Fuck
It had been a week since they had left for Wyoming, and Ellie was getting bored. Very bored. Like, soooooo fucking bored.
“Joel I swear to fucking god if you don’t pull the car over and let me stretch my legs I will literally kill you, no hesitation.” Ellie said, popping her head around his seat to look directly at him, before swinging back to her spot in the backseat next to Emma.
“Jesus christ,” he murmured under his breath, only Mac being able to hear.
“Fine, don’t get your panties in a twist cause we still got some time left.” Joel said, louder this time. Ellie rolled her eyes, and turned to Emma. The pair had gotten a little closer in the 7 days they had known each other, but it was just small talk, but they were friends? Kinda? Ellie wasn’t sure where they stood on that scale. But Emma was funny, and her personality was surprising like Ellies.
“I was thinking we take them out tonight.” Ellie whisper screamed to Emma, who smirked before joining in.
“Shh, they’ll hear you, but I was thinking the same thing!” Emma whisper screamed back, so that the two in the front seat could hear her, just as Ellie had done.
“I’m sleeping with one eye open, you fucking physcopath’s!” Joel said, trying to hide his smile.
“What have I ever done to you!” Mac said, acting offended.
“Um, I don’t have a gun, duh!” Emma shot back, crossing her arms. The car slowed to a stop.
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The car slowed to a stop. Emma opened her door and hopped out, feeling the warmth on her skin was nice, but there was a small autumn breeze reminding them this isn’t for long. She looked over to Ellie, who was her new friend. A term she liked a lot, but also hated it, but she wasn’t sure why. Ellie was doing a whole bunch of different stretches, ones that Emma recognized from FEDRA school training, and jogged around the car to join her.
“You look like you should be leading a yoga class or something,” Emma said, copying Ellies stretches.
“I actually own a private yoga club! For the small prices of fifty- uh, quarters!” Ellie said, giggling, mainly because she wasn’t sure how pre-outbreak currency worked. Emma also didn’t know, and giggled with her.
“Dollars.” Mac corrected. He was leaning on the car reading one of the magazines they had swiped from Bill and Franks.
“Whatever man.” Ellie said. The pair of girls stopped doing their exercises and took in their surroundings. They were at a gas station, and Joel was- ‘what the fuck is Joel doing?’ Emma thought. Ellie must’ve been thinking the same thing because she walked over to Joel, and Emma followed.
“The fuck you doing man?” Ellie said.
“You look like you’re drinking gas.” Emma added. Joel was hunched down with a large tube going into the side of the car.
“It’s called siphoning, we need more gas and this is how i’m getting it, ok?” Joel said, looking up.
“That’s kinda cool. But weird asf.” Emma said, leaning against the car.
“How does it work?” Ellie asked, a curious look on her face. That was Emma's favorite Ellie face, her eyes got all big and round, and her mouth had a small smile on it. Ellie wore that face a lot.
“I- It’s when- it’s like a gravity thing-” Joel was cut off.
“You don’t know.” Ellie smiled.
“Go find something else to do. Please.” Joel acted like he was so done but Emma noticed a smile creeping up on his lips.
“Fine. You got rid of us this time.” Ellie said, waving to Emma to follow her. The pair sat on the dirt, leaned up against the car, reading each other jokes from Ellis pun book, and falling over in giggles at each new joke. Emma's face was red at how close they were, but she was laughing so nobody could tell. ‘Ellie is so pretty, she's so funny and she's-’ Emma stopped herself. She had a friend. A friend. She can’t mess this up.
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(Next day)
Ellie was starting to like Emma, in a morethanfriendsbutthisisntagoodidea way. They had only known each other for 8 days, but it felt like so much longer. They joked a lot, talked a lot, and most importantly, annoyed Mac and Joel, a lot.
They were pulled off to the side of the road, taking a bathroom break. Of course, just when you get into the flow of things, a lovely fungi friend fucks it up.
‘Click’ The clicker emerged from the forest, lunging towards where Emma was sitting in front of the car.
“AH WHAT THE FUCK!” Emma screamed, bracing herself for impact. Ellie jumped in front of Emma, fighting the clicker with the knife she’s holding in her hand. She took the knife and jammed it in the neck, repeatedly. It fell, lifeless and on the ground. Joel and Mac put their guns down and raced over to Ellie and Emma- Mac going to Emma and Joel going to Ellie (duh).
“Ellie, are you alright? You gave me a fucking heart attack!” Joel rambled, he had been scared shitless. He leaned down next to Ellie, she was on her knees, the infected had fallen on top of her, and knocked her down.
“Ya, I think I’m fi-” She stopped talking. Right where her first bite was a second one with a steady flow of blood trickled down next to it.
“Fuck.” Was all she said.