Just Another Day in the Zombie Apocalypse (Episode 5) by Mortimer L.C

Author:Mortimer, L.C. [Mortimer, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2017-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Torrance woke up before Kyle and started searching the cabin. She hadn’t looked around much in the dark the night before; she had just taken a quick glance around. She was tired and worn out. Sleeping on a hard camping cot felt amazing. It was much better than the little nest she’d made herself in the office.

She opened the little closet and was happy the door didn’t creak. There was a broom inside and a mop, but not much else. Pity. It would have been nice to get a break, would have been nice to find some dried food or cans of corn or anything, really.

A real weapon.

That would be nice.

She closed the door and looked at Kyle. He was curled up in a ball on the cot. She wished she had a blanket to offer him or anything at all. He couldn’t have been comfortable in those damn boxers. Poor guy. She felt bad for him, but she felt bad for herself, too. She was down to jeans and she was cold.

Today they’d have to find more clothes.

Today they’d have to come up with a plan.

She peeked out the window, but didn’t see anything outside. She had to pee, and she didn’t want to wake Kyle up. Torrance moved the chair and unlocked the door. She picked up her crowbar and stepped outside in the early morning light.

It was normal.

She even heard a bird.

She looked around anxiously, glanced back over her shoulder. Kyle was still sound asleep. She stepped out of the cabin and closed the door carefully behind herself, then headed to one of the trees to do her business.

When she finished, she went back inside the cabin and sat down on the cot. She pulled out a worn-out book and started to read. It seemed silly, trite even, to be reading during the apocalypse, but it gave her a sense of normalcy. It gave her something to do.

Besides, it’s not like she had anywhere to be.

By the time Kyle woke up, it was mid-morning and Torrance had finished half of her book.

“Any Z’s?” He asked, sitting up. He stretched, and she stared at his flat stomach. Maybe that’s what she would look like after she’d survived a little bit longer. She was curvy, and it had always bothered her a little bit. Losing the baby weight, especially in her tummy, had been harder than everyone said it would be.

“I haven’t seen any,” she said. “I went outside earlier.”

“I need to, um, go outside, too.” He blushed and stood up, grabbed his crowbar, and headed outside. He was a little louder than she had been, closed the door a bit too fast. She cringed at the sound even though it wasn’t really a big deal. If there were Infected here, she would have seen them by now.

She’d been peeking out the window all morning.

When he came back, they ate granola bars together in silence and finished their water bottles.

“Do you want to explore the other cabins?” She asked.

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