It Happened One Christmas by Zee Irwin

Author:Zee Irwin [Irwin, Zee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781957823263
Publisher: CER Creative Company Publishing, LLC

Apocalyptic Heart

Chelsea

Now I knew what I’d look like if the zombie apocalypse ever occurred. “This is amazing. Great job!” I complimented the hair and makeup artist. I hardly recognized myself, between the makeup and fake blood covering every inch of my skin and hands, and the streaks of black and silver they painted into my hair.

When Sophie and Maisy were also all made up, we took photos together. Complete with clothes we got from a salvation shop that we dirtied up and ripped to shreds, we were ready for our roles tonight.

“I can’t believe how perfect our costumes turned out. Sophie, thanks so much for getting us into this,” I said.

“Of course. I score an entry into the city’s largest ball for a good cause and you think I’m not taking my two besties with me?” She cackled, already trying out a zombie-like laugh that sounded more like a witch.

The annual Zombie Ball was all we heard about for the past week as soon as Sophie came home from classes and told us about it. Through her friends in the drama club, she found out they needed zombie extras to walk around the ball and interact with the guests, post for photos, and provide flavor for the event. This wasn’t on my bucket list, but I added dressing as a zombie as an addendum at the bottom.

We mingled at the huge ball held at the Waterfront, where a thousand guests were expected.

“This is wild,” Sophie shouted above the music. “There’s food, alcohol, dancing with a live band, and a silent auction of expensive art. It’s all for a great cause.”

She pointed to a huge sign reading, “Zombie Ball: New York’s Halloween Bash to Fight Lung Cancer.” I skimmed the rest of the sign and when I got to the bottom, I noticed the fine print. A little important detail that might have been nice to know. The Buchanan Energy Group and Buchanan Family sponsored the event.

My hand flew to my mouth. Rex hadn’t mentioned anything about this, and surely it’d be an important event to him since his father passed away from this horrible disease. I looked all around me, but with the masses of people dressed in costumes there was no way I’d find him if he was here. I resorted to texting him.

Chelsea: Are you at the Zombie Ball? I am.

I thought I’d mentioned to Rex that I’d be working here with the girls, but maybe I hadn’t. It’d been a busy week for both of us and we’d had little time to get together or talk, other than a few texts here and there. After only a handful of dates, I felt like I was ready for more, but sometimes there still seemed to be a distance between us. We might go a few days without chatting, then suddenly he’d want to talk and get together—wait.

Was I just a booty call for him?

I shook off the question. No, it couldn’t be. Not with the way Rex looked into my eyes, held me in bed, and talked about things each time after we had sex.

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