The Infected & The Healer

Part 9

"Bella where is your boyfriend? Did he make you sad?" a voice whispered in my head while i was in a coma. "Dominic, he's gone. You won't see him with me anymore" I choked. My heart was breaking as I suddenly came to realize that of the 250 people I know only 20 of them were alive. Wait, I didn't know that. I didn't know if there are any left. I was shaking with grief. Dominic, the sweetest boy in my young teenage years cared about me and wanted to make sure I was ok. I missed him so much I was crying but I didn't know it. The little boy I had watched grow up was...gone....no he wasn't he was taken from me. That little boy had been almost like a son to me when I was 12. He was so delicate I wanted to break just so he could be strong. I couldn't stop trembling and crying because I had lost the little boy I used to babysit and feed him and care for him when his mom was away, which was often. I practically died when I realized he was gone but I felt someone touch my arm and I mumbled him name. "No it's not him it's Miles." Someone could only imagine what I did then. I cried. Like the little baby I used to babysit when his mom was away and he didn't see me. I physically and mentally broke. I cried his name and looked to see my skinny arms with white skin. I was utterly shocked because being Latin you would be expecting to see caramel colored skin not seeing it chalk white. Miles came into my focus and I practically read his thoughts. "What did I say?" I sobbed. "You were talking about someone named Dominic, who is he, your brother, first boyfriend?" I hissed at him but he seemed not to care that I, Bella, had HISSED at him. "He was a lite boy I used to sit and practically mother." The room was silent and I stopped breathing when I heard sneakers squeaking in the nearby hallway with sadness and sorrow. I got up on my feet and walked towards the door not even caring I had only a XXXLarge T-shirt on me but I literally bawled as I saw Dominic, now 6 years old, walking with his head down. He bumped into me, looked up at me, started to say sorry and started to cry as he jumped into my arms. I hugged him so much Miles growled and said he would tell the crew that I had woken up. I wiped my eyes and looked at practically my little boy who found his sister, his best friend, but mostly he found me, his practical mom. I hadn't realized it was so quiet after Dominic and I stopped crying. It was like no one else was alive except for the both of us. Then I heard more shuffling with little bells ringing. I was shaking with joy that Ava a little girl who I also sat for was alive. She was wearing a lime green shirt and watermelon shorts with her hair up in a ponytail with bells attached. I couldn't believe how much they had both grown. Dominic was 6 and Ava was 8. I wondered how they got here at Violet but I realized I wasn't at the apartment I had been used to for the 3 weeks at Violet but I was in a hotel room. I looked out my windows and saw water fountains, pools and the Gulf of Mexico to my right. I was staring at Sarasota one of my favorite annual business trips with my mom. June sometimes came but she would never leave the hotel. Now that I had thought about her I was curious and stepped outside my door but Dominic and Ava grabbed my hand and said"We saw your old boyfriend he tried to come in but we told him to go away". I forgot to tell them that we were dating again but all I said was"he can talk to me, I forgive him". I told them to follow me and we walked into the room that my room was ad jointed to when I should've know which rooms were on my left and right and who they belonged to. On my left was Jojo's room and on my right was Miles' room. I walked into Jojo's room and found a green sweatshirt I had gotten him for Christmas 2 years ago, I was deeply happy that he still had it. I took it and told Dominic and Ava to wait there while I changed into the sweatshirt and jeans. I picked them up and we all went down the stairs to go find everyone. We heard a few voices and heard my name amongst the hushed chatter. "She drank her own blood! That's evidence that there is something up with that chick" I heard most of the guys say. The only voice I didn't hear was Max's and Jojo's .I instantly felt ashamed that I had put myself into a coma. He must've been so worried. But I was wrong when I heard him say that he had a scar exactly like mine and said we had a bond. I was shattered. He was one of the only few people I trusted with my life and love. I had to find Miles and Max. I told Ava and Dominic to tell all the boys that I was awake and I wasn't in my room. I stayed hidden in a secluded library. I heard Dominic and Ava telling the guys what I told them. Jojo rose and said nothing as he walked towards the study. I jumped into a closet that held blankets and held my breath. He leaned on the door and I felt a tear rolling down my cheek as he slid down the door and sighed deeply. He knew that I could find my way around Sarasota even if I was blindfolded. I started to breathe again when he left. I creaked the door open and I listened to see if anyone was near but I heard nothing. I stepped out and sat on a couch. Feeling like I was going to cry I buried myself into a pillow and started to bawl. I wasn't even awake to see the zombies staring at me through the window but when I heard a gunshot I jumped up and ran right into Bert. He asked where Ava and Dominic were and looked around frantically. I received the same look he had and we ran in different directions to look for them while the zombies invaded the hotel. At least 15 of them were out side. I wondered if this was the biggest mob that had hit us and I panicked. I dashed to my room and threw my bed over finding a stash of knives. I strapped them to my arms and fashioned two knife hands. If I were to punch someone in the gut there would be five knives in his stomach. I threw myself from the second story inside the building and landed on a corpse. I slashed and stabbed one after another. I remembered the betrayal I felt towards Jojo and Miles. I remembered Ava and Dominic lost somewhere in the hotel probably looking for someone and not running into something. Then after several minutes I was the only one on the main floor as I looked around murderously for more to kill.