Chapter 8
"Hey Alicia wait!". I reach and hold her arm to prevent her from running out again. So she turns to me with a sad and disappointed face.
"What Al?... look, I've already apologized. I didn't know something was happening between you and Janis... I just went to see if you needed help. But I was wrong... you can go back to doing what you were doing. I'm not going to interrupt anymore." She removes her arm and walks again.
"Hey... wait... you didn't let me explain." I hold her arm again. She looks at me again.
"You don't have to explain anything Al. It's kind of obvious what was happening...". She passes her hand on her hair "I just didn't want to believe it." She whispers.
"Wait what?... what are you talking about? What was obvious?". I ask confused.
She gives me a sarcastic laugh "Please Al... like you didn’t know that Janis has a super crush on you... everyone at work kept commenting about it. And she never disagreed".
"What?... but that's crazy. Alicia, I've never had anything to her and I'll never have... I'm not interested in her."
"It's not what it look like it Al... you were fine together for those who have nothing." She says leaving again.
So I pull her by the arm again "I don't give a shit about Janis because... I've never felt anything for her the way I feel for you... so I had never noticed the way she looks at me because... I only had eyes for you Alicia... always you". I declare myself. Holy shit, Al! Finally!
She keeps looking at me with a surprise face, so I continue "I never liked her Alicia, she kissed me, I didn't even answer the kiss... because I didn't want it to be her... I wanted it to be you...". I'm nervous about it "That's why I had that outfit that day... it wasn't for any promotion... I was supposed to ask you out. But I didn't have time because the world turned in to shit, and I didn't had a chance."
She still has the same face. Shocked, terrified. When she's about to answer "Aaaahhhh!!". We heard a cry coming from the living room. We look at each other and she runs towards the scream. You’ve got to be kidding me! I take a deep breathe and run after her.
I get there and see a horrible scene. Two infected people were attacking Laura on the floor, there’s blood and screams. I see Tom, John and Morgan trying to remove them from her, but to no success. I see one of the windows is broken on the room, so I go there to try to close it somehow, I come across more infected people coming towards us. Fuck! I took a little table nearby and closed it as fast as I can. I hear a loud sound of music playing and I run towards the CD player and turn it off. I see Alicia paralyzed in a corner, I go to her.
"Hey Alicia... I need you to wake up the others now, okay?". She doesn't move. So I shake her by the shoulders and I say louder "Alicia! I need you to wake up the others right now!". Then she gets out of her trance and nods and runs upstairs.
I turn my attention to what is happening to Laura, who is no longer in any answer on the bloody floor. What the fuck? I see the two infected lying on the floor with their heads stuck by sharp objects. Tom and Janis crying while holding which other in the corner. John, Morgan and June on the ground in shock.
"We need to get out of here." I finally speak.
"What?! What are you talking about?". June asks.
"We have to get out of here! Now!". I speak going to the broken window and see a small horde of infected people coming towards us. "Take everything you can and fast! We don't have much time!".
They get up and start doing what I asked for. I'm starting to do the same "How is this happening?! Everything was ok... everyone was fine...". June speaks.
"I think it was the sound... it was very loud. It must have caught their attention... and we didn't even realize until it was too late." I answer her.
"But what the fuck? Laura must have turned up, she said she was going to turned up the volume because she loved that song... I should have stopped her... I should know that this could happen...". She says shaking her head.
"Hey... it wasn't your fault. You didn't know that two infected people were going to break the window and enter the house... June this wasn't your fault". I say with my hand on her shoulder. She puts her hand on mine and agrees. So we keep taking everything we think is useful to take with us.
"We took care of what we could find... up stairs it's empty." Says Alicia coming in with her backpack on her back and in more comfortable clothes.
"Great! Anyone with some space left can go and check the missing rooms to see if you can find something worth taking... we need to be quick!". I say.
I see Dwight, Strand, Daniel, Luci and Grace moving on to the missing rooms.
"What are we going to do now?". Janis question.
"I don't know... I think we should get out of here as soon as we can." I answer.
"And keep a greater distance between us and them!". Speaks Morgan.
"After we do this, we stop at some safe place and set up a plan." John finishes.
We all agree. "But first we need it...". Tom was interrupted with a loud noise of windows breaking. They're here! I see the rest of our group run towards us "We need to go now! Let's go!". Grace says opening the back door.
We run out towards the fence and jump until we arrive on a deserted street. Thank God... Then we run down the street without any direction and without any plan.