"I like their name!" I said.
We had stayed with the St. John's family for a few days, and we were already starting to get the hang of things staying around them. Terry and Jospeh never really got to see eye-to-eye, but they still did talk. Kate and Brenda were upstairs, sowing something. Terry was hunting for food. i was just chatting with my dad, Danny and his brother Andy.
"I like their name's because it reminds me of John! Yknow, the 'St. John' family." I giggled.
"That's right pumpkin." Dad said. He rustled my short hair. "Your hair is so different now that it's short. I actually really like it." He smiled at me.
"You're right." I smiled back. "I am really getting used to it now"
I heard giggling coming from upstairs. The next thing you knew, Brenda and my mom were rushing down the stairs. "That's hilarious!" Kate shouted. She giggled uncomfortably. "I know! The first time i heard it, I couldn't stop laughing either." Brenda wasn't laughing, but her smile was so wide.
Life was better. Much better. I felt safe, and so did my family. 'I think I I really like this place.' I thought to myself. 'I might as well stay her for a long time. These people are nice, and it's safe her.' Of course... I just thought that.
Terry rushed in the door... his expression on his face was both tiring, and confusing. I think he was about to yell.
"Hey dad." Danny was the first to talk. "What the hell happened? You look depressed."
"Bandits." Terry shouted. His face was bloodied up. "Those fuckers are messin' with us! They took our food! I saw OUR boxes in THIER camps! Those fuckers crossed the line!" His voice was cracked up, like he was about to cry. I knew he wasn't. "I'm gunna show em' a taste of their own medicine." He muttered under his breath.
"Hey... Terry!" Brenda half-shouted. "We have folks here, why don't you sit down?" She patted to a chair.
"Yeah, c'mon dad. Come chat with our new friends." I noticed Jospeh stammer at the word, 'friends'. It was obvious not ALL of us were friends yet. That included my dad and Terry. As I have said earlier, they don't see eye-to-eye.
Terry scowled. Jospeh laughed at him. "What? Do ya'll not care?! Do you not care about them bandits stealing our food and keeping it for THEMSELVES? How the hell do you think this happened? Hey, ya'll can not give two shits, but I DO give two shits about this mess, Imma go clean it up." Terry picked up his bow and arrows and started to head to the door.
"We gave it to them." Andy said, nervously. "What... what did you just say?" Terry asked, slowly turning around as he said this. Next thing you knew he was walking up to Danny and Andy, his eyes narrowed.
"We gave it to them." Andy repeated. This time, he sounded more confident. "We let them have it. That's why we aren't worried about it. Now sit down dad."
"What the fuck are you saying boy?" Terry leaned in closer to Andy. "YOU GAVE IT TO THEM? What?!"
My father rose up. "It was my idea. We made a deal with the bandits yesterday so that they wouldn't hurt my family. I saw them in the woods. They KNEW where we lived. They knew about this place. I didn't want to tell you about that because I knew you'd freak the fuck out. That's why I just told everyone else about it." Jospeh stated.
Terry turned to face my dad. "You... I should've known it was you. You motherfu-" He stormed up to him.
"STOP!" Kate pushed Terry away. "Leave my husband alone. He didn't do anything to you, so do as I say!" Terry stopped. "Please Terry. Just relax. We didn't mean to cause any trouble. And besides, in that same situation... what else would you do?"
He just shook his head and walked off. Once he left, dad started ranting on and on... "See? I told ya'll that he was a bad man. He could've killed someone! It was just some damn food! Who cares? I mean, yeah, we need a lot of food now, but god damn it I was jus trying to protect US. We live in a DAIRY FARM. We have plenty of fucking food. But he had to yell at us... my god." Dad stopped for a second, thinking about what to say next. "He's a bad example..." He trailed off, and then stared at me.
"What do you mean our father's a bad example?" Andy asked, looked dead into dad's eyes.
"To Zane." Dad finished. I was surprised by this.
"Wha...- What do you mean daddy?" I asked surprisingly.
"He could've hurt you, if we did fight..."
"But you didn't..." Danny cut him off. "He's not like that, yknow. Our dad's a good man. You just gotta get used to him." Then, they left.
Jospeh growled. Then he went upstairs, angry. "Oh my..." Kate murmured to herself, and she sighed. "Jospeh HAS to become friends with Terry. There's going to be fallout at some time..." She stopped her sentence there. "Oh god." She finished with a face in the palms of her hand.
"Mom... will daddy be alright with Mr. St John? I don't want him to hurt him... but what if Terry IS bad? I don't think he is though."
"Zane." Kate pulled me toward her. "Terry IS NOT bad. He's, just... just protecting his family. And we need to survive now. He was right, we shouldn't of given those bandits our food. It was the wrong thing to do."
"But mom!" I argued back. "They could've got mad! And they could've hurt us back. Dad was just trying to protect us... he did the right thing. I just know it."
Mom shook her head. "Oh Zane. There's a lot of things you have to learn right now. It's not easy. We need all the food to stay alive. I love Jospeh, but he did the wrong thing. I don't care what ANYONE else says."
"But mommy, he's family...-"
Kate pushed me off her lap, then ran upstairs growling to herself. My hand's felt like they were burning. I lifted them up to see that I got a carpet-burn from when mom pushed me off her. 'Over-reacting, don'tcha think?' I thought. I just shook my head and walked into the kitchen to get some water. 'DID dad do the right thing? Seems like her was just helping us... although i still don't know. It's kinda hard for a nine year old to think through things during zombie apocalpes... i guess.' I got out a water bottle and started gurgling water. It felt so good, the water slipping down my throat. It felt... relaxing. And 'relaxing' isn't really how many people feel during a zombie apocalpes either.
Guess I'm lucky.
ALRIGHT: I'm done with that chapter(didn't really know how to end it, so sorry if it has a weird ending to you) I hope you like my story so far. Please leave a review about how you feel about this story so far!
Oh, and tell me who you think's right? Terry or Jospeh? Feel free to answer that in the review too. Thanks, love ya all.333 :)
-TheGamerGal21
