January the 7th, 2011

I woke up feeling dizzy and sleepy, even though I was in a deep deep sleep. My eyes would open and close slowly, and my vision was horrible. I couldn't see anything. My hearing was pretty bad too. It sounded like a bomb just blew off, which made me hear this high-screething sound that covered the entire room. It was annoyingly loud.

Jenny Pitcher was the first to notice me. "HEY GUYS! John is up! He's okay." Her voice ringed in my ears like a phone never to stop ringing.

I heard all of my bandmates hurrying over just to check up on me. All of their shoes scuffing up the dirt that you could barely see on the marbled-floor. I couldn't see it, but since my hearing was so loud, I could hear all of the dirt flying everywhere. Then, someone else started racing up. It was Ben. He was the first to make it to me.

"OH MY GOD! John, ARE YOU OKAY? Can you hear me?" His voice pierced my ears and I winced as he kept blabbering on. "It was horrible. Just... just, so... so horrible. I, I don't know what happened. I-it all was so fast. You just... just fell. R-right t-then and there. I didn't know what to do! I really didn't... it was scary and... I just, just..."

I grabbed hold onto Ben's arm so he'd shut up.

"It's okay Ben." I stared at him and smiled. His eyes were covered with fear. "It's alright, really. Man you saved me and that's all what matters now. Don't worry about me. And... other thing, PLEASE STOP SHOUTING!" I yelled at him.

He jumped back a little, but then he realized I was kidding, and just laughed it off a bit. "Sorry man. I was just frightened. I thought you were hurt." He replied.

"I'm fine." I told him. Letting go of his arm, I sat up straighter and tried to look manly, even though everyone knew what just happened.

"Okay." Ben said. "But, when you fell, what exactly were you thinking about back there? What really happened? People don't fall like that. Well, not in the movies anyway."

'This isn't a movie Ben...' I sighed to myself. 'What a dork.'

Surprisingly, everyone else that was crowded around me wanted to know what happened as well. All my new bandmates stared at me, waiting for wait I was about to say next. It was actually pretty creepy... and it reminded me of those things out there.

"Um..." I stammered, still wondering what I should tell them. Finally, it came to conclusion that I should just let it all out. "Okay... well, here goes nothing." I sighed. Then looked down at the ground. "I was thinking about my sister, Zane." I said under my breath. At first, I thought no one heard me because I said that so quietly, but once I heard Carol Maple sigh, I knew they probably heard me.

"REALLY?! HER! Out of all the people you thought about HER!?" Her annoying voice screeched so loud I saw all my bandmates around me wince.

I felt good I wasn't the only one who did.

'Well yeah bitch. I thought about her because she was my family. My sister.'

"Of course I did. Why wouldn't I? I love Zane. She is my sister... of course! I bet you ten bucks you were thinking about CHARLOTTE once you saw those things coming our way."

Everyone gasped. No one has ever talked to Carol like that. I'm glad I finally found my courage for once.

Carol, of course, was shocked. "O.M.G. What did you just say to me boy?" She flipped her hair like a supermodel. 'Oh brother... here we go again.' I thought.

"You heard me princess." I sneered.

"You're just angry because of my sister? Huh? Isn't that the reason... right? Well John, my sister is a mini-me. Perfect, amazing, and SOOOO cute." She smiled and did a girly giggle. "You're probably just mad that my sister, Charlotte, always was better than her. HEY! It's not her fault Zane ran into her life... it was a total accident." She stomped her foot like she meant bussiness. Everyone knew she didn't.

"Well fuck you if you think that!" She kept her little rant going. "Fuck you John, just don't even think about taking to me anymore! I don't care about you and nether does anybody else! Why don't you go play with your little guitar... "JOHNNY'S BOY"." She laughed a mean laugh and trotted away. All my bandmates left to do other things also. Jenny was the only one who stayed with me.

"What a bitch." I heard Jenny Pitcher say to herself. Then she turned over to me and sat down next to me. "Don't worry John, she doesn't mean it... she was just mad. That's what she does whenever she's mad."

"I'm mad at myself."

"Awww... why?" She put her hand on my head, making sure I was okay.

"I'm okay." I told her. I took her hand and then our eyes meet.

Have I ever told you Jenny has very pretty eyes? No? Oh... well, she does. Her eyes are deep dark brown, yet so bright at the same time. Whenever she smiles her eyes both sparkle like the sunlight. They were so beautiful. I now know what Ben means.

"Are you sure?" She asked me again. "You look a bit dazed."

"I said I was okay, so that means I'm okay." I stared at her some more.

"Okay." Jenny laughed. She held my hand tighter. I saw her smile fade away and her eyes stared at the ground, they looked sad.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?" I asked her back. She gave me a look that said, "Don't fucking mess with me right now." "Hey, you asked me... now its my turn to ask you." I saw her roll her eyes at that remark.

"I'm..." She began, then slowly stopped. Stopped for a long time.

"You're what?"

"I don't really know how I feel!" She kinda yelled at me. Made me jump. "My god... I'm sorry John. It's just that a lot of things that are unexplained are happening..." Her voice trailed off. "It's really freaking me out, y'know? No one knows what's happening. I just want to go back home. To see my mother and father again."

She stopped again.

"To see my older sister..." She finished.

Our hands were still in-lock together. I couldn't help but to feel sorry for her. Everyone was sad, they all couldn't see their families and the ones they love. Even Carol, the most unheated person in the whole world missed her sister. It was obvoius. But for some reason I didn't feel their sadness. I felt Jenny's. And, no, not because we were holding hands... because she had a older sibling. Just like on how Zane has an older sibling... me.

I squeezed her hand tighter.

"It's okay." I told her. "Everything will be fine. You'll be able to see your sister soon."

"I really like you John." She looked up at me and smiled. "But i don't know if I can really believe that..."

I coughed. "I don't know if I believe myself much either." I told her honestly. I heard Jenny sniffle a few times. Then she looked up at me again. "My sister's name was Tammy. I called her Tam for short. She called me Jen for short."

I laughed. "Really?"

"Yeah." She smiled. "We used to play house on this abandoned playground. We used to bring sharpies and label our names on the wood of the playground-set so that other people could see our markings and label their own next Tam's and mine. Soon all different types of people wrote their names down... and we'd only go there to see if anyone else labeled their name." She looked up and smiled, then pointed at one of the guys. "Thats how I met Victor."

I looked over to where she was pointing, and saw a different kid. He was about the same height as Ben just a little taller. His hair was black, styled back and looked very wavy. Plus his eyes were blue.

"I didn't notice him at all." I said.

"Really?" Jenny asked. "Well, a lot of people don't notice him until someone points him out. He's very popular, and moves around a lot to talk to other people. His dad was in United Air Force... so that's why he doesn't look very overwhelmed. But trust me, he has absolutely NO TRAINING what-so ever. I can literally beat him in a arm wrestle." She laughed a little.

I laughed along with her. "Seriously? Wow... you must be a strong girl." I said.

"Oh... no." Jenny kept laughing. "I'm WAY too weak... that's why I'm surprised he can't beat me."

"You look strong and tough."

"No John. I'm really not. I get easily hurt... and it sucks. All the dumbass jocks that I had to play soccer in high school with were total jerks. They wouldn't even kick the ball towards me! I actually got the ball once, but I couldn't kick it in the goal. The goalie was too fast."

"I assume you like soccer?"

"I like to watch it... hate to play it. I hate jocks sometimes. You can rarely find a jock that's either not a dumbass, a rapist, a cheater, or a jerk." She looked over at me. "Are you a jock? If you were then... I'd actually date you, well, probably. You're really nice. Well... that's what I think anyway." She laughed.

"I used to play basketball." I replied. "I was on this team called "THE ZANERS". That's where I got my sister's name from."

"Whoa. Does your sister like that name?"

"I don't know. I think she appreciates it... I mean, it's a name...-"

"A name YOU gave her." Jenny finished my sentence.

"Yeah." I sighed, then smiled at Jenny. Jenny smiled back, while holding my hand, still.

Then something surprising happened. Jenny scooted closer to me, looked into my eyes, closed her's and then kissed my cheek. She didn't even hesitate. I did, though. When she finished, I was blushing like crazy, Jenny couldn't even stop from smirking.

She giggled. "Are you okay John? Your face is brighter than a firetruck."

I didn't say anything. I leaned over and kissed her lips. Kinda funny on how she didn't even move... she just let me do the kissing. We kissed for a while, and I could taste her lipstick. Which, by the way, did NOT taste like red cherries. It tasted pretty weird, but I didn't care though. Jenny was a pretty good kisser for a girl who's never had a boyfriend. I heard Ben tell me that yesterday.

After a while, I got up on top of her, and couldn't stop kissing. She didn't even mind. Then, I heard somebody clear their throat.

Embarrassed, I got off of Jenny quickly, and say who that was. Jenny got up too, her hair all over the place from me clinging to it and never stopping.

It was Ben.

"Are you two not even gunna stop to breathe?" He asked, sarcastically, then stared at me with a look that said, "What the hell man!? You do know that I have a crush on her! I told you just yesterday."

"Sorry Ben... I was just...-"

"I know what you were doing John." He cut me off. "I'm going to go, y'know... help everyone with boarding up the windows and doors so the ZOMBIES won't get it." Ben stared at me angrily.

"ZOMBIES?" Both Jenny and I shouted at the same time. We started laughing together after we did. I saw Ben roll his eyes at the corner of my eyes.

"Yeah, GENIUS... that thing that was going to BITE YOU. Pretty obvious it was that. David put two and two together and it came to realization those HAVE to be zombies." He paused. "Just like you two put your mouths together." He said, plainly. He was very very mad at me, I could tell.

"I get it Ben." I replied, hastily. "Look, I'm going to go take a nap... I'm still tired."

"Oh! So now you're tired... are you sure you aren't tired enough for another "MAKE OUT" session?"

"I'M GOING NOW!" I shouted at him, walking away. Making sure he was out of my sight, I sat down on the ground and closed my eyes. Soon, I was yet again, in a long sleep.