Ellis woke with a start. 'Oh, it was just 'nother one of those dreams...' he thought to himself as he climbed out of the bed he was lying in.
He, along with the other three survivors, had been rescued via chopper a fortnight ago. They were now having to reside in a large building complex, half-full of other people who had been rescused by various people. They in turn, had been saved by the military, luckily escaping death as they were just about to blow up the bridge they had crossed to get to safety. The military had then dropped the survivors off at this said building complex, It being a safe haven, away from any form of infected.
The room that the hick was sat in was pretty much the same as every other room in the building. It had a bed, a small set of drawers and a little seperate room, with a toilet and sink. Each corridor had their own showers, being easy to share with the corridor having only six rooms on it. The second floor of the complex had a canteen-esque room, where the survivors could go eat. Fluids were also readily available on that floor.
Ellis had made new friends on his perilous journey; Zoey, Louis and Francis. He often saw them around the building, liking to stop and have a chat with them, as well as recall tales of him and his best buddy Keith whenever he had the chance to. Rochelle, Coach and Nick also often talked to the 23 year old, but with them being seperated throughout the building, it was sometimes a struggle to find his new friends.
The young man wandered over to the sink, turning on the tap to splash water over his face, hating the fact that, despite the fact he's safe, he keeps having dreams about stuff thats happened. His dreams also seemed to twist and turn towards the end, confusing him in many ways. "I don' get it... why do I keep dreamin' about Nick like that..." he muttered to himself, as he looked at his damp face in the mirror.
During the time he and Nick had spent together, Nick was usually harsh, always calling him names and telling him to shut up, even though Ellis always looked upto Nick, and complimented him whenever he did a good job at killing infected. Nick only really gave Ellis positive comments toward the end of their ordeal, occasionally telling him that he was doing a good job, or that his ideas were alright, he even occasionally asked about the Midnight Riders. Ellis wasn't sure how he felt about Nick, he would feel happy whenever Nick was nice to him, like he accepted him.
"Stupid apocalypse... gettin' my mind all mixed up about stuff..." Ellis then added to his last comment. Partly worried that spending too much time with other guys had made him start to yearn for them. "That Zoey girl sure is purdy though..."
He then smirked at himself, heading towards the door to go have a look-see if anyone was out in the corridors, after all, it'd be lunch time pretty soon.
"Oh? I thought Ro was kidding when she told me you liked Zoey." Muttered a smug voice, just as Ellis walked out the door.
"Nick! What'chya doing outside my door?.. wait, ya heard that?" Ellis said, somewhat dumbfounded.
"I felt like coming by to see how you were doing, you haven't spoken to me in a while... almost like you're avoiding me."
"Naw, Nick, I wouldn't do that, after all that we' been through together 'n stuff..."
Ellis partly knew Nick only came by to give him a little hassle, though he did wonder if Nick really cared about him at all.
"Come down and have food with me, Overalls..." Nick said bluntly, almost in a demanding tone. He knew that Ellis would follow him and say yes eitherway, the kid looked upto him, in a perculiar way.
"Ok, tha's cool with me Nick... It'd be awesome to spend more time with ya, like we're buddies an' stuff!" Ellis said enthusiatically, almost exactly after Nick mentioned the word food.
Nick smirked, whilst slipping his hands into his pockets. He loved it when people obeyed him. Usually, he'd throw a comeback at Ellis for calling them buddies, but he left it, he now understood that the boy got excited real easily, heck, he almost felt jealous at how optimistic Ellis had been throughout their time together, from when they met at the top of that god forsaken hospital.
The younger of the two quickly sorted himself out, before heading down with his friend, and what seemed to be a crush. "So, um, Nick... what'chya thinkin' a doing when we can finally leave this place?" He asked, not liking the silence between them, it feeling somewhat awkward, though only from his POV.
The con-man shrugged, keeping his hands tucked nicely in the pockets of his white pants. "I haven't really thought about it... probably just go back to what I do best, gambling. What about you overalls?" He said in his usual tone of voice.
"Uh, umm... well if I can go back to my auto' shop, probably see if Keith an' Dave're still alive." He replied, before pausing shortly. "...Or might jus' try find someone to -be- with..." The kid added, whilst simultaniously scratching the back of his head embarressedly.
Nick nodded. He wasn't too sure how to reply, was Ellis hinting at something? Or was he on about Zoey. Either way, Nick didn't really care much. He just wanted to get out as soon as he could.
The two men had arrived at the canteen, fairly basic hot food was set out, as well as sandwiches and a few other bits. Obviously CEDA had military officers patroling, incase anyone not-immune to the infected had snuck past, desperate for survival. However, they seemed pretty laid back about the whole situation in general, afterall, people wanted freedom, and they weren't getting it stuck in some huge building.
Nick and Ellis were sat at a small table, both having sandwiches, not much conversation going between them: mainly Ellis making odd comments and Nick agreeing.
"I swear I overheard some other people talkin' 'bout there being some small bar in here.. I bet ya'd love that Nick!" Ellis conversed to his friend, just after finishing off his food.
Nick raised a brow curiously. "When did you hear this?"
"Yesterday maybe? Can't remember exactly, but they said it was on the third floor. Officers said they were gonna try it out, and permit it as long as there was no fightin'..." Ellis said enthusicastically, obviously happy that he'd caught Nicks attention a fair amount.
"Overalls... thats the best thing I've heard in quite a while!" Nick said with a grin on his lips, suddenly standing up.
Ellis grinned back at the smart looking man before him, before getting up himself. "Ya wanna go check it out now?"
- Also also also, D: Sorry if it's shit. The storyline I have set in my mind seemed awesome when it played out in my head. It's hard as I'm having to make new stuff up, whilst considering everything like CEDA and whatnot that happened in the storyline, whilst trying to keep the chars not-OOC, but being OOC with smut. :P Now I'm just ranting. Ughgghgh, I swear I'ma keep upto this one, for you all. I aleady got one fav' on this! ^w^ yeey.
AN: Hurrrrr. I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense carrying on from the first chapter. The first ones supposed to be Ellis' dream. x.x I'm bad at coming up with titles. I have ALOT planned for this. I wanna make a nice long, deep fic. xD