point?"
Hayden shrugged and turned back around, with the baby, to stare at the stadium.
"I'm not sure yet. He'll tell us when he's good and ready."
Bri doubted any of this logic. Then again, she was carrying around a zombie-ish baby who never made a sound or slept. Nothing made sense anymore.
"She's in there. I can feel it," Hayden said.
"Who?"
"One of us - I mean, one of me - and she's hoarding humans," he said.
"If she's eating people, she'll be distracted," Bri said. She didn't know if she was joking or not. It was a dog eat dog kinda world now.
"She's like me... beyond eating."
"I'm not. I'm hungry. We need to find some food. I'll make tacos tonight if you're in the mood," Bri said. It was too hot out and she was so bored. "I thought I saw a bookstore near the building. Can we check it out? I need something to pass the time." It wasn't like Hayden was interested in talking much lately and the baby just stared at you.
"I didn't know you read," Hayden said.
"Fuck you, asshole."
Hayden laughed and put up a hand. "No. That's not what I meant. I just didn't know you liked to sit down and read a book. I love to read."
"Maybe if you took the time to know me or ask a question about my past once in awhile you'd learn," Bri said.
"You're right. I promise tonight we'll get to know each other better," Hayden said.
"I'd like that. Can we go find some books now? This is so boring and I'm bored," Bri said.
"In a second... look," Hayden said and pointed.
Two people, a man and a woman, had come out of the stadium and were heading down the street slowly, watching as they moved.
"Is that the zombie you're interested in?" Bri asked.
"No. They're human. Did they escape? We need to follow them."
Bri shrugged her shoulders. At least it would give her something to do. The bookstore could wait. If there was anything still left inside, it wasn't going anywhere and she doubted these two people were heading over to borrow a book.
Hayden began walking; angling so he'd intercept them within a block.
Bri grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. "I thought we were following them."
"I am."
"They'll see you," Bri said.
"So? From a distance I look human. I just want to talk with them."
"They're likely carrying weapons. One of them might have a gun. If they shoot you in the head, you'll die. If they hit me anywhere, I'm as good as dead, and who knows what a bullet will do to the baby. Think for a second," Bri said. She watched the couple disappear around a corner. They wouldn't get too far and it wasn't like they'd be lost in traffic.
"Then we follow at a safe distance. If we need to talk to them, you can do it," Hayden said.
Bri knew sometimes he forgot he wasn't human anymore, and anyone they encountered wouldn't immediately want to kill him. She hoped someday he wouldn't forget in front of the wrong person carrying a shotgun.
They moved along slowly, through the street clogged with debris. A zombie came out from behind a minivan with flat tires and passed Hayden, who kept walking.
"Seriously?" Bri asked as the zombie came at her.
"I'm really sorry. You know I forget sometimes you're still human," Hayden said and broke the zombie's neck, pushing it to the ground and stomping on its head.
"You forget I'm human? Wow. Fuck you, too," Bri said. That was a shitty thing to say.
"Don't get mad at me. You know exactly what I mean."
"I know what you said." Bri kept walking and Hayden rushed to stay ahead of her.
Bri glanced down at the baby and frowned. Was he smiling up at her, just for a second?
"Don't you start acting like a dick now, too," she said to the baby.
Hayden either didn't hear her or didn't feel like asking what she'd said and risk an argument. They moved around the next corner and Hayden stopped, cocking his head.
"Which way do you think we should go?" Bri asked.
"If you give me a second, I can find them," Hayden said.
Bri swallowed a snarky comment and looked around, making sure
Hayden shrugged and turned back around, with the baby, to stare at the stadium.
"I'm not sure yet. He'll tell us when he's good and ready."
Bri doubted any of this logic. Then again, she was carrying around a zombie-ish baby who never made a sound or slept. Nothing made sense anymore.
"She's in there. I can feel it," Hayden said.
"Who?"
"One of us - I mean, one of me - and she's hoarding humans," he said.
"If she's eating people, she'll be distracted," Bri said. She didn't know if she was joking or not. It was a dog eat dog kinda world now.
"She's like me... beyond eating."
"I'm not. I'm hungry. We need to find some food. I'll make tacos tonight if you're in the mood," Bri said. It was too hot out and she was so bored. "I thought I saw a bookstore near the building. Can we check it out? I need something to pass the time." It wasn't like Hayden was interested in talking much lately and the baby just stared at you.
"I didn't know you read," Hayden said.
"Fuck you, asshole."
Hayden laughed and put up a hand. "No. That's not what I meant. I just didn't know you liked to sit down and read a book. I love to read."
"Maybe if you took the time to know me or ask a question about my past once in awhile you'd learn," Bri said.
"You're right. I promise tonight we'll get to know each other better," Hayden said.
"I'd like that. Can we go find some books now? This is so boring and I'm bored," Bri said.
"In a second... look," Hayden said and pointed.
Two people, a man and a woman, had come out of the stadium and were heading down the street slowly, watching as they moved.
"Is that the zombie you're interested in?" Bri asked.
"No. They're human. Did they escape? We need to follow them."
Bri shrugged her shoulders. At least it would give her something to do. The bookstore could wait. If there was anything still left inside, it wasn't going anywhere and she doubted these two people were heading over to borrow a book.
Hayden began walking; angling so he'd intercept them within a block.
Bri grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. "I thought we were following them."
"I am."
"They'll see you," Bri said.
"So? From a distance I look human. I just want to talk with them."
"They're likely carrying weapons. One of them might have a gun. If they shoot you in the head, you'll die. If they hit me anywhere, I'm as good as dead, and who knows what a bullet will do to the baby. Think for a second," Bri said. She watched the couple disappear around a corner. They wouldn't get too far and it wasn't like they'd be lost in traffic.
"Then we follow at a safe distance. If we need to talk to them, you can do it," Hayden said.
Bri knew sometimes he forgot he wasn't human anymore, and anyone they encountered wouldn't immediately want to kill him. She hoped someday he wouldn't forget in front of the wrong person carrying a shotgun.
They moved along slowly, through the street clogged with debris. A zombie came out from behind a minivan with flat tires and passed Hayden, who kept walking.
"Seriously?" Bri asked as the zombie came at her.
"I'm really sorry. You know I forget sometimes you're still human," Hayden said and broke the zombie's neck, pushing it to the ground and stomping on its head.
"You forget I'm human? Wow. Fuck you, too," Bri said. That was a shitty thing to say.
"Don't get mad at me. You know exactly what I mean."
"I know what you said." Bri kept walking and Hayden rushed to stay ahead of her.
Bri glanced down at the baby and frowned. Was he smiling up at her, just for a second?
"Don't you start acting like a dick now, too," she said to the baby.
Hayden either didn't hear her or didn't feel like asking what she'd said and risk an argument. They moved around the next corner and Hayden stopped, cocking his head.
"Which way do you think we should go?" Bri asked.
"If you give me a second, I can find them," Hayden said.
Bri swallowed a snarky comment and looked around, making sure
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