go clean yourself up.",I suggested.

"Okay.",he responded shortly.

The one day I wanted to relax and just my rotten luck, this disaster happened.