Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the clothes on my back.

Everybody's scared of something. Everybody's got a breaking point. Nick knows that. So why doesn't Rochelle?

That lady had put on the bravest face this side of Vegas through it all: zombies, crazy zombies, mutated zombies, even Ellis, for Christ's sake! What was her weakness?

Now, Nick wasn't a sexist, he just didn't understand how that girl didn't go crazy. That was, until they got to the swamps.

"Oh man, oh man! There ain't nothin' like the swamps, I tell you that. Now, bein' a Savannah man myself, I ain't never spent too much time here, but hooee, it's a kick fer sure. This one time, my buddy Keith was down in a bayou, all muddy and what not, and-"

"Ellis, boy, now ain't the time, we gotta be lookin' out for zombies, you know."

"Oh, that's alright. Hey, Ro!" He ran back to her, she'd been watching their backs for most of the time. You wouldn't catch Nick admitting it, but she was a good shot.

Even from the front of the pack, he could hear Ellis' excited conversation. "Hey girl, how's it goin'?"

"Hey sweetie."

"Anyways, like I was tellin' Coach: Keith was campin' out in a bayou, to see what it was like and all. Well he woke up one day and there was a python, 'bout 10 feet long he said, sleepin' up in the bag with him! So, he starts jumpin' and hollerin' and..."

It took that boy at least another six steps to realize that there weren't any next to him anymore.

"Ro? Rochelle, you alright?" Nick chuckled, this would either be really good or really bad. He and Coach turned around. Rochelle was wide-eyed, pale and shaking, and Ellis was flapping around next to her, trying to get her to say anything.

"Rochelle! Rochelle, what is it girl? You gotta talk to me!" Finally, she stuttered something out.

"...Ellis? A-Are there snakes in this swamp?" Ellis, careless lump that he is, started laughing his head off. "Oh man, is that all it is? You really had me goin' there fer a sec! And of course there are, Ro! Lemme see if I can't find one-OW, HEY!"

Nick thought he was going to piss himself. Rochelle was climbing around on Ellis' back, pointing her gun in the mud, as though a snake was actually gonna jump out at her.

"Ellis, just shut up and walk. If I touch the ground once, I'll shoot your head off."

"Aw, c'mon Ro, do I really need to-"

"Ellis! Just. Start. Walking."

"Okay, okay, no need to start pointin' guns around!"

And so there she sat, all the way up to the highway, even through the zombie hordes. Nick and Coach just stood back, snickering every time she and Ellis the Pony nearly fell over when she thought she saw something in the water.

Nick knew that Rochelle wasn't freaking Wonder Woman. And so maybe she got a little scared, but it was funny as hell to see her go half-crazy. And there's not a lot to laugh at in a zombie apocalypse, you know?

"Well, Nick, if you thought it was oh-so-hilarious, then what are you scared of?"

"That's easy, sister: losing all my cash."

"SUITCASE FULL OF PISTOLS AND MONEY!"

"Damn straight, Coach."

*fist bump*

A/N: That's about what happens to me every time I hear the word snake. Hope you get the joke about the suitcase. And yea, I just made Nick and Coach fist bump. Enjoy! As always, I love you for reading, even more for reviewing!