The Restart: Back Again {Book 3}

The Grim Reaper Follows

We are in the Kingdom for a party. My son is here and all of my loved ones, even Enid. We all stand in the middle of the town, Ezekiel making a speech for the first-ever get together between all the communities. He is upon a balcony speaking, "I grand before you today at the start of a new tomorrow. A tomorrow made possible by the sacrifices of many over the years. Among them, a man who's mission was to build a community and strengthen the bonds between us. A man who had to destroy the very thing that connected us in order to save us. I took us sat too long to fulfill the promises of what Rick Grimes and his son Carl envisioned,"

I felt eyes looking at me and I turned around to see Enid looking at me. She smiled and I smiled back, then turning back around to listen to Ezekiel. A blush creeping onto my face I look down at my son standing next to me and smile at him.

"The same promise Paul Rovia, better known as 'Jesus', believing that when he brought us all together those many years ago. We've always been bound to each other. We always will be. We fought our way back to each other. We have grown. The crossing over the river may be gone. But we rebuilt a beige, nonetheless. Today is proof that we can unite, not against a common enemy, but for the common good. So eat, drink, trade, and be merry, cause we got a lotta lost time to make up for."

Harry then walked up to a cage finned with white birds that are sitting under the balcony. He let them free saying, "let the First Annual Inter-Community Reunification Fair begin!"

Ezekiel then said to Jerry "we changed that it's too many... never mind. Let The Fair Of New Beginnings Begin!"

Every one cheered music started playing. Carl then tapped me asking "can I go play with my friends I've there?"

I looked over to where he was pointing to, two boys were standing a little away smiling. "Yeah, just be careful," I said.

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I was hanging out with Henry, him flirting with me here and then and me pretending to ignore it. We eventually met up with Enid, her boyfriend Alden, and a new guy named Luke.

"I know I technically lost our bet," said Luke.

"There's nothing technical about it, you just lost." Said Alden.

"Will you make him see reason?" Luke asked Enid.

"I don't even know what you two are arguing about." She said.

"I'm playing guitar before the movie tonight. I'm trying to make a night with Luke a night with like and friends."

I laughed

"Oh, come on," Enid laughed too. "I mean, you can't let him go on stage by himself. You are doing this, I want to hear my crooner boyfriend croon."

I laughed but it quickly stopped when the word boyfriends processed into my head.

"Song for her man" Luke song, "sing for her"

A snort cane out of me as I walked away to be alone for a second.

Man, what a way to destroy the mood for me.

I was sitting at a table when two kids came up. "So your one of us now huh?"

"Sorry have we met?" I asked.

"We're friends of Addy's." Said the other dude.

"Who's Addy?" I asked.

"She's uh, she's got a thing for Henry." Said the first kid now sitting down opposite from me. "I'd say by the look of it he's got a thing for her too."

"Like I care."

"We're a tight community, we loon out for each other. So you're going to be living with us, right? Hope you don't plan on causing any problems"