I pump my arms as I run as fast as I can. Ellie, Dina and I will be lucky to make it out alive there are so many infected. We turn right to run up a ton of stairs when I hear a thud and turn to see an infected holding onto Ellie, I move quick as I take my gun and shoot it in the head, grabbing Ellie in the process so we can get out of here. Every turn we take there's another herd of infected. We finally reach a revolving gate where Dina goes through first, then Ellie tells me to go and once I'm through she goes. Before she can fully make it through a clicker grabs her from behind and starts to nip at her neck. I shoot it in the face again and turn to see Dina on the ground.
"Dina!" I yell as Ellie and I go to help her. We lift her up and put her arms around our shoulders. When we walk out the gate we look up and see an old theatre.
"Hey, what do you say we rest in that theatre?" Ellie asks. Dina nods and we drag her over, "Almost there." Ellie says as we reach the entrance. We open the door and I lead Dina to the couch while Ellie grabs a chair and blocks the door with it. I check over Dina by feeling her forehead and doing as close to an inspection as I can for anything that could be wrong for her or the baby.
"You want to tell me what's going on with you? Both of you?" Ellie says.
"What's going on with me? Ellie... I just saw you breathe spores." Dina says. I close my eyes still in shock from that, and honestly, hurt as well since she never told me.
"I told you," Ellie begins, "I'm immune." She told Dina?
"Okay, you're immune? Come on." Dina scoffs.
"I was bitten a long time ago... I never changed."
"The fuck you're talking about?"
"I was bitten and nothing happened."
"The chemical burn..." Dina says just staring at Ellie's arm.
"Maria and Tommy... and Joel are the only ones that know." Ellie says before looking at me, "I can't get you infected if that's what you're worried about. I can't make you immune either." I feel tears start to prick my eyes and I'm tired of hearing all of this so I shake my head and walk away, "Lia.." Ellie says softly but I just continue walking. I'm far enough that they can't see me, but I can still hear them.
"Ellie..." Dina starts, "I think I'm pregnant."
"What? What are we supposed to do now?"
"Nothing," Dina states, "I just need to rest for a second."
"Are you fucking kidding me... How long have you known?"
"I was late a few weeks ago."
"A few weeks? We could've... we could've turned around"
"Well I didn't know! I wasn't sure, okay? I didn't want to be a burden."
Ellie cuts her off, "Well, you're a burden now, aren't you?" They stay quiet "I'm gonna look around, make sure the place is secure... and talk to Lia." I hear Ellie start to move so I quickly. I end up walking to an area that looks like a stage with rows of chairs in front of it. I walk to the front and sit on one of the chairs with my face in my hands as I feel a few tears fall.
"Lia," Ellie hesitantly says as she walks towards me, "did you know? About Dina?"
I sigh, "I suspected."
"Well why didn't you tell me?"
"Why didn't I tell you? Why didn't you tell me that you're immune?"
"It never came up."
"Yet you told Dina? There were chances to tell me you just never did! I told you everything about me."
"So I then have to tell you everything about me?" Ellie says.
"No! But Jesus El I thought we were at a point where we would want to. Everything I told you was because I wanted to tell you. I am so fucked up and I grew up in a fucked up place where I wouldn't even want to tell my own brother, yet I wanted to tell you! I want to tell you everything! And I wish you felt the same with me."
"I do-" Ellie begins but I cut her off, "clearly you don't or you would have." I'm breathing heavily at Ellie I don't notice the wound starting to seep through my shirt.
"Shit Lia! Seriously you're lecturing me about not telling you shit, but you never told me you were hurt?" Ellie says as she comes over to me and lifts up my shirt.
"I was just waiting for us to rest, but then all this shit happened." Ellie rolls her eyes at me as she motions for me to take my shirt off. I do and let Ellie look at the wound. She pulls off her backpack before grabbing medical supplies.
"Lay down." Ellie tells me and I comply, too tired to even fight anymore. She starts to clean the wound and I just watch her. I'm mad and she's mad but in this moment I just want to admire her. I love her so much, like so much that I don't even know how to react, and I'm so scared that I feel way more than she does. Right now I wish I knew she loved me enough to tell me all about her, "You're lucky it's not worse. You're probably just tired from bloodloss." Ellie tells me, "except you're the doctor so if you're dying you have to let me know." Ellie has a slightly teasing tone in that sentence, but I also know she's being serious.
"I'm not dying." I tell Ellie softly.
"Good... cause I can't lose you." Ellie just looks at me like she wants to say something before she gets up and hands me a new shirt from her bag, "I'm gonna check the rest of the area. Get some rest." I open my mouth to say the three words I want to so bad, but I don't. Again, I'm scared of being the one that's more in love.
I sigh and go behind the curtain where I find a sofa to sleep on. I lower myself slowly down and stare at the ceiling with the thoughts of my girlfriend stuck in my head. Not long after I hear the power come on- Ellie must have found the generator. I continue to stare at the ceiling until I hear light strumming from the other side of the curtain. If I ever were to lose you, Ellie sings. I close my eyes and listen to her sing, I'd surely lose myself. I sigh and hope tomorrow will bring a better day.