We kept walking through the town. Everything seemed peaceful. There were no fights, the guards were patrolling on top of the walls to make sure that there were no strangers or infected outside.

-Want to go back? – Joel asked looking around. – There isn't much more to see.

-Ok, sure.

When we were heading back to our home we heard yelling, people were running from the gates. A woman fell right in front of us and quickly got up and started to run again. 5 seconds passed and the sound of guns started to echo throughout the small town.

-Stay here. – Joel said while he helped me to sit on the front porch of someone's house. The wooden floor creaked and someone from inside looked at us trough the small net window on the door.

-What do you guys want?

-Behave. – He said to me as he gave me a shiv. – Please take care of her. – And ran off.

The person opened the door and I could clearly see his small brown hair and his torn up clothes. His face clearly showed that he didn't want to make any new friends. – What's your name?

-Ellie. – I answered as I looked back at the street – And yours? – There were a lot of people running and falling and I wasn't completely sure of how so many people could live here. It was so small. Was there another town nearby?

-You don't need to know my name. – He said as he leaned against the wall. – As soon as your father comes back, I don't want to see you here ever again.

-He's not my father. – I said softly. – And don't worry, you'll never see me near your shitty self or your shitty house. – For a brief moment I looked back at him and smiled at him.

-Fucking kids….thinking they rule the world…they would be better off dead. – He said as he entered the house leaving me alone in the porch. All I could see was the sunset and people running to their homes to find some place to hide.

The minutes passed and suddenly everything went quiet. The wind that characterizes the end of the day was so soft but when it hit the side of the houses, it made them creak and that noise was the only thing I could hear.
The man appeared again…well his face did. I could see his face through the net.

-What?

-Just checking to see if you were finally dead.

-I'm not. – I said waving one of the crutches in front of his face. – You see!

His face froze and I started to laugh. His eyes were wide open and he started to back way, closing the door as soon as he got in the house. – Don't make any noise. – He whispered. I looked around and that's when I saw it. There was a clicker roaming in the streets. It was just one and I could easily take him down if my leg wasn't fucked. I silently put my crutches back down and tried not to do any sudden moves.
For about 5 seconds, the clicker stood there in the middle but after he turned to the house we were and started limping over to us. I could clearly hear his sounds. The clicker was now by the door and a loud bang inside the house made him start to attack the door with viscous scratches. The door was strong but at the same time it wasn't completely closed so the man was struggling to close it and end all that.

-A little help! – He yelled from inside the house.

I picked up my crutch and threw it at the clicker trying to get his attention. – You own me one…if I survive! – The clicker came to me but thanks to my long crutch I could maintain a certain distance between us. A few seconds later, the man came outside with a knife and stabbed the infected. – Thanks. – I said tired.

-No…thank you. – He said putting one hand on my right shoulder. – I'm Jake.

A/N: This chapter will have a second part. Sorry it took so long to update, i'll try to post the next one soon. Hope you like it :)