Hearing the voice made her jump a bit out of surprise. She wasn't used to hearing another person's voice besides the three men who became her new traveling companions.

"I'm so sorry! Did I startle you? I didn't mean to."

After her little heart attack, she glanced around and soon saw the source of the voice; the young woman she met earlier when they were at the front of the bridge. Currently, she was on the other side of the fencing, on a platform from the bridge, wielding two pistols in her hands. "Oh, it's okay. It's alright, no need to worry" Rochelle replied with a little laugh to hide the fact that she is trying to calm her fast-beating heart.

The girl let out a sigh of relief, "I'm so glad. I don't want to give a heart attack and be responsible for killing one of the few women left on earth."

Both laugh nervously at the statement, fearing that it might be true.

"Say, I never catch your name when we first met. My name's Rochelle. What's yours?"

"Nice to meet you, Rochelle. My name's Zoey."

Rochelle let out a small little giggle after Zoey's reply.

Not sure how to take the other woman's sudden laughter after telling her name, Zoey blushed a bit and almost shouted "Hey, my name's not that funny! It's a pretty common name! Unlik-"

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to insult you!" Rochelle looking up at Zoey waving her hands in front of her in a panic state. "I think you have a great name. It's just…" as she looked down with a small smile "it just your reply replied reminded me of Ellis."

Rochelle smiled at her brief flashback of when she learned the names of the three men she would soon fight along with in an elevator inside a flaming hotel building. She remembered after she told the three strangers her name, the youngest member smiled to her and replied with a warm, innocent voice with no hint of panic in his voice. Nice to me you, Rochelle.

"Ellis? Is he the cute Southern guy in your group?" showing some eagerness in her voice.

After her words left her mouth that she flinched in realization she spoke too much by calling the man "cute."

Rochelle just laughed and replied, "So you think our little Ellis is cute huh?" She continued to laugh warmly as the younger woman blushed in her embarrassment and slightly nod.

"Really now. When we first met, you seemed to show no real interest in him or even helping us."

"Huh. Oh yeah, back on the other side of the bridge. I guess I didn't huh…" Zoey said quietly with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Her inner news reporter started surfaced as she noticed the change in the young woman's voice. Though she wish to given in to her reporter's instinct of asking her questions, but her woman's intuition told her to she will talk about if she wishes to.

Looking at Zoey's face, she could see that she was lost in her own thoughts with a dark grim face. Concerned, Rochelle tried to lighten the mood.

"I think you two would make a great couple" looking up at Zoey with a smile on her face. It seemed to have worked because Zoey snapped out of her thoughts and slightly blushed.

"You are both young…" Rochelle said cheerfully but slowly she lowered her head and with a sigh, she whispered, "if only there was time for love during a zombie apocalypse."

Despite her best efforts, Zoey heard what the older survivor whispered and realized she wasn't the only one who found love during the apocalypse. After their brief meeting, she could tell who that person she was thinking of.

"I'm thinking I'm not the only one who has a crush between our two groups" Zoey said with a mischievous smile on her face.

Upon hearing those words, Rochelle broke out of her small depression and started to turn red.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Trying to sound confident that she has no idea what the other was talking about.

"Oh, I think you know what I'm talking about. I can see that both of our groups know it and it's pretty obvious. You guys are just too shy to admit it." Zoey continued to poke fun at the older woman, trying to get her to admit it.

Rochelle's speech started to reflect her embarrassment as she replied "I-I-I-I really, don't know what you are talking about." She could feel Zoey's stare burning her, never flattering from her.

"Come on. Just say it. It will help you and maybe the other will admit his feelings too. We all know it! Just say it from your own mouth! And just say it!"

"I REALLY LIKE FRANCIS! MAYBE EVEN LOVE HIM! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!"

Rochelle yelled at the top of her lungs leaving her breathless, bright red, and in shock.

After hearing her words echo across the empty town, only then Rochelle's face turned bright red. What did I just do? Rochelle thought as she collapsed on her knees in complete shock.

Quickly after the echo throughout the town disappeared into the night, Zoey picked up her nearby hunting rifle, looked through the scope to see if any zombies heard Rochelle's outburst. Looking around the area with and without the scope and seeing nothing, she lowered her rifle and turned her attention back to Rochelle.

Oh boy… Zoey thought looking at the woman on the ground, staring at the ground, still in complete shock.

"Hey. Rochelle." Zoey kept trying to get a response from Rochelle to no avail. With a sigh, she climbed over the bridge railing and landed a foot away from her.

Looking at her, she could see that Rochelle was shivering and tell she was about to cry. She also heard her mumbling something that sounded like "what just happened" and "oh god no". Watching her like this became uncomfortable, so she unzipped her jacket exposing her mostly white tank top. After a brief shiver due to the cold night air, she threw her jacket over Rochelle to keep her warm.

Seeing that she didn't acknowledge or responded to the sudden warmth from the jacket, Zoey put her hands on Rochelle's shoulders and slightly shook her to see if she was okay. After a minute of trying with no success, she just sat across from the petrified woman watching her. She pulled her legs towards her chest and rests her head on her knees.

What do I do now? She then buried her face and small tears started to appear.

I wish you were here Bill... I could use your help…

A/N: Yay! Second chapter! That's a first for me. :P

And sorry if this seemed shorter and that the last chapter (I blame it a bit on writer's block) and there was very little interaction between Rochelle and Zoey. I just wanted to set it up and… yeah…For this story, I plan to have kind of a RochellexFrancis, ZoeyxEllis, and kinda RochellexNick and RochellexEllis. But, eh, things change. :P

Want to say thanks to the two people who reviewed my story! I was so happy that I got two reviews in one day when I was having a horrible day (college grades were released and they came out super late). I really appreciate it and it put a huge smile on my face! :D

Also just to answer the question- favorite pairings: Rochelle/Nick, Rochelle/Ellis (before the Passing), Zoey/Ellis (after the Passing came out), and Rochelle/Francis (I think its okay…), and Nick and Ellis (not as a Yaoi pairing! More along the lines of being brothers). I pretty much okay with any pairing if it was well told/written.

And yeah… Awkward moments are awkward. xD

(I promise next one will hopefully be kinda long and Rochelle won't be like this for most of the chapter.)

*I didn't know three pages on Word is so small on FanFiction. Damn... (excuse my language.)