Chapter Seven: Memories with a Bag of Chips
It was another hot day at Wal-Mart which was bad because when you live in Yuma with temperatures going up to 110 degrees during the summer, it doesn't help with our zombie problems. With the heat literally cooking the dead the smell is so unbearable to be on the roof. Yet I'm still up here with my brother and the others, ignoring the terrible smell to say good-bye to those who died.
I find it hard to think with the smell and the fact that three bodies, wrapped in sheets, being tossed into the parking lot filled with the dead. I stood there silently like the others, hearing one or two people crying.
Sadly, when we saved the fifteen people from the bus yesterday, three of them were bit and didn't have any idea that they were going to become one of those things. When I told this to my brother he sighed and told me to look away.
(For god sake I'm a seventeen years old tomboy who seen more violence on the television than the last week.) I thought but turned around anyway and after a few minutes of my brother telling the victims I heard shots being fired.
But I couldn't say that was the worst part of my day, the worst part of my day was an hour after that event.
"Hi, my name is Meredith and I have to say thank you who saving my life, you're now my very best friend, and again thank you and thank you" she said while shaking my hand so fast that I feel like my arm was being torn off.
"So what's your name, how old are you, why are you wearing all black in this weather, did you parents get eaten too by those zombies, what's your friend's name, how long have you been here, do you smell blood or is it just me, you know for a minute there when I first you I thought you were a boy and again thank you for saving my life, lets be friends" she said with a big smile and still shaking my hand.
Matt and I just look at her with a dumbfounded face, she was talking so fast that I couldn't figure out half of those questions but I answered them by order.
"Bianca, seventeen, it's my favorite color, yes, Matt, a week, you smell blood because you're covered in it, I like being a tom boy and your welcome" I said (oh great, I had to save a happy-go-lucky girl with a positive attitude)
"Ooh wait here, I'm going to get my other new friend to come over here to meet the person who saved our lives, wait here" she said running off "Sandy! Sandy where are you!"
We just stood there for a little bit til Matt finally spoke up "I find it hard to believe that she isn't a blonde"
"Scary, isn't it" I said "and the fact that she thought I was a boy"
"Did you want to leave before she comes back" he asked
I looked around, everybody was gathered around the small McDonald helping one another with their injuries. Telling them about what happened at the base and how they escape. I was about to say yes when my eyes caught Marc wrapping bandages around the arms of a...
"Blonde" I growled because she was getting a little too friendly around him
"Come on" I said grabbing Matt by the shoulder "let's go see if Marc needs any help"
"Bianca don't let the temper get the best of you" Matt said knowing that I detest those types of girls.
I walked over there and put on a smile "hey Marc, do you need any help" I asked. I can see at the corner of my eye that Matt was rolling his eyes.
"Actually you can, can you find another towel to wipe the blood off of Shelly's arm" he asked
I raised an eyebrow and got another towel I found close by and handed it to him.
"Thanks, Eric's little sister"
Shelly laughed, a high pitch one "that's so cute, "thanks Eric's little sister," what a cute nickname"
"She's my friend's sister" Marc said
"Yeah, it's not like I have a name, you know" I said fake laughing with them.
"Really what is your name then" she asked
"Bianca and this is my best friend Matt" I said
"So Bianca, Matt and Marc" she said trying to remember our names "Marc is such a cute name, and by the way thank you for helping me" she said batting her eyes at him.
I was ready to lose it and just wanted to grab all that 'pretty' golden hair of hers when we heard Meredith calling for us.
"Forget about this for now and let get out of here" Matt whispered
"We better go" I said and we ran off
"Hey wait, I thought you wanted to help out" Marc shouted which I ignored him.
"Has this world gone mad" I shouted as we walked around the store so I could calm down a bit.
"That's a stupid question" Matt said meaning since the world has come an end
"You know what I mean, we just saved an exact clone of Marc's old dead girlfriend Kelly, I mean Shelly rhymes with Kelly, how fuck up is that" I said "is this punishment for not feeling bad about Kelly's death"
"Since when are in so emotional about stuff" Matt said "and besides she did tried to eat me"
"You're not helping, Matt" I said then frowned
"Aww, is little Bianca going to cry because her crush isn't paying attention to her" Matt said
"Don't call me little, I'm two years older than you" I said
"Ok, you don't have to shout, how about we go get something to eat, like your favorite food"
"A bag of chips with some dip" I said
Matt stopped dead in his tracks "is that Jenny"
I turned around and down where the school supplies were at I saw Jenny slowly walking by with her feet dragging and her head covered in her long thick curly hair.
"Come to think of it, I hardly see Jenny that much anymore" Matt said "Hey Jenny"
Jenny stopped and slowly lifted her head and stared straight in my eyes. I felt a cold chill going down my spine that second. She said nothing and walked away. "Let's go get some chips, Matt" I said grabbing him by the collar and walked away, for some odd reason the air seems thick.
"Time me" I said
Matt looked at his watch "ready, set GO"
I grabbed the two-liter soda, diet Pepsi, and begin drinking it down, I had to beat Matt's record of three minutes.
"You're not going to make it" he said
"Done" I said before burping
"Three minutes and two seconds" Matt said
I threw the empty bottle at the shelves full of bags of chips "Dammit!" I shouted
"Wow, I've never see you this upset about losing" Matt said
"I'm not upset, I'm pissed off" I said grabbing a bag of Ruffles.
We were sitting on the floor in the Chips aisle after grabbing a half a dozens two liter sodas and a few containers of ranch dip. Chips was my favorite comfort food and it's a dream to be in a aisle full of them.
"That no good skinny blonde, she better not get any ideas about Marc" I said "pass the dip please"
"I'm sure she already has" he said
"Again, you're not helping Matt" I said
"I'm sorry, but you said it yourself that you and him would never work because you two are different" he said
"You're right, I guess, I mean how can I compare to those kinda girls he likes, in that matter fact to any guy, who likes those that are skinny, blonde and with an I.Q. of a rotten peanut."
"And you're the exact opposite" Matt said
"So you're saying I'm ugly, fat, and smart"
"No, what I meant that you're smart and I don't think your fat and ugly" Matt said trying to cheer me up.
"Let's just drop it and change the subject" I said
"Fine" Matt said stuffing a hand full of chips in his mouth "so how long do you think we'll be here"
That was a good question when you stop and think about it "I don't know, maybe when help arrives"
"But we've been here a week and things seem to be getting worst" he said
"Well maybe we just stay here til we die, I don't know what to tell you Matt" I said
"Wow, I never thought we die here in a Wal-Mart store" He said looking up at the ceiling "It makes you want to look back on your pathetic life to see how pathetic it was"
"I remembered one pathetic memory was when I saved your butt from Richard and Steven" I said
"I was only eight" Matt said
Flashback
"I said I don't have any money" an eight year old Matt as he was back in to a tree.
"You're lying, I saw your mother giving you ten dollars before she left" Richard said
"Let's punch it out of him, Richard," Steven grinned as he got his fist ready.
"Hey!"
The three boys turned around to see a ten-year-old girl in torn up jeans, a dirty red shirt and wearing a cap with the words, Packers, on it. "You shouldn't be beating up kids in a park where you can easily get caught"
"Get out here kid or we'll beat you up after this kid" Richard said
"Bring it on, I'm not scared of you or your friend" she said
"Are you kidding, I'm taller than you and probably older than you as well" he said walking up to her. "And besides I don't hit girls but for you I might"
Bianca smirked and kicked him right between the legs. Richard made a high pitch squeal before falling to his knees only to be punched in the face then kicked.
"Oh man Richard got beat up by girl" Steven laughed
"You're next other guy" Bianca said
Steven stopped laughing to see a rock flying to his face.
"Ow my face, I'm telling on you" Steven said as he ran off.
"Steven, wait for me" Richard shouted as he struggled to run.
Bianca watched them go "weird" she said then walked over to Matt "are you ok"
Matt nodded as Bianca helped him up "you shouldn't be out here alone, where's your mom"
"She left me here, since we don't live that far" Matt said
"Oh ok"
"Thank you, uh . . . what's your name" Matt asked
"Bianca, what's your's"
"Matt"
"You're right that was pathetic of me to be saved by a girl"Matt said "boy was I popular at school after that"
"Oh shut up, may I recall you started hanging out with me since I was like your little bodyguard at first"
Matt laughed "we're out of ruffles"
"There's plenty more where that came from" I said "One memory I'll never forget was the first time I went over to your house"
Bianca knocked on the door of Matt's house but heard two people shouting at each other from the inside. Suddenly the door swung open revealing Matt's father, who was looking kinda sluggish.
"Who are you" he asked pointing at her with a beer can in his hand.
"Um, is Matt here"
He looked at her "how old are you boy"
"Ten and I'm a girl, see" Bianca took off her baseball cap letting her long brown hair down.
"Martha!" he shouted
Matt's mother came to the door, her eyes were red and puffy and her cheek was a bit bruise. "Oh you must be Matt's little friend" she said
"Why is your boy hanging around with a ten-year-old girl, he doesn't play with dollies"
"I don't either, I was just talking him to my house to play some video games" Bianca said
Matt ran past his parents and smiled "hi Bianca"
"Hey, are you ready to go" she asked
He nodded "I'll see you later, mom"
"Stupid boy, he should be playing sports with boys not hanging around with a girl playing dollies" His father shouted at his mother, Matt ignored the insult and continued walking. "So what are we going to do at your house"
"Actually I thought we go to Wal-Mart first"
"What's a Wal-Mart?" he asked
Bianca stopped in her tracks "you don't know what Wal-Mart is"
"I know my mom takes me to K-Mart"
"Trust me, you'll like this store better"
"And I was right, right?" I asked
"You're right" Matt said "especially when there hundreds of dead people outside the store who want to eat us"
"So any other memories you want to talk about" he asked
"I got one" I said
"What do you mean he sleeping over again this is the third time this week alone, Bianca" Eric shouted at her.
"Matt's parents are fighting again so he needs a place to stay" Bianca shouted
"God, that excuse is getting old now, he's been spending a night here ever since you guys met, I think he's old enough to sleep at his house"
"To bad I already called mom at work and she said it's fine" She said
"Well your friend has to sleep on the couch since I invited a friend of mine to a couple of beers" he said
"Another get drunk til you past out hang out" She asked
Eric gave her a sour look then heard the door bell ringing "that must be Marc"
Eric and Bianca walked out of the guest room and in to the kitchen to see Matt, who was making a sandwich, answering the door.
"Hey Marc" Eric said
"Hey Eric. I thought you only had a sister" he asked pointing at Matt.
"No that my sister stupid friend" Eric said
"Oh" he said coming in to the house.
"Come on to the back yard, I bought a six pack" Eric said
Bianca just stood there as Marc walked past Matt then looked at her "hi, my name is Marc and you must be Eric's little sister"
Bianca just nodded feeling she lost her words. She snapped out of it when Marc left and Matt calling out her name
"Bianca!"
"Huh"
"I asked if you wanted mustard on your sandwich" Matt asked looking at her with a weird face "are you ok"
"I think my birthday present came early" she said then started smiling.
"But your birthday isn't til another six months"
I think that was a bad memory to bring up because Matt started laughing "I forget about that" he said wiping tears out of his eyes.
I hit him in the arm to shut him up but he continues to laugh "ok, it wasn't that funny"
"It's funny because that was the first crush you had in your whole life" he said
"Again that wasn't funny" I said before I heard my stomach started gurgling. "Oh, I shouldn't have ate all those ruffles"
Matt wrapped his arms around his stomach "I think that dip was bad"
We left the food section with upset stomachs and slowly walked over towards the medicine aisle to find something for upset stomach. As we were walking for some reason, I couldn't get that image of Jenny out of my mine . . .
Chapter Eight: Murders and Makeovers and Movies, OH MY: Jenny kills while Bianca get the makeover of her life.