A/N- so this is chapter 3 in the undead story! Im so excited because this will be the first chapter to end in a cliffhanger! haha jk. or am I? well I guess youll have to find out so read!P.S this chapter will mostly be the girls bonding and yes the concert in chapter 2 was Hollywood Undead if any of you were asking.

Chapter 3: Living in the normal world

I woke up with my face in Rileys shoulder. My right arm was wrapped around rileys waist, my left one hugging my pillow and my right leg entangled around Rileys left leg. Riley though was on her back and i was not sure if she was awake or not. Her right arm was underneath me and most likely numb. i look up at her and see that she is in fact not awake. I then realize that i had slept through the entire night without any nightmares, i was comftorable in an actual bed, and it didnt smell like shit and death everywhere. Did people really have this much luxury before the infection? I then realize that the satisfaction of sleep in these times actually felt and it might be best to not take that satisfaction from Riley. I then try as quietly and as slowly as possible to unwind from rileys clutches. It takes a while but i manage to pull it off and when i finally do get out of bed i quietly pull the sheets over Riley. I do so and slowly tiptoe out of the bedroom.

I walk out into the living room and see that Sarah and Joel are already up. There sitting on the couch staring at a large rectangular box. There are giant metal figures in the box shooting each other. What is this? My immediate reaction to this is to pull out my gun but when i look at joel and Sarah they seem so calm. Why? Theres giant metal figures fighting each other in a box in there room! and there just sitting there? Sarah see's my distress and starts looking at me funny. Joel seems to understand my distress.

"Ellie, good morning! howd you sleep?" Joel asks

"Fine...but...um..." I stammer looking at the box. Is it like a portal to another dimension or something?

"come sit" Joel says

"Oh well okay" I say cautiously. I sit next to sarah. "so whats going on?" I ask.

"Were watching transformers. its an old movie but its still the best out of the four" Sarah says extremely calmly.

"This is television" Joel explains "it allows people to be entertained by watching fictional shows." He says

"Oh okay so its like watching a comic book." I say

"sure." Joel says

"Okay cool" I say "so whats this about then?" I ask

"Well... its about these robots..." Sarah begins but I interupt her.

"Whats a robot?" I ask

"Its basically a metal man" Sarah says

"Okay cool" I say

"Alright so theres these robots from another planet and they can transform into cars and planes and stuff and there in a war with these evil robots and the only way to win the war is to kill their leader and destroy this cube thing" Sarah says

"sounds complicated" I say

"It is" Sarah says and we both laugh

We spend the next hour or so watching the movie until Riley comes out of the puts a large grin on my face. Riley ends up having the same expression that I had when I had first seen the TV.

"Um... Whats going on?" Riley asks. We all start laughing except for Riley, she only gets confused. I take the liberty of telling her whats going on. After the movie ends Joel smacks his hands on his knees and stands up.

"Well i oughta get to work." Joel says. "I dont think ive ever been happy to say that" Joel says. "You girls stay out of trouble and ill be back in a few." Joel says

"Alright love you dad" Sarah says

"Wait dont we have to talk about whats going on?" Riley asks

"Well talk about it when I get back." Joel says. He closes the door behind him and we were left with silence and awkwardness in the air.

"So... You guys wanna go up to my room?" Sarah asks

"Sure" I say. it'd be nice to get to know sarah, she seems nice enough.

We walk up to her room which is in the second story of the house. Immediately when we enter her room i can see posters and posters and posters. One had six dudes behind the words "American Tragdedy" with a red background. Another poster had a skull with wings and the word "Afterlife" hanging underneath with a black background. Another poster held two men standing there with comets falling from the sky. at least they looked like comets. and the word "supernatural" hanging below it.

"Nice posters" Riley comments

"Thanks" Sarah says

"what are they?" I ask

"Well the one with the words American Tragedy is Hollywood Undead, The one with Afterlife is Avenged sevenfold and the one that says supernatural is a tv show that i watch. well, more like obsess over." sarah says chuckling.

"well okay cool" I say. It was kind of awkward for a bit until Riley spoke up.

"So do you have some more of those Holloywood Undead songs on a walkman or something?" Riley asks

"Walkman? Whats that?" Sarah asks. she pulls out a black, skinny, and small device and presses the only button on it which turns it on. "This is a phone. It allows you to talk to people over long distances" Sarah explains

"So like a walkie talkie" I say

"yea" Sarah says. "but it can also play music" Sarah says and pluggs it into some sort of speaker. It starts playing a familier song

Goodnight

Sleep tight

Dont let the dead bite

"This is on that mix tape you got me!" I say to Riley recalling the tune.

"yup" Riley says with a smug look on her face.

"Oh so you guys know this band then?" Sarah asks.

"Yea wasnt this the band that was singing at the concert?" Riley asked.

"Yea" Sarah says

"Alright well what else you got on there?" Riley asks

For the next hour or so we listen to some random songs that she likes. She plays one by that band "Avenged Sevenfold".

You should have known...

The price of evil

And it hurts to know that you belong here, yea

Ooh, its your fucking nightmare

But then a song comes on that destroys all other songs. This song I considered perfect. It was amazing and it wasnt some heavy metal, or rap song. It wasnt about death and agony. It was a perfect reminder of how lucky I am to be with Riley.

All the roads we have to walk are winding

And all the lights that lead us there are blinding

There are so many things id like to say to you but I dont know how

Because maybe...

Your gonna be the one that saves me...

And after all...

Your my wonderwall...

"Wow that song is amazing" I say

Many more hours later Joel returns and its almost a relief when he says were going out to eat.

"Wait what do you mean were going "out" to eat?" Riley asks

"Well I mean that were going to a resturant" Joel says

The strange feeling leaves my stomach after we leave the house. We cram into the car and race down to Alidino's. When we enter Joel explains the basics of resturants and what to do in them. The waitress gets to our table but im not looking at her im looking at my menu. What I do see and hear though is Riley gaping at the waitress and asking

"Marlene?"

A/N- Sorry for the cliffhanger but I gotta keep you guys interested somehow right? Okay so I already have in mind what the ending will be so ill mostly just be filling in the gaps. Ill update soon dont worry! Aight nerd out :D