"Damnit where are they.." Nick asked himself. Rochelle sat next to him trying to stop the blood that was rushing out of her arm.

"find..need..to."

Nick looked at her slightly confused. He'd realized since she'd been bitten her words were slurred and sometimes she'd just say things that were so incomprehensable even she herself didn't understand.

He didnt get that. How she didn't understand what she was saying but he just put it down to a side effect of being bitten.

"We really need to find you some help." Nick said as he stood up. He looked down at Rochelle who he could tell was finding it hard to breathe. She was a goner and they both knew it...they just refused to believe it.

"D..don't go" she said as she turned to look at him. He couldn't believe it. He was actually scared of Rochelle. She grabbed his hand tightly. Suddenly Nick had a change of attitude towards her he yanked his hand out of her grip and pulled out his pistol, pointing it at her head.

Rochelle's eyes widened. She stared at the gun then at Nick.

"Don't touch me!" He said in a threatening voice. They stared at eachother for a few seconds before Rochelle hurled up an un healthy amount of blood. Nick slowly moved backwards until his back was pressed against the metal door of the safe house.

"Nick!" She screamed desperatley as the blood continued to pour out of her mouth. With his free hand he grabbed hold of the door handle and pushed it open. When he was outside he ran. Rochelle's cries for help seemed to echo throughout the whole swamp.

He ran as fast as his legs would let him. Zombies clawed at him, tree branches smacked him in the face but it didn't stop him running. Suddenly he found himself lying in the filthy swamp water.

Looking behind him he saw a broken tree branch lying in the shallow water "damn branches" he muttered as he got to his feet. It was far too quiet for his liking. The silence gave him time to think about what'd he'd just done...he'd left Rochelle and didn't even feel one bit of guilt inside him.

A hand grabbed his shoulder and before he knew it he was back in the water being held down by an angry Rochelle. He stared at her in shock as she raised her hand which now seemed to have claws.

"NO! RO!" He begged trying to grab her arm and stop her from killing him "I'M SORRY! GOD I'M SO SORRY RO!"

She seemed to evily smile before letting out a very high pitched scream and letting her claws dig into his stomach. He yelped in pain before everything went black...

"AHHHHHH!" Nick screamed as his eyes shot open.

The two others looked over at him "well look who finally decided to wake up" Ellis said smiling

Coach chuckled "Nick you weren't having dirty dreams 'bout Ro were ya?"

"What! No!"

"well why were ya sayin' Ro constantley then?" Ellis smirked. Nick shook his head and stood up.

Just then the safe house door opened and Rochelle walked in. She glanced at Nick "well hello sleeping beauty. Finally decide to get your lazy ass off the floor huh?"

Nick just stared at her. He looked down at her hands and sighed when he saw her painted red nails.

"Uh are you okay?" She asked realizing the look of relief on his face

"Never been better sweetheart." He said before winking at her.

"Okay then" She said before going to walk past him. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into a hug. She stood there with Nick hugging her for a few moments before Nick finally realized what he was doing. He instantley let go of her and ran his hand through his hair trying to act cool.

"Did I jus' see that?" Ellis said as shocked as Ro was. Coach scratched his head before turning away from them again.

Rochelle smiled a little before walking past him.

He was actually glad it was just a dream. Not because if it wasn't he would've died but because if it wasn't...Rochelle would have died.

And he stuck to never saying that outloud.

~The End