The sun rose on the town of Cherry Point. Every one rose from their beds and stretched out their arms.
"That's one of the best night's sleep I've had since the infection." Bill said as he stretched out his arms.
"How about you Coach?" Bill asked as he turned to Coach's bed to see him turned over on his stomach, drooling on his pillow.
"Lovely." Bill responded as he plopped back into bed, falling back asleep.
Ellis and Louis were the ones to get the last shift; they sat in the kitchen eating Twinkies and butterscotch.
"So let me get this straight; Keith was burned on over 90% of his body, bombed by the army and got cut up by a lawn mower and isn't dead?" Louis asked Ellis.
"Yep!" Ellis said with a smile.
Louis began to laugh, "Damn, he must be pretty messed up then!"
"Oh, for sure, but the skin grafts really helped him out." Ellis said.
Back in the living room, Nick sat up in the futon and stretched out his arms while Zoey slept at his side.
"You awake Zoey?" Nick asked. Zoey didn't respond, she was still sleeping.
Nick then began stroking Zoey's cheek. She began to wake up so Nick withdrew. Zoey looked up at Nick with glazed eyes.
"What time is it?" Zoey asked
Nick looked down at his watch which he forgot to take off. "It's 9:34."
Zoey kicked off the blanket and rubbed her eyes. Nick stared down at Zoey's bare legs and carefully tried to look up further. Zoey began to see what Nick was trying to do, so she quickly got out of bed and went into the kitchen.
In the master bedroom, Rochelle and Francis laid in bed together.
"Morning Rochelle." Francis said to Rochelle.
"Good morning." She responded.
Francis leaned over and kissed Rochelle on the cheek.
Back in the kitchen Zoey went to grab food from the food bag.
"Hey Zoey, good morning!" Louis said as she passed through the kitchen.
"Hey Louis!" Zoey responded with a smile.
Ellis began to eye Zoey the way Nick was. Ellis had a girlfriend about three years ago, Jennifer, before he broke up with her. The more he looked at Zoey, the more she began to look like Jennifer.
Zoey sensed Ellis staring at her. It was high school all over again. Guys always liked Zoey before they find out she was a total "nerd" when it came to horror movies. She had to deal with Nick and now Ellis. Before it was Francis who said that he hated her pants and that she should take them off. Luckily he was smitten with Rochelle now.
"Hey Zoey, what's up?" Ellis asked.
"Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all." Zoey thought. "Maybe he wants to do more than just get into my pants."
"Hey Ellis." Zoey said with a wide smile.
Ellis began to giggle, it was official, he was in love with Zoey.
Bill got up out of bed and stretched his arms out and yawned. Coach then got up and did the same.
"You ready for another day of zombie killing?" Bill asked Coach.
"I've been doing it for three days, and each day I keep getting better. I'm ready." Coach answered.
"Good, I'll wake the others."
In the master bedroom Rochelle went into the bathroom and washed her face.
"You know Francis, there's something I have to confess." Rochelle said.
"What's that?" Francis asked.
"I had a husband." Rochelle said.
"Oh, is he alright?" Francis asked.
"Well no, he…well he died." Rochelle said.
"I'm sorry, was it the infection?"
Rochelle stared into the sink; she always hated talking about what happened to her husband.
"No, it was a car accident, three years ago."
"I'm so sorry." Francis said as he stood up from the bed and walked over to Rochelle.
"I just didn't want you to think that I wasn't interested in you or anything, it's just that I've had a hard time accepting anyone since he died."
"It's alright." Francis said. "When the time is right, you'll know."
Rochelle smiled and hugged Francis.
Bill knocked on the door, "You two, get ready; we're leaving in ten minutes." Rochelle looked back at Francis.
"I guess we better get dressed." Rochelle said
Francis nodded.
Ten minutes later everyone was dressed and ready to go. Francis, Nick and Louis carried machine guns while Bill, Coach and Ellis carried shotguns. Rochelle took the double pistols and Zoey equipped the hunting rifle. Now there were around twenty zombies roaming around outside along with a hunter and a charger.
"On the count of three, I'm going to open this door and we're going to charge out and shoot down every single one of those bastards." Coach said.
Everyone nodded.
"One…two…three!"
The door flew open and everyone charged out and began shooting into the crowd of zombies.