Alone

Chapter 9

I stare at the boy as he stares at Aria, for a little too long. I can't stand it anymore so I say,

"Will you stop staring at my friend?" I sit back down and watch his gaze follow ME. I couldn't take anymore of this. I stand up and slap him right across the face.

"It's not nice to stare." I say, laughing at myself on the inside. We have to get out of here! I'm tired and hungry! Dirty, smelly, and there are two guys in here, just staring at me!

I glance at Austin from the corner of my eye, he sees me and quickly looks away. I look at Wesley, who is holding his face in a childish way. I look over at Aria. She shrugs her shoulders. I look over to one of the girls that Aria brought into the room with us. I walk up to one. She has rose red hair, olive green eyes and is wearing a black tank top, skinny jeans, and red converse that almost match her hair.

"What's your name?" I ask her. She just looks down and twiddles with her thumbs. I tap her on the shoulder.

"What's your name?" I ask again.

"Rainy, Rainy Crow." I nod my head pat her on the back. I look to the other girl. She has blond hair and blue eyes, but she's not that pretty. She has a freckled face and is too tall. She's wearing a blue tank top, jean shorts, and neon pink tennis shoes.

"What's your name?" I ask pointing at her. She takes in a breath.

"My name? It's Allyson Bridge." I nod my head and look at the shy one again, she is standing up and staring at me.

"You're pretty...." She says. In the corner of my eye I see Wesley nod his head.

"Thank you, Rainy." I nod my head and smile at her. I look at Austin. I pretend I'm a model and I do a pose.

"What about you Austin? Do you think I'm star quality?" I use a pretty voice and smile. He laughs.

"Yes, a matter of fact, I do." He laughs some more. so almost jump as I hear Aria gasp.

"Ohhh! That means you just called Firess pretty!" She wrinkles her nose at him. He just stares at her with squinted eyes.

"No I did not! I said she was star quality!" He said in a matter-of-factly way. This time I gasp. I pretend to be devastated.

"But, I'm not pretty?" I turn around and pretend to cry. Aria, Allyson, and Rainy all look at me, but I just smile and wink at them.

"No, no! You're beautiful!" I smile and turn back around.

"You! You tricked me!" He smiles at me.

"Oh? Did I 'make' you say I was beautiful?" His smile disappears and is replaced with a fake frown.

"Well, you're beautiful too!" I quickly cover my mouth and laugh. We are all laughing now.

"Ok, ok we gotta get out of here!" Austin yells, catching his breath. I nod my head and push him toward the door, but he jumps back as he sees the zombies.

"The stalkers are out there! We'll never make it!" I laugh and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Stalkers?" I ask "Stalkers? Really? You call those monsters, stalkers?" I laugh.

"Yes? They follow you around, then track your scent, then kill you, like a stalker!" He laughs and gets back to the door.

"Ok, guys." I say, making sure I get everyone's attention. "Austin is gonna open that door, and we run through, okay? I'll shoot down the first few." I press the button to let out the clip. "5 zombies- I mean stalkers, are going down. When Austin opens the door, and it's your turn to get out the door, turn left, got it?" Everyone nods there head. Wesley holds out a gun.

"Here, uhh, Aria, take this." She grabs it from his hand.

"Alright, when you get outside, turn right to go out of the building, meet behind the building, well go from there."

I put my hand out in front of me, and they pile their hands on mine. We shout 'let's go' and get in a line behind Austin. I take a deep breath. My heart is pounding and my hands are trembling. I hold the gun tight and look back. I'm first, then Austin, Aria, Rainy, Allyson, and Wesley. I nod my head. Austin throws open the door. I start to run, run as fast I can without falling. I don't look back to see if I'll live or anyone else will live. I have a feeling I'm not running fast enough. I feel their hands try to grab my arms and face, but I just run. I feel something grab me. I try to shake it off, but it picks me up into its arms. It's Austin! At least one of them will live. He turns left, out the exit door, right, then right again, behind the building, out of sight. I wait for the other 4 to come, but they don't.

"No! I lost Aria before! Twice! I'm not losing her again!" Austin tries to grab me, but misses and I dart right back into the mess of Stalkers.