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Hey people of the earth and beyond. Sorry this is another shortish chapter but believe it or not i have a life, well a life revolving around homework but it's still a life I'll try get more and hopefully longer out soon.

Ly- thanks so much for the review and don't worry I don't like Finn either so stuff will happen but what? I can't tell you.

Lexiie- your review was so sweet thanks so much for it.

An- well here you go I updated hope you like it.

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This chapter is for Kim in hopes that she'll find the words that she's looking for and find her illumination where ever it may be.

Chapter 5: The Tainted Normality

We had two more houses to go get stuff from. It was only meant to be one but we now thanks to Puck had Finn Hudson quarterback to look after too. The guy was a definite male version of Brittany (who had spent the three hours last night telling me why dolphins last night) difference I like Brittany. We stopped at his house first. Puck told me to wait outside to make sure we didn't get stuck in a swarm again and I thought I'd let him take the reins on this one. Collecting from Finns house went without a hitch. It was my turn and I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to take what might be awaiting me in there. It's going to be easier for me write this as it happened:

I place my hand on the door handle and take a breath in what if my dads are in their what if their broken mangled carcasses are still lying in their bed? What if their gone what if they're not there? The thought of my dads as zombies sent a shiver down my spine. I opened the door. The walls were the same as they were the day before this all happened lined with the happy faces of me and my fathers on different holidays. The thought of the normality that these photos showed made a stab of longing run through me like a knife. I ignored the door at the end of the hallway and went into what used to be my room. There were only a few things that I forgot to grab in my haste to get out of the house the majority of them sentimental.

I put a photo of me and my dads in Europe in my bag when Puck walked in. "I'm done with the kitchen and Finn found a couple of guns in the garage so we loaded them up and put them in the truck. You all done in here?" Noah asked and I nodded a silent yes. I take one last look at the house I grew up in and got in the truck. As we drove away I had to remind myself that I had to remember everything the way it was three days ago with my dads smiling and laughing.

When we arrived back at the school Sue was not happy. There was a lot of yelling quite a bit of it about us being as stupid as Mr. Shue's hair for bringing another person. I agreed fully but didn't say anything because Sue had made it clear she hated suck ups. The yelling stopped after awhile thankfully and we gave everyone their things. It had felt good seeing everyone happy and for awhile it had felt like we were normal kids looking at photo albums until of course they asked to see mine. After looking through a few of my photos they had asked where my mom was and who was the other man in the photos was he an uncle? So I told them about my dads and how I never met my birth mother and father and now probably never will. I haven't been asked about my mother since.

Sue had been right about bringing Finn to the school. He wasn't very truthful to us he told a lot of lies at his short time at the camp. He so far in this war (yes it is a war) is my biggest regret but when Noah found out about the lies it broke him, it broke something in him that we're not sure we'll ever be able to fix and that dear reader scares me more than anything I have seen in this war.

Hope you enjoyed it. Love thePhantomofCraighead.

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