It's been a while, I kinda wanna get back into the flow of things... hopefully you guys are still around. I'll probably post once a week or every two weeks til the story is done. It'll probably be about ten chapters total. Thanks for reading. :)

Chapter 3- Kyla's Choice

"I could lose my job Kyla, how could you have told her!"

"She's not gonna say anything, Angel why are you being so..."

"Don't you dare turn this around on me. I told you something in private and what do you do, you tell the first person that ask the information of you." Angel stops pacing and turns to look at me. "What if she asks Ashley about it, Ashley's gonna know that it was-"

"I'm sorry Angel..." I pause and stand up from the couch I was sitting on. "She was distraught over Ashley being so busy all the time and I just wanted her to understand the reason, that's all." I shrug as Angel sighs and comes to sit down next to me.

"I know that you wouldn't have just told her without a good reason, but I-"

"I won't do it again." I shake my head, turning to face my girlfriend. I tuck my left leg underneath my body as I grab her face to make her look at me. "I promise from now on anything you tell me I will keep between us. Okay?" I stare at her lovingly as she tries to hold her tough façade. She can never stay mad at me too long. Even with the Eric thing, she forgave me quickly and we got back together. The seven other times were no different either.

"This isn't like the Eric thing Ky, this is my life, our lives here."

"You really think my sister would fire you knowing she'd have to deal with me?" I ask with a chuckle but Angel doesn't look amused.

"You just don't get it, Ky." She shakes her head and stands up from the couch.

"I don't." I stand up with her. "So why don't you explain it to me." I try to look in her eyes but she keeps moving her head to avoid mine. "Angel."

"I need to go." She turns abruptly, but I grab her to keep her from walking away.

"She's not gonna tell anyone Angel, I already told her that no one could know."

"This isn't even about that!" She shouts, throwing her hands up. Okay, now I'm confused.

"I don't understand." I shake my head.

"Just forget it." She mimics my actions.

"No, I can't just forget about it."

"I have to go, Ky. We'll talk about this later." She grabs her bag and head towards the door. I run to step in front of her. I don't like the way this fight is ending. I feel like the fights we've had before have been about worse things but for some reason this feels... different.

"Angel?" I question.

She drops her head, sighing once again, but she doesn't say anything. She moves me to the side and walks away and with each step she takes my heart breaks.

–

"I'm sure it wasn't as bad as you're making it out to be, Ky. Maybe she just needs some time." Spencer tries to talk me down from this ledge I'm on. I just feel like I've lost the love of my life.

"You don't understand Spencer, you didn't see her face."

"After that whole Eric thing you guys didn't talk for what, like a week?" She throws out. Yeah, this isn't helping.

"You're not helping." I point out and she shrugs.

"Sorry, I'm just tryna make you see that this is Kyla and Angel. You guys fight and make up, it's just how you two work."

"Not like this though."

"I'm sure everything is gonna be fine."

"Yeah." I reply absentmindedly.

–

"Is that Eric?" Spencer turns and looks at me as a group of men and boys file into the city. I squint my eyes to try to get a better look. I don't know if that's him or not. I haven't seen him in almost four years I think. If that is him, my has he grown.

"I don't know." I reply, as the group moves closer to us.

"I think that is him, Ky. Oh my God." Spencer breathes out as the boy reaches us.

"Hey." The taller, tanned, muscled boy says when he reaches us. I stammer over my words as I try to return a greeting.

I glance out the corner of my eye and see Spencer snickering at me. Really, Spencer? Really?

"Hey, Eric." She says to him. He turns from me and smiles as he pulls Spencer into a hug.

"Hey, Spencer. It's so good to see you." He pulls back and looks around. "This is quite some operation you guys are running here." He nods in approval.

"Yeah, I can't believe how far we've come in such a short time."

"Well, you guys have a great leader and co leader. We've heard about this place all over the U.S on our journey to cure the population, everyone wants to be here. They're calling it the New Washington DC."

"Really?" Spencer smiles proudly. "What have you been-"

"Hi." I interrupt their conversation with a word that was impossible to say just a few minutes ago. They both turn to look at me with wide smiles.

"I'm gonna go find Ash." Spencer thumbs towards "The White House."

"We've come to brief the president on what's going on with the cure, I should be up in a bit. I think everyone wants to clean up a little before heading over to meet with him. We've been traveling for over four days."

"Understandable, I'll see you in a bit then." Spencer leans over and hugs him again. "So good to see you again, Eric."

"You too, Spencer." He nods and smiles as Spencer turns and leaves. He turns back to me with a different smile, a smile saying something different from the one he'd had on for Spencer. "Hi, Kyla."

"You've been gone." I say simply. Not really what I wanted to say but those were the only words my brain could come up with.

"Yeah." He nods as he chuckles. He drops his head to look down at his hands then back up to me. "I had to, we're trying to cure the population after all, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember." I nod and it's my turn to play with my hands. My breath hitches when he grabs my chin and pulls my face up to look at him. This Eric, the one standing in front of me right now, this is not the same Eric that came to stay with us all those years ago. This one is strong and confident. This one is...

"I didn't want to leave, you know that. But I had to. Plus, you chose Angel, remember?"

"Stop asking me to remember things." I giggle and punch him in the arms. Wow, it's so toned.

"Sorry. So is there somewhere I can go to get cleaned up?"

"Yeah, you can come to mine and Angels place."

He quirks a brow. "Is that the best idea?"

"She's at work." I chuckle at shake my head at him. "But I'm sure she wouldn't mind either way, you're just getting cleaned up."

"Right." He nods as we head towards my home.

–

"Is there somewhere in particular I can take you Ms. Davies?" Jace, my driver asks.

"Um, no Jace. Home is good." I reply as I buckle my seat belt. He nods once as he puts the car in drive and pulls away from Spencer and Ashley's place.

As we're driving through the streets of the city we've rebuilt I can't help but let my mind drift. I don't know what's gonna happen with Angel this time. I can't help but feel a bit scared of losing her.

"Ms. Davies stay in the car!" Jace yells, pulling me from my thoughts. I narrow my eyes confused until I look out the window and see them. Dozen of walkers headed into the city through the south wall.

"Jace?" I question, a bit panicked. I haven't seen this many walkers in one place in years. How'd they even get in. Jace looks a bit flustered as he calls for backup on his radio. We can't move forward or back, we're surrounded.

"We need back up at the south wall, we're surrounded, I have the Vice Presidents sister. I repeat, I have the Vice Presidents sister."

"Jace, the window." The walkers in the back are starting to bang on the glass and I don't think it's gonna last long.

"Get down Ms. Davies." He commands me as the alarm blares throughout the city. An alarm we hoped we'd never have to sound. I drop my head as he takes his gun from his holster.

"You can't shoot them, Jace. We don't shoot walkers anymore." I shake my head, panic rushing through me.

"I don't think I'm going to have a choice." Jace climbs over the front seat to the backseat with me. As the walkers bang on the glass the car begins to rock. We sigh relief when we hear the shots being fired. But we know they aren't killing them, that they're just wounding them so they can capture them and cure them.

When the door rips open I lift my head up and see Carmen standing there.

I don't think I've ever been happier to see her.

"Come on." She holds out a hand for me to take. I grab her hand and she helps me out of the car, Jace closely behind me. "Your sister wants to see you." I look around at all the walkers that are now subdued on the ground and the officers giving them shots of the cure.

"Where's An-"

"She stayed behind to protect your sister. We didn't know if any of the walkers breach the inner city limits. We've still got two dozen officers out making sure none got through. The city is now on lock down." Carmen explains to me. I drop my head a little disappointed. I'm sure she heard over the radio that I was in harms way. If she really wanted to come, she would have done anything she could have to get here.

"Thanks Carm." I sigh out.

"I'm sure she wanted to be here." Carmen tells me as she puts a hand on my shoulder. The gesture a little comforting. "Jace, get Ms. Davies to the white house will you?"

"Yes ma'am." Jace replies, climbing back into the car. I get into the car and closing the door behind me. I watch as they continue to give shots of the cure to the walkers laying on the ground and Jace drives to avoid them.

I stare over at the south wall. How did the walkers even breach the security?

–

"Are you okay?" Ashley grabs me and pulls me into a hug.

"I'm fine." I shake my head and smile at my sister. I glance around her looking for Angel.

"She's doing something for me, she'll be back in a second."

"Did she um... is she still..."

"She wanted to go to you Ky, but protocol says she has to stay with me. She wanted to be there." Ashley tries to assure me, placing a hand on my shoulder, just like Carmen had done. "Did you see what happened?" She asks me as she walks over and takes a seat behind her desk.

"Not really." I shake my head. "I was kinda out of it a little."

"Right." She nods, grabbing something out of her desk drawer.

"What's that?" I question, she looks at me apprehensively, like it's something she shouldn't be sharing with me but she really wants to.

"I just got attacked by fifty zombies Ashley, I think I deserve to know what's on that little piece of paper." She sighs and rolls her eyes as she holds out the paper for me to take. I grab it from her hands and read it.

You can't stop what's coming. No matter what you do, or how hard you try. This city will be ours, we deserve it and there's nothing you can do to stop us.

Be warned.

We're coming for you.

"Where'd you get this?" I ask, handing it back to her.

"It was in the paperwork for the new solar panel installation in sector 12."

"Ashley, that means this is an inside job, there's no way this could-"

"I know." She nods, standing up from her head. "We have a traitor within our walls."

"Ashley..."

"Yeah, I know. We're gonna handle it."