A/N; So the movie wasn't too bad. It was fairly faithful, obviously they made changes to make it appeal to more people but I didn't come away feeling like it ruined the book or anything. Plus he's like one of the only people I find attractive in the world.
I know it's alot about Hannah but i'm upping the zombie boy very soon. The next chapter infact as i'm writing it right now."Nice pad, R!" Julie fell back onto one of the armchairs and looked around.
"Not bad atall." Perry agreed.
"T-thanks." R smiled and tried to look cool by leaning on the kitchen counter but it wasn't working.
"So when's the house warming?" Julie asked.
"The what?"
"House warming? You know, people, music, beers, good times?"
"Where get..beer?"
"You tell me, I haven't had one in almost a year."
Perry shook his head. "There's more important things than alcohol."
"Are you being serious? Did you get boring whilst I was away?"
"No, I just thi-"
R blocked off his bickering friends at this point and just looked at everything around him. This was life now. Having a real place to live, somewhere to call your own, it probably wasn't as much of a big deal to everyone else as it was to him. Zombies didn't need a home because they didn't live. Homes were for humans and the fact that he had one now, yes, he was deffinatley changing and he was excited, the best part was alot of other people seemed to be excited for him too. He thought that coming to the city would be difficult, that there would be more resistance to a corpse amoungst the living but there wasn't. It didn't make him feel as comfortable as it should have, it felt like they were hiding something. Atleast Hannah made it clear she disliked him. He didn't blame her. It was frustrating though, she wouldn't stay around him long or get close enough for him to figure out what it was about her that made him feel naturally comfortable. Maybe feeling comfortable around someone who threatend to shoot you if you left the apartment alone wasn't the smartest thing in the world but he just wanted to figure it out.
"Shurgger!" Julie shouted and waved her hand infront of R's face. "Are you still on this planet?"
"Uh.. think so."
"I need to go." She held up her pager. "Dad wants me but i'll see you tomorrow or something!"
They hugged briefly and R couldn't avoid Perrys stare. He didn't have to say anything, it meant 'She's mine, corpse.'
"You be good now!"
"Bye R." Perry half waved as they left.
"Bye."
He shuffled over to the window and waited to watch them leave out the main enterance. They did, and they were holding hands. That kind of hurt.
Hannah was sitting on the window ledge watching the sunset behind the park. A few of the kids were playing on the swingset and laughing, not having a care in the world because they had each other and that was all that mattered. Friendship meant nothing despite what they were taught.
She grunted a hello as Perry walked in.
"Do you want noodles now or later?" He asked as her was looking in the kitchen cupboards.
"Whatever."
"Is that your catchphrase?"
"Would you miss me Perry?"
"Huh?"
"If I wasn't here, would you miss me?"
He glanced over at her again noticing what he missed when he walked in. She had her gun at the side of her head.
"Hannah, put it down."
"Would you miss me?"
"Put it down."
"Would yo-"
"Of course I would!"
"Liar! You have Julie. She fills all the voids."
"Hannah, have you taken your meds today?"
"No Perry, I have not taken them today and do you want to know why? They drive me fucking crazy! All that crap about them calming me down, making me happy?! It's bullshit! They just keep everything in a little tiny box in my head and it just pecks away at my brain. Peck peck peck all the time. Peck peck peck. Well I'm sick of the fucking pecking! Who would miss me?! What's the point?! This is my life now. Madness and watching the world waste away!" She hit her head on the wall.
"Come on, not this again. You were doing well!"
"According to who?! The nurses? They don't understand Perry, no one understands. I'm nothing to noone. I have no one. I'm just trash. Even the zombies didn't want me!"
"Can you put the gun down? We'll just talk." Perry tried his best to act calm. It wasn't the first time this had happened but he thought she was past this stage, getting better.
"I don't want to talk! Maybe I did before but I don't anymore. This place..it's..it's ridiculous! You all think I'm crazy? You're the crazy ones! You let him in!" She banged her fists on the window and one of the panes shattered. "You let him in and it's not okay!"
That was it?
"Calm down Hann, jeez!"
"Don't tell me to calm down Perry cause i'll shoot you right before I shoot him! You'll all get what you deserve!"
Come on Perry! Man up..
"Why would you want to shoot him?! You were friends!"
All the rage left Hannahs face for a moment and she went blank.
"It's okay, I-I found that picture of you two. I kno-"
"NO!" If the window hadn't just been broken, her scream would have done the job. "You don't fucking know! You don't know anything about me and you sure as fuck don't know anything about him!"
Yeah that didn't go well..
"That.. thing, he's-he's not my friend!"
It took a long time after that to calm her down. Perry couldn't get any more out of her and eventually she became one with the floor and cried hysterically until she passed out.
A small crowd surrounded the car. They were all clawing at it, hitting the glass, groaning, wanting her.
She had been undisturbed for several hours but as they finished the fresh meat at the airport they realised they wanted more and followed her scent.
One of her hands was gripped firmly on the wheel, the other, hovering over the key.
She wanted to turn it but she couldn't. Not yet.
There would never be a right time.
She wanted to wait a bit longer, hope a little harder, do anything but leave.
"Please come back.. please.."
One of the larger zombies began pounding the passenger window with more force than the others. She was meals on wheels and these guys were hungry.
"Please.." She sobbed. "Don't be de-.. please come back."
The glass shattered and an arm came through, almost grabbing her.
Instinct kicked in and she started the car, spinning it round and knocking several zombies out in the process, and hitting an empty car on the left.
"Shit!" She hissed. She couldn't get the car to start up again and the window smasher was coming up behind. "Oh shit oh shit.. work! Work you stupid machine!"
"Well it's not going to if you talk to it like that!" He opened the door and shoved her over into the passenger seat.
He turned the key and the engine spluttered, but started.
"See!" He winked. "You've just got to be nice.""Morning." Perry was standing over Hannah with a glass of water and a small box.
"Huh?" She rubbed her eyes and tried to remember what she was doing on the floor.
"You were having that dream again, weren't you?"
The only words he ever heard her say were 'please come back' and he always thought she was refering to family, but after last night he knew it was R.
"I wasn't dreaming anything." She sat up and stretched.
Perry handed her the glass. "Drink this, and take these." He chucked the box at her.
Hannah shook her head.
"Just one, that's all i'm asking and then we'll go to the clinic and see if there's something better for you."
"I don't want them anymore. I appreciate you trying to help, but stop." She downed the water and stood up, glancing over at the window she noticed part of it was boarded up. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine."
She kissed him on the cheek. "You're too good to me. Julie's lucky to have you."
