Chapter 4
"I don't know man, that looks kinda fast." Darcy said as we stood in line for the Screaminf Oak roller coaster,
"Aww, someone chicken?" I started clucking like a chicken to make fun of her,
"I am not!" She blushed,
"Then prove it, we'll sit in the front of the rollercoaster, and this time don't pee your pants." I smirked,
"Th-the front?" She stuttered,
"Yeah, unless you're too chicken to do it." I taunted,
"I am not! I'll show you!" She went up to the rollercoaster and sat in the front, I sat next to her and the deal began...
*Present*
"What the hell is your problem?!" I asked Bianca after I helped Ellis up,
"What are you talking about?" She asked, innocently,
"Don't even go there, I saw you shoot that witch as Sophie was approaching it, you were trying to kill her." Nick sided with me,
"You're lying!" She accused,
"Now that I think about it, I did hear a gunshot from behind us." Rochelle said,
"Why would you guys think that I would do that? I'm just trying to get saved like you." She started fake crying,
no one was falling for it, except Coach, "Calm down y'all, maybe we need to rest a little bit, its getting dark out."
"Sounds good to me." Nick said, sitting down.
We got bored so we started playing crazy 8's, "Well... Maybe this time someone will actually save us." I said, laying down the jack of hearts,
"Or it could end like last time." Nick said,
"That ain't no shit." Ellis agreed. Bianca was sitting in the corner reading a book, she liked to be on her own for some reason.
Rochelle yawned, "I think it's time for bed."
"Yeah, I'll take first shift." Coach said getting up.
Everyone situated into a sleeping spot and rested, Ellis was obviously next to me, "Do you think this will ever turn back to normal?" He asked,
"It's hard to say." I said, looking at the tacky wallpaper and pink lights, "Probably not."
"Yeah, it would be a miracle if it did." He sighed, and not long after he was fast asleep. I decided to follow a few minutes later.
"Hey Sophia, wake up." Nick said, nudging me with his foot,
"My turn to take shift already?" I asked, getting up,
"Yeah."
"Okay." I sat up and stretched, "Night Nick." I sat over by the door,
"Night." He said, then fell asleep. About an hour into my shift Ellis shifted in his spot then woke up, "You okay?" I asked in a concern tone,
"Yeah, just an over active mind I suppose."
"Yeah, I know how that can be." I laughed halfheartedly. We sat and talked quietly for a bit,
"Sophia, can I tell you something?"
"Sure."
"Well, I really like you... A lot." He blushed,
I smiled, "Are you embarrassed to admit that you like me?"
"No..." I leaned forward and kissed him. When I pulled away he was speechless,
"It's okay, I like you a lot too." I smiled at him,
"So do you wanna uhm..." He stuttered,
"Date? Of course."
"Uh okay..." He smiled back,
"You should get back to sleep." I said, sitting back,
"Uh... Right." He went back to our corner and slept.
The next morning I woke up before everyone else, Ellis' arm was draped around me, slowly I moved it and got up. Coach was snoring in the corner, and I was surprised that it didn't wake anyone else up. I looked around and saw everyone asleep, I took this as an opportunity to eat my special snacks I have been saving. Quietly I opened the box of twinkies and pulled one out, the taste was incredible! I haven't eaten anything junkie in a few weeks, so this made it feel like I gained 10 pounds in one bite! I ate three more before I decided that it was enough and put the box back.
Right as I did that, Nick woke up, "Sophia?" He asked groggily,
"Yeah?"
"What time is it?"
"I don't know, I don't have a watch."
"Right." He sat up. We played poker (but had nothing to bet so it was boring) while the others slept,
"I swear Bianca tried to kill me yesterday." I whispered to him,
"I know, I saw her shoot that witch, she has issues... I bet she's infected." He whispered back,
"I quit, let's play something else." I threw my cards down,
"Agreed."
We ended up playing speed (if you dont know what that is look it is, its simple.), "She has issues." I said, throwing down a five,
"Like we said before, we'll keep a close eye on her." He replied, throwing a four then a five. I nodded in agreement.
Finally the others woke up and we got moving through the tunnel of love, "Ugh, this place makes me wanna throw up!" Nick exclaimed,
"I know, it looks like my Aunt Berta decorated the place." I said, and when my Aunt Berta decorates, it is not pretty.
Coach led us to the right, "Come on people, the less we complain the faster we can get the hell outta here."
"Yeah yeah." Nick said.
We waked through the tunnel, "The zombies must have given up on finding love." Nick joked on account of the lack of zombies that were in the tunnel,
"Into the swan maintenance room of love." Coach said, leading us into a storage room where the swans came from. This zombie apocalypse seemed to get weirder and weirder every place we went, Ellis smiled at me, I smiled back. A few minutes later we were in a room with a hole in the floor, "Okay, down there." Coach directed,
"Are you insane?!" Bianca exclaimed,
"Quit complaining and go!" I pushed her in, "Anyone else object?" I looked at them, no one said anything, "Good." I said, satisfied. Coach went in, then me, then the others, "This ways blocked." I said looking behind us,
"This way." Coach led us forward.
Not seconds later did a faint cry fill the air, "Oh not again." Nick grumbled,
"Hey, she just wanted somebody to love." I joked,
"Be careful guys." Coach warned.
Lucky for us the witch wasn't in our way, she was sitting off to the right wall, "If we walk quietly against the left wall, maybe we won't disturb her." I whispered,
"Good idea." Rochelle said. Bianca went first, followed by Nick, Ellis, Me, Rochelle, then Coach,
"That wasn't so bad." Ellis said,
"And look, an exit!" I pointed to a hole in the wall. We walked through it to reveal an open area with a roller coaster ahead, "Oh man, the Screaming Oak!" Ellis and I exclaimed at the same time,
"Let's check it out." Coach led us through a room to the coaster. Ellis beamed like a little kid looking in a candy shop window,
"This is so exciting," he said,
"It's blocked, doofus." Bianca said with her bitchy attitude,
"Oh shut up you bitch." I said,
"Quit bickering you two, we have an issue." Coach said, standing by a panel,
"What is it?" Rochelle asked,
"In order to get through we-"
"We get to ride the coaster?!" Ellis asked,
"Well, more like walk the track."
"It's a good thing this track doesn't have any loops." I sighed in relief,
"It's gonna be a pain in the ass to stay on the track and fight the zombies though." Nick said,
"Everyone ready?" Coach asked, we nodded.
We all hauled ass down the track, I wasn't really paying attention to the track, but I heard Bianca scream out in pain, a hunter was attacking her, I shot the hunter and helped her up, "Come on, we're almost there!" I shouted and ran down the hill and back up into a tunnel. Something grabbed me from behind, I jumped and quickly spun around to see Ellis, "Don't do that, you scared me!" I punched his shoulder,
he laughed, "Sorry." He kissed me again,
"Come on, we gotta turn off that alarm." I smiled and ran out of the tunnel.
Rochelle beat us to the alarm, "Saferoom is just ahead." She said, we waited for the rest to join us before moving on down into the Saferoom.