"Pop hurry up!" Glenn yelled from downstairs.
"I'm hurrying!" I yelled back. Looking over my room I gave a small sigh of sadness. I didn't want to leave. But with the way things were going I had no choice but to.
I ran down the stairs and saw as Glenn emptied my cabinets of canned food.
"Babe you tell me to hurry and your still getting the food." I said with a small laugh.
"Shut up." Glenn said back with a small laugh.
I looked out the window and felt fear crawl at my already raw nerve's. All my neighbors were leaving many of them packing huge suitcases into their cars. I probably would have done the same but Glenn had said no. He told me to pack light which meant all of my clothes and shoes were to be left behind. In my backpack I had a 3 changes of clothes, hygiene products, and a small photo album.
It was still really early in the morning. The sun had only been out for an hour or so.
"Alright you ready? Its a long drive to Atlanta." Glenn said from next to me.
He too packed light. In my car he only had a backpack and a box of food. But now he carried a duffle bag filled with canned food and a single gun my dad had given me when I first moved into this house.
"Yeah I'm ready." I said as I grabbed his hand and he gave me a brief kiss before we left my house.
"You really think its true? About the refugee center?" I asked as we pulled out of the small driveway.
"I don't know. I want to believe its true but if not we'll be ok. We'll make it." Glenn said before he reached over and grabbed my hand.
"I know." I said. " I trust you"
I looked out the window and watched as the neighborhood I loved slipped by. I felt sadness enter me. This was supposed to be the place where I was going to spend the rest of my life. Glenn and I had found the house I had been living in together. He was supposed to be moving in to it next week.
But now that was just a stupid pipe dream. The world was ending.
It first started out as simple news reports here and there nothing was supposed to come of it. I thought for sure it was some stupid new drug. I didn't expect it to turn into a full rise of the dead. But it did and now the dead walked. The only way to kill them? Shooting them in the head.
Wiched sucked. I didn't know how to shoot that well.
The drive to Atlanta was long and quiet. I was consumed with thoughts of my mother. She was in Paris with my father and little sister. I had stayed behind because they're going to be gone for a year and I couldn't be away from Glenn that long.
Glenn and I had gotten together at a young age. We had been friends since we were kids and it seemed like the normal thing for us to do. Everyone had expected it so it had happened. We had been together now going on 6 years. I really did love him. We had meet in kindergarten when a bully had pushed Glenn down and called him a dumb Asian. I had gotten mad and threw my book at him hitting him in the nose and breaking it. I had been suspended for that. Once I came back to school Glenn and I became inseparable.
The whole reason I had gotten mad was because since I was a baby my parents had always instilled in me to respect everyone unless they give you a reason to lose it. That kid had. I had always been made fun of because of my untameable red hair and blue and green eyes.
"Oh man" Glenn said from next to me.
I looked up from my drawing and groaned as well. Because in front of us were miles of cars all waiting to get into the city.
"Damn it." I said as I threw my art book down on the seat.
"Guess were waiting" Glenn said from next to me.
"Looks like it" I said leaning over and resting my head on his shoulder. His arm went around me right away.
. . .
"My legs are cramping wanna get out for a little?" I said putting on my hat.
"Yeah" Glenn said as he opened his door.
As I stepped out I quickly threw my arms up and stretched my whole body.
"Hi cool hat" said a voice from next to me. I looked down and smiled at the kid. He was young maybe 10 or 11.
"Thanks it was a birthday present." I said.
"From your dad?" He asked.
"No my boyfriend." I said with a slight laugh.
"Oh that's cool too I guess" said the kid.
"Carl!?" I heard a woman yell and saw the kid turn his head.
"I'm over here mom!" The kid yelled.
At his yell I saw a man with black hair and a worried look walk over to us followed by a woman with brown hair and wearing the same expression.
"Man what did we tell you about wandering off" the man said to Carl before looking at me.
"Sorry." Carl said look at the ground.
"Carl you can't do that." The woman said.
"Sorry mom" he said still looking at the ground.
"Sorry my names Shane." The man said extending his arm towards me.
"Poppy" I said shaking his hand.
"What an odd name." He said.
"My parents are odd people." I said back with a smile.
I looked at the woman and extended my hand to her as well.
"I'm Lori." She said with a tight lipped smile.
"Hi everyone I'm Glenn" Glenn said walking back up to me.
"Where did you go off to?" I asked as he grabbed my hand.
"Met some new people." He said just as a older looking man followed by two blonde women walked up to us. Introductions were made and I met Dale, Andrea, and her sister Amy. Glenn met Lori, Carl, and Shane and together we all started talking. Over the day we met more people. We met Ed, Carol and their daughter Sofia. All together we talked about what was happening. But we were interrupted by the sounds of planes. A lot of them. All of them bombing the city.
It didn't take long before people started to panic and some even started to fight natural survival instincts taking over.
Glenn and I had reached toward each other when the first bomb dropped but we were suddenly ripped apart by the crowd. A man with a thick beard and had me and started to try and drag me with him while screaming about the need to save the women first. I screamed for Glenn and saw him trying hard to get through the crowd toward me but not being able to.
I looked at the man and tried getting him off me but with no use. I threw my first forward and was able to hit him square in the nose. He stumbled back and tried reaching for me again when a man in a tank top grabbed him.
"I think that means the lady doesn't want to go." The man said.
"But we have to save the women first. You don't understand she's the answer. She's the answer!" He yelled till the man in the tank top got an annoyed look and punched the man knocking him out. He looked over at me looking me up and down and gave me a sly grin.
Oh come on I thought. I was hoping this man was sane but I just went from a crazy man to a complete pervert.
"Don't worry baby doll. I only want a women if she comes willing." He said giving me a smile.
"Poppy!" I heard Glenn yell and turned around and ran right into his arms.
"Are you ok!?" He asked frantically running his hands over me.
"I'm fine" I said and turned toward the man who was giving me a dirty look now.
"Um he help me" I said feeling bad about not knowing his name.
"I'm sorry I don't know your name." I said voicing my thoughts.
"Merle." He said not extending his hand.
"Well thanks Merle." Glenn said with genuine gratitude.
"You should take better care of your girl" Merle said before walking off.
I looked at Glenn and shrugged. He put his arm around me walking back together to the car.
"Hey a few of us are getting out of here wanted to know if you wanted to join" Shane said walking to us.
Glenn and I looked and each other and nodded thinking the same thing.
"Were in" he said.
So together with a group of people we just met we left the crowded highway.
AN: I had been thinking of this story for a long time now so here it is. Hope you all enjoyed and just because this is starting doesn't mean I'm going to stop writing for Mixed Matched so don't worry. Haha let me know what you think! Thanks y'all love ya.
Oh and Btw I'm looking for a beta if anyone is interested let me know :) mainly for Mixed Matched but if someone wants to beta this then that's cool to