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Ch. 4
Everyone immediately shot out of their seats to find the source of the sound. We finally found it.
Jessica Stanley was standing in the middle of the lunch room with tears in her eyes. On the ground in front of her was Mike. I stepped closer and I could see that he was convulsing as if he were having a seizure.
"Someone help please!" Jessica was frantic as she crouched down and tried to still Mike's rapid movements. Mr. Volturi, the principal, came rushing into the cafeteria and whipped his phone out. By this time there was a crowd surrounding Jessica and the now unresponsive Mike. Alice and I were standing at one side of the crowd up front, and I could see Emmett on the opposite side. He looked at me and mouthed words, we need to go.
I looked at him in confusion and didn't make any move to leave. I felt Alice grab my hand and clench it tightly in her smaller one. I looked down at our hands and couldn't help but smile.
I could hear sirens in the distance getting closer. Jessica was now sobbing on his chest and I couldn't help but feel bad for her. She's been in love with Newton since freshman year, too bad he's such an asshole.
The ambulance finally arrived and the paramedics came running in with a stretcher. The guidance counselor, Ms. Heidi, had to literally drag Jessica away from Mike so that the paramedics could reach him. We all watched silently as they lifted him up, strapped him in, and took him away. It was so quiet and the sudden noise of Mr. Volturi clearing his throat startled us all.
"Ladies and Gentlemen due to what has happened I'm letting school out early. If you ride the bus don't worry I will contact our drivers and get them here immediately. If you have your own means of transportation than you may leave now. I'm sure Mr. Newton will be okay, but please send good thoughts his way. Be safe and I will see you all tomorrow." He turned and walked out.
Em walked to Alice and I, and he looked down at our hands with a smirk. I pulled my hand out of hers and crossed my arms.
"Well what are we waiting for let's go."
"Bella how can you be some calm about what just happened? Mike Newton just collapsed and start jerking around like a fish on land. I'm telling you that I'm right about what's been happening, and now Mike is infected too."
"Em I can understand why you would think that, but it's just not possible okay? So please just drop it and let's go." We made our way out to the parking lot and over to the very back where my rust monster was parked.
"Alice did you drive here?"
"No I was running late this morning and had to get dropped off by Aunt Esme."
"Okay just making sure."
I opened my door and saw that Em was already in the passenger seat. I helped Alice in the truck and slid in beside her. My truck came alive with a roar, and I backed out carefully seeing the traffic jam caused by everyone leaving all at once.
I finally got us out of there and drove towards our neighborhood.
"Do you guys want to come over and hang out at my place? Charlie should still be working."
Em merely nodded his head and Alice didn't object.
I pulled into the small asphalt drive way in front of my white two story house. It wasn't that big of a house but since it was just Charlie and me we had plenty of space. I looked next door at Em's house and saw that his parents weren't home, they must still be at work.
I unlocked the front door and told Em to close it behind us. We walked passed the kitchen, through the living room, and up the stairs to my bedroom.
"Bella I'm gonna go get some food and drinks for us okay?"
"That's fine just don't make a mess."
"I'll try my very best." He smiled coyly at me and I couldn't help but smile back. He was starting to act like his usual self. I didn't mean to be so harsh to him earlier but he was really starting to bug me with this whole zombie thing.
I led Alice to my room and I couldn't help but be nervous. I know we're not going to do anything, but I still had to wipe my hands against my jeans because they had started to sweat.
I took a seat on my queen sized bed and kicked off my shoes. Alice took a seat in the chair by my desk and set her purse on the floor.
"Alice could you hand me that remote right there? I want to see if there's anything on the news about what happened." She handed it to me and turned my flat screen on. As I was flipping through the channels to get to the news station Alice turned to look at me.
"Bella when Mike spoke to us in the lunchroom today why did he call you a d-dyke?" I tensed up and considered lying to her but with Em's big mouth and the fact that pretty much everyone in town knew I told her the truth.
"Because it's true. I'm a lesbian. Does that bother you?" I timidly looked at her and hoped that she wouldn't have a problem with it. I really liked Alice and the last thing I wanted to do was scare her away.
"No it doesn't bother me. We can't choose who we fall for." She spoke softly with a small smile on her face.
I didn't look away from her. I got lost in her eyes and I could see that she was being sincere. I know that I just met Alice but I could easily see myself falling for this girl.
The moment was ruined by Em barging into my room loudly with both his arms full of snacks and sodas for us. Alice instantly looked away from me with a burning blush on her porcelain cheeks and I cleared my throat nervously. Em, oblivious to the tension in the room, handed both of us a soda and dumped the snacks in the middle of the bed and laid down on his stomach facing the tv. I found the news channel and turned the volume up.
"Scientists and doctors are baffled by the alarming rate at which this mystery disease is spreading. What was once just a raging fever has now progressed into sudden seizure like symptoms. There is no information on whether or not this disease is air-bourn. All we know is that already millions of people have been infected, so please take whatever precautions necessary to protect yourself from contracting this lethal disease. Government officials are considering setting up a quarantine in the more populated areas of the country to try and control this outbreak. Tune back in at 8 o'clock for more updates. From Seattle, Washington, I'm Lauren Mallory."
I turned the tv off and looked at Em who hadn't moved his eyes from the now blank screen. Alice was looking at Emmett just as I was.
"Bella we have to leave and get somewhere safe. We don't have a lot time before these people die."
"If they're dying then all we need to do is stay inside so that we don't catch whatever this disease is. I'm sure we'll be fine."
"No, Bella we have to get somewhere safe before they come back to life."
"Jesus Christ Em really?! You need to stop with this fucking insane idea that zombies exist! I tried to be patient with you about this but enough is enough! There are no zombies and there's never going to be any zombies, get over it!" I was breathing heavy and could feel that my face was red. Em stood up from the bed and turned to look at me.
"Bella you need to wake the fuck up and get a clue!" He shouted at me. I was taken aback for a second, before my anger won out and I stood up from my bed and got in his face.
"I need to get a clue?! I'm not the one that thinks people are going to come back from the fucking dead! You're acting like a fucking crazy person, and you need to stop!" Em isn't that much taller than me so I was practically screaming in his face.
"Guys you need to stop!" Alice had stood up from chair and forced herself between us. I didn't take my eyes off of Em and he didn't look away either. Most people wouldn't have had the balls to stand up to someone as intimidating looking as Emmett, but I know he would never put his hands on me.
I could see the anger slowly leave Em's eyes and watched as he took a deep breath and took a step back. I did the same and looked sheepishly at floor. Emmett and I have bickered a lot over the years, but never like that. I knew I had to apologize.
"Emmett I'm sorry for yelling at you, it was wrong."
"No I'm sorry, maybe I am acting like a crazy person." He walked closer to me and Alice stepped out of the way.
"Well that may be true but I was acting like a bitch."
"Yeah but your my bitch."
"In your dreams."
"Yep."
I couldn't hold it in anymore and I burst out laughing. Em laughed with me and scooped me up in a bear hug. I squeezed him back tightly and smirked when he started gasping for air. I let go and he lowered my feet back to the floor. I looked over at Alice and saw her watching us with a smile on her face.
"Love you Belly."
"Love you too Emmie."
We jumped when we heard the front door open roughly and slam against the wall.
I looked at Em confusedly; Charlie shouldn't be home this early. We all walked out of my bedroom and slowly crept down the stairs. I felt goose bumps on my arms. Something just doesn't feel right, it was so quiet.
When we got down the steps and walked into the living room. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw this it was just Charlie. He must have gotten off early. I was about to approach him when I noticed something was wrong. He was just standing there with his back to us. I could hear him breathing heavily, and his hands were clenched at his sides.
"Charlie?"
He snapped his head back and slowly turned around to look at me. His face was covered in sweat, and he looked like hell. I could feel someone put their hand on my shoulder, I looked back and saw that it was Em. I tugged away from him to go to Charlie.
"Bella get away from him now." I didn't listen I just kept walking until I was a few feet away. Charlie didn't react he just continued to stare at me with a blank look on his face. He started breathing heavier until suddenly he dropped to the floor and started convulsing. I watched in horror as his eyes rolled back.
"Oh my God, Charlie! Emmett help me! Call 911!" Em walked over to me and instead of helping me hold Charlie down he grabbed me by my waist and lifted me away from him.
"Em what the hell are you doing?! Let me go!" I was thrashing in his arms but he wouldn't budge. I elbowed him in his side and he dropped me. I ran back to Charlie but he wasn't moving anymore, I looked at his chest to see that it was still.
"Charlie wake up. Please wake up!" I shook his shoulders as I felt hot tears slip down my cheeks and blur my vision.
"Please don't leave me, you can't! Charlie!" This cant be happening. I didn't speak anymore I just sat there crumpled on my knees and sobbed with my hands on his chest.
I don't know how much time had passed before I heard my name being called.
"Bella?" It was Alice. She came to me and put her hand on my shoulder. When I didn't respond she put her arms around me and lifted me to my feet. I didn't try to stop her as she turned me to face her. I could see tears in hers as she guided me towards the couch and sat me down and held me in her arms. None of this felt real.
Em came over to us and crouched down in front of me and grabbed my hand.
"Bella look at me." I slowly lifted my head and when my eyes met his I broke down all over again. He came and sat on the other side of me and cradled my head against his chest.
I don't know how long we sat there before Em spoke.
"I'll call for an ambulance." He began sit up but I clutched at his shirt.
"Please don't leave me Emmie." I looked in his eyes and saw pain in them. Emmett has always been a brother to me and I know he looked at Charlie as if he were a second father.
While we were looking at one another I heard Alice gasp.
We turned to look at her and saw her staring ahead. Em and I turned our heads and followed her gaze. I stopped breathing.
"Charlie?"
What will happen next? Next chapter shit is going down! That's all I'm gonna say. Please review and have a great weekend!
