Yeah, sure it was tough getting to the safe haven that was provided for the immune survivors, but Nick, Rochelle, Coach, Ellis and myself got here in lost chunks and clawed marks. It was time to build a home in the refined area of the outbreak. Only a handful of people from each state were here and that didn't mean that there was some that died from the journey here or the risks.

But as the only few females, which total to fifty-six compared to two hundred guys... we were cared and praised for. That didn't mean everyone wanted to have each other's babies but it was to repopulate the earth... grand, but with who?

The women that came here usually were intertwined with the group already loving someone... and yes, the lesbians... they just got to get pregnant and care for one another... but the straights, we had to be like queens compared to men. Which I myself found off, I mean I get that people want to be with only one person so the rest of the men were doomed to be gay or alone.

I didn't have my sights set on anyone... I couldn't help it to think of my teammates, Nick, Coach, and Ellis... but Coach was a father figure to me, and Nick... well, he got to have several ladies wanting him to be his lover so that's a no go. Ellis was like a little brother to me, we've been through thick and thin but I'll give it as much chance as I do with Coach and Rochelle. It was like family...

So Ellis and I just hung out in a garage, he fixed cars and I would help him with it. Not much to talk about on my side since all I did was listen to Ellis' stories about Keith and friends. I'd listen, actually listen to his stories because someone would since we would always tell him "not now sweetie" or "shut up" whenever he talked on the outside of these walls... good grief we didn't even scratch the surface of his stories. Which was fine for me, I didn't talk often; and it's like Ellis was my mouth and words since he said everything for me.

I took a swig of a can of beer, people didn't want me drinking even if I was twenty years old. Just shy of the legal limit... but I did anyways, I survived this horrendous apocalypse! I deserve part of the fun of an adult! And the stress of me having to bare a child got to me, I saw the picks of the litter and damn I should've gotten Nick before others did. Even if he's an asshole.

"Hey, Sheila!" Ellis called from under the car giving me a nickname, making me look towards his feet. "Mind handing me a wrench?" He asked, pulling out from under the car and wiping his sweat. I grabbed onto it, twirling it in my hands and tossing it to his right hand afterwards. "Thanks, Doll." He smiled, going back under.

I was finished with my beer, but the can was halfway finished. I nudged Ellis' ankle and see him pull out again. I hand him my can, offering him to finish.

"Perfect!" He grinned, and took the chug on the drink to then press it against his chest send toss it to the corner of the room of all the rest of the empty cans. "We should empty that." He looked back at me, making me glare at him since I knew I was the one gonna have to do that.

"Later." I rolled my eyes as I was too lazy right now to deal with it. Ah, my first word of the day... at four in the afternoon. Ellis and I slept in the same house together, not the same bed unless I get stressed or fearful about zombies... then I would just sleep on the bed only grabbing his hand. That was about every one week anyways.

"She speaks!" Ellis pretends to be surprised even though I would usually have a hundred word limit a day. Compared to Ellis it's a hundredth of what he talks about. "I've been meaning ta' ask ya'... have yew' found out who's gonna be the daddy?" He brought up the awkward subject... he knew how much it bothered me, but if he brought it up it must be important.

"Nah..." I just answered bare to the question.

"I mean, I'm still tryna' to look for my love of my life... but I can't find Zoey and I've been losing interest..." Ellis went on, confusing me a tad. I raised my brow at him, making him glance away. "And I know that you don't want to find someone... and I need someone..." Ellis went on, as it became clear. God damn it.

"Ellis, you're like a brother." I cover my mouth in fear to speak more.

"It's not like that! I was gonna' ask if... uh... you'll have my child? Like no sex or anythin', no love I just want a child like me to raise and I can't cause it seems like all the girls are thinnin'!" Ellis already stood up and tried to get me to look him in the eye. "I want yew' to bare my child... as a friend?"

As a friend? How would that even be possible?

"Ellis-"

"Hear me out, I don't care who ya' end up with it's just... I want a kid... I know you don't want to have a guy out of the town so I think it'll be a win-win! They won't make yew' get pregnant with a random! We only have a month before ya' have to choice by random!" Ellis continued.

He was right, as a way we were gonna get babies in generations all women agreed to have kids around the same time and if we don't get pregnant, it was gonna be random. That was in a month, and its it's been a month and a half since we've came.

"I just... you're like a brother... it's weird."

"You wouldn't have ta' worry about romance from me!" Ellis put his hands up defense as if I was gonna slap him. "I just want a kid, cause none of these women want me!" Ellis begged for an offspring by me, but it was hard to imagine. "H-How about this, if yew' don't find someone before the random draw... you'll have one with me? It's better ta' know who the daddy is then to let them pick for ya'!" Ellis compromised.

Again, he was right.

"Ellis... I haven't even lost my virginity yet." I commented, making him stand back.

"We could use a turkey baster!" He smiled, making me cringe as it was the only way that the lesbians got pregnant.

"I wanna lose it to the father." My hands clutched into fists.

"Oh, shucks." Ellis knew it was a shutdown since the thought of us... doing it was like between family. I know he was a redneck, but he's not that redneck. "I just... I'm sorry." He apologized.

"But I'll do it," I told him, grabbing into his shoulder. "If I don't find anyone by the end of this month, I'll... have a child with you, but we're doing it like the lesbians!" That was the most I spoke, and I didn't want to talk for the rest of the day.

"Yee-haw!" He cheered. " I might get myself a son!"

Or daughter, but I wish for son too since the pressure of girls these days were just horrible.

Either way, I didn't to be paired with a random... and I didn't want to have a relationship with Ellis, it was tough but it was a way.