Heartbeat [Zarry] [Zombie AU]

Chapter Eleven

Z.

The black corpse squints his eyes from the harsh glare of the sunlight. As his pale blue eyes adjust, he takes in his surroundings. He is walking down a narrow path, which has lush grassy meadows on both sides, and shrubs and trees littered everywhere. The atmosphere is calm, serene. The birds are twittering.

His lips curve up into a content smile, at the beauty of nature.

He walks further down the path, immersed in the beauty of his surroundings, when he hears voices. He freezes when he hears the deep, husky, pleasantly familiar voice.

"Guys. If you could just pretend that this apocalypse had never happened, and we were just normal teenagers. What would you want to be?" Harry asks.

The black haired corpse sees them from a distance now. Harry is sitting on the grass cross-legged, Dustin is leaning against a tree, and Louis is lying sprawled face first on his stomach, on the grass.

"Nursing!" Louis chirps, lifting his head up.

"Yeah?" Harry smiles, knowing he and his best friend have the same dream.

"Yeah," Louis nods, and stares into the distance. "Heal people. Save lives. Ya know... try to find a cure."

Harry hums in approval. "I like that, Lou. I think someday, someone's gonna figure out this whole thing and exhume the whole world. Make it all okay again."

Dustin laughs, and nudges Harry. "Exhume? And what does that mean, Mr. Smarty Pants?"

Harry rolls his eyes. "Exhume mean to, uh, revive. Like make something alive again."

"Like making a corpse alive again?" Dustin snorts.

"Yeah, whatever," Harry shrugs, idly plucking up a blade of grass.

"What the Hell? The fuck is he doing here?" Dustin narrows his eyes at the black haired corpse, who has now approached him and is looking straight at Harry.

Harry smiles, standing up. He walks towards the corpse. "Z. Are you actually dreaming right now?"

"I'm not sure," the corpse frowns.

Dustin laughs. "You can't dream, corpse! Dreaming is for humans."

Z glares at Dustin, and so does Harry. "Cool it, Dustin. Z can dream if he wants to." Then he turns to Z with a sweet, dimpled smile. "What about you, Z? What do you want to be?"

Z blinks in confusion, then shrugs sadly. "I don't know. I don't even know what I am anymore."

Harry places a comforting hand on Z's shoulder. "Well, I'm telling you. You can be whatever you want. Isn't that waht they say?"

Harry smirks, moving closer. He then leans closer to Z, and whispers in his ear. "We can be anything, right Z? Just you and me? Together?" And then Harry entwines their hands, making Z smile largely.

Dustin laughs humorlessly, breaking their trance. "It's not gonna happen, lover-corpse. Not after you told him you ate his ex."

Harry snatches his hand out of Z's grasp, staring at him in horror.

"N-no, Harry! I-"

Harry takes a step back. "Stay away from me you fucking zombie!"

I wake up with a start, breathing heavily. Was I actually dreaming? And sleeping? How is that even possible?

I wildly look around, cathcing my breath. I'm still at the house that Harry and I hid in.

Wait... HARRY?!

I scramble up from the floor, looking around. I burst into every room in search for Harry, but I don't see him anywhere. I race outside the house, and see no sign of the sports car.

My hearts drops and Isit on the step of the front porch, sinking my head in my hands. What did I even think? That he was going to stay with me? This is what i get for wanting more. I should accept the fact that nothing is going to get better for me.

Harry ran away. He got scared of me. He's mad at me now. And I hate the way I'm feeling right now.

What is even happening to me? Why am I dreaming? Why am I sleeping? Why am I feeling a pain in my chest? Why am I feeling so guilty? Why am I... feeling?

I sigh, and get up. Now, I'm going to get home. Just fall back into the pattern of my boring life. Try to forget about him, just like I forgot everything else. I'm going to stop thinking too much.

I start walking back the way we had driven, back to the city. The clouds boom above me, and seconds later, I'm drenched in the downpour, my hair plastered to my forehead and getting into my eyes.

A shiver travels down my spine and I cross my arms over my chest, hugging myself for some warmth. Oh... shit! Am I actually cold? What the hell?! Corpses don't feel cold!

~*~

After a while of torturous walking, I reach the train station, and make a beeline for my train compartment. Bursting inside, I grab the same duvet I had once given Harry, and incase my body in it.

I lean my head against the window, closing my eyes. And no matter how hard I try, I can't rid my mind from thoughts of Harry.

I hear the compartment door being pushed open and I snap my eyes open.

"Z?" N pokes his blonde head in. I nod, and he shuffles inside.

"Z. T-he, Bonies. Looking for y-ou," N tells me, his eyes wide with worry.

"What? Why?" I frown.

"You and that h-human... you started s-something. When w-we saw you. H-holding hands. I... saw. Saw p-pictures last night. A girl. Grass. Flowers. My Dad. Sea..."

"A dream?" I ask, my eyes wide.

"A dream," N nods, deep in thought. I shoot up from the makeshift bed, and seize N's arms.

"N! I d-dreamt too. I f-felt too! I'm feeling cold!"

N nods, then smiles up at me, as I was taller than him. "We are changing, I t-think."

Changing? As in being exhumed?

This has got to mean something! It isn't a coincidence that both me and N dreamt last night! And I am feeling cold as well. I now remember how I had felt warmth when Harry had held my hand, or even when he was near me.

Is Harry the reason for all of this? For changing us?

I h-have to tell Harry!" I blurt out.

N, instead of protesting, nods. "W-we will help."

We walk out of the compartment, and I flinch in shock when I see hordes of other around my compartment.

"T-they will help too. We are all changing," N says, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Help, e-exhume?" I ask them all, and they moan in response.

N turns to me with a smirk. "They said, fuck yeah!"

~*~

Ahaha I loved this part of the book and movie! ^_^

Next chapter will be Harry and Louis again.

~Ramna xx