I want to tell you right off the bat, that I don't believe that zombies should be quick and run. Its just not logical! So, this was written in the sense that zombies are slow son of a guns. These zombies are more based on the book Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (excellent book, highly suggested by moi) with just a bit of Dawn of the Dead zombie-ness. With that, I hope you enjoy:-D

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VyVy Dang hated mornings, especially when she had been up all night doing a stupid project for her world history class. She finished the project, of course, but at the result of sleeping in an hour late. Now, as she climbed up the stairs to her 0 period class, she regretted the decision of finishing it. She took a sip of the energy drink that she loathed so much and jogged tiredly the rest of the way to class.

The loud noise of talkative teens greeted her as she sat down at her desk, destroyed by graffiti and bubblegum. She set her bag on the floor under her desk and sat her falsely advertised energy drink on "J+A" written on the upper right corner of her desk.

"You're lucky. Our sub is late today," a voice whispered from behind VyVy and she turned around to see her friend, Annie. VyVy instantly smiled when Annie's face grinned at her.

"I wonder if he is old," VyVy thought outloud and Annie giggled silently.

"Old? You just want some eyecandy, hon," Annie laughed.

"Nu uh," she protested, rolling her eyes, and turned around to her book.

"Liar."

"Vy, read," another friend, Lynne, said to VyVy after she tossed a worn notebook onto the desk. Lynne was what one would call an obsessed wrestling fan. So obsessed, that she wrote a short story about her dating Randy Orton. As usual, VyVy opened the notebook and began to read.

"Hey Lynne, did you hear what was on the news?" asked Annie.

"Yeah. Its insane, huh?" Lynne responded with false interest.

"Seriously! I knew something liket his was going to happen but it still surprises me!"

VyVy turned back to Annie and Lynne after being unable to concentrate on the romance with Randy, who was about to propose to Lynne's character after a car crash that almost ended in death.

"What happened? I slept in late. Whats going on?" VyVy asked and looked at the two teenagers next to her.

"Well, believe it or not, theres a new virus of something taking hold of people all around the world. They don't know anything except its like rabies but spreads like tuberculosis! Victims have bite marks that get infected and are complaing of fever, chills, acute pains in the joints, vomiting, and slight dementia! Its just reached America and England and already hospitals are overflowing!" Annie explained with enthusiasm, her green eyes bright with excitement.

"Yeah and all the doctors are comepletely baffled," Lynne added.

"Wow. Thats kind of scary," VyVy said honestly.

"You know what it sounds like?" Annie asked with a smile.

"A new form of rabies?" Lynne answered uncertainly.

"No, zombies!" Annie answered and Lynne groaned.

"Annie- Honey, no. Zombies don't exist."

"Psh! With all the testing nowadays its certainly -"

"Not possible. You know, even if it was just a flu, Annie would think zombies or aliens were behind it!" Lynne said with a laugh.

"HaHa. So funny!" Annie pouted and stuck her tongue out at Lynne, like a child whose lunch was stolen. "Plus, it wouldn't be aliens."

"Why wouldn't it be aliens?" VyVy asked, stepping in.

"Because aliens don't exist, silly!" Annie answered, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Alright guys, lets quiet down and start class," the substitute said as he walked in, immediately walking to the board and writing "Mr. Daylewood" with a blue expo marker on the white board. Mr. Daylewood turned to the class and smiled. He was indeed handsome, with dark hair that was barely spiked and bright hazel eyes.

"He's cute!" Lynne whispered with a giggle.

"My deepest apologies for arriving late. I had to take my mother to the hospital. She had that sickness that is going around. Let me take roll," Mr. Daylewood explained as he walked to our teacher's desk.

"Not as cute as Tristan, but still a looker," Annie gushed about her boyfriend, Tristan.

"Shushie!" Lynne said with a smile.

"Oh, shushie you!" Annie laughed and Lynne joined. Leave it to Annie and Lynne to laugh over nothing at all.

"Can I have it quiet while I take roll?" Mr. Daylewood asked politely as he pulled a file.

"VyVy Dang?"

"Present."

"Jessica Gomez?"

"Here."

"Lynne Green?"

"Hi!"

"Hello. Kyle Hernandez?"

"Here."

"Kylie Hernandez?"

"Here."

"Annie Pottinger?"

"HEEEEEEEERE!"

"Tom Rider?"

"Yeah?"

"I take it you are here. Mary Sanchez?"

Silence.

"Mary?"

"DITCHING!" called out Jessica.

"Absent. Samual Tiftin?"

"Here.

"Aaaand. Tuan Tran?"

"Here."

And so the beginning of the day started with 0 period, making all the students tired. Annie was going off about the whole outburst when they were supposed to be answering the questions assigned to them and VyVy could see the annoyance grow on Lynne's face, but Annie was so entranced and was waving her hands in pure excitement.

"You know, the bodies are disappearing, right? Just. . . BAM! Gone. Like men's morals when a hot chick with a big set of honkers walks in!" Annie whispered.

"Nice example," Lynne said as she scribbled in her notebook.

"What do you mean?" VyVy asked. An "I can't believe it, get ready" smile crossed Annie's face.

"The bodies. They are disappearing. Original victims. The attackers. All gone. There are even people claiming the government is behind it!" Annie explained.

"Why is it always the government that gets blamed?" Lynne asked, looking over.

"Why? Because people are paranoid. The government is the first thing that comes to mind when these sort of things happen."

"Yeah. The same people who believe that zombies are taking over the world!"

"Thats kind of creepy though. The whole body disappearing thing," VyVy said, making Annie turn her head to her instead of scowling at Lynne.

"Its zombies, I tell you!" Annie said with a smile.

"ITS NOT A FREAKING ZOMBIE, ANNIE!" Lynne snapped, her voice a little above a whisper. Annie blinked at her, as if she kind of expected it but wanted to look surprised, and VyVy gave Lynne a look.

"Lynne, what you don't understand is that there are people who do underground research and experiments, and God only knows what else on other countries."

Annie resituated herself on the chair so she was leaning closer to Lynne, licked her lips, and continued.

"Who knows what some of these sick-os wame up with? Have you ever thought of that? There are brilliant but morbid people out there. Look at Adolf Hitler. Brilliant, but insane, man. There are people out there that think like that still! Perhaps they believe that they are trying to clean out those that aren't strong enough to continue life and create a new world. I'm not saying I am 100, But I am saying that anything is possible."

VyVy and Lynne were silent as they looked at eachother and then back at Annie who had the most serious look any of them had seen on her. What if Annie was right? What if everything she was saying was comletely accurate and this disease was a slow ticking bomb, ready to obliterate all of man?

"But then again, maybe I am just a paranoid treehugger!" Annie said with a laugh as her mood changed completely to the happy-go-lucky girl everyone saw her as. The sudden transition made VyVy jump in slight surprise but Lynne seemed unaffected by it.

"Annie how do you know so much?" Lynne asked.

"You don't watch b-movies and hope nothing sprouts up!" Annie said smiling.

"Like that Frankenfish movie you love so much?" VyVy asked with a small smile.

"Yes, but that was about genetically engineered snakeheads, not zombies," Annie asnwered.

"Well, yeah, of course," Lynne said and bit her lip, feeling uneasy.

"Lets change the subject, huh?" VyVy offered and wrote the answer to a question after giving it a brief read. Silence again.

"I like M&Ms," Annie said randomly.

"What?!" Lynne asked laughing.

"Change of subject!" Annie answered laughing as well. Once again, the two were just laughing and all VyVy could do was roll her eyes and continue her work.

The rest of the period went off in silence. It was the typical day at the highschool. VyVy, Lynne, and Annie did their work. Jessica was sitting in the corner texting with her pink Razor cellphone and listening to her iPod. The twins, Kyle and Kylie, were talking about the latest sports game on ESPN. Tom was just sitting at his desk with headphones on and jamming to his rock music. Probably something like The Sex Pistols or The Clash. He liked them. And last but not least (or probably least), Samual and Tuan were talking about how much they wanted to "screw the hell" out of hot women, from Jessica Alba and Charlize Theron to Scarlett Johansson and Elisha Cuthbert. Mr. Daylewod was just watching the class, not knowing exactly what to do.

The sound of the vice principle came on over the speakers.

"Students and teachers, we are having a minor situation and would very much appreciate it if all those in the top floor of the H building meet up in H24 and those in the top J buildings meet up in J 24. Again, this is just a minor situation and we will get it taken care of immediately. Your full cooperation would be extremely helpful."

Then, there was the sound of the microphone turning off and all was quiet. For a moment.

"Yay! Everyone in the top H building is coming here!" Annie beamed, connecting the dots.

"A little slow there, Annie," Lynne laughed and gathered all her books, putting them in her backpack and Annie copied her. Only the H and J buildings were double-leveled. All the other classrooms were one leveled.

"That means Tristan will be here!" Annie said and burst into schoolgirl giggles.

"And so the PDA starts!" Lynne said sarcastically and VyVy laughed. Still, the girls (and everyone else, for that matter), were still wondering what the situation was. They don't just merge classes together without explanation, right?