If Only to Forget by Camryn Lynn

Author:Camryn Lynn [Lynn, Camryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

“Shit!”

I wake so suddenly I forget where I am. My head jerks up before I’ve totally surfaced from my dream world. The second my eyes land on the traffic jam just visible in the distance, everything that’s happened comes screaming back. There are shuffling figures just visible, moving through the throng of cars.

Zombies.

Riley slows as I rub my eyes, and Jim shoves his head between the seats. In the back, Tori is swearing like a sailor.

“We’re gonna have to circle back,” Jim says. “Get off at the last exit and hope we can make our way around.”

“We need food,” Tori pipes in.

As if on cue, my stomach rumbles.

It’s still dark, and the clock on the dash tells me it’s after one in the morning. We’ve been driving for a few hours, and I haven’t eaten since the eggs and bacon from early yesterday morning. Food would be nice.

“We’re going to need gas soon too,” Riley says, looking over his shoulder at Jim. “Please tell me you know how to siphon gas.”

Jim shrugs, looking totally modest. “Not that hard, to be honest.”

Thank God.

Riley turns the wheel, making a wide arc in the middle of the road so he can turn around. “So maybe we find a place to hang for a bit? A house or something. We can get some sleep, look for supplies. We have nothing.”

He has a point. All we have with us are the clothes on our backs and a couple baseball bats. And whatever else we can find in this car, which doesn’t seem like much. I’m not even wearing shoes now that I lost mine in our escape.

“Sounds like a plan,” Jim says, settling back. “Be good to find a house not too far off the interstate. Something outside town. Maybe we can figure out where we are and make a plan to run for more supplies.”

Riley and I nod at the same time. None of us speaks as we drive back the way we came. It’s eerily dark. No headlights, no lights on billboards or in the distance signaling a town isn’t far off. Nothing but us and the stars in the sky. It makes me feel like the world has disappeared.

A shiver runs through my body.

“You okay?” Riley whispers, glancing at me.

His face is illuminated by the soft green glow of the clock, but he still looks amazing. No wonder I slept with him on my birthday.

“Yeah. It’s just weird. All this nothingness.”

Tori lets out a little grunt that sounds like she agrees, but I keep my eyes on Riley. He grabs my hand again, giving it a quick squeeze as he drives up the on ramp that will take us off the highway and into the unknown. With no lights, it’s impossible to know what lays ahead for us.

“I’m going to drive slowly. Keep an eye out for a place to stop. We’re in the middle of nowhere, so maybe we’ll come across a farm or something. That would be nice.”

I let go of his hand and lean forward, trying to see through the darkness.

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