The End of Everything (Book 7): The End of Everything by Artinian Christopher

Author:Artinian, Christopher [Artinian, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

chapter 18

Robyn was woken by a loud noise. Her eyes sprang open and her body tensed, but it relaxed again just as quickly, and a stifled laugh left her mouth. Both women had turned onto their opposite sides in the night, and now Mila’s face was just a matter of a few centimetres from Robyn’s. Mila’s eyes were closed, her mouth was open, and a sound, not too dissimilar to a pig oinking, was intermittently rising from the back of her throat.

It was light outside, but from what Robyn could see, the rain was still continuing to fall. Mila’s eyebrows rose as she let out another snoring oink and Robyn couldn’t control herself any longer, she burst out laughing. Mila blinked several times, desperately trying to understand what was happening. “What? What is going on?”

“I’m sorry,” Robyn said, still laughing.

Mila was completely disoriented. She leaned up a little. “What … I don’t understand. What is funny?”

“I’m sorry,” Robyn said again, trying to stop her giggles. “It’s just…”

“Just what?”

“You have like the loudest snore I’ve ever heard,” she replied and burst out laughing again.

“What? I don’t snore.”

“Err … yes, you do. You’re like a hippo with bad sinuses.”

Mila’s eyes widened. “I am not. You must have been dreaming.”

Robyn started laughing louder. “No, I’ve been awake for a while.”

“You’ve been awake just watching me sleep. Why?”

“At first I was scared, I thought some wild animal had got in, but then it turned to just being amazed that a human could make that noise.”

“Well, tonight I will stay awake after you go to sleep and see what noises you make.”

“I know I fart a lot, but at least I don’t do a rhino’s mating call.”

“In my country, it is considered bad manners to talk about such things.”

“Yeah, well, you’re in my country now, and if somebody’s oink wakes me up, they’re going to hear about it.”

Mila continued to look shocked for a moment then started giggling too. “My boyfriend, he said this also, but I never believed him.”

“Well, he was an idiot to do what he did to you, but he was right about that, I’m surprised he didn’t need ear protectors.”

“I will be self-conscious when I sleep now.”

“How can you be self-conscious in your sleep?”

“I am German; I will find a way.”

They both laughed again. “I suppose we’d better get up.”

Mila unzipped the sleeping bag and climbed to her feet. “The weather does not look much better than yesterday.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Eat. Things always become clearer after breakfast.”

“Can’t argue with that,” Robyn replied, reaching into her rucksack for some fresh socks and knickers.

“How do you feel this morning?”

Robyn stopped suddenly. She had forgotten that she had the beginnings of a chill the previous night, and she took a moment to do a health stocktake. “Err … I feel fine actually.”

“Gut. Nipping it in the buds. That’s always the best way. You will take more paracetamol after breakfast, just to be sure.”

“I don’t need—”

“You will take some.”

“Okay, okay. Bossy cow.”

“So, this morning I have been a hippo, a rhino and now I am a cow.

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