The two males made their way to the bridge the next day. It took them a few hours to finally get there, and they were greeted by a beautiful woman with a pink jacket, and a ponytail.

Ellis smiled and called up to her, waving a bit. "Hey, uh…can ya lower the bridge so we can get across?" If Ellis hadn't been in love with Nick, he'd have gone for her. She was so beautiful…

"Sorry! But we can't lower the bridge. You're gonna need to get to the other side of the bridge, we can help you then. And then once you get over here we can fill up the generator. The generator will make a lot of noise, but don't worry Ellis; we can cover you from up here. You got all that?" She called down, leaning over the railing slightly.

Ellis nodded and rubbed the back of his neck, holding his gun on his hip as he thought. "Yeah! Gotcha girl." He looked to Nick to see Nick seething with jealousy. He reached a hand out and pressed it onto his shoulder reassuringly. "Remind me Nick, who am I fuckin'?"

Nick laughed and smiled widely. "Me…and it's ME fucking you, not YOU fucking ME. Sorry sweetheart, he's mine!" Nick flipped Zoey off and walked to the side to go around. He already hated Zoey just upon hearing her voice and seeing her face.

They made their way around and refilled the generator, alerting many zombies and having to go through hell trying to fight them off while they got up onto the bridge and it was raised again.

Ellis put his hands on his knees and panted, blood dripping from above his eyebrow to the grated bridge floor. "I don' feel so hot guys…got any first aid?" He looked up to see Zoey with her hand on her hip, staring at him. This couldn't prove to be any good if she was going to be doing this the entire time they were there.

She began patching him up immediately, smiling widely as she wrapped the gauze around Ellis' big biceps and feeling them gently. "You're the only good looking man left alive…and I'm guessing I'm the only woman. I'm not saying we should get together, but…if you feel like you need release, I can help you."

Nick spotted Zoey hitting on his man and growled, clutching his fists as he walked over to her and gently pushed her away, hugging onto Ellis and holding his hand. "Stay away from MY man…bitch. Instead of seeing a V when he looks at you, he sees genital warts. You slut…you tramp…you…WHORE! We're going now."

Normally, Nick wouldn't have done that, but he just hated Zoey with all of his heart. He couldn't help but feel so jealous and in need to protect Ellis from her advances. He was just so afraid that the advances would work, and that Ellis would leave him.

As he was dragged away, Ellis looked back at Zoey, watching her flip off Nick behind his back. He hid his laughter and looked at Nick, clutching Nick's hand tightly in his own. He was so happy he had a lover to stand up for him, love him, cherish him, and even promise himself to him. It sounded a LOT like marriage to him. In a sense, he guessed he could consider them married, since there wasn't a single Minister or whatever to marry them, Nick had skipped the ceremony part and treated Ellis like his husband, or wife…whatever he was.

"I've had enough of that bitch. You just LET her move in on you…you sure you love me?" Nick turned to Ellis and slammed his fist into a wall they passed by, angered deeply. He felt so betrayed and as if he weren't enough for the young mechanic. He had taken Ellis' virginity, and admitted his feelings to him! Also, Ellis had been his first love encounter with a man ever, so it was special, sacred.

"Nick, I wasn't…she did it to me! I wasn't interested none in her. Ya think I'ma leave ya, don't you? Nick, no…we are in a relationship. That means you stay with that person. Forever. Well…marriage means that, but…you don't wanna marry me, do ya?" He avoided looking at the slightly taller man, afraid his intentions were completely opposite of Nick's.

Nick looked at Ellis with a confused look on his face which softened to understanding and a hopeful one. "Oh…so soon you wanna tie me down?" The city slicker gently led Ellis to the wall and put his arm up above Ellis' head, resting against it. "We think alike, but we're so damn different. You come from fuckin'…what…fried chicken, beer, and cigarettes. I come from caviar, champagne, and cigars. We're from different classes. It still amazes me that you chose me…best damn mistake ever though."

"It was a mistake? Nick…don't say that! I ain't from that at all…well…actually, yeah, I am. But, I can adjust! I'll fix yer cars up real nice and paint 'em real good…I can even cook real nice too. You need a home-made supper. Let me fix it for ya when we get the chance…ya know…when we get a house?"

Nick smiled widely at the thought of a new home and a new life with Ellis. "Sounds good. You're going to make me fat with all that damn oil, aren't you? I can imagine you in a pink frilly apron, making me cakes from scratch, fried chicken, southern cooking, and hell…one night, I might come home from work and see you in nothing BUT an apron. Damn…don't do that to my mind." He leaned forward and kissed Ellis, loving the feel of Ellis' soft, smooth, plump lips against his.

Ellis craned his neck back away from Nick for a second, but Nick beat him and captured him in a lusty kiss. He slid his hands through Nick's hair, pulling him in closer in the want of a deeper kiss. How could such a deep kiss get even deeper?

Francis walked up on them and looked away, holding his hand up infront of his sight. "Woah there…! Just lettin' you guys know we'll be here for a short time if you need to come back or something…that's sort of weird, don't do that shit here." Without waiting for an answer, he turned around and went back the way he came, telling Zoey and Louis about what he just saw Nick and Ellis doing, a bit disgusted by it honestly.

Nick growled and pulled away from the kiss, glaring in Francis' direction after he had walked away. "These people are old-fashioned fuck-heads. They can't accept two guys making out—…well; I guess that would seem weird. Let's get the fuck out of here before they say something to REALLY piss me off."

Ellis laughed at Nick's comment and shook his head as he walked down the bridge, his hands laced together on the back of his head. "I didn't think ya could get any more mad, Nick!" He looked back and watched as Nick followed him, a huge grin on both of their faces.

Ellis jumped down on the other side of the bridge, landing on flat ground and moaning at the wonderful feel of solid ground. "We made it! Look! The army base is over yonder!" He pointed to the huge army base and began walking towards it, but stopped when he didn't hear Nick following after him. He turned around and saw Nick staring at him, his left hand clenched shut with something in it. "Y'okay?"

Nick ran a hand through his hair and went over to Ellis and dropped to his knees, grasping his hand. "I know it's been six months only since we've known each other, and a lot less than that since we've been officially together as a couple, but god dammit…you scared me back there! I would be happy as hell if you'd marry me Ellis…that way, we can have each other for the rest of our lives. I'm sorry I don't have a better ring, but you know how it is…I know you understand. You were always the one in the group to understand others the best."

Ellis stood completely still, frozen in shock. "But Nick…I ain't ever gonna leave ya for no bimbo like her. You should know that. Why you wanna marry me?"

"Please?" Nick looked almost desperate to find the right words to explain himself. "I'll provide for you, I'll give you the freedom you may not have had when you were working from day to day just to get by in Savannah, and I'll be devoted 100 percent. You know that. I know you know that. You're so damn smart Ellis—you understand me, and you make me happy. I wanted to leave the first day we met on top of that burning hotel, but I didn't because I saw hope when you made that joke about the helicopter, naming it a…whirly bird was it? Yeah. It was your stories that got me to this point…and your smile mostly. You know how to make light in the darkness. I don't even know your last name, but…Ellis, mechanic from Savannah, will you marry me?"