Dear Zombie

chapter 13

It's been about 2 years since the apocalypse started.......

we all lost so many people that were important in our life.

my mum, my dad.... then my sister... that little boy Sam, gone too.

there's only 4 off us now,  just me Katy and Noah and Harp.

After what happened to Tess we decided to leave the city, so at the moment were in a little country town in North Savannah. so i guess this is where the story should start....

"Bridget!" screams Katy waking me up, i get up and walk out of my tent, to fine Katy's doll like face looking u at me.

"yeah" i say rubbing my eyes

"Noah told me to tell you he's going into town" she says

"okay, have you had breakfast?" i ask

She nods no

me and Noah to start a 'relationship' so now were basically boyfriend and girlfriend.

i go over to our campfire and put a pan on the coals.

"i'm just going down to the creek okay?" I say

"okay" says Katy cheerfully

'how can she be so happy in  this world?'

i grab my cross bow and my gun and knife, i was planning to catch some fish.

about ten minutes later i made it down to the little creek, enough to drink, catch and wash in.

i scoop up the water in my hands and wash my face.

i hear a russel behind me i immediately put my bow up

"show yourself" i say

Noah comes out from behind a tree, i put my bow down, my heart pounding

"sorry i didn't mean to scare you" he says grabbing my hand

"it's okay" i say kissing him on the cheek

"i thought you were in town?" i ask confused

"i was, but i couldn't find anything so i came back a little earlier" he says hugging me

i laugh

"what?" he asks

"you such a teddy bear" i giggle

Noah laughs with me

i caught a couple of salmon so we both headed back to the camp togther.

when we got there harp was up and sitting next to the camp fire with Katy

"hey love bugs" says Harp

"hey" i say walking up to her and giving her a hug.

"any luck?" she asks hungrily

" i got a couple of salmon" i say showing the bleeding fish

" i'll go gut them" sighs Harp taking the fish and walking of to a log with her hunter knife.

"So Katy, why don't you go feed the horses?" i say pointing over at the Horses tied to a tree

"Okay" says Katy running over to the horses

i rub my back stretching to wake up.

Harp came back with the gutted fish putting them on the pan with a sizzle.

I walk back to my tent putting on my sweater on and brush my brittle hair.

I sit down on my stretcher and relax, i picked up my book that i hardly read called 'blank stars'.

it was one that i'd always wanted forever, but i never got it, so know everything is basically free.

I sat in my tent reading every single word on each of the pages i felt like it's been years since i've written or read anything.

As i finished a chapter Noah comes in hiding his hand behind his back

"what have you got?" i ask confused as i sit up on my bed

He slips a little box wrapped in brown paper

" is that for me?" i ask smiling

"open it" he says passing it to me.

I rip off the paper revealing a little wooden box, i opened the box to find a silver bracelet with a little Eiffel tower and heart on it.

"where did you get this?" i ask

Noah doesn't answer, he comes up taking the bracelet and my hand, putting it swiftly onto my wrist.

"take care of this, i-it was going to be your sisters but then you know the break up happened so i'm giving it to you" he says huskily

i couldn't help but kiss him

"thank you" i say

I could feel Noah's lips curl into a smile against mine.

After an hour of playing around in my tent we decided to go have some breakfast with Harp and Katy.

The salmon was powdered, Harp's specialty of cooking, but other than that it was nice.

"i'm going into town" i say standing up and brushing off the dirt.

"be careful" says Katy half done her meal

"Yeah if anything happens we can't really reach you, so just- keep safe" Says Harp

I grabbed one of the horses, jumping onto the saddle with my cross bow

"if i'm not back by dark don't bother looking for me" i say

As i gallop off down the dirt road i noticed how Harp had been unsteady pretty often, ever since Tess died she has. i tried not to worry to much.

As i strutted into the town i thought that it would good to get some food.

I jumped of the horse letting it walk around browsing. I walk into a shop full of spices and herds

"maybe we can make some good stuff with this" i say to myself looking through the herbs and jars trying to find some good things to use.

I herd the horse neighing outside i walk outside to find the horse's ears perked up on the point

"what's wrong girl?" i ask patting the horses brittle main

It still stared in the direction we came from.

I looked hard into the sun trying to figure out what she was looking at

I figure appeared over the hill, limping and struggling to stand, i tilt my head to the side taking out my cross bow and loading it with an arrow, i point it at the figures head.

The body limped and fell, rolling down a little until he ended up in front of me, coughing and twitching.

"are you okay?" i say kneeling trying to find any bites

"please -h-help me" he coughs

he looked horrible, cuts covered his body,blood soaking his clothes and coming from his mouth

my nose burnt from the scent of the copper smelling blood.

I couldn't leave him so i dragged him to the horse, pushing him up onto the saddle.

I took the lead walking the horse along the road back to the camp.

I knew that Harp wouldn't be happy, but i couldn't leave him there to die it's already happened once.

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