It took Adelaide several moments of groaning and pushing from the boy to get her out of bed but eventually, she got out of bed and forced her feet into her boots and grabbed her jacket before leaving the room. Adelaide walked through the dark halls of the museum, following the sound of the voices.

No matter how nice the group at their doors may be, Adelaide would still be horrifically unreasonable with them – they woke her up from her nap and she was pissed. Sleep was fleeting in this new world and any undisturbed sleep was welcomed with open arms, so having those fleeting moments of sleep taken away was not appreciated.

By the time she arrived, DogNut was already within a heated debate with a member of the new group. Causing her to stand between them to break up the tension a little. "Before you two start making out, I'm going to have to break it up."

"Listen, lady, that's not what was happening-" a boy with light hair interrupted, a finger raising as if he was in class. Adelaide admitted that he was cute – but he had nothing on DogNut.

Wait, what?

What was she even saying?

You hate DogNut, he's a jerk. He's not cute or handsome, he's just a jerk.

Now let's get back to the matters at hand, shall we?

"I don't give a flying fuck what was happening; you woke me up from the best sleep I've had in weeks, so you better have a fucking fantastic reason for doing so or I'll start removing body parts." Adelaide cut him off, her jaw clenching together as she tried to contain her anger.

DogNut placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn towards him a little. "Babe, you're scaring them-"

Adelaide wanted to snap at DogNut for his "babe" comment, but she knew she would only make the situation worse if she did so she kept quiet about it and turned towards the group instead, her lips pursing together as she raised a hand in DogNut's direction to stop him from speaking, shrugging off his hand. "Just… What the fuck do you want?"

"We just need a place to stay," a voice spoke up from near the back of the small crowd in front of her.

Just as Adelaide was about to give a sarcastic remark, she noticed who was speaking up. A blonde-haired girl had stepped forward and was in front of Adelaide and her whole angry demeanour dropped. "Holy shit, it's another chick. Make that four other chicks. You have no idea how nice it is to see other girls, at least now I might actually be allowed to do something."

The blonde's eyebrows fused together in confusion, her eyes narrowing a little. "Huh?"

Adelaide rolled her eyes. "Because I'm a girl, I'm not allowed to do anything dangerous – playing a huge part in keeping the human race alive and all. Apparently. Anyway, I'm not in charge here; you'd have to talk to Jordan – he's the one in charge here. I would get him, but it seems he's already here so if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to bed." She pushed DogNut and Jordan aside and stormed down the hallway, back to her bedroom.

After kicking off her boots and shimmied out of her jacket, Adelaide collapsed onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling above her. Despite only getting an hour or so of sleep, she didn't feel tired anymore. Almost as if she never truly felt tired in the first place, which annoyed her. All she wanted was sleep, but now that she was in a situation where she would get it, her body wouldn't allow her to sleep.

Her eyes closed and she was alone with her thoughts, that was when she fell into sleep… or something close to it.

She saw her older brother in his bed, covered in sweat and nothing would make it go away. He was all she had left now; her parents had died a few hours earlier and she didn't even get to say goodbye. They had died by the time she had gone to get them fresh glasses of water and some ice packs – a job that would've taken moments.

But she couldn't think of that, now. She had to make sure her brother was going to be okay, it was what her parents would've wanted her to do. She'd forced back her tears, focusing only on making sure her brother was comfortable and had everything he needed. She'd tried calling an ambulance, but the line was busy. Even the non-emergency line wasn't picking up her call. She was completely on her own, only going on various things she'd seen her mum do whenever she was sick.

Even with her never leaving his side, her brother succumbed to the illness, too. He died in his sleep with Adelaide by his side, telling him that he was going to be okay.

Adelaide was woken up by someone gently shaking her arm and the feeling of someone's arms wrapping around her tightly, comforting her. When she opened her eyes, she realized she had been crying and that it was DogNut who was there, trying to sooth her. "It was him again, wasn't it?"

She curled into his arms, her head buried in his shirt as she nodded, unsure of her own voice in that moment. All she could do was cry and hold onto DogNut as if her life depended upon it. She liked this side of DogNut, the guy who would hold her and tell her that she was okay when she had a nightmare – that was the version of him that she loved and wished that this side of him appeared more often.

They stayed there for several minutes until Adelaide stopped crying, but he refused to let her go until she would tell him. She looked up at him, her eyes locked with his. Before she fully realized it, their lips were touching. Their kiss was fleeting, only held for mere seconds before they pulled away. It was awkward, neither of them knowing if they truly had feeling for one another or if teenage hormones took over.

"I knew you secretly liked me," DogNut smirked, leaning in for another kiss before Adelaide pushed him away.

And he was back to being the jerk.

Adelaide moved out of his embrace, grabbing her boots to place them back on before grabbing her jacket from the floor and sliding off her bed. "Fuck off, Dog-Shit."

DogNut held a hand over his heart, pretending to be hurt. "Why must you hurt me in this way, princess?"

"I've told you a thousand times; do not call me princess."

"And I'm pretty sure I wasn't listening."

"You're forgetting I'm in charge of your food and if you want to eat today, you better stop calling me princess."

"Understood, Adelaide."

Adelaide left the room after that, knowing that arguing with him would only make her upset again then nobody would comfort her. Walking through the halls, she placed her jacket on before walking towards the café, noticing the trio of girls at one of the tables.

She glared at the blonde, her arms folding over her chest. "No offence but you all look like shit. And smell of cheap perfume and teenage desperation. It's disgusting."

The blonde narrowed her eyes at Adelaide, mimicking her movements a little too well. "Same goes to you, witchy-boo."

Adelaide smirked, shaking her head a little. "Finally, we agree on something, blondie."

The blonde smirked too, moving her chair a little to allow Adelaide to sit with them. Adelaide grabbed a chair and sat with them, all feelings of anger and sadness from her conversation with DogNut completely leaving her. Over the next forty-five minutes, Adelaide got to talk with them about anything and everything. She learned their names; Brooke, Courtney and Aleshia and they were originally in France during the initial outbreak – lucky, as Adelaide had put it. They didn't get to see how bad it got in England, although they would beg to differ.

Just as Adelaide was about to make a start on everyone's food, Jordan requested her in his office which usually meant one thing; she was in deep shit and was probably being thrown out for doing something wrong. She excused herself from the group and walked into his office, feeling the anxiety rise within her.

"What's up, chief?" she asked, a faint smile on her lips as she tried to hide her nervousness.

Jordan looked up at her from the book he was reading, moving his glasses up his nose. "I need you to keep an eye on the new group, and if anything suspicious happens, you report it back to me."

Adelaide's eyebrows fused together in confusion, taking a step towards Jordan's desk. "Why me? I mean, there are other kids here to do that."

Jordan watched Adelaide walk towards him before he closed the book and walked over towards her, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Because aside from DogNut, you're the only person I fully trust, Addie. You can do this."

Adelaide sighed, but reluctantly nodded her head. "Alright, fine, I'll keep an eye on them."

Note

Brotp discovered; Adelaide and Brooke. Adelaide is just a straight up savage, that's basically her in a nutshell, to be honest.

I think I needed to put in more of Adelaide's backstory in this so I guess you got it – yes, I'm evil with it but someone's gotta do it.

bUT MY BABIES KISSED WDVKWNVWKNVWKVW.

Until next time;

Lorna.