Zoomers

Chapter 1.1 - Why

Life is disgusting. But I continue to smile since I've always wanted to be a happy girl. Why did I have to be a fraud.

Claire!

It was my mom. Oh well, more chores. 

Mom: Claire! You forgot to wash the dishes! Go wash the dishes. Or else I might take your privileges, you little-

Claire: Alright. Alright.

 But who cares, it's not like I'll live with you when I grow up.

July 2

Summer strikes the Earth, like salt in your toes, like your knees warm on your hearth. Sometimes I wonder why, I'm being used by people. Why was I born a weird dorky girl. Why do I have to display such a stupid cute girl on the outside. Yeah, but if you break the display case, it's just a pathetic lump of sand, formed into a sandcastle.

I step out of my house, and I see the rays of sunshine lighting up my face. My hair as dark as my eyes, and the sound of laughter filling up the atmosphere. 

I walk the path, and head to my friend, Scarlet's house.

Yeah, she keeps on bossing me around, but I guess she's ok. I honestly don't know if I'm being used right now. 

Oh, there you are. Yeah, sorry I'm busy today. I.. Gotta go somewhere.

That's Scarlet. She says mean stuff to me, and it usually makes me cry alot, but that's fine, since what she says is true. I see myself in the mirror, and it's 100% true.

Claire: Mkay, heehee, I'll just mmmm, walk around. Mmm, I'll be at the cafe if you need me! ^^

Scarlet: Alright. It's not like I'll even need you anyway.

I smile too much. Eheh.. Sorry ^^ 

I smile and stare, as Scarlet walks away, treating me like air. Not even a goodbye, not even a smile. I see her frown from behind, thinking.    'This little bitch named Claire should die.'

I drop the box, the donuts fell off. I bought it with my allowance, for me and Scarlet to snack on while hanging out happily, as I had planned in my head. But plans don't always come true, like dreams. 

I walk away, and head to the Cafe, since yeah, Scarlet has somewhere else to go. Upon reaching the Cafe

I take a seat on a comfy chair, I look out the window, and I saw Scarlet there. I saw the other people, also known as my 'friends', hanging out. They never invited me, it was a shame, but who cares, I'm just Claire anyway. Stupid, useless Claire, who sucks at everything. The Claire who's face doesn't match her 'act'. The stupid 14-year-old failure, which her parents had conceived. 

I force my tears to stay in my eyes, as I eat the donuts I was gonna share with Scarlet. I turn on my phone and look at my feed, as I see pictures of them hanging out without me. Aww, man. It would've been both nice and awkward if I were there. But like, I'm just a pathetic loser to them. I don't have anything better to do than vandalize my textbooks with doodles of anime girls, and my husbandos. Well, my friends aren't the losers I've always known. Ever since Middle School, they've started glowing up, and it made their egos boost. Now they're the exact opposites of their old selves. Sighing, I finish up my donuts and begin to walk my way home.

Yeah, I know this seems cliche, but there were zombies outside.

But the catch was, they didn't look like Hollywood Zombies. They were pretty much people with white eyes, and incredible speed. It looked like they could eat you out, I MEAN, not in a dirty way, but like, literally. They drooled of rabid saliva, and the fizzing foamy substance, spreading in their faces. That was it, my mind was blank, and the indie kid music playlist was looping on my head. I could see people bashing the 'zombies' with baseball bats and stuff. There was blood and fire everywhere, and the buildings were getting smashed. The zombies ran around in circles, like among us spacemen before entering the map. And they seemed super dumb. Lots of people were screaming and running around, as the sound of sirens filled the air, and there were helicopters piloted by zombies, for an unknown reason. And before I knew it, there were, alot of zombies flocking behind me.

Yeah, I RAN FOR MY LIFE, OF COURSE.

There I was, at the alleys.

Suddenly, someone grabbed me. Well, not someONE, but two people. 2 kids around my age, grabbed me by the arm and together, we ran quick. As the alleyway had gotten a dead end, there was a wire fence, and beyond it were the woods. They carried me up, and I fell down. They quickly made their way up the fence. 

Claire: Heeeey! Nu faaair! That hurt!! :,<

Sorry, but WE JUST NEEDED TO ESCAPE OK, THERES A CABIN WHERE WE COULD, LIKE HIDE. Yeah-

Yeah, her family owns like, first class cabi-

NONO like, there's already food there and-

Yeah and like, there's loads of rooms with air conditioning and they have like a generato-

Yeah, but my parents will kill me if-

YEAH LIKE YOUR PARENTS ARE STILL ALIVE WHEN THERE'S TONS OF ZOMBIES-

SHUT UP, you little-

Hey, it's true! Like-

OH HEY what's your name again? Like I-

Yeah-

Claire: Oh, mm My name is Claire! You could call me Claire~chan, or uhhh, Claire~san or something. And I've always wanted an apocalypse! Like, real life zombies, no parents, no chores, and free wifi, or something, yeah! 

Melanie: I'm Melanie, and my parents wanted me to be a nurse. But I don't give a shit. Yeah, you can call me Maki since I like that better than my real name, anyway.

Blake: I'm Blake, and this ehhem.. Voice cRaCk, is killing me. Just call me THE BLADE, since I like foot pictures. And I guess I'm retarded? I don't know. Anyway, I love Plague Doctors cause, they're like, so cool and stu-

Melanie grabbed both Claire and Blake's arms, and together, they ran from the zombies, flocking behind them.

Melanie: Wow this is like Attack on Titan lmao. I-

Yeah, and THAT was just the beginning. A lot of stuff happen once we set the mood. But for now, we're just dumb kids, who wanna be Netflix Original Protagonists.