Dead Life Book 5 by D Harrison Schleicher

been with a lot of men?”
                  “No that’s not it. Let me finish. I just didn’t know how to bring it up.” Lily seemed to be getting mad and this was not something I was good at discussing. When it came to the fairer sex I had always been tongue tied. All I could do here was go for broke. “I’ve never carried condoms around with me. Lily, I’ve only been with two women in my whole life, and you’re one of them.”
                  “Then I’ll quit teasing you. I can’t have children.”
                  “That’s great.”
                  “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
                  God I’m an idiot. “I’m sorry. I just don’t think now would be a good time to be having a child. That’s what I meant to say.”
                  Lily started to get up out of bed. “I’m sure that’s what you meant,” Lily said. “What if I wanted to have children after this was all over? I’ve known I that can’t have children for five years. You’re the first person I told.”
                  “Please don’t go. Maybe we can adopt.”
                  “Oh yeah. When we’ve killed the last of the zombies we’ll just run by an adoption agency and pick a few up. Better still. We’ll keep the first stray kid we run across.”
                  “I guess that did sound pretty stupid.”
                  “You think?”
                  “Yes I do and I’m sorry. I should have said something sooner.”
                  Lily was out of bed by now and had gathered all of her clothes from where I’d thrown them around the room. She sat down on the side of the bed and started to get dressed.
                  “I’m sorry too. This is wrong, we need to end this.”
                  “End what? Our relationship? That’s crazy. All I have right now to keep me going is you. I love you Lily and that’s never going to change.”
                  That was all it took. I could see the anger and resolve drain from Lily’s face as she threw herself into my arms and sobbed against my chest.
                  “I love you too Tim. That’s what makes this so much worse. Any moment one or both of us could be dead.”
                  ”You’re right. At any moment we could be dead. That’s why I’ll fight for every second I have with you. We’re going to make it through this. Together we can build a world where we’ll be safe. I believe that. Otherwise there would be no reason to keep on going.”
                  “Well congratulations. You gave yourself a hard-on with that little speech of yours.”
                  I looked down and sure enough she was right. Mr. Happy was back. I might not have convinced Lily that everything would be okay but my dick sure as hell had bought into it.
    Lily was rummaging around in her backpack. “I’ve got something for you. From now on out you’ll be needing one of these.”
    Before she handed me the little package she produced from her bag I knew exactly what was coming my way. “You are a dirty girl. Aren’t you?”
    We made love one more time that night before falling to sleep and no I didn’t use the condom she’d given me.
    John woke us as the sun was coming up that next morning. Lily and I were pissed at John for letting us sleep all night but he insisted he was fine. He’d slept in the car most of the day yesterday and planned on doing the same thing today. After all his crap the day before about getting a good night’s sleep I was more than a little surprised that John had let us sleep through the night like that. I knew damn good and well that he had to be as tired as hell. I reminded him that General Simmons and Dr. Parks might have something else in mind for us. John didn’t seem too concerned. He felt our chances of