I woke up to Warren yelling from down stairs. We were still at the house we've been in for a month or two now. I have my own room fortunately. The house was pretty big. There was five bedrooms so we didn't have to share much. Red made 5k sleep in her room, even though he wanted the room with the loft bed. Addie had her room next to me. We both went out and found stuff to decorate with. We figured we'd be here for a while, so why not? Warren took the master bedroom and Doc had the one next to Red. Meg and 10k found out there were twin beds in the basement and took over there, calling it Fort Z. They acted like they were four years old when they were together. I had gotten the room 5 wanted, I decorated my bed with pillows Addie and I found. Lucky for us there was a large town down the road. Warren was yelling for Red again and I tried to go back to sleep, covering my ears with my pillow. I decided it wasn't going to work and climbed down the ladder. Jax and Kosmo had small dog beds under my bed. Kosmo's was a smaller brown bed that had a few paws along the rim and Jax's bed was a large black one with the words 'Five More Minutes' written in white on the rim. 

Jax lifted his head to watch me put on music. I had a few songs recorded on my phone before all of this. I kept the phone in my bag but never used it, just in case the cure was found and I didn't have a charger. I played some music quietly and got dressed into new clothes. Being the comical person I am (:dabs:)I put on a black shirt with cartoon zombies going after a person. In drippy letters below the picture it read 'Zombies Hate Fast Food'. I put on ripped jeans and black converse. I had a few bandanna's from when I got them for Kosmo so I put a forest green one as a head band like 10k does. Tucking my bat into my belt I decided to let Jax and Kosmo sleep so I opened my door and looked down the hall. Warren was walking back into her room as Doc walked out of his. I slid down the railing of the stairs and landed with a small squeak at the bottom. 

Meg and 10k were sitting at the table eating what looked like cereal. As I got closer I realized they were just eating Oreos with milk. I made a fake pout face and shook the empty box upside down. Addie walked into the kitchen and opened the cabinet we had stocked full of food. She pulled out Girl Scout Cookies and threw them at me. I caught the box and read the side. "We had Thin Mints and nobody told me?" I almost yelled. I took the box outside and started practicing with my bat. I whacked a dead tree that was leaning on the fence surrounding the house. A Z was groaning and trying to get to me from the other side. I sighed and readied my bat to hit it. 

Before I could even swing the Z dropped dead, hanging over the fence with a silver blade in it's skull. I looked around to see who threw the knife sticking from it's head. A boy about my age with sandy blonde hair like Mack's popped his head over the side of the roof next door. I started pushing the dead Z with my bat. "I could've got that, ya' know!" I grumbled annoyed. I didn't think he even heard me until he called back.

"But I got it first." I glared at him for a minute before going back to pushing the Z over the fence. I went back to training, splintering the tree with each hit. The boy jogged up to the other side of the fence and leaned his elbows on it. I didn't acknowledge that he was there, I just kept swinging. Jax came out of the small alley like passage way from the front to back of the house. The boy reached for his knife but I put up my bat. He slowly put his hand down and watched as Jax came over to the tree. The boy looked scared out of his mind, having a wild animal in front of him. "What's going on...?" He whispered as I pet Jax's head.

I whistled and Jax backed up to stand behind me. "Jax go hunt. Remember! No eating dead animals! Always alive!" I called the last part as the wolf bounded away. I turned back to the boy and pointed to the road. "Sorry bucko, we don't have room in the group." I told him. 

"Come on. One night!" He pleaded with puppy dog eyes. 

"No."

"Please?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"'Cause I said."

"Are you the leader?"

"No."

"Then you don't have a say."

"Yes I do. I don't wanna be sharing my bed with a stranger." 

"Don't you have extra beds?" 

"Nope, get lost."

"What's going on here?" I turned to see Warren walking down the steps. 

"I need a place to stay the night." He told Warren.

"Okay. Kayleigh, you have the only full sized bed other than me. You can share, right?" 

"NO! NO I CANNOT!" I yelled, attracting Zs. The boy looked worried as if he wouldn't make it another day without shelter. 

"Kayleigh you're sharing." Warren demanded, opening the gate for the boy before he could be eaten alive. I groaned and fell backwards into the grass. 

-Time Skip-

I finished my dinner and went up to my room. We learned his name was Nate and he was from a small group that kicked him out, accusing him of stealing rations. If he stole their stuff what if he stole ours? I didn't want to share my bed! I didn't want him in my room! Hell he shouldn't even be on our property. Why did I have to share a bed? Couldn't Meg and 10k share a bed and he take one of theirs? What if he kills me in my sleep? Warren if I die I'm coming back to haunt you! I sat at my desk I decorated nice and neat. I had a baby cactus that was half dead in a jar with colorful sand and it was flanked by two rainbow candles. I had a whole stack of drawings I made in my spare time, which was all the time. Warren sadly didn't include me in runs because I'm too young. Who survived all this time alone in the apocalypse? Me. 

I lit the two candles and started drawing Jax again. Most of the drawings were Jax and/or Kosmo. I stopped when I felt someone looking over my shoulder. I stuck my foot out a bit and spun around in my chair, knocking Nate off his feet. He fell onto his hands and knees, dazed by what happened. I spun back around and continued to draw. Warren popped her head in and saw Nate sitting on the floor by the ladder and shut the light off. "Bed kids." She used a motherly tone like we were her kids and it was a school night. "I don't want talking after I get upstairs." She warned. 

"Warren, I'm 13! Stop treating me like I'm four." I complained. I went over to my dresser and got out a pair of pajama pants and a random shirt. I was about to change when I irritability remembered Nate. I turned to see him sitting on my bed, staring at me. He looked like he was waiting for something. I made a 'turn around' motion with my hand and he turned his head to look out the window. I got my pajamas on and started climbing up the ladder. Nate turned around smiling. Creepy... "What?" I snorted, climbing the rest of the way. 

"Oh nothing! It's just that I could see you in the reflection of the window." He muttered, lying down close to the edge. I scooted all the way over and leaned against the wall glaring at him. Pervert. I thought irritably. I pulled the covers over my body and drifted off to sleep, barely dreaming of anything but black and the occasional Z popping up. 

Well Nate is one creepy Pervert! Bye beans!