"Cameron." Breathed Jay holding his hand out while still blown away it was him and Sean cleared his throat but nodded and slapped his hand into Jay's.

They manly hugged for a second and pulled away. Sean nodded at Kelly before speaking to Jay again, "Your friend's not going to make it very long."

Sean looked up to attic where he knew the others were hiding, its when he made the choice to shoot #2. If he didn't, they would of killed them anyways. The governments soldiers were just killing everyone because they didn't want to risk a chance for every infected town was being literally burned down with everyone in it.

He couldn't let #2 kill Spinner, or Jay..and maybe deep down it was also because of the fact they might know where she was. When Sean was told his army team were being sent back here to help fight off the zombies..his first thoughts were going back to her, to save her.

"You guys can come out now." Jay shouted up to Spinner and Jane, insisting they could trust Sean.

Sean watched them come down while behind him, Manny and Emma crawled out quietly. Emma stood there like a deer in the headlights. She tried to shake it off, and act normal. How do you act normal when you've been anything but your whole life and you've just walked into the love of your life and ex in the middle of this zombie invasion?

Emma sucked in a shakey breath as Manny put an assuring hand on her arm and the two walked over.

Sean got back to talking, "I don't mean to be blunt, but your friend really is as good as dead."

"There you go with that friend thing," chuckled Jay, seeing over Sean's shoulder that the girls were coming over. Just wait til Sean finds out who this Kelly really is.

As Manny went to Jay, Sean turned his head to glance back and notice Manny. He turned, wondering if that meant Emma too. She had avoided his eyes and went to Kelly, Kelly breathed sadly, putting his hands on Emma's shoulder, whispering something in her ear as he leaned his forehead down on hers.

She closed her eyes. She had heard what Sean had said.. Kelly was dying. It was a horrible thing for a human to go through, and scariest.

Sean stopped staring at the two and blinked before turning back toward Jay. He caught Jay's smirk and scowled at him, "Anyone else bit?" he asked.

As they all nodded and said yes, Sean glanced once more at Emma, he knew it was too wierd to talk now.. but he needed to make sure she was okay. She lifted her eyes slowly, and finally met his gaze before she nodded.

He nodded back and looked down. This..this BOY, this walking threat beside Emma, was her boyfriend. "You guys got a car?" he asked.

Lucas nodded for everyone who awkwardly stood there, even Jane felt the tension and saw the way this hottie was eyeing Emma down. Kelly did too, and narrowed his eyes at Sean who didn't notice nor would care.

"Cop cars, out back." Lucas said, "Behind the barn."

Sean looked a bit, impressed. "Awesome. Lets go then."

"I don't want to ride in a car with him, is he going to turn into one of those things?" Lucas snapped while eyeing Kelly up and down.

"Can't just leave him here, Lucas." Emma spat back. Even if this was Lucas right now who was bitten, she wouldn't just leave him behind to die like this.

"He will turn." Sean said promisingly, earning a slight glare at Emma. Did he have to be so crued about it? Emma watched his stare turn to Kelly and turn cold for a second, until washing it away and actually pitied the guy. "Fine. I'll drive with you two. Jay you drive the others."

Jay nodded, "Got it, Bam Bam."

Emma cursed in her head. Shit. Didn't think that through.. stuck with Kelly and Sean. Great.

"Where do we go?" Manny asked, looking at everyone and then Sean, he seemed he'd know more than all of them.

Sean stared down for a second and back up, "Somewhere big, where we can get supplies, a mall or something."

"I work at the mall, I have the keys to our store?" Jane offered and admitted, "Their might be some survivors in it, the night security.."

Sean nodded, "That's actually not a bad idea." He said.

Jane smiled proudly over to Spinner who grinned crookedly.

They began to race out and Sean turned to Emma, he knew this was going to be awkward, but this is what he wanted, he wanted to find Emma, wanted to stick by her side and protect her through this. If that meant help her new stupid boyfriend than fine, he'd be dead soon anyways- woah! Was that too mean?

Emma clenched her teeth and tried to help Kelly toward the door but he was so heavy. Sean huffed and went over, moving her to the side more and got Kelly in himself. Sean was after all the strongest out of the whole group.

Emma stepped away from him like he was fire, he took notice but tried to ignore as he closed the door after Kelly and him and Emma ran up to the front and got into the cop car.

As Sean drove, they took the back woods pathway to avoid the army on the main roads.

Sean snuck a glance at Emma to his right, she laid her head against the seat, staring out the window. She looked so upset.

Emma thought to herself..I'm selfish, I'm so damn selfish. I'm too in lala land to even really worry about Kelly because Sean is sitting right beside me. Am I suppose to rejoice that Sean's alive, and here with me..when Kelly is dying? Oh my god. Kelly is dying. Why wasn't there a cure?

Emma sat up and looked at Sean, he snapped his eyes away from her just in time. "Did you know this was going to happen to everyone?" she asked. No answer. She stared at him like he was a monster, and his heart broke knowing she knew he did. No wonder he drank a whole vodka bottle the last time she saw him.

Emma snickered bitterly, turning away from him. How could the army do this to their own world?

"we tried to stop it but the out break got bad. Really bad." Sean explained.

Emma watched as a deer ran through the nights forest, something so beautiful during this mess. She had to turn away from Sean because she couldn't even look at him because of this..and the fact he was so damn good looking still. Dammit.

They all sat there in silence, that is until they finally reached the mall. They parked behind the other cop car, and Manny got out and then the others. Emma looked at Sean and glanced at Kelly, he nodded, knowing she needed his help again with him, so she got out first and closed the door behind her before Sean got out.

"I want you to stop making googly eyes at my girl friend." Kelly finally spoke, threateningly. They both watched Emma in front of the car talking to Manny as they spoke.

Sean couldn't believe the guy, did he not know Emma had been his for at least 5 years? On and off maybe 6. Who the hell was this guy to think he could just tell him to 'stop'. It wasn't that easy even if Sean did try.

Sean couldn't help but taunt back, "Guys like you quickly realize that you can't come between us.." he muttered honestly. Peter did, Jay did..even Toby back when did. Kelly would too. Kelly madly shook, one because of the changing, two because of Sean's words.

"She doesn't want you anymore." Kelly confirmed, outraged Sean had just said that to him. He didn't know what it was but he spoke rather angirily which was very unlike him but it could of been from the bite. "Do you know who she comes to at night? Who she comes with at night?"

Sean gritted his teeth, about to nearly growl and he pushed his door open very madly. Everyone heard it and turned, watching him slam it close and burst the back door open. Sean leaned into the car, roughly pulling Kelly out and once Kelly stood, Sean carelessly let him go and stormed off.

It was taking him his all not to punch that guy in the face. How dare he say that about Emma? HIS Emma? Even Emma tilted her head to get a look at the scene. What just happened?

Sean stood with the guys and swallowed the lump in his throat as she just walked away, back to him.

"You okay?" Emma whispered to Kelly, putting her hand on his arm. Kelly glared at that hand, as if she cared. And what the hell was that? A friendly gester? Why wasn't she kissing him, crying out her love to him before he died?

Oh god, he knew it.. he was going to die. He could feel it, rising in him... Something taking over. Before he was dead though, he'd make sure Emma stayed as far away from Sean as she could.

Kelly put on his best game face and stood up on shakey legs, trying not to look so weak. "I'm feeling kind of better." He lied. He looked back down at Emma who smiled sadly up at him, and he glanced at Sean before he leaned down and kissed her softly yet deeply, cupping her face.

"Ahh.." Jane drifts, folding her arms with the group, "Young love in the middle of a zombie out break." Spinner chuckled beside her.

Sean bit the end of his tongue, looking away. Manny and Jay even shared a pitied look. It was hard for Sean seeing her kiss someone else, even his breathing got shakey and he went to to turn.

"SEAN!" hissed Jay, grabbing his friends arm as hard as he could, he knew the strength of this guy. Kelly was already half dead. Jay snickered and glanced at Kelly, back to Sean, "He's dying for fuck sakes, let him have his final moments."

Manny admitted, "He's a nice guy underneath it all."

Sean gave them both a look. Would Jay be telling him to to stop if he saw Manny's tongue down someone else' throat?

Manny then grumbled, "Not like you've been around to declare who belongs to you anyways.." she folded her arms. Jay and Spinner even raised their eyebrows and looked back at Sean to see his reaction.

Sean's eyes snapped to hers and Manny almost squeaked, wrapping her arms around Jay. Sean looked away, because it was true. He hadn't even realized it was a year and more since hes been back until he finally laid eyes on Emma, seeing the change in her, he knew it's been a while. He missed her like hell and more, but.. when stuff like this happened and you were trying your hardest to beat it and survive, time moved quickly.

He didn't mean to be gone for so long. He just didn't want the out break to come back here. Well, that didn't work out.

They heard some groaning, and that could only mean one thing. Zombies.

"Lets go, Jane get your work keys!" Demanded Sean. He, Spinner, Lucas and Jay raised their guns. Sean walked back to Emma and Kelly, focusing his eyes hard on Kelly as he grabbed Emma's arm, "We have to go, now."

Kelly's mouth twitched and he stood taller. Emma looked to Sean whose dark glare was on Kelly. What was going on? Oh god, jealousy? Right now!?

"You can walk, right Kel?" taunted Sean, raising an eyebrow and knowing Kelly was full of shit when he stating he was feeling better. You only felt worse and wore when you were bitten.

Kelly sneered and used all his might to walk with Emma to the mall.

Before they all made it inside, Emma was last. Kelly had went in before her and she got pulled back. Everyone turned when they heard her scream and she yelped as she noticed it was a zombie. She tried to kick and push the zombie away but others were circling around her and it grabbed her so hard she could only dive back and fell to the ground, trying to kick when he bent down.

Sean shoved through the others who could only stare in horror. It was natural for them to do so, Sean was just use to the horror plus if he lost Emma, none of this would matter. He ran after her, yanking the zombies head back who was on top of her and shot a bullet through his brain with a gun.

Emma cried out and shut her eyes tight."SEAN!"

Sean shot a zombie in his way and another zombie that was crawling towards Emma before grabbing her. Blood went everywhere.

Emma whimpered, crawling back up and she flew into his arms sobbing. He held her on reflex, and because he wanted to as he shot another zombie coming over. He'd die for her..

"Get inside!" he yelled at her, pushing her toward the door and turned to shoot another before he followed after her.

Jay and Lucas slammed the door shut and moved random chairs against it to keep it closed as everyone panted.

Kelly was standing against the wall still, trying to catch his breath as he glared up madly, watching Emma be pulled back into Sean's arms and she snuffled as she nuzzled his neck. Sean couldn't lie and say he wasn't enjoying it as he held her little figure to his.

Emma then finally got back to reality and blinked, she whipped her tears and pulled away from Sean before running over to Kelly. Kelly wanted to be mad at her, but he wanted Sean to suffer more so took her back in his own arms.

What the fuck? Sean thought, the fucker didn't even get up and help her! Sean would go to his wits end to make sure Emma was ok.

(((**)))

They had found the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor. Jane insisted that's where most of the stores were, and they'd get everything they needed there.

"Sanctuary, sanctuary!" cheered Spinner under his breath playfully. Guess it was too soon, he got glared at.

When the elevator dinged, and opened, a bunch of guns were shot up, pointing back at another as another group of people aimed their guns at them from the top floor.

"Wait, wait!" one girl said, pointing at Sean, "A soldier." The girl looked rather young, with wavy blonde hair and blue eyes with glasses. Pretty though.

"As if that will help us, they're the enemies too!" Said an older guy, a mall cop, with dark hair and buff features.

"We're not bitten." Insisted Manny, but then remembered Kelly and glanced at him as the older mall cop did too.

He nodded at Kelly, "What about that one? You think I'm stupid? I just had to shoot my own partner because he was turning. The boy has less than an hour." He insisted.

"Can we just stay here? Those things are down there" pleaded Jane.

He snickered, "Hell no." The blonde gave them a sad look until three other figures came running over. Paige, Alex and Ellie Nash.

"Wait! We know them." Paige yelled at the cop. The other girls nodded, Ellie looked wide eyed at Sean and looked him over with a twinkle in her eye. Emma noticed, and wanted to punch that eye and make it nice and blue.

Let the drama begin.

"That's our friends!" Ellie insisted but glanced at Manny, Emma, and some black haired girl she didn't know. "Well..sort of."

"Not really." Admitted Alex, crossing her arms, "But we know them. They're good." her and Jay shared a glare but she snickered. It was all in good fun!

"What about the walking death trap?" he asked, glancing wearily at Kelly.

"You said he has an hour?" Jane asked the mall cop. "Give him an hour then." She pleaded.

The mall cop clenched his jaw but then slowly nodded, letting them come in. They sighed in relief. Finally, safety

((***))

They found a fireplace store to lay Kelly in that was the closest, he leaned on some couch in front of a lit brick fire place and Emma sat on her knees in front of him as everyone left them alone.

Sean sadly took one glance back but walked off as Ellie walked beside him and said, "Wow, you two really can't get enough of another." She playfully said.

He narrowed his eyes but let a small smile out. If it was even obvious to his own ex that him and Emma weren't finished, then Emma had to know too. He never moved on, he always thought about her...was still crazy in love with her. He hoped badly she never stopped loving him too.

((**))

"I'm sorry this is happening." Emma whispered to Kelly, back in the store.

He was starting to bleed again where he was bit, and gasped, "I'm going to die." he looked around the ceiling above him fearfully.

"Don't say that." Emma said shaking her head and tears began to fall.

"It's true." He looked at her,"And you must be more than happy about it." He bitterly laughed but it turned into a coughing fit.

"How could you say that?" Emma asked, heartbroken by his words.

"knight in shining armor is back again, huh?" noted Kelly, "Sean."

"Kelly, stop. Please, not now." Emma begged, looking down and letting the tears fall down her cheeks.

"It's true." He snapped.

"I-I'm sorry. I can't help who I'm inlove with..I'm sorry Kelly, I'm so sorry" Tears poured down her face, "You think I didn't try not to? I hate what he did to me, and I hate that I'm doing this to you, right now. Your dying a-and theres nothing I can do about it. Everyones dying." She cried.

He sadly watched her lay her head on his knee and cry. He softly ran his hand through her hair and sighed. He softly admitted, "I just want you to be happy."

"You did make me happy Kelly." Emma insisted, looking up at him.

"For the mean time.." he said and raised an eyebrow at her, as if silently wishing to just tell him the truth before he had to go..

"I'm so sorry." Emma confessed. Sean.. Sean had her wrapped around his finger the way she had him on the palm of her hand. He had her heart since she laid eyes on him and Sean was never giving it back.

"Do me a last favor though? Before I die.." drifts Kelly, his eyes slowly shutting and he tried to fight it off.

"Sure." Emma said, nodding. Anything!

He grinned painfully, "At least put up a fight before you go back to him, make him squirm.. I hate the guy..he's all..buff and mucho." He breathed.

Emma had to crack a smile and laughed, nodding and sniffed again, the tears were still falling. God, he was really going to die.

"Get him in here.." sighed Kelly, "I'm ready. Tell him to aim for my head..I don't want to come back as one of those things."

Emma bit her lower lip but nodded, she saw the way even his eyes were starting to change. His viens were becoming more noticeable and near black. She went to go, but leaned back down and gave him one more kiss goodbye.

It wasn't two lovers kissing, Kelly understood that, just two friends having a kiss goodbye. She choked on a cry and pulled away, then went to go get Sean.

Emma couldn't go straight to him though and whispered to Jay, Jay wasn't her closest friend but he understood her, and wouldn't of made a scene. He nodded at her and went walking over to Sean.

"You want me to do it or do you?" Jay asked Sean who leaned on some mall cafe counter.

Sean turned and gave him a wierd look.

He shrugged and said, "Kelly's ready."

Sean swallowed and looked down as Paige and Alex stepped forward.

"Jesus we're really going to kill him?" Alex asked.

Manny spoke up from behind the guys, standing with Jane, "You haven't been out there, you haven't seen what we've seen!" she yelled.

The girls looked away but had to admit that was true, but killing someone sounded awful.

Jay cleared his throat and told Sean what Kelly had said, "Supposedly.. he wants you to do it."

"Maybe he knows you'd do it with pleasure." Smirked Alex.

"Alex." Sean said, glaring madly at her. He didn't miss her one bit, "Shut. Up." he growled and she frowned, doing so.

After some thought, instead of reaching for his gun, he took Jay's.

"I'll..do it." He nodded and went toward the fireplace shop. Kelly sat on a couch, blood all over until he sat up when Sean came in. Sean slowly stepped near Kelly.

"Take care of her?" Kelly had to ask as he bowed his head, waiting for the bullet to finish this.

Sean had a rough time nodding and swallowed hard, "I will." He raised the gun and furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to aim.

Why did Kelly want him to do it? Would Emma forever hate him for this?

"I knew she was unattainable when I met her," Kelly admitted, "Still, I went after her..knowing she had some ex issues.."

Sean pulled off the safety of the gun and aimed it at Kelly who now stopped breathing. Sean looked down sadly. He knew this part, he would change, eyes glowing black or grey or red, and leap up.

Finally, Kelly lept forward, growling and eyes red. Zombiefied

BANG!

Kelly fell back, dead.

Sean looked back, out of all people who did it, it was Paige.

"What? I don't want that thing coming after me." Paige eyed Sean, "I thought you were all strong and mighty enough to do it? Turns out, Miss cheerleader has to?" she joked.

"Ex cheerleader." Corrects Sean but still stared bluntly. Woah.

"Whatever." She shrugged, giving his gun back to him.

Sean looked back at Kellys body. He was dead.

(((**)))

"so what were you guys doing here?" asked the blonde, whose name they've found out was Maya, she stood next to her sister Katie who had colored black hair, was taller than Maya, and less shy.

Lucas leaned on the wall as everyone sat in the food court together. The mall cop took off his jacket, he was tattooed everywhere. Kind of had an asshole vibe coming off him. His name was Aaron.

"I work here, thought it'd be a safe place." Jane said.

Katie nodded, "It is. We had to kill the janitor but we think that was it." She confirmed, "Mall never opened when the virus got out so it's in the clear"

"Why did you guys come here?" Spinner asked Alex, Paige and Ellie.

"We work here." Alex said to Spin, raising an eyebrow. He knew that. He's been here before.

"The movies, duh." Paige said, shaking her head at her ex.

"Is there more of you?" Jay asked, sitting at a table with Manny. She gave him a look as if noting not to speak to her worse enemy and his ex lesbian girl friend.

Alex nodded, pointing to the other side of the mall, "There's a lot of bed shops in this mall, and furniture like The Brick. We have Poin Dexter and freakazoid over in there, watching the cameras." She explained.

Paige rolled her eyes at her girl friend while explaining to everyone, "She means Peter and Danny.. I think that's his name."

Manny had to snicker sharing a look with Jay, "Out of all people Peter had to make it, let alone in the same place as me." She joked and Jay shared a look with her

"Wait a minute!" Manny ran to where she said they'd be, "Danny?"

((**)))

And there Liberty's brother sat beside Peter, Peter was being quiet, and Danny looked like he got hit with a train, his eyes numb, and he got even sadder when he was Manny.

Liberty.. she must not have made it..

"No.." whispered Manny shaking her head and let a tear slip.

What is this I feel? Why is it so real?
What am I to say?

It's only love, it's only pain
It's only fear that runs through my veins
It's all the things you can't explain
That make us human

(Civil Twilight- Human)