Kate Brokenshire, Zombie Slayer (Book 0): Zombie Slayer by Ono Garth

Author:Ono, Garth [Ono, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2016-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Kate stepped out her front door. Her mother was cooking dinner, while her father was in his home office grading papers. After dinner, her mother would grade papers while he cleaned up. They alternated weeks. It was Kate's job to dust, vacuum, and do the laundry.

It was that time of day just before twilight. A magical time. Kate loved it. It hadn't warmed up much at all since the cold front. Still, she was comfortable in jeans, t-shirt, and a pink fleece hoodie.

"I'll be across the street at Morgan's," she called, and then closed the door before anyone objected. Walking down the sidewalk, enjoying the brisk autumn air, Kate slanted a curious look back at the kitchen window. Her mother was checking her out. Since Kate had her book bag over one shoulder, her mother would assume she's going over to do homework. "Works every single time."

Morgan's parents were out of town until the weekend on a business trip. So it was good times at the Brown house until then. Besides Morgan, her gracious hostess, Kate found Daphne, Teri, and five other girls. No boys. It was girls' night every night that week.

Dropping her book bag next to the door, she joined the others by the fireplace. There was a nice fire going, despite it being a gas fire. The other girls were sitting in a circle, laughing and giggling.

"Hello, ladies," Kate said. "You're not talking about me, I hope."

"Actually, we were," Teri said, eyes a-twinkle. "Kate and Johnny, sitting in a tree…"

And everyone burst out laughing. Kate felt her face heat up.

"It's not like that," she said.

"You sound sad when you say that," Morgan said. "We've decided to help you snag him."

Kate felt panic set in. When her friends decided to "help" someone's love life along, more often than not it ended in disaster. They were not subtle. She knew Johnny well enough to know he did not want a girlfriend. He was young and single, and eager for lots of mingle. Johnny dated a lot of girls. Two of them were in that room.

"Hey, now, don't do me any favors," Kate said. "He's going away to university next year, and I'll be stuck back here missing him. So, he's not a good prospect for me."

"Um, we're in America," Teri said. "Duh. We say 'going to college.' You crazy limey girl."

"Ha ha," Kate said.

"But she sounds so cool when she says it," Daphne said. She lowered her voice, with the wickedest of smiles spreading across her face. "Just between us, I overheard Johnny telling some friends that he loves the way Kate says naughty."

Kate felt heat rising. She prayed her face wasn't red. Johnny never said anything to her, but lots of boys had mentioned that they liked how she said certain words. Still, knowing he liked it was exciting.

"Actually, ladies, I get that a lot from American boys," she said, trying to sound casual.

Her phone rang.

"Mummy calling you home," Crystal teased. "Or is it Johnny calling his lady love?"

While the girls giggled, Kate fished her phone out of her back pocket.

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