No Zombies Please We Are British by Alex Laybourne

Author:Alex Laybourne [Laybourne, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2016-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

When Jack first saw Alessa, well not the first time, or the second, because she had been cowering in the back of a bus, but certainly one of the first times that Jack really saw Alessa, he had thought she was beautiful. When he emerged from his shower, wearing a fresh set of clothes provided by Steve, he really saw Alessa, and his opinion changed.

Clean, the grime and guts scrubbed from her skin, her dirty-blonde hair no longer quite so dirty, free of the tangles and clumps of who knew what, there was no way beautiful was a word that covered her.

Jack realized he was staring, and felt his cheeks redden once more. “I’m sorry, it’s just … you look stunning. It took my breath away for a moment.” The flush on his cheek intensified, but an equal shade spread over Alessa’s face also.

“Thank you. You look …” She smiled as her eyes ran up and down Jack’s new outfit.

Contrary to Alessa’s change of clothes, which must have been inside her backpack, Jack looked as if he had dressed himself in the dark.

Alessa was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, which hugged her figure like a glove, and a long, flowing top with multi-coloured horizontal stripes. Nothing crazy, but blues, oranges, yellows, and browns. It had a wide neck that showed off her slender shoulders, and while it was a baggy top, it somehow seemed to flow over the right places of her body and accentuate them. Her long hair was pulled back into a simple ponytail, which was something that Jack had always found to be a real turn on.

Jack had been given a pair of knee-length cargo shorts and a faded Slayer t-shirt. Both of which were too big for him, and hung from his frame, making him look gangly.

“Yeah, don’t say it,” he answered, grinning.

Steve rejoined them, having disappeared into his bedroom to change his clothes. “Looking good.” He smiled at Jack. “So, the city is about forty-five minutes from here, but I wouldn’t expect us to get even half way before we had to duck out of the way and find some shelter.” Steve pulled an old road map from the cupboard and spread it on the table.

“How far do you think we could get?” Jack asked. “My girlfriend is in the West End, but I don’t know which theatre.”

To his left, he felt Alessa withdraw from him, as he finally let slip who it was he was going to rescue.

“I think we could get as far as Holloway, maybe even Camden Town, if we are lucky. Probably have to ditch the car before that, but I know the area well enough,” Steve answered, studying the map, pointing to places and marking certain areas with crosses and circles.

“I’m going to leave you guys to talk. I don’t know what you are pointing at anyway.” Alessa smiled, leaning in close to Jack as she did. He caught a scent of her perfume and his head swam just a bit, only for a second, but long enough for it to add to his confusion.

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