Chapter 9: The Unexpected

"I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

-- Roy Croft

Side Note: The song used in this chapter was "My Skin" by Natalie Merchant. I'd put a link in here but I don't think it will work. sorry! But yes, enjoy and listen to the song. thanks for reading.

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I opened my eyes as far as they could go without burning and i looked around. I didn't realize that I had fallen asleep but apparently I had. i turned over slightly and noticed a girl sobbing in the corner. She was faded and had fair hair, she appeared skinny and hurting. She sobbed and sobbed and I listened to her. I honestly didn't care though. I watched her, and listened to her, but I didn't care though. Then suddenly, she stopped and turned to face me. We held eye contact for about five minutes then her face turned cruel and she hissed at me

"Stop staring!"

"I can't help it. Your sobbing is rather irritating." I responded bluntly.

"Well then stop listening!" She yelled and then turned her body to face me.

"It's pretty loud too." I added in. Quite frankly, I didn't care if I was making her angry or not. She growled at me then she said

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" Then she wailed as she pulled her deformed fingers to her ears and sobbed louder and longer. I watched her and listened to her as she put on this show. What had caused this girl to do such acts? I rolled onto my side and just stared at the ground. I tried blocking her out but I couldn't. She was simply too loud for this quiet area. I flashed my golden eyes to the ground and i began to whisper

"Take a look at my body, look at my hands...there's so much here that I don't understand..." It fell silent for a few moments, even her sad sobs died out. Her hands fell to her side, but her head still hung there. I looked to her and then she looked to me. Her eyes looked straight into mine and then she quietly said

"Sing more please..." I didn't understand at first but I did as told. It took me a few moments to remember the other words but I soon did

"I'm the slow dying flower, in the frost killing hour. Sweet turning sour and untouchable. Oh, I need the darkness, the sweetness, the sadness, the weakness...Oh, I need this. I need a lullaby, a kiss good night..."

"That song..." She began and she turned her head "I remember singing it in choir..."

"Choir?" I echoed "I learned it there too..." We sat in silence for about ten minutes after that. Through her sobs, she quietly said

"I never really liked that song but if it makes me think of my old life, then it'll make me feel better..."

"It has always had this power over me. It had always made me feel better when I was sad..." i said to her. She then spoke something quietly

"Oh, I'm leaving, you better shut your mouth and hold your breath and kiss me now and catch your death. Oh, I need this...oh, I need this"

"That part though, I don't know..."I said quietly. She looked up and growled slightly. Once again, I didn't really care what she thought, i was simply speaking the truth. Then she astonished me with her next statement

"Are you Lucretia Gray?"

"It might be." I responded quietly. She then began to sob again. I had no idea why my name would make her cry but then I realized something, she looked slightly like Juliet Myer, one of Adams friends. I stared at her and thought of reasons why she was crying. she must have been in some sort of pain, but what? I voiced my thoughts

"You're Juliet, right?"

"Y-yes." she sobbed back

"May I ask what's wrong?"

"No you may not!" she suddenly screamed. Juliet was a girl who thought highly of herself, especially when it came to singing. She had many friends and she was popular, not to mention beautiful. Her family cared about her and gave her her every wish. Now her she was, lonely and crying. I decided that she was going to tell me what was wrong, even if I was gonna be here for the rest of my undead life.

"Come on Juliet, what's wrong?"

"I can't tell you!" She wailed on again and put her face in her hands.

"Please Juliet. No one will know but me. I might even be the last person you can talk to." I responded and that only caused her to yell more. This went on for the next ten minutes. Her screaming and myself asking over and over again. She still wouldn't give me an answer as to why she wouldn't tell me, or what was wrong. But I continued anyway

"Juliet, it couldn't possibly be as bad as what I went through."

"W-what do you mean?" The broken girl asked

"I lost the two most important people in my life in just two days...I learned my father is still alive but nears death everyday. All of my friends are dead."

"That is pretty bad..." She said quietly

"But you know what I learned?" I offered

"W-what?" she questioned and looked at me

"That someone out in this dead world has it worse that you, no matter what. You can't feel sorry for yourself..."

"I guess you're right..." She spoke in that same low voice.

"Now please, share your problems with me. I'm all ears..." I responded calmly

"It's just...I know you were his girlfriend..." She hissed at that one word and it confused me

"Do you mean Adam?" I questioned

"Yes..." she growled. "His..."

"What about him?" I spoke a little louder now, wondering what she meant

"We were...doing stuff behind your back..." she said rather bluntly, but slowly. I paused, Juliet and Adam were together behind my back? I loved Adam with my all, but he didn't? So that's where he was almost all the week, with her. I was lost in thought when I heard her speak

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

"Don't speak." I said quietly.

"I'm sorry!" She cried but she only got me angry with doing the opposite of what I said

"Don't you even start crying! All you do is think about yourself!"

"I do not!" She screamed back. i sat up so fast and moved to her that she didn't even have time to think. I looked at her, and she looked at me as i held her by the wrist. She cried out into the night and then the ground began to shake again. I then found myself staring at the large being bellowing at me. I loosened my grip on her wrist and she scooted towards the tank which seemed to be protecting her. She sobbed and it glared at me as I stared up towards it. I then put it together, he was Adam. The tears welled in my eyes and I whispered

"Adam...is that you?" It made a grunt sort of response and scooped the frail girl into one of it's arms. I stared at it, and he stared at me. The next thing he did was crash through the wall and began to runaway somewhere. so Adam didn't die, he became one of us. Juliet as well. It was still fairly dark outside so it must have been around two am or so. I then wondered why he brought me here, what was the point? if it wasn't for him, I would have become apart of the Military's prey. He rescued me for the last time and brought me somewhere safe. I looked around to find myself in a house out in the middle of nowhere. I was lonelier than ever and there was no Alex or Adam to comfort me. But I remembered what I told Juliet, there was always someone who had it worse than I did. But it didn't stop the tears from forming and flowing. I took in a deep breath and began to walk somewhere, anywhere. I hoped that I'd run into the military to end this sadness that I had hoped and wished for three days ago. So many thoughts had overwhelmed my mind that I zoned out as I walked. I began to dream of Alex and how much I wished for him. It was best to get over Adam and just stop thinking about him all together. He had Juliet now and didn't need me. It was quite obvious from what he just performed. As I walked, I cried. I cried so many tears but I whispered a part of that song.

"Do you remember the way that you touched me before? All the trembling sweetness I loved and adored...your face saying promised whispered like prayers...I don't need them..."

The odd part was, it didn't make me feel better like it should have. I don't think it ever would after this. I sighed and just let the tears flow. I let my mind go blank as I walked, it was probably for the best.