Ya know, im not one to have friends that will actually make an effort to visit me. I have never gone out on my own, ive pretty much stayed indoors due to neighborhood drama, so i was never allowed out, could never visit anyone. For one, all my friends are online, i have no friends in my town, Can't get to the friends i want cause they are all states away and one of them is even across the ocean. The friends that would visit me are bumfuck broke, just like me, But this one was different, Shes one of my best friends, Her name is Krista. both the same age her and I, She's one of those people i really really would hate to lose, She saved up money and worked her ass off and managed to come out and visit me, She lives in the middle of no-where, as do I, She's just one of the best people ive ever met and the fact i was getting to meet her in person now made me feel a bit, Strange.

She admitted to having feelings for me, Well, more like I knew and i called her out on it in a joking manner, hopeing she wouldnt slap me for making such an assumption, but in my mind i knew what I was doing, I WANTED to be right. and when she didnt dismiss what I said, she pretty much nodded a yes to it. My jaw dropped and i could feel my face burning up. Was pretty awesome considering the fact i was having a shitty night. which that fixed. I have a thing for her, i just sometimes wonder if she ever notices it. How oblivious she was to it. Which even if she was. It was cute. it was just one of the many things about her i loved.

Shes such an awesome girl. i wonder sometimes if im the only one who notices. Her ever changing hair colors, those pretty eyes of hers. and the button nose. and that cheeky smile, And the fact i could tell her so many perverted jokes and she'd laugh and either create more and add on to them, or blush depending on the joke, her eyes always looked so sparkley to me when she did that too, Blushed, giggled..And then her cherry flavored blow pops...Jeesus help me. Damn girl..

The day of her arrival she sent me a text when she was getting snacks from the store she stopped at in my town, Pretty much letting me know she made it, That was it, Panic consumed me, Was my hair ok? did this outfit look right? how was my make up? then i looked in the mirror and thought, Who the hell am i kidding, she isnt going to care about all that shit, I grabbed my shoes and ran out the door told my mom bye and told her to text me if she needs anything.

i sat down on the front porch waiting for her car to pull up in front of my house, paceing back and forth, with the knowledge of, i might be diging a trail as i was pacing back and forth, but i really didnt care, i was excited and happy that she was going to be staying the week with me. and I'd have her all to myself.

She drove up to my house and I just died. i felt my whole body just freeze. right there. thought to myself; "oh dear jeesus she's here"

We were out the whole day, it was the best day ever to me, radio blasting, singing songs on the radio. And it went from a beautiful day for an album of memories to a nightmare you wanted to supress and get therapy for if it came back. But this wasnt anything Therapy was going to really fix and i knew it from the start, Nor would there be any time for therapy. WE got home that night, back to my place, we heard screaming from down the road, Krista is well informed of my neighborhood, so at the time we just thought it was retarded people as always. We stepped foot into the house the lights were all off cept the living room light, I called out to my mom and no one answered. the kids were silent i thought they were asleep. i went upstairs to check, Krista following me shortly after, i went into the kids rooms they were gone, so was my mom.

"Evy!" Krista called out to me i was curious what was going on, and she just stood there and pointed into my mothers room behind the door. We both noticed the Clothes scattered everywhere behind the door, the clothes from the closet were gone, I ran to the trunks of clothing all of it was gone, even the kids clothes, the suit cases were missing too, Krista began to wonder around my house finding nothing but a mess everywhere, She wandered towards the bathroom noticing the red trails growing bigger as she reached the door,

i was searching around and heard only a muffled scream.

"Krista!" i ran to her i didnt know what else to do but that. i was just scared then.

"What happend!?"

"there" She pointed to the bathroom, she sounded like a scared mouse. I creeped towards the bathroom and just saw a man laying there, dead, his entire face was ripped off, entrails were scattered all over the floor. It was the most horrifying scene ive ever seen, and yet i just stood there still, showed no emotion, to be honest. i wasnt sure what emotion to give i was still unsure why the hell my family went missing, i took one of the towels off the rack and covered the man up with it. We heard banging from outside, Krista and i ran down stairs. we saw more men and women like them.. banging outside. on the screen door i closed the first door and barracaded it, So sure yet unsure what was happening.

"Krista?.."

"yeah Evy?"

"i think, we're a little bit fucked."

"Probably..What do we do?"

"im not even sure at this point. we gotta go"

We didnt even have to talk about it. We knew what was happening. we played enough games, watched enough movies to know what exactly was going on.

We ran around the house gathering whatever supplies we could find. and clothes i had that would fit both of us. she was taller than me so there wasnt much that i had. I ran up into the attic and i went to look for my mom's dagger, She had a habit of collecting weapons, it wasnt in its usual place. which means she must have taken it. which means my parents were gone and possibly safe and still alive, i knew my parents better than anyone else. They kept us safe and sound, kept us alive through everything. i had enough faith in my parents not to fuck this up, unlike other people, They probably wouldn't and they'd question my faith in my parents.. i ran back down the stairs, and we went out the door. we could see them running around. people scattering in the night, and the dead ones feasting upon the living, We'd always joke about this kinda shit too, we just didnt think it actually would happen, we got in the car and just drove. its all we could do really.

in the car driving over the bridge i thought out loud and said to Krista, "We should stop at walmart".

"For?"

"To see what people haven't raided yet."

"makes sense i suppose" Krista nodded and kept driving,

"we'll probably have to keep switching places too."

Again she nodded

We got to the walmart, Ive never seen the parking lot so empty. We cautiously walked into the walmart there were a few of them from what we could see infront of us. We grabbed shopping carts to use as battering rams, we ran towards the back where the guns would be. thankfully, There were some left, and some of the hunting knives. we took all we could grabbed a cart and shoved everything in it

As we were loading up the cart i heard a giggle come form krista, i looked at her with the look of "...what the fuck?"

And all she said was "Just thought of this joke. was funny."

"...Please, do tell."

"Why didn't the zombie cross the road?"

"ohgod.. Why?"

"because he had no guts"

I sighed and chuckled under my breath wiping the only tear i could shed, i knew if i kept crying i could lose focus. so i just stopped myself then and there.

We finished loading up the cart with supplies, medical, things we could use as weapons. Shovels, metal rakes. anything, metal bats were our preference, guns would just be a secondary use,, Only when needed,For emergencies ya know? took some food, energy drinks, extra clothes, flashlights, you name it, anything we could take. took extra of everything too in case of people we may pass by in DESPERATE need, Only trust those who would trust us, Even though that didn't seem like a good idea, we still went with it and used our instinct to our fullest extent. We got in our car and took off..