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Chapter 7
No day since then was ever the same. I was lying awake the next day with Amanda still asleep on top of me. My thoughts wandered about as I held her to me and listened to her peaceful breathing. She was my escape from reality. She made me forget everything that discouraged me, and she was my source of joy. Whenever she was not near me, I felt that all hope was lost. She shifted postitions, but still remained asleep. I smiled, kissed her on the top of her head, and went back to my thoughts. I thought back to when Kate and Travis had kissed each other.

I replayed the event in my mind over and over. The zombie in the window, JJ's expression when he saw them, the happiness that exploded from Travis and Kate's eyes. I tried thinking about it from an outsider's point of view. I realized that it seemed like Kate was easy. I know she isn't. You'd have to put yourself i our position. You're trapped in a building with the last four people alive on earth. Your family and friends are all dead. The people you once held so dearly are now dead or worse, trying to kill you. You can't talk to anyone else, and you can't go outside apart from the roof. There's a very slim chance that you will live for a long time. I shook my head. JJ and Kate was just odd. With Travis, Kate is happy. With JJ, she is content. I thought she was better off with Travis, because JJ would end up hurting her somehow. I shook my head again at my lack of faith in the others, but I really wasn't in a place to expect something better.

"Mike?" whispered Amanda while she moved around a little bit and yawned a couple of times.

I looked down at her and smiled. "I'm here. Did you have another bad dream or something?"

"I'm cold." she said. I went to feel her hand, but as soon as I lifted my arm, she slid her hands up the back of my shirt. I shook a little as her icy fingers pressed against my flesh. She laughed as I twitched and made faces from the feeling. The longer she held them there, the more used to it I got until eventually my body heat began to warm her hands. She made some sort of purring noise as she put her head back onto my chest.

I heard the doors of the room we were in burst open and Travis ran in quickly. He saw us together and turned a little bit pale from seeing us how we were. Instead of pulling her hands out of my shirt, Amanda squeezed me tighter.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting, but we have a little bit of a problem." Travis blurted quickly. Amanda pouted and kissed me before letting me get up to find out what the situation was. Travis led the way quickly to the roof, but he wouldn't tell me what was happening. We passed Kate who was standing at the bottom of the staircase leading to the roof, and she was biting her nails nervously. She didn't say a word when she saw us.

I squited as the sun hit my eyes on the roof. I heard swearing, and I eventually saw JJ walking along the edge of the roof back and forth. A glare of the sun's rays bounced from his hand into my eyes. I then saw that he was gripping a pistol tightly by his side, and he kept saying something quietly over and over. He noticed my presence, but he continued to pace back and forth quickly. I looked over to Travis.

"Two hours." was his answer. "For two hours."

I looked back up at JJ who seemed to gradually increase his speed. I moved closer to him, and he turned to face the zombie swarm before yelling out loudly.

"Fuckers! You zombie fuckers!!!" He spat out into the flood. "Cock sucker, mother fucker, ass-ramming pricks!"

I stopped moving and he turned to face Travis and I. He had a look in his eyes that I had never seen in a person before. I was a mixture of fear, anger, confusion, and clarity. He was breathing heavily, but he didn't seem to be looking at either Travis or myself. He was staring between us at nothing.

"What's left then?" he asked this nothingness. "These things have taken everything from me. My family. My friends. There's only one thing left that they can't take from me."

He placed the barrel of the gun under his chin and fired. I reached out and yelled out trying to stop him, but it was too late. The gun fell from his hands and bounced at his feet. It flew towards us and skidded to a halt between us. JJ stood up for a long while. I could see part of where the bullet made an exit wound at the top of his head. His eyes had already rolled into the back of his head. He eventually began to slowly fall backwards. Travis and I ran to him, but we couldn't catch him. It seemed to happen in slow motion. His body fell like a feather to the earth. Travis and I both lunged out to try and grab him, but we were too little too late. All we could do was stare at JJ's brainless body fall towards the flood. His body landed on top of a few of the zombies and crushed them. The others didn't even bother him. They just moved in to fill the empty gap and stood on the bodies. I never blinked through the whole event. I stayed there with my arm hanging off of the side of the building. Travis was the first to move away from the edge. I heard the door open, and the sound of heavy footsteps soon followed. I still hadn't moved when I heard the bloodcurtling screams come from Kate.

After a long while I managed to turn around and sit down with my back propped against the ledge where JJ used to be standing. I was staring at the handgun still laying in the gravel not to far from me. The rooftop door slowly opened and Amanda slowly walked out. She sniffled lightly as she walked over to me. She didn't bother to look over the edge at all. I just parted my arms and legs for her as she curled up into a ball at my chest. When I had locked my arms around her, the tears began to shed. I couldn't say anythng. I couldn't do anything. There were only four of us left now. Nothing could change that statistic. She cried in my arms until the sun went down. I didn't eat anything that day. I don't think anyone did.

I moved back down to the same place where I had woken up. By then Amanda had cried all she could. We had not spoken a word because we didn't need to. I plopped down onto the seat heavily and stretched myself out. Amanda crawled softly ontop of me. She kissed me deeply and slid her hands back up my shirt again. She squeezed to me as tightly as she could as she continued to kiss me.

After a long time, Amanda eventually rested her head on my should and fell asleep soundly. For some reason sleep did not evade me that night. I managed to pass on into the dream world as soon as my eyes closed.

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Chapter 7
No day since then was ever the same. I was lying awake the next day with Amanda still asleep on top of me. My thoughts wandered about as I held her to me and listened to her peaceful breathing. She was my escape from reality. She made me forget everything that discouraged me, and she was my source of joy. Whenever she was not near me, I felt that all hope was lost. She shifted postitions, but still remained asleep. I smiled, kissed her on the top of her head, and went back to my thoughts. I thought back to when Kate and Travis had kissed each other.

I replayed the event in my mind over and over. The zombie in the window, JJ's expression when he saw them, the happiness that exploded from Travis and Kate's eyes. I tried thinking about it from an outsider's point of view. I realized that it seemed like Kate was easy. I know she isn't. You'd have to put yourself i our position. You're trapped in a building with the last four people alive on earth. Your family and friends are all dead. The people you once held so dearly are now dead or worse, trying to kill you. You can't talk to anyone else, and you can't go outside apart from the roof. There's a very slim chance that you will live for a long time. I shook my head. JJ and Kate was just odd. With Travis, Kate is happy. With JJ, she is content. I thought she was better off with Travis, because JJ would end up hurting her somehow. I shook my head again at my lack of faith in the others, but I really wasn't in a place to expect something better.

"Mike?" whispered Amanda while she moved around a little bit and yawned a couple of times.

I looked down at her and smiled. "I'm here. Did you have another bad dream or something?"

"I'm cold." she said. I went to feel her hand, but as soon as I lifted my arm, she slid her hands up the back of my shirt. I shook a little as her icy fingers pressed against my flesh. She laughed as I twitched and made faces from the feeling. The longer she held them there, the more used to it I got until eventually my body heat began to warm her hands. She made some sort of purring noise as she put her head back onto my chest.

I heard the doors of the room we were in burst open and Travis ran in quickly. He saw us together and turned a little bit pale from seeing us how we were. Instead of pulling her hands out of my shirt, Amanda squeezed me tighter.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting, but we have a little bit of a problem." Travis blurted quickly. Amanda pouted and kissed me before letting me get up to find out what the situation was. Travis led the way quickly to the roof, but he wouldn't tell me what was happening. We passed Kate who was standing at the bottom of the staircase leading to the roof, and she was biting her nails nervously. She didn't say a word when she saw us.

I squited as the sun hit my eyes on the roof. I heard swearing, and I eventually saw JJ walking along the edge of the roof back and forth. A glare of the sun's rays bounced from his hand into my eyes. I then saw that he was gripping a pistol tightly by his side, and he kept saying something quietly over and over. He noticed my presence, but he continued to pace back and forth quickly. I looked over to Travis.

"Two hours." was his answer. "For two hours."

I looked back up at JJ who seemed to gradually increase his speed. I moved closer to him, and he turned to face the zombie swarm before yelling out loudly.

"Fuckers! You zombie fuckers!!!" He spat out into the flood. "Cock sucker, mother fucker, ass-ramming pricks!"

I stopped moving and he turned to face Travis and I. He had a look in his eyes that I had never seen in a person before. I was a mixture of fear, anger, confusion, and clarity. He was breathing heavily, but he didn't seem to be looking at either Travis or myself. He was staring between us at nothing.

"What's left then?" he asked this nothingness. "These things have taken everything from me. My family. My friends. There's only one thing left that they can't take from me."

He placed the barrel of the gun under his chin and fired. I reached out and yelled out trying to stop him, but it was too late. The gun fell from his hands and bounced at his feet. It flew towards us and skidded to a halt between us. JJ stood up for a long while. I could see part of where the bullet made an exit wound at the top of his head. His eyes had already rolled into the back of his head. He eventually began to slowly fall backwards. Travis and I ran to him, but we couldn't catch him. It seemed to happen in slow motion. His body fell like a feather to the earth. Travis and I both lunged out to try and grab him, but we were too little too late. All we could do was stare at JJ's brainless body fall towards the flood. His body landed on top of a few of the zombies and crushed them. The others didn't even bother him. They just moved in to fill the empty gap and stood on the bodies. I never blinked through the whole event. I stayed there with my arm hanging off of the side of the building. Travis was the first to move away from the edge. I heard the door open, and the sound of heavy footsteps soon followed. I still hadn't moved when I heard the bloodcurtling screams come from Kate.

After a long while I managed to turn around and sit down with my back propped against the ledge where JJ used to be standing. I was staring at the handgun still laying in the gravel not to far from me. The rooftop door slowly opened and Amanda slowly walked out. She sniffled lightly as she walked over to me. She didn't bother to look over the edge at all. I just parted my arms and legs for her as she curled up into a ball at my chest. When I had locked my arms around her, the tears began to shed. I couldn't say anythng. I couldn't do anything. There were only four of us left now. Nothing could change that statistic. She cried in my arms until the sun went down. I didn't eat anything that day. I don't think anyone did.

I moved back down to the same place where I had woken up. By then Amanda had cried all she could. We had not spoken a word because we didn't need to. I plopped down onto the seat heavily and stretched myself out. Amanda crawled softly ontop of me. She kissed me deeply and slid her hands back up my shirt again. She squeezed to me as tightly as she could as she continued to kiss me.

After a long time, Amanda eventually rested her head on my should and fell asleep soundly. For some reason sleep did not evade me that night. I managed to pass on into the dream world as soon as my eyes closed.