It had been raining out for the past two days.
This was the first storm they had seen since this whole thing had started...somehow it was almost like a breath of fresh air.
Only twice did Kenneth and a few others go on the rooftop to collect the lawn chairs and store away the white board.
Andy had long since gone inside for shelter and brought his stuff inside to.
While everyone was rushing around, trying their best to gather as many things in their arms as they could...the skies opened up and it started to pour.
Right away everyone was caught in it and they all started running towards the door leading down back into the safe warm mall.
Ana picked up a lawn chair and put it under her free arm...before heading inside she noticed the ocean of lifeless zombies below. The rain didn't seem to bother them that much...they just groaned louder and shuffled closer.
The hairs on the back of Ana's neck stood up and she felt a chill...then she heard Michael call out for her and she turned towards him and started towards the door.
Later on everyone watched the rain pour down from the bay windows on the second floor...they couldn't believe it was getting that bad out.
The wind had picked up and it had started to thunder a few minuets after everyone had settled back inside.
Ana had changed into warm clothes and had tied up her hair in a fresh ponytail. She felt better since she was dry and back inside.
Then the thought came to her...what was going to happen when it snowed? Would those things freeze?
It was still far to early to even worry about that and she was to tried to try and put thought into it.
Ana had plans to go to bed early...maybe grab a book or something at Bookmark and then head back into Metropolis and lay down.
But as she walked closer to the book store she heard voices and laughing.
She walked in and saw that a few of them were relaxing inside the store themeless.
Terry and Nicole were both laid back onto the floor with their arms around each other, Michael was laying back on one of the leather couches, and Monica and Steve were both sitting on the opposite couch drinking coffee.
The store seemed warmer and more happier then the other places she had walked by on her way to bed...for once everyone looked laid back and relaxed.
"Hi Ana." Nicole smiled up at her and Terry gave her a soft kiss on the cheek...making the color of it turn a deep shade of red.
"Hey guys...what are you all doing?"
"Monica is about to give us a relationship test in a magazine she found." Terry said and she sat up with Nicole more and leaned against a free couch.
"Really..." Ana smiled, she knew Monica was always a little out there, but she wouldn't pass up the chance to hear this.
Ana scanned the store and saw that the only seats close enough to the group had been taken, Then she met eyes with Michael and he smiled.
Without thinking she walked over to his couch and laid back against him, She looked up at him for a second and he smiled and he brought down his arm around her and she held his left hand and danced her fingers playfully against his palm.
For the first time in a while she didn't feel nervous or uneasy...she was laying back relaxing with Michael and both didn't seem to mind at all.
Monica then put down her coffee beside the couch and took out some fashion magazine she had found.
"Okay...match your mate."
She called out the title and sat up more.
"To take this quiz you need three guys and three girls..." She then looked up and matched everyone's faces and smiled."
"Perfect..."
"Okay I'm going to ask a different set of questions for the guys and then the girls...pick the answer closer to what your own thoughts are, after the game I will grade who belongs with who."
Everyone nodded and laughed at the same time.
"Okay first question is for the guys." "If you could do anything you ever wanted with a woman? What would it be?"
"Steve?" She asked first.
Steve took another sip and thought for a minute.
"Make her bark like a dog to me." Everyone right away made sounds of disgusting sounds and laughed.
"Really didn't need to know that Steve." Ana said as she laughed harder and shook her head.
"Hey we need to be honest...right?" Monica shook her head and smiled and wrote something down with the pen she had.
"Okay Terry...same question." All eyes were on Terry this time, He thought and looked down at Nicole as if he really couldn't say what he wanted to, then it came to him.
"I guess have sex with food."
"With food?" Steve looked confused.
"Yeah you know, fruit...hot chocolate, anything sweet that you can lick off."
This time everyone nodded and somehow in the back of everyone's mind that sounded half good.
Terry smiled and put his arm around Nicole and brought her closer to him as she giggled harder.
Monica wrote something down again and then looked over at Michael.
"Michael?"
Ana this time really wanted to know this answer." She felt him sigh and think for a minute.
"Make her tie me up."
Everyone seemed shocked but at the same time interested by this comment.
"And why is that?" Monica asked with a super sly face on.
Ana felt Michael laugh.
"Guess I like it when the girl is in charge...see what she could do without my help."
"Very nice!" Steve said as he held up his coffee and took another gulp.
Everyone laughed and Ana felt her heart starting to race, she was glad he couldn't see her face.
Monica then looked over at Ana
"Okay Ana...what's your "dream," place to do it in?"
This question caught Ana off guard...she thought and tried her best not to answer the question sounding to much like a slut, but at the same time wanted it to sound interesting, in case something came up later in the future.
"Pool." She said with one word and smiled.
"Ohhh..." Steve started and laughed.
"So your into water huh?" Monica asked with a deep smile on.
Ana remembered the last time she had been Luis...in the shower, that's how she liked it."
She then cut off the vision she had of him and smiled back to the others.
"Yeah I like water." She smiled
"Then why aren't you up on the rooftop?" Monica asked and laughed, Everyone smiled and then she moved on to Nicole.
Nicole seemed to be dying at the question, she was the youngest out of all of them and still felt shy around them.
"I guess the car..."
"Boring!" Steve called out and Ana gave him a sharp look.
Nicole gulped and looked down at her hands...everyone didn't say anything for a minute until Michael spoke up.
"First time I did it was in a car."
Right away everyone looked back at Michael.
"Really?" Ana asked with a smile on as she looked up at him.
"Yeah, I was twenty-two."
"You were that old when you lost it?" Steve sounded shocked again...in fact everyone was shocked.
Michael didn't seem bothered by this and kept playing with Ana's hands.
"That's not that old...I think you should wait until you find someone you love that's all."
Everyone seemed to understand and knew he was being good towards Nicole, making sure she didn't feel out of place.
She smiled and thanked him without any words.
Ana then wanted to move on so she spoke up.
"Monica?"
"Easy..." She said as she lit up a smoke and took a deep drag before passing it towards Steve.
"In the middle of a shopping mall."
Everyone then started to crack up until they cried.
An hour past and the questions came one after another...
"Would you ever do a three some?" "Blow job or hand job?" "What do you look for in a girl or guy?" Everyone answered and things started not to be a shocking as it started out to be.
In a strange way everyone seemed to know more about each other once the game was finished.
By them it had gotten rather late and the thunder had stopped, Monica was writing up the scores.
"Okay...well it came out just as I thought."
Monica pointed towards Terry and Nicole.
"You two are paired up together since you like to try new things and your just starting off."
Terry and Nicole took hands and smiled.
Monica then smiled.
"Me and Steve since we're wild and don't care what people think."
Steve smiled and leaned back to take another drag out of his third smoke.
"And surprise, surprise! Ana and Michael should be together since they like odd things and need each other most of all."
"What crap..." Steve said and stood up taking Monica's hand, Both headed off to bed.
Nicole and Terry seemed to caught up in each other to even notice they were gone, Ana then smiled and slowly sat up, working the kinks out of her neck.
She looked down at Michael and smiled.
"Some test huh?"
Michael smiled
"Yeah..."
Ana then stopped and smiled back at him. Both locked eyes and then headed off to bed.
"And surprise, surprise! Ana and Michael should be together since they like odd things and need each other most of all."
The words rang through her head.