A/N:I don't really want this one to be all about love. feel free to express your ideas as I haven't written a fanfic for years. I'm trying my upmost to avoid all Mary sue ideology

Thanks for now but this might change

The Thick morning fog sat heavily around the low roots and shrubs in the moist Georgia air was humid and still as the sun rose on another late October morning.

The fog split and spiralled in to the air ahead of a stumbling form, the figure shambled past a particularly thick stack of undergrowth stacked up against a figure, completely unaware of how close a potential meal really was pressed fowards,with no more than a harsh dry moan escaping its foul lips, the figures left foot scraped past a large and rather battered branch, which had fallen the night before in high winds.

The branch collapsed further towards the tree. Followed by a high pitched squeal, just quiet enough to go unheard by the rotting figure.

Under the undergrowth lay a girl, she was rooted to the ground keeping as quiet as possible,her jeans already stained with mud were beginning to turn a new shade,a deep darkened red,she knew she had to keep as still as possible to stay silent,she couldn't look at her leg,not now she didn't want to face it yet.

Her name was jess. And this wasn't the first time she just decided to ignore her problems, in fact she'd never been one to wait around and face reality, in any fight or flight situation,she of chosen flight. So far it'd served her well, where all others failed by staying with their friends or going back for there family's,even with fighting the creatures now roaming the states, jess did none of that, she was yet to kill a single walker, she thought she was to smart to need to. That and she was weak,mentally and physically.

She lay still for what seemed like hours,eyes clenched shut while the cold wet air clutched at her clothing and caressed her grubby pale skin,tracing a shiver down her short slender spine. She was now whimpering as the freezing forest floor founded nothing but discomfort as she lay still on her belly being poked and scratched by debris left by last night's winds.

She knew she had to leave,it was now or never,she wanted to find somewhere to get food before noon, and she would need a place to stay before four.

She jerked up as cramp set in she knew last night this spot wasn't ideal. She scrambled to her feet in an attempt to get untangle from the thick roots that had become intertwined in her black dreadlocks she had carefully pulled into a big bun on her head. When she got dreadlocks she was 16 and she wanted to stand out and appear rebellious. Now she new they where a convenience,she didn't know how long it had been since the world went to shit but it was long enough for her dreadlocks to be grown out enough to just be in the bun on top of her head.

She pulled her way out of the undergrowth,her skin being pulled by thorns from all directions snagging her old leather jacket,that she stole from a rundown motel room closet just outside of atlanta last autumn.

The fog swirled around her as she drank in the open air that dived down her throat and took her breath hoped that tonight she would find a warmer place to stay but houses meant towns,and towns were riddled with the would rather stay on the outskirts.

Jess had to make a plan.

She pulled open her satchel, she wasn't doing well, all she had was a half bottle of water that had been leaking in her bag,

'shit,fuck!'

She pulled out an old flashlight which was dripping wet and she had nothing to dry off the parts with,it was apparent the flashlight was at the end of its days as she placed it down next to the emptying bottle of water, the map was slightly less worse for wear, although still pretty damaged.

There was no point in jess having a map for two reasons map was of kentucky and didn't even know enough about maps to realise that fact. Growing up map reading was an unnecessary skill seeing as how she always had the latest phones with built in satnavs and even then she never left her wifi zone.

Jess thought back on her life before when she spent the whole lift inside on the Internet,she wanted to regret it,she wanted to wish she'd spent more time outside,with friends.

But she didn't, she loved her life.