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Chapter 13 - Andi POV

I was running late for work. My alarm clock didn't go off, so I didn't even get a chance to shower. I grabbed a muffin from the fridge, got dressed, and took the next bus to the Seven.

Today was the day I decided to wear the pants. Though, they didn't seem to save me from Diego's nagging.

"Andi, your shift started an hour ago! You know I can't keep covering for you."

"I know Diego, I'm sorry."

"This is the third time. You know if my parents find out, you that-"

"They're gonna have to dock my pay."

"That's right!" he agreed. I needed some air, so I began walking to the back of the restaurant.

"Also, you know the dress code strictly prohibits blue denim jeans!" I ignored him and continued to the back door.

I walked past some of my co-workers smoking until I saw a bench with my equipment on it, and the girl from yesterday next to it. I thought these pants were supposed to make something wonderful happen.

"Jessie? What are you doing here? And why do you have my stuff?"

"Your mom gave it to me; I told her that I was your assistant."

"You WHAT?!"

She shrugged her shoulders. "She seemed to think it was a good idea."

I sighed, already tired of this confrontation. "Listen you seem like a nice kid…..no, scratch that, you seem like a total pain in the ass, but I have my own friends. Three BEST friends. Even though they left me here to rot this summer, I'm not looking for any new ones."

"One, I didn't ask to be your friend, and Two, I'm not looking for new friends either; I just thought it would be cool to learn about filmmaking."

I pinched the bridge of my nose. I guess I'm not getting rid of this kid anytime soon.

"Besides, I think I think I found a good subject for an interview."

Curious, and a bit desperate, I had her wait in the back until my shift at the Seven was over.

Next thing I knew, we were at a convenience store a few blocks away. Jessie pointed to the guy at the arcade station. "His name is Philip McFadden; the king of Zombie Apocalypse."

I narrowed my eyes. "So that's the one who beat my high score a couple months ago; I tried and tried and couldn't even beat his new one!"

"You're a video game nerd too?"

I glanced at her, embarrassed I said that out loud. "Psshhh no, I was just bored one day."

Thankfully, she seemed to forget about it. "He's broken just about every record there is in that game."

I looked at her suspiciously. Sure this guy was kind of cute, but he seemed to be way more invested in the game than I am, meaning he has no social life.

"Okay, so he may not be exactly who you were going for, but I think he'd be a good contrast to your discussion about the "loser types" in your movie."

I sighed, conceding. "Okay fine; start setting up."

Reluctantly, I began to approach him, with Jessie following. "Stand next to him, and pretend like you're a fan or something."

"Okay," she said, approaching him with caution.

"And, action. 'Video Arcade Wizards are featured at most convenient stores. Philip McFadden is a contender at this one. Zombie Apocalypse he says, is his calling, destiny, of sorts." I could see him looking at me from the corner of his eye, and could tell I was making him a bit uncomfortable.

"So Philip, you spend a lot of time here?"

He looked up from the game and at me. "Yeah, kind of all day."

"So, you prefer to spend all day in this convenient store instead of outside, in the real world?"

"Maybe he finds the world of Zombie Apocalypse more interesting." Jessie interrupted. I resisted my urge to hiss at her. She is a helper, not the one who asks the questions. "Why don't you tell us about it, Philip?"

He seemed flustered but complied. "Uh, basically, you're one of the last survivors of a zombie apocalypse, in the year 2058. The goal is to find other survivors while not getting infected yourself. Level one of just the first stage of infection. Then, each level is a different stage of transformation, which makes it harder and harder to survive."

Jessie's eyes widened. "Really?"

"You don't even get to fight the first boss until Level 25! It's awesome!" he exclaimed, then kind of slumped back down to his regular position.

We then started watching him play the game, and I have to say it looked a lot more fun than I remembered. He was great at it, way better than I am, but unfortunately, his character eventually died.

Suddenly, my tape recorder started to beep.

"Oh, I think you ran out of tape," Philip told me. I ran to it and picked it up.

"What about the rest of the interview?" Jessie asked.

"I mean, we could always come back tomorrow if that's cool with you."

"Yes! I mean, yeah, that's works." He said, smiling at me. I didn't really think anything of it though.

"C'mon Jess, let's get you home."

"Okay." she got the rest of my stuff, and we left the store.

In the middle of our walk, Jessie started to speak.

"So, aren't you going to say it?"

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Say what?"

"That I did well?"

"Will it shut you up?"

"Probably not."

"Then no."

She groaned. "C'mon, don't tell me he wasn't a good subject."

"Fine, he was. Good job kiddo."

"Thanks."

"I'm just glad we convinced him to continue the interview tomorrow."

"Pretty sure he didn't need that much convincing."

I whipped my head over at her. "What do you mean?"

She stared at me. "Seriously? Wow, you are way more oblivious than I thought Andi Cruz."

"What does that mean?"

She stopped as we reached her house. "That's something you should probably figure out yourself. Bye Andi."

I stood in front of her house for a minute, thinking over what she said to me. It's almost as if she implied that Phillip liked me. That's ridiculous! Nobody likes me; I'm not anybody's type.

I decided to shrug it off and head home. What does Jessie know, she's only twelve? She's just an annoying pest that won't go away. Doesn't she have any friends her own age?

Though, she did end up helping me find someone interesting to film for my documentary. Maybe she wasn't as bad as I thought….

This has been one of my favorite chapters to write. I love Andi's story so much! (Tibby in the movie and the girl who plays Jessie is named Bailey) I believe Emma is next up :)

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Oreo234: Thank you so much for your two lovely comments! I'm trying to stick close to the original story as possible, though more so towards the movies than the book. I'm just glad you like it! :D

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