Chapter 2
Accepting.
I woke up in the car, beats of sweat dropping down my face. I looked beside me, at the person who was lying beside me still asleep. Claire turned in her sleep, waking up a little bit. I turned over to look at the alarm clock. 'Ah shit not again' I whispered, it was only 5 am again. Apparently I have a thing for waking up at 5. The alarm went off of the perimeter Carlos set up last night. I jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed and saw that Claire was doing the same thing. We grabbed our guns and got out ready to take down the creatures. Chase was already up and running already shooting at the thing coming to our convoy. 'NO wait! Don't shoot!' the thing shouted. Claire and I looked at each other and walked towards the thing. As we got closer it turned out to be a girl. About 16 years old, brown hair and brown eyes, about 5'80. And she looked exactly like Rain. 'Who are you?' Claire asked. 'I am Nikki' the girl answered. 'Are you bitten?' she asked her in the same tone.
The girl shook her head 'no, I haven't' Claire looked at her with the look. The look that only a few people get, the one that says: don't lie to me, I will know when you are lying. 'I think she's telling the truth' I said to Claire. 'My name is Alice, this is Claire' I said nodding in Claire's direction. She nodded and walked away, I looked at her confused. She isn't like this usually, what's wrong? Anyway, I didn't have long to ask myself because I had to show the girl what everything is and were she will be staying. 'You need to get checked up, its procedure' I knocked on the Ambulances door. Betty opened revealing a half naked LJ. 'Oh Betty, come on. At least take a room when you guys are about to do it' I said grinning and with 1 eyebrow up. Betty blushed and asked what she needed, so I told her we have a new member for the group and that she needed to get checked out. After she was done I showed her where she would be sleeping, and gave her some clean clothes.
I went back to my car and saw Claire sitting there. 'Hey' I said softly, 'what's wrong?' She looked at me, it looked like her eyes were full of pain and tears that weren't allowed to flow. She looked back at the ground. 'Why wont you look at me?' She just shook her head and stood up and walked away. I stood there, not knowing what to say. 'Claire!' I called and walked after her. 'Alice! Just leave me alone, will you!' that threw me a little off guard. 'What! No, not before you tell me what is going on. This is not like you, keeping your feelings inside' the tears were now rolling over her face. 'Why would you care what I feel?' my eyes went big. 'What? You think I don't care about what you feel? That's just insane' Claire bit on her lip and nodded her head 'yup, I'm just insane' she said sarcastically. She turned to walk away again but I grabbed her arm.
'What is going on?' I asked more serious this time. She turned around and looked just as serious as I am. 'I…' she hesitated, doubt going on in her eyes. 'You what?' I pushed her 'you know you can tell me anything' I looked into her eyes, urging her to continue what she was saying. 'I…' she stopped again 'oh what the hell. I love you' 'What?' that's something I didn't expect to hear. 'I love you, and you're still stuck on Rain. Don't you see what's in front of you? You cant stay in the past Alice. I know it hurts, I do. But you have to let her go'
She looked down, and back in my eyes again. 'I cant go on like this. I cant.' She shook her head and walked away, but this time I didn't stop her. She loves me I thought amazed.
Later that day.
I was just checking the perimeter for any creatures, when her voice jumped in my mind. 'You cant stay in the past Alice. You have to let her go' she said. 'Easier said then done' I mumbled, still walking around. 'Carlos' a voice cracked over the radio. 'I see them Claire' a mans voice sounded.
'Roll up the windows and keep quiet' At that moment I saw the birds flying everywhere, as if they were on a hunt. At first it were just a few dozen, but it quickly got more and more. All of a sudden the birds flew up, and circled around the spot where the school bus stood. Then they all rushed down, as an eagle to a prey. There was a loud crash and I got on my way back to the convoy. When I got there I saw that Carlos was in serious trouble, the guy who controlled the flamethrower got knocked off by the zombie birds and the flame was going straight for him and Nikki. The flame stopped in its tracks and instead of going to Carlos it burned all the birds, dropping them from the skies like little fireballs. All I remember was Carlos walking towards me, because after that, everything went black.
I woke up in my old apartment, everything still as it used to be before I had to go to the mansion. 'I'm dreaming' I said slowly. 'Yes you are' I jumped out of bed as fast as I can, ready to grab my gun. But it wasn't there. 'Hey chill man. I'm not gonna hurt ya' without turning around I asked 'Rain?' I heard her grin 'In the flesh, sorta speak' I turned around and looked at her face, walking slowly to her. 'Is it really you?' she nodded. 'But how?' she smiled and put her hand on my check. 'You're dreaming Alice. Anything can happen in a dream. And there's a reason for everything you dream' I grinned and also touched her cheek.
And leaned closer to her, giving a kiss on her lips. 'So, this is just a dream?' Rain nodded. 'Then this is the best dream I've had in ages' I joked. Rain shook her head 'that's not true, you had that dream bout Claire' she put her all-knowing smile up. I looked surprised 'how the heck do you know that?' Rain laughed. 'I'm in your dream, I know everything I need to know to talk to you'
I cocked my head 'about what' Rain looked at me 'you know about what'
I shook my head, I really don't want to talk about it. 'You have to let me go Alice. It isn't your fault what happened down there' Suddenly we were outside, at the bus stop were we first met. It was raining again. 'I will always be with you. Anytime, anyplace, anywhere. But you have to look what's in front of you this whole time. You didn't even see it at the mansion. You really need to get your eyes checked.' seeing my puzzled look she continued 'damn Alice, you're worse then I thought. Claire loves you, and I know you do to. You're not cheating on me if you begin something with her. 'm dead remember. You have to get over me' she simply stated. 'I am alright, it sucks that I cant be with you, and that I cant fight along by your side. But, Alice, please, just go on with your life. Be with Claire' she hugged me. 'Oh, 1 more thing. Could you make sure my daughter is alright?' That seemed to wake me up 'your daughter?' then I remembered the girl 'Nikki? Consider it done.' Rain nodded 'thank you' She gave me a kiss in the pouring rain, and I closed my eyes. When we had to separate for air I opened my eyes, and I was back in the car. With Claire by my side.
'Hey' she said 'welcome back to the living' That made me giggle 'I'm sorry'
Claire frowned 'about what' I closed my eyes and sat up straight 'about not knowing, and being hung up on Rain' She gave me a little kiss on my forehead 'its okay, I know how it feels like to lose someone you love' 'Who?' I asked caring. 'My very first real boyfriend. We were 16 and I loved him with all my heart. He went out to get some cigarettes, but he never came back. An hour later I got a call from the hospital saying that he got shot and if I wanted to come because he might not make it. And if I wanted to call his parents.' There was a single tear escaping her eyes. 'I couldn't let go of him, when he died. I went to his grave everyday and sometimes I stayed there for hours. After a month or so, I broke down. I couldn't do anything anymore. All I could do was cry' There were more tears flowing over her cheeks. 'How did you accept it?' She smiled a little bit 'he told me to get over him. To stay alive and find love. Again.' I looked in her eyes and leaned closer to her, wiping away her tears with my thumb. 'I love you to' I whispered. And then she kissed me, full of love. It was unfortunate when we had to pull back to get some air. All I could say was 'wow, I wish I told you that sooner' we both laughed. 'Me too' she smiled, the tears fully gone. 'I have to look after Nikki' Claire looked confused 'she's Rain's daughter' I explained. She nodded that she understood it. 'So.. did Rain tell you to get over her?' I frowned my eyebrows. 'That's how Rick came to me. In a dream. And since it looks like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders, I assume that she did that to' I nodded 'yeah she did. She told me to get my eyes checked. Because I was blind' seeing her made me continue 'I was blind for love. I was blind for you' She smiled the prettiest smile I have ever seen on her, and kissed me again. And before I knew it, she got my top off.
Well guys. I hope you liked it. It's a little different then what I'm used to, but I hope it turned out okay ) Please review, and flames are welcome because they can always help me improve my writing.