Hello everyone! Thanks for clicking on my story, this would be my first fanfiction to be published on ! I'm pretty excited to write this one, I've had it in my mind for a couple of weeks. I tried to make it a little different than the others and try not to give my characters so much knowledge of surviving in the outdoors, they were pretty normal people before all the world went to crap. I haven't really seen many fanfictions where it also shows the struggles of characters going through this huge change and I want to make a change in that. It also may be a little slow in the beginning, so it'll be some chapters before the characters follow up with the without further distractions.

I own nothing of the walking dead, just a fan who likes to write and read fanfiction. I only own the characters not mentioned in show.

You know, people have always said since I could remember "You have to take the opportunities that could help your future." or once I got into high school it turned into, "Where are you going to go after graduation? What are you planning to do?" well that's always what my teachers and peers would say every year we would enter into the new grade. I used to feel that I didn't know where I was going to go after high school, and that thought would scare me because I would always wonder what would I do? Changing what I guess I wanted to do at that time was a common occurrence for me, I would go from wanting to be a fireman and helping people to becoming an author and just have a "cozy life" that authors have. But it wasn't until I got to my junior year that I finally figured out my passion, pastry arts. This became something out of the blue that I never thought would happen, but I remember the day, I surprising was able to make different sweets and be able to go to a regional competition. Even though I didn't win, it became one of my happiest days and a revelation, this is something I wanted to do when I get out. But of course I never even got to graduate, well no one really could when people started getting sick and practically eating each other.

"Bye mom. Have a nice day love you." Walking out of my parents room I could hear my mom becoming flustered that she was running behind her schedule. This is kind of a common occurrence in my family, never really on time to anything movies, reservations you name it. But I, unlike my mother and sisters, like to make sure I am on time and have a timely planned out schedule for my daily events. It really does bother me to become late of anything, something I probably got from my dad.

"Ah! It's already 6:50?! Abby isn't even out of her pajamas and out of bed yet! Oh! But have a nice today also Sister, love you too!" my mother is such a scatter brain, but I love her. I love all of my family, it's the most important thing to me. There probably isn't anything I wouldn't do for them.

I walked out of my house and continued to down to the bus station when I see my neighbor also walking out of his house. Nathaniel Wood. Never really talked to the guy before, sure little things have been said between us for we have some classes together, but really no association outside of school. He is always dressing his best, always wore a dress shirt of some sort and dress shoes, he always was able to pull of the gentlemen look, something all the girls in choir would pick up. After a brief nod in acknowledgment to each other he got in his car and drove off to school. I was always scared to drive in the city, especially in a place like Atlanta.

Walking up to school I looked down at my watch and saw that school was going to start in 20 minutes, so I went to get breakfast and sat down with my friends. When I sat down I saw my friends looking a little chatty this morning, so raising my eyebrow I asked, "What's up with you guys this morning. You guys aren't usually this talkative until the last minutes before the bell to signal class to start." They all looked at me with worried and a little fearful glances. "Woah. Guys what's up? Did someone die or something?"

"Haven't you been listening to the news lately? Or even taken a good look around the place? People have been getting sick recently withing the weeks and it's just getting worse." Lizzy, my best friend, exclaimed quietly to me. Now that I think about it, more people have been missing school lately and obviously went over the strict rule of no more than 5 unexcused absents. "It concerns me that people have been going missing and then hearing that they have been found with blood pouring out of their mouths because they bit someone like a rabid animal." Lizzy looked off to the side and I saw the concern in her eyes, her boyfriend Mathew hasn't been at school for the past few days and I can see that it is making her fearing for him. I wrapped an arm around her and gave her a reassured smile.

"Well I have all my shots up to date. What about you guys?" All heads nodded at my table and I shot them all a grin, "See we have nothing to worry about now do we." They all gave me a small shaky smile of some sort and we continued to have our breakfast in silence, but then the bell had to ring at one point in the morning. All this talk out the recent virus going around made me concern for my family, what if some crazy person just came around and taken a bit out of them. I shook my head, no I shouldn't think of that. Nothing would happen to them.

I walked into my classroom and sat down at my desk. I looked out the window until my name was called by Mrs. Rivets.

"Ms. Becker is something the matter?" I looked over to her and shook my head. "Well okay then can you read the first passage on page 284 please." So I did as she requested. This is my life, the life of Alexandria Becker 17 years of age and in family of 6. Just a boring normal life of a teenager in Atlantic city. Just surviving my days in high school.

Welp guys that's all for today. I have to go to bed because it is 11:57pm and I have to wake up early to finish homework and shower. Hope you all liked it! I will try to update regularly, but with me being in my last year in high school that may be a little difficult. But until then!