Phil laid his arms over her face in his tent. He was still finding it impossible to sleep. How anyone could sleep right now was beyond him. At least Phil had lucked out and didn't have to share a tent with anyone. AJ was sharing with Amy and Eve in one big tent, and Hunter was with Brad in another, so he got one small one all to himself. He sat up and put his shoes on, walking outside of his tent with his axe. Phil walked a little ways away from camp and sat on a log next to a small pond. He sighed, listening to the crickets. It seemed so peaceful out, but he knew that could change at any second.
"Hey," said AJ, walking up behind him. "What are you doing up?"
"I needed some air," said Phil. "You?"
"Well, I was looking for you," said AJ. "I have to pee."
Phil furrowed his brows. "Why would that concern me?"
"I can't go alone!" Said AJ.
Phil groaned and put his face in his hands. "Why can't Eve or Amy take you?"
"Because you're my buddy," said AJ, putting on a puppy dog face.
Phil sighed. "Alright, let's go."
He picked up his axe and followed AJ as she scurried off into the woods. He stood facing the other direction as AJ went behind a bush.
"Do you think anyone's around?" Said AJ.
"No one's gonna see you, midget," said Phil.
"But what if there's a creeper!" Said AJ.
"The only thing that could possibly see you would be a zombie, and I highly doubt he's gonna be looking," said Phil.
"How rude," said AJ.
Phil rolled his eyes. "Just go."
As soon as AJ was done, they trekked back to camp.
"So," said AJ. "Do you think Brad's gay?"
Phil sighed and ran his hand over his face. "It's way too early to have a conversation with you."
"Do you?" Said AJ. "I mean, if he was, it seems like he'd be a twink-"
"I swear to god, AJ," said Phil.
"Pfft, some god," grumbled AJ, crossing her arms. "Letting this shit happen."
"Well, I don't actually believe in god," said Phil.
"Then why did you swear to him?" Said AJ.
Phil sighed as they reached the camp. "It's just an expression, midget."
"Well, I hope he's straight," said AJ. "He's hot."
"I sincerely hope that works out for you," said Phil, going back in his tent. He stretched and laid back down, trying to get just a minute of sleep. After laying for another hour, he gave up and walked outside of his tent, seeing the others start to get up. AJ yawned, walking out of her tent with the other girls. "What's for breakfast?"
"Hate to break it to ya princess, but we don't exactly have breakfast," said Amy, rubbing her eyes.
AJ just appeared to ignore her and looked around. "Where's Brad?"
"Still getting his beauty sleep," grumbled Hunter, starting to make a fire. "Do we have any meat left?"
"No, I'm about to go hunting," said Amy, grabbing her knife and gun.
"Hurry," said Hunter, rubbing two sticks together before Amy took off.
"Should we help her?" Said Phil, raising a brow.
"She's fine," said Hunter.
Phil nodded and Brad slowly walked out of the tent, yawning. "Man, the ground is so uncomfortable."
"Sorry, I'll be sure to find you some mattresses, Sleeping Beauty," said Hunter.
"Hey," said Brad. "I'll have you know I went camping once, and I only slept on TWO mattresses!"
Hunter scoffed. "Oh boy, you sure showed me. Watch out everyone, we've got a badass over here."
AJ giggled and fluttered her eyelashes at Brad, biting her lip slightly. Brad smirked at her before winking. "So, what do we need to do today?"
"We need to get this damn fire going," said Hunter, frustratedly rubbing the sticks together.
"I should rephrase that," said Brad. "What do we need to do today that I can actually do?"
Hunter sighed. "Just go wash our clothes."
"Can do!" Said Brad, picking up a pile of their worn clothes and taking them to the pond.
"I'll help!" Said AJ, following after him.
"So uh," said Hunter, still trying to make a fire. "She your girlfriend?"
"Oh, no," said Phil. "She's not really my type..."
"Yeah," said Eve, with a small smirk. "She told us you're into twinks."
Phil face palmed and Hunter laughed. "Why does she keep telling everybody that?" Said Phil.
"She's a real talker," said Eve. "Me and Amy never got a word in. It was all Phil this, or Brad that."
"Why does she like Brad?" Said Hunter, grinning when a tiny flame started burning. "He seems more like Phil's type."
Eve laughed and Phil rolled his eyes with a smirk. "Even I'm not into that much of a twink," said Phil. They all laughed and started trying to get the fire bigger. Amy came back a little while later with two bunnies, and AJ and Brad came back shortly after her, giggling with a ton of wet clothes. Phil was pretty sure a little more had gone on at the pond than just laundry, especially considering Brad came back with his shirt inside out. But he wasn't gonna say anything about it, AJ would probably tell him all about it later, anyways.
When they all sat down to eat the bunnies, AJ sat right next to Phil.
"Guess what," said AJ, grinning.
"The apocalypse is over?" Said Phil, looking at her.
"No! Better!" Said AJ.
"Better?" Said Phil.
"Yes! Brad's my boyfriend now," said AJ.
"Yeah, that's definitely better than no more apocalypse," said Phil.
"Right?!" Said AJ, with a grin.
Phil shook his head with a chuckle. "You are somethin' else, midget."
"Thank you!" Said AJ. "Now we just need to find you a boyfriend!"
"Yeah, no thanks," said Phil. "I think I'll be fine without one."
"When's the last time you had sex?" Asked AJ.
Phil furrowed his brows at her. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Maybe you're grouchy all the time because you need to get laid," said AJ.
Amy scoffed and laughed while Phil shook his head. "Just before this started," grumbled Phil.
"Ya see, that's your problem!" Said AJ.
Phil ran his hands over his face. "Please stop talking."
"You're so rude to me," said AJ, crossing her arms with a pout.
"So," said Hunter, when he finished his bunnies. "We need to move camp today."
"Why?" Said Eve. "It's safe here."
"We're in the middle of the woods," said Hunter. "It's not safe. And we need to keep moving regardless."
"Who put you in charge?" Said Brad, sitting next to AJ, who beamed up at him.
Hunter took a deep breath. "I'm not in charge I'm just trying to keep us alive."
"What if we run into a hoard of zombies while we're moving?" Said Amy. "That wouldn't be safe."
"Look, we're moving camp, end of story," said Hunter. "So quit bitching about it and start packing up."
"What if I don't want to move?" Said Brad.
"Then you can stay here," said Hunter. "But this is all my stuff, so I'm taking it."
"But... I need a tent!" Said Brad.
"Then I suggest you come on," said Hunter, starting to take down the tent.
"Well, actually," said Phil. "Me and AJ were heading towards a refugee camp."
Hunter scoffed. "Those are all bullshit."
"Are not," said AJ, crossing her arms. "The army was escorting us to them."
"And how long ago was that?" Said Hunter.
"It doesn't matter," said AJ. "They have to still be there."
"Hey, your funeral," said Hunter, packing up the camp.
"Can I come?" Said Brad.
"I really don't like traveling with groups," said Phil. "And I've already got one shrimp to take care of."
"Please?" Said Brad.
"Please?" Said AJ.
Phil took a deep breath. "If you get in the way-"
"I won't!" Said Brad, marching ahead of Phil, with AJ skipping ahead of him.
"Good luck," said Amy with a smirk.
"Yeah, thanks," said Phil. He groaned and walked after them, axe in hand. They trekked about twenty minutes away from the camp before taking a quick water break. "So, once again, all we're armed with is an axe."
"Nu uh," said Brad, lifting up his shirt and showing a gun tucked into his pants. "I've got a gun."
"Where'd you get that?" Said Phil.
"I took it from Hunter's bag last night," said Brad.
Phil sighed. "Great. He's gonna realize it's gone and come after us."
"No he won't," said Brad. "He's stupid."
"Whatever," said Phil. "How many bullets does it have?"
Brad shrugged. "I dunno."
"Did you grab any bullets with it?" Said Phil.
"No," said Brad.
Phil face palmed. "Give me the gun."
Brad handed him the gun and Phil checked the ammo. "This doesn't have any bullets in it!"
"Oh," said Brad. "Well, it's still intimidating!"
"I highly doubt we can intimidate zombies with this," said Phil.
"Not zombies, people," said Brad.
"People aren't the problem," said Phil. "People aren't trying to eat us."
Brad went to respond but they heard some moaning coming from nearby. "Fuck," said Phil, holding his axe up.
The second a zombie walked out of the bushes an arrow zipped right through its head. Brad grabbed the gun back and pointed it in the direction the arrow came from. "Show yourself!"
Just a few moments later, a man hopped down from the trees and stood in front of them, holding a bow with arrows and what looked like a sword case on his back. He had blonde hair down a little ways past his shoulders with faded purple and red streaks in it. "That's an odd way to thank someone who just saved your life."
"Who are you?" Said Brad, his hand shaking but still holding the gun up.
"Are you gonna shoot me with an empty gun?" Said the man, crossing his arms.
"How do you know it's empty?" Said AJ.
"I've been up there this whole time," said the man. "I heard you talking."
"What's your name?" Said Phil, crossing his arms.
"Jeff," said the man. "What are yours?"
"Phil, midget, and Brad," said Phil, pointing to them.
"I'm AJ," said AJ, crossing her arms with a pout.
Jeff gave them a small, blatantly fake smile. "Well, I'm just gonna be going now. You have fun with your... Axe."
"Where are you going?" Said AJ.
"Anywhere but here," said Jeff, pulling his arrow out of the zombie's head.
"You can come with us!" Said AJ. "We're going to a refugee camp."
"AJ! Stop inviting people to come with us!" Said Phil.
"The North-West camp?" Said Jeff.
"Yeah," said AJ. "Do you know where it is?"
"Yeah," said Jeff. "I've been all over this city. I know where everything is."
"Can you take us there?" Said AJ, giving Jeff pleading eyes.
"I don't think your boyfriend would like that very much," said Jeff, putting his arrow away and starting to walk off.
"He's not her boyfriend!" Said Brad. "I'm her boyfriend! He's gay!"
"Really?" Said Phil, crossing his arms. "Does every stranger we come across need to know that?"
Jeff turned around and raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Yes, I'm gay," said Phil, rolling his eyes. "Has that been established?"
Jeff smirked and turned back around to face them. "Well, if you want to get to that camp, I can take you."
AJ looked up at Phil. "Pleeeeaaaassseee Phil. We need him, and he has stuff!"
Phil furrowed his brows a little, looking at Jeff. "Yeah, we'll go with him."
"Yay!" Said AJ, running over to Jeff and giving him a bear hug.
Jeff grunted and pulled her off. He patted her on the head and started walking off in the opposite direction, AJ following after him.
Brad quickly jogged after AJ and stood between her and Jeff as they started walking toward the camp. Phil chuckled and walked after them, immediately picking up a sense of jealousy from Brad. Something about the way Jeff reacted to him being gay made him think Brad wouldn't really have a reason to be jealous.
AN: Hey everybody! Thanks for all the support, you're awesome! Please leave a review! :) Also, be sure to check out my other story Diamond In the Rough, it's a Jeff/John Morrison fic with a whole lot of Junk haha
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