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Someday
Chapter Three
How could he say that about me? I've never been rude or disrespectful to him. Yea so what, my hair is white. Its a genetic disorder. No one else in my family has ever had it that I'm aware of. I was absolutely seething. 'Its not that bad anyways. I hate having to hide who I am, but if I want to fit in I have to.' I passed the cheer leading showcase where all the trophies were kept and sghed. My fingers tightened around my backpack strap. 'I wish things were normal and everyone was accepted for who they are, not what they are. Too much hate in this world as it is.' I paused at the football trophy case. Nothing. It was empty except for team pictures over the years.
"Well helloooo." Turning my head I saw Zed smiling. Thankfully the tears had cleared up by now. That would just be to hard to explain right now. Looking back at the empty showcase I spoke sadly. "We've never won a football game. Probably why us cheerleaders have it so hard to do our best." "That will change i'm sure of it." He spoke like it was the easiest thing to accomplish. Always so positive. I needed more of that in my life.
He winked at me and I blushed. 'Dang girl, control your hormones.' I mentally wanted to slap myself for thinking that. Change the subject. "So why does that girl you sat next to not seem to like me?" He fully turned his body towards me. "Humans." The look on my face gave away what I was thinking and he quickly shook his head. "No not like that. Its just all humans seem to have the same thought about zombies, until I met you that is." He paused and brushed a stray hair out of my face.
"We've always had it rough and Eliza has trust issues. We step out of line and our houses get ransacked and sometimes even get sent to zombie confinement." I flinched, I knew what that was. My dad was in charge over there and I've heard horror stories of what they do to zombies. Without even thinking I hugged Zed and apologized. His arms circled me and held me tight up against him. "See you care about all life, not just human life." All I could do was nod. After a minute of silence I said, "What about that other boy there? The really happy one." He laughed. "Bonzo. Oh Bonzo. He on the other hand wants peace between everyone. You can be mean to him and he will still want to give you a hug. It's who he is."
"That's sweet. Sounds like you have amazing friends." We pulled out of our hug, much to my dismay. "I do! You will have to meet them soon." He said excitedly. "I will. They seem like great people." His eyes softened and I smiled. "It's always good to have more friends when there's so much hatred in the world." Someday the world will be right. Humans and zombies living amongst each other in peace. Glad to know Zed and I had something like this in common. The bell rang and I still had to go to my locker. "Hey i'll see you later okay?" He nodded. "I better or i'll run around yelling your name." Shaking my head laughing I walked away.
Running up the stairs to the second floor I turned the corner and saw people crowded near my locker. Walking over curiously I pushed through the crowd. I gasped. My locker had graffiti all over it. 'Freak' 'Monster lover' 'Loser' My heart broke. Who could do such a thing. Mrs Lee showed up and glanced at the locker. "The janitor is on his way up." She shooed people away and kept a hand on my shoulder. "Its okay. We will find out who did this and they will be punished. I promise you."
The janitor showed up and even he looked taken back by the words. "I'm sorry." "Thank you for apologizing but it isn't your fault." He smiled at me and he went and grabbed a cleaning brush and a cleaning solution. I immediately grabbed it from him and started doing it myself. People were still lingering around and I didnt care at this point. "hey you don't have to do that. Its my job." Looking back at him I shook his head. "Its my mess, my problem. But thank you for offering Mr. Zeck." "How did you know my name?" He asked while I continued scrubbing. "Name tag on your jumpsuit." "Oh yea. I forgot about that thing." I laughed to myself.
After what seemed like forever I had finished getting it all off my locker and handed the stuff back to Mr. Zeck. He smiled and nodded before walking away. Mrs. Lee walked over to me. "We could all take pointers from you." Then she was gone. Glancing back at my locker and the little bit of fading that had started to show from all my scrubbing. Not sure how people could be heartless but I will persevere and get over this. Nothing but a speed bump on my very long journey. 'Oh my god I'm starting to sound like a guidance counselor.' I grabbed my book I needed and headed off to class.
Later that day at cheer practice I was sitting on the bleachers with Bree while waiting for Bucky to show up. I had just finished explaining what had happened after lunch and sighed. "I thought all I had to worry about this year was cheerleading, what to wear and maybe a boy if I was lucky." "Well you still do have to worry about all those things, just the boy you like happens to be a zombie. Everything will be okay I promise." She touched my shoulder. "I know I'm not good at advice but Zed and you do have chemistry. Yea you're still in the friendship stage but I think you two are good for each other." "Thank you Bree. You really are a great friend."We hugged and just watched the other members of our squad. Bucky came running in with the Aceys and did a forward flip. "So who is ready to cheer?" He screamed. Everyone roared and I sighed before we went down and joined the others.
As I was leaving the gym from a really huge workout session I heard yelling. Peeking around the corner near the zombies lockers, I saw a couple of girls surrounding a zombie. They were flailing their arms and taunting her. "You dead monster. Get out of here. Humans only zone." The brunette pushed the girl and she hit her head on the locker. "You cant touch me you MONSTER or I will tell a guard." My body started moving towards the girl as the comments got nastier. "Hey!" I shouted. This was beyond uncalled for and definitely the intolerance I was helping fight. The 3 girls turned towards me as the zombie grabbed her backpack off the floor.
"Excuse me, you talking to us?" The blonde said, putting her hands on her hips. Rolling my eyes I spoke. "I don't see anyone else bullying another person here but you three. Now why don't you back off and leave her alone." The brunette laughed, "Well well well...Tiffany, Sage looks like we found the zombie lover." My eyes hardened and I stopped right in front of the girls. "She did nothing to you. Who cares if I'm friends with the zombies. It's better than being a bully and having issues with everyone who is different that you. All you are is a brat and need to get over yourself."
Pushing through the girls, I walked up to the zombie and smiled. "Ignore them. You are a great person. They are just bitter with their lives." The zombie laughed and I heard a frustrated groan and I was shoved into the zombie and we fell to the floor. "You are so naive Addison. When they eat you we are going to laugh and jump on your grave." The blonde, Tiffany laughed. "Look Melanie. She's going to cry." The brunette started laughing and I looked at the zombie. She was clearly upset. So I stood up and offered her my hand and I helped pull her up. "Why don't you get out of here." She slammed her locker and took off running down the hallway.
I waited till she was out of view before I turned around and put myself in Tiffany's face. "You better watch yourself." "Awe you going to run to the principal or your daddy?" Sage mocked me. I was hoping she would have kept quiet. "No girls. I will deal with you myself. I Hate fighting but if it keeps you from hurting others then I will protect them." I shoved her back and I knew she had fallen, but I had just turned my back on them and kept walking. They weren't worth my time at the moment. I Had to find that girl and make sure she was ok. "Better watch your back Addison." was all I heard before I rounded the corner out of view.
Looking everywhere for that girl, I finally decided to head outside. She wasn't anywhere. I just really had to make sure she was okay and that those girls didnt hurt her. 'Guess a trip to Zombietown is on my agenda.'
A/N I really hope this chapter made sense and Im sorry it was shorter. If not please tell me. I couldn't wrap my head around it and focus. Also yes I am spicing up Addisons attitude. Rating may go up to M in later chapters.