Vince woke up but he didn't open his eyes. He went to move his left arm but it was pinned. He opened to see that he was in a light embrace with Melanie. He froze instantly, well to be fair she had her arms around him, but this felt awkward to him. He dared not move in fear of waking her up.
He slowly moved his right arm and hoped she would move. Luck came to him and when she adjusted he quickly got his arm out. He slowly got up and checked the streets. He heard a car crash and saw far down the street a car slammed into a store causing it to draw the infected.
"Lucky break," he said as he went to check his gear. He checked his Remington bolt action and then loaded it. When he was done with that he noticed Melanie started to wake.
"Morning," he said as she stretched. She smiled mischievously as he said it.
"What?" he asked.
"Oh nothing, I just had a dream that you hugged me in my sleep, its weird cause when I woke up, it was actually happening," she said smiling at him. Vince blushed heavily as she said it. She smiled and went down the stairs and into a kitchen area and made breakfast for herself and Vince.
Vince ate the food she gave him, blushing the entire time.
Melanie gave him her mischievous smile the entire time, which in the end made him blush even more.
The day was long as Vince and Melanie searched the house and stripped it of any useful materials, such as cloth, paper, and any food he could find. He even found a med kit under the parent's bed, the guy must have been a coach or something, a lot of supplies to fix legs and arms but useless for internal injuries.
Vince was checking the bathroom closet as he heard the door burst open. He darted out to see a female with icy blue hair holding Melanie at gun point. He leveled his rifle to her head and was about to pull the trigger when he heard something strain to his right.
"Drop it mate," a male voice said with an Australian accent, he held a bow and with his arms that showed definite muscle, it was probably set for a high bow string weight.
Vince obliged and set the gun down, the man whistled three times and the girl went to his side, both of them holstering their weapons. Vince cocked an eyebrow at them.
"If we wanted to kill you, well we don't kill people in the first place," the female said.
"We just want to make it out, and help as many along with us as we can," the male said.
Vince shrugged it off "Good Samaritans, the world hasn't gone to shit after all," he thought.
Vince stepped forward and held out his hand.
"Vince," he said. "The woman behind me is Melanie," Vince added.
"Asher, and the beautiful girl next to me is Fraline," he said shaking Vince's hand.
"Pleasure to meet you too," she said with a slight southern accent.
"Glad to meet you too," Melanie said.
"Glad to have you with us, we are gonna need all the help we can get if we are going to get out of this hellhole," Vince said.