I DO NOT OWN LEFT 4 DEAD I MAKE NO PROFIT!
Alrighty, chapter 5! It's taking every fiber of my being NOT to just have Nick and Ellis pounce each other! I keep telling myself 'form a relationship, form a god damn relationship argh!' and that's what I hope I succeeded in doing in this chapter! SO THE NEXT CHAPTER THERE WILL BE A LEMON! This has some action though!!!
Also, thank you all so much for the positive reviews! It's honestly what makes me keep writing. I think that's what happened with the other fics I didn't finish I wasn't feeling like 'oh their waiting I should write the next chapter!' but for this one I do, so thank youuuu! So as a gift to you for the holidays, I'm making this the LONGEST chapter I have EVER written! Enjoy!
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POOF! Smoke went straight into Nick's lungs causing the 35 year old to cough. He was saved. He looked up to see Ellis put his pistol down. 'stupid hick saved my life…'
Ellis smiled, pleased with himself "You alrigh'?"
Nick continued to cough "Yeah." He said and stood up, ignoring the pain that shot up his back.
Ellis walked over to him and placed a hand on his lower back "Ya sure?"
"Yes." Nick said from gritted teeth, he pulled away.
Ellis nodded and still smiled "That's good."
Rochelle smiled and turned to catch up with coach when several loud growls echoed down the empty street the four where on. A horde was coming, and by the sound of it, it was a big one.
Before the four could run anywhere about a dozen zombies separated them and more where on their way. "Shit!" Nick shouted as he continued to shoot round after round hoping the horde would lessen, but that didn't happen. "Coach, Rochelle, Ellis?!" he shouted looking around. He briefly saw coach and a pink blur that he assumed was Rochelle, but he couldn't find Ellis "Ellis!? Where the fuck are you overalls!?" he shouted as he shot another zombie in the head.
"We gotta run!" Coach shouted to Rochelle who was on his left
Rochelle looked at him stunned "What about Nick and Ellis?!"
Coach shook his head "They'll be fine lets go!"
Nick was blindly shooting at this point. He couldn't find Ellis and no matter how hard he tried not to, he was starting to panic. "Overalls! Nick shouted before he felt a hand grab his wrist. He turned around about to shoot the culprit in the face, but luckily stopped when he noticed it was Ellis "What the fu-"
BOOM!
Ellis shot a jockey that was about to pounce on Nick "Damn back humppers!" Ellis spat before taking out a boomer bile "Incomin'!" he screamed as he threw the bile down to the ground. Zombies scrambled over to where the puke laid. Ellis began to run, dragging Nick behind him.
"What about Coach and Rochelle!?" Nick snapped as he continued shooting the horde of Zombies that were busy attacking one another over the boomers bile.
"We'll find em later! If we stick aroun' here we're as good as dead." Ellis said quickly darting down an alley way.
Nick shut his mouth. 'The hick has a point…'
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"No use!" Coach grumbled as he started to reload his shot gun; he turned to Rochelle "We have to get outta this store… Nick and Ellis are smart; they'll find us later."
Hesitantly Rochelle nodded. The two of them had been able to find shelter in a store nearby when Ellis had thrown the boomer bile distracting the horde. They silently watched the conman and mechanic sprint away. "You're right. They have each other so they should be fine…" Rochelle said more so she could convince herself.
"Shit…" Coach muttered.
"What?" Rochelle asked, worriedly.
"Ellis better behave or…" he sighed "Who am I kidding? Nick's gonna fucking kill him."
Rochelle couldn't help but giggle "No I don't think so. Nick's got a soft spot for Ellis." She nodded to herself suddenly feeling very sure of the two "Yeah they will be fine!"
Shrugging the older man stood and looked out the window "I guess we'll just have to wait and see, now don't we?" he said and extended his hand.
Rochelle smiled lightly "Yes. I guess so." She took his hand.
"Where the fuck are we, Ellis!?" Nick snapped throwing his hands up in the air.
"I dunno…" Ellis said looking around the abandoned apartment complex he had dragged them into.
"So we're fucking lost!" Nick hissed "Jesus Christ, Ellis! You should have been watching the streets we were going down!"
"Ya could have too Nick! Don' go putting all the blame on me now!" Ellis argued "Besides it could be a lot worse."
"Oh trust me it couldn't. I'm lost with the biggest idiot in the entire world!"
Ellis's face dropped, he was hurt "Y'know, Nick. If you aint have anythin' nice to say; don' say anythin' at all…"
"Fuck you Ellis." Nick spat "Fuck you."
"Why do you hate me so much anyway?" Ellis asked "I aint never done anything wrong to ya. I've always been nice to ya! I respect ya, Nick!"
"I never asked you to be nice or to respect me!" Nick snapped "I never asked you to like me either!"
Ellis's eyes widened "So you did hear me… Back in the safe house… you were just playin' dumb…"
"Urgh!" Nick groaned and ran his fingers through his hair "I should have left when I said I was going to; god damn it. After we got out of that burning building I should have said 'adios' and left! I wouldn't be in this fucking situation!"
"Then why didn' ya?" Ellis asked softly.
"If I knew that I wouldn't be so pissed at myself." Nick snapped before slumping down to the ground burying his face in his hands "Fuck this shit…"
Ellis sat down beside him and said nothing. Instead he placed an arm around Nick's shoulders "We've all been threw a lot…." Ellis whispered "We all lost people we love, and hell, nothin's gonna be the same ever again. That's why we gotta stick together."
Nick looked over at Ellis, frowning. Ellis simply grinned.
"Y'know you aint foolin' me Nick. At first I had a hard time understandin' ya, but not anymore." Ellis beamed.
Nick's eyebrows furrowed.
"I mean ya say ya hate me, but, then ya go and save me over and over again!" Ellis chuckled "Same with Ro and Coach. Ya care about us. Just like we care about ya."
Nick roughly pushed Ellis away "We already had this conversation once before."
Ellis nodded "I remember. I didn' believe ya and I still don't."
Nick grunted in response and walked over to the window, looking out. The sun was starting to set. Ellis came and stood beside him.
"Guess we aint findin' Coach and Ro tonight. We oughta find a room and stay the night. Hell there may even be a bed. I call dibs!" Ellis shouted and ran up the stair case.
"Jesus Ellis! Zombies could be up there!" Nick shouted as h e quickly chased after the southerner.
"Finally" Nick sighed as he walked into the hospital. It was quite. No one was behind the desk in the lobby; no one was around at all. Nick's eyebrow rose as he walked over to the desk and looked around "Hello?" he called out.
No response.
"Fucking ridiculous…" Nick grumbled as he called Alex's cell phone again. After 5 or 6 rings it went to her voice mail. A chill ran down Nick's spine and without realizing it he grabbed the pistol the man had given to him. 'Now watch, I'm just spooking myself and some nurse is going to walk by, see me with a gun and scream. I'll probably be thrown into jail yet again; though this time I would be innocent because that nut case scared the shit out of me!'
He took a deep breath and pushed the up button and the elevator door opened. He went in and the door closed behind him. "I think she said the 5th floor…" he mumbled hitting the button. After a minute or so the cart came to a stop and the doors opened. Nick's eyes widened in horror at what he saw.
Blood was smeared all over the walls and floors. Some even found its way to the ceiling. Nick's grip tightened around the small pistol as he walked down the hall. Several bodies lay on the floor and he cautiously stepped over them including dismembered body parts scattered here and there. Nick noticed a nurse, who was obviously dead, and grabbed a clip board from her stiff hands. He looked down the hall and up front, silence. Quickly he began to flip through the pages and spotted Katie's chart.
"Room 242." Nick said and quickly ran down the hallway. He took his cell phone out again and hit redial as he past room 221. Nick stopped dead in his tracks as Alex's ringer filled the silent hallway. Nick felt the hair on his neck stand and a voice inside his head told him that this wasn't good.
Soon he heard the moans and groans of the infected followed by loud footsteps coming his way. Nick took a deep breath and looked around before grabbing a stretcher and placed in front of him. He grabbed the metal bars tightly; his knuckles turning white. About 3 or 4 infected came turning down the hallway. Nick ran at top speed straight at them before he ran straight into them with the stretcher. Sick snaps from their ribs and spines filled Nick's ears as he ran the stretcher over and over into them. Blood flew from their mouths landing on the already stained sheets. Nick continued to ram the zombies until they fell the round and stopped moving.
Breathing heavily Nick continued down the hallway. He needed to find Katie and Alex.
"See? What did I tell ya, Nick? Nothin!" Ellis grinned.
The two men had searched one apartment completely and found no Zombies. This is where they were going to spend the night. Nick made his way into the kitchen, opening cabinets. He was able to find a couple cans of food they could eat. He then moved his way to the fridge just to check even though the power didn't work in the apartment building. And boy was he happy he did "Ellis!" Nick shouted "Come here!"
Ellis quickly came into the kitchen "What? Everything okay?!"
Nick held up a six pack of beer in each hand "I would say so." He grinned.
"Woo-wee!" Ellis shouted and slapped his knee "What a find!"
"No kidding." Nick chuckled before opening one of the beers and taking a good couple of gulps "Ah…"
"I say we sit down on that there couch and relax with these!" Ellis said.
"I'm not going to argue you on that one." Nick said as he pushed past Ellis and flopped onto the couch. Maybe, just maybe, tonight wasn't going to be okay.
6 or 7 beers later Nick was feeling pretty good. His back wasn't bothering him at all, he felt great. Ellis sat on the other end of the couch laughing at the story he was telling, and Nick was actually listening to this story.
"So then I told Keith it was stupid, but did that boy listen? 'Course not!" Ellis laughed. "He jumped straight off that bridge! Nearly drowned to death, but he lived, Keith always lives!"
Nick cracked a smile "This Keith guy sounds like a bigger nut job then you are overalls."
Ellis nodded "You bet he was! That's why I loved bein around him!"
Nick's smile vanished "Loved being around him." he grunted and took another slug from his beer "You still love him?"
Ellis blushed slightly "Course I do."
Nick rolled his eyes "Love… Who needs it? I say all you need to do is care for yourself and no one else."
Ellis frowned and moved closer to Nick "You don' really mean that."
Nick laughed "There you go again. Thinking that you know me!"
Ellis grabbed Nick's face "I do know ya."
Nick let out a bitter laugh "No you don't overalls. And if you did know me you wouldn't like me, trust me. Why do you think Alex left me?"
Ellis continued to frown "Nick…"
"And when she took Katie away," he laughed "It was probably the best thing Alex could have done! I wasn't a good dad, you know. I sucked. I drank all the time. Went to parties; sometimes I wouldn't be home for weeks! I cheated on Alex too, countless-"
Nick was silenced by Ellis's lips crushing his own. "Everyone needs someone to love, Nick…" Ellis mumbled when he pulled back.
Nick grabbed Ellis's shirt and instead of pushing him away he pulled him in for another kiss and forced the young mechanic's mouth opened to slip his tongue inside. Ellis let out a moan as he let his tongue out to rub against Nicks. Nick pushed Ellis backwards so Ellis was on his back and he was on top of him. Their lips separated for a moment so they could fill their lungs with needed air before attacking one another's mouth yet again. Nick pulled back and glared down at Ellis.
"What?" Ellis asked breathlessly.
"I can't stand you…." Nick grumbled as he bent down and started to kiss and nip at Ellis's neck.
"Then, ah… Why are you doin' this?" Ellis gasped as he moved his head to the right, giving Nick better access to his neck.
Nick sucked and bit at one spot on his neck leaving a red mark. Ellis bit back a moan and tightened his grip around Nick. "Because…" Nick said as his hand slid up Ellis's shirt and started to pinch and pull at one of his nipples making Ellis toss his head back and grind his hips up in to Nick's crotch. Nick let a sigh escape as he started rubbing against Ellis. Both men were already hard. "In the morning…. I'm going to blame it on the alcohol."
Ellis's senses came rushing back to him as he roughly pushed Nick away "Excuse me!? Hell no! I aint gonna let ya sleep with me if yer jus' gonna blame it on the beer!"
Nick groaned "Are you kidding me?"
Ellis glared at him "No, I ain't."
"This is ridiculous. You put the moves on me!" Nick pointed out "So you can't just stop because I refuse to have any sort of attachment to you!"
"Course I can!" Ellis flushed "Why the fuck would I let ya do anythin' to me if you don' feel the same way? I'd expect somethin' to change between us!"
"Fuck that." Nick grunted and folded his arms.
Ellis's face dropped, no longer was he angry, he was hurt now "Yer tellin me, you don't feel nothin' for me?
"Nothing." Nick snapped "I haven't gotten lucky in awhile and you were offering. That's all. I'm not gay or anything, just horny."
Ellis glanced away ashamed "Oh… I see…" He quickly stood up "I'm going to bed…" his voice cracked a bit.
"You're really just going to leave me like this?" Nick asked as he gestured to his hard on.
Ellis looked over at him and quickly looked away "Take care of it yerself, Nick." He said as he hurried off.
"Bastard." Nick huffed and leaned back on the couch he sighed "What a shitty night this is turning out to be…"
Ellis slammed the bedroom door shut and slumped down against it, he pulled his knees to his chest and silently cried into them "What an asshole…" he whispered "Go figure I would go an' fall for someone who won't return my feelin's again…"
Nick had sobered up a little bit as he lay on the couch half awake. He kept replaying the night over and over in his head. How good it had felt when Ellis kissed him, the warmth of Ellis's skin, not to mention the noises of approval that escaped Ellis's lips. Nick groaned 'of course I reacted to the kiss! I was drunk and lonely! Who wouldn't have gotten turned on!?' Nick sat up and sighed. He looked over to the bedroom door where Ellis was staying. 'I guess I should apologize…' Nick thought as he stood.
He slowly walked over to the door and raised his fist, but it never came to knock on the door. He heard Ellis behind the door muttering curses as he sobbed. Nick's heart clenched. It was his fault the kid was crying. Nick sighed and placed his forehead to the door "Ellis?" Nick called.
"Wh-What do ya want?" Ellis asked.
"I want to apologize…" Nick grumbled and tried to jiggle the door knob "Unlock the door…"
Ellis stayed silent.
"Come on, Kid." Nick sighed "I want to talk to you."
"So talk to me from the other side of the door."
Nick slammed his fist onto the door "Damn it, overalls… Listen; I'm not good at apologies, okay? I'm fucked up, you've been around me long enough to realize that…."
Silence.
Nick closed his eyes and took a deep breath "Ever since your confession the other day; I have been thinking. I had a wife and kid, and look at how that turned out? They're both dead… It's only been two fucking weeks… I shouldn't be interested in anyone, let alone a dude…. I should only be thinking about those two."
Startled, Nick took a step back as the door cracked open a bit. Ellis looked up at him "I know…" he mumbled. "Go on…"
Nick sighed, again, and knelt down "I think about them everyday… I think about what I saw in the hospital and… hours after finding Alex's body…" Nick stopped talking.
Ellis opened the door a bit more "Ya saw her body?"
Nick nodded "When Katie turned I guess Alex was her first meal…"
Ellis winced "I'm sorry, man."
Nick shrugged and continued "I'm fucked up. I can't cry, I'm not sad, I'm more pissed really. I have no clue what's wrong with me."
"Is that why you push people away?" Ellis asked.
"Honestly, I can't tell you." Nick said. "But what I can tell you is this; I loved Alex and Katie. It was probably the first time I really loved anything more than money, and the first time I ever loved anyone. Now you better listen to this last part good, because I will never say it again and will deny it if you say anything about it, got it?"
Ellis nodded.
"I do care about you three more then I let on…" Nick frowned "I do- I do care about… you more so." Nicks thoughts raced back the events earlier today. "When I don't see you I start to panic and I start to think of the worst case scenario, but when I see that stupid face appear out of nowhere and that retarded southern accent I immediately calm down…. I feel like everything going to be alright since your there… God damn it I can't believe I'm fucking saying all this." Nick groaned as he rolled his eyes "I guess I'm trying to say…."
The door was fully open now and Ellis crawled over to Nick and grabbed his hands "Ya can stop now."
Nick looked at Ellis
"I forgive ya." He smiled "And I get what yer sayin'. It makes me happy."
Nick rolled his eyes again "Alright… Like I said I'm never saying that again though, got it?"
Ellis nodded "I got it!" he grinned and leaned in closer to Nick "Hey, Nick?"
"Hmm?" Nick asked.
Ellis grabbed the collar of Nick's suit and pulled him into a kiss. Nick groaned and kissed Ellis back. "Even if ya treat me like shit after this…" Ellis mumbled into Nick's lips "I'll know that's jus' how yer handlin' things."
"Good." Nick said and forced Ellis to stand up "Because there was no way in hell I was going to let you slam that door on my face and let me handle this situation you got me into again."
Ellis chuckled as he pushed Nick's suit jacket off his shoulders and began working on the buttons of his shirt "Naw, I won' do that to ya."
"Good." Nick grumbled as he pushed Ellis onto the bed.
Kay I promise next chapter is the lemon! But hey, some sexy goodness right? I know Nick's out of character. My excuse for it: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (bad excuse…)! So yeah, that's my excuse and im sticking with it haha! I'm going to try and update as soon as possible! Have a great new years all!
….30-nights….