A/N: Chapter ten! Double digit chapters! WOO! I'm happy. :D Just like to thank my readers and I will be releasing as much as I can. My goal is to reach 25 chapters, and then after that 50. If I get to 100 chapters (I probably won't be who knows?) I'll be incredibly happy. Also for the record, this chapter will probably be pretty short, so sorry about that one. Haha. Let's just jump right in to chapter ten... :)
A silence had spread the entire truck ride home, with nobody talking to each other. Everybody felt sorry for Tom, knowing that his son is back on that street most probably dead. Michael sat in the back looking after the supplies they gathered to take back to their group. Andrew was more angry that upset and Pete felt like he should do something about it. He felt like it was his fault that Jesse got left behind. Pete began plotting a way to find Jesse in his head, but quickly those thoughts disappeared when they drove up the the house. They were back.
Nobody was ready to mention the bad news to the rest of the group. If anything, it was Tom's responsibility, so Pete decided to keep his mouth shut as they went through the house, and to the backyard, where everybody sat on the back porch having fresh lemonade and biscuits that Frank had prepared for them.
"You're all back!" Selena said, beaming as she got off her chair and waited for the supplies to show up, like it was Christmas morning.
"Did you get anything?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah it's in the truck." Pete responded, depressingly.
Frank, Bonnie and Selena noticed the emotional faces on each man, and they all began to wonder what the hell happened. It finally hit Selena on what was missing from them.
"Where's Jesse?" She asked, curiously.
Pete, Andrew, Michael all individually eyed Tom, and Tom was staring at the ground. He let a tear fall down his cheek, but avoided showing any of them. He wiped the tear from his cheek and looked up, blankly.
"Dead probably." Was his reply, as he turned around and walked into the house, with the door slowly closing behind him.
"I'm not quite sure I follow." Frank exclaimed.
"Jesse got lost. We had no choice but to leave because the walkers ambushed us." Pete said, about to break down.
"Shit." Selena blurted out.
"It's okay though. I'm going to be the one to head back into that street and find him." Pete said strongly, almost acting like the new leader of the group.
"As much as it's appreciated Pete, I think you going back in alone is basically a death wish. I will be going along too, and we will leave tonight." Andrew explained.
"So am I..." A man said from the rooftop - Kyan. Kyan climbed down the roof and climbed up the stairs to the back porch.
"I've already explained that you're the man to keep watch from any of those monsters." Andrew said to him firmly.
"Don't worry. I've got Henry watching with me, and he can watch alone for a while." Kyan responded.
"Wait, Henry's sober?" Pete asked.
The sound of something dropping on the roof got the group's attention. Then the sound of something rolling was heard. A beer bottle fell off the roof and smashed on the stairs.
"Aww no." Henry said to himself from the roof.
Pete and Andrew both death stared Kyan, and Kyan sighed and shook his head as he left the group and climbed up the house again, parkour style. Andrew nodded to Pete as he went inside, and Frank and Selena followed. All that was left was Bonnie, Pete and Michael. All alone on the porch. Pete sat down next to Bonnie, and Michael stood his ground awkwardly.
"You alright Michael?" Pete asked, and Michael death stared him, before heading inside as well. "What is his problem?"
"I'm not sure, why?" Bonnie asked.
"I don't know. He's been acting very weird lately. Ignoring me and giving me those weird glances. I'm not sure if he appreciates me being here."
"Oh don't say that."
"It's true though - what it feels like to me."
Bonnie looked at the ground, trying not to think about Michael trying to seduce her a few nights ago, when Pete wasn't with her. Bonnie climbed out of her seat and sat on Pete's lap.
"What's it matter yeah? I appreciate that you're here, and this group likes you. Do they like Henry? Hmm ... different story." Bonnie said with a smile on her face.
Pete smiled back and they kissed and cuddled until the sun began to set in the distance behind the trees, which made for a perfect moment for the two. Bonnie got off of Pete.
"Where are you going?" Pete asked.
"Might help with dinner." She replied. "Are you going to eat before you go back out again to search for Jesse?"
"Yeah probably." Pete said, getting up also.
"Okay, please be careful when you're out there. I don't know what's going to happen, now that I know that anything can happen. A fucking 8 year old child is missing in the apocalypse with those monsters there. For all we know, he could be dead." Bonnie said, almost crying.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa sweetheart." Pete said, hugging her. "Where is all this coming from?"
"It's just now that I worry. What if I never see you again after tonight?"
"Don't worry ... I promise you'll see me, and you will also see Jesse too. And then we can have our wedding."
Bonnie smiled a little, but a tear went down her cheek. Pete wiped it away, and kissed her before going inside, leaving Bonnie sighing, but feeling a little better. She walked inside too, but that did not leave nobody outside though. From the bushes in the garden next to the porch, Michael stepped out angrilly, almost about to explode.
"Bonnie ... you will be mine!"
A/N: Until next time, I'm Keelan Cetinich, say hi to your mum for me!