Trapped

..::Parker’s P.O.V::..

We all sat in complete silence after Brian’s rant, which I had to bite my lip to make sure I didn’t laugh. The silence was interrupted by a loud gurgle of my stomach.

“Holy shit, Parker,” Johnny said, and I flipped him off.

“You guys have put me in an emotional wreck, and I haven’t eaten for days,” I told them, as I stood up, and went to grab a gun.

“Wait. Where are you going?” Jimmy stood up.

“I’m hungry. I. Want. Food,” I said very clear so that he could understand, and I walked passed him to the door. He ran in front of me, and spread out his arms and legs, blocking me from getting out.

“I’m not letting you go out there,” he said, seeming like he had his foot down. I put my gun in the back of my pants, and smiled at him.

“You’re right, that’s dangerous, what was I thinking,” I went and leaned into his body. He started hugging me back, and then I started tickling the sides of his torso. A huge laughter exploded from his mouth, as he started swatting at my hands, and jumping around. I made my move once the opening of the door was free, and ran out. I didn’t see anything, so maybe I would be safe. I started heading to the food section, but I walked very slow, not to alert anything. I grabbed a bag on the way over there, and started grabbing lunchables, and soda, and candy, a lot of candy. I shouldn’t have let my guard down, but I did, and the next thing I knew, I was on my back, teeth snapping at my face.

“Ew, gross, HELP,” I started yelling out. If I went for my gun, this thing would surely get a bite, “HELP, DAMMIT,” I started screaming, and then more zombies started entering the aisle. I was going to be lunch…or breakfast…or dinner. Fuck, I didn’t know what time it was. Suddenly, I heard gunshots, and one by one, the unfallen had….fallen. I pushed the gruesome disturbing sight off of me, and grabbed my bag, turning around to see Jimmy. Oh Jimmy. A face that I was far too happy to see right now, “I just might kiss you,” I said as I walked passed him.

“I might take you up on that offer,” he said, “Wait, where are you going?” he asked as I started heading towards the guns.

“We’re going to run out of ammo. Just grab a bunch of guns, and boxes, we can’t run out, and we’ll have to reboard this place. We do have some boards left, I saw some in the conference room,” I told him, stuffing some of the boxes into my pockets.

“This is great, then,” he said, following along with what I was doing.

“We should wait until everybody is conscious, though. Now hurry, back to the bathroom,” I said, and we started running back to our safety – well, the safest place in the store, right now. We softly knocked on the door, and Brian opened it.

“About time, we thought you guys were dead,” Brian stepped aside to let us through.

“Well, Parks was about to be,” Jimmy said, “And she saved me, and promised me a kiss,” he teased as he looked at me.

“Oh god, Brian, you’re contagious,” I said, sick to my stomach with the perverted remarks.

“Oh my god, if you died, then Brian would come after me,” I saw that Harper had come around, and she was right back to the sadistic remarks, causing me to laugh.

“I would never leave you…unless I was hungry and ended up getting eaten by zombies,” I sat down next to her and Zacky, and noticed Matt was still in Johnny’s lap. He noticed I was looking and glared at me.

“I swear, if you laugh,” he said, and I put my hands up in surrender, holding back my smile.

“Can’t spell Bass without Ass,” I muttered, causing Zacky and Harper to laugh.

“Well…you can’t spell Parker without…..Ark…er…” Johnny started and realized he wasn’t going anywhere with the remark.

“Hey, look, guys, wittel Christ pissed his pants,” Jimmy said and pointed, and Zacky started laughing.

“This faggot is drooling on, wait, why are you staring at my crotch?” Johnny asked, and everybody looked at Jimmy expectantly.

“I was wondering if I should curb stomp you or not,” He said, and started stroking his own chin, “Kirby,” he added the last part under his breath.

“Incoming,” Johnny said, with an evil grin on his face before a huge fart erupted from his direction. Matt’s eyes popped open, and he screamed as he scrambled to get away from Johnny.

“Oh my god, that’s rancid,” He said, and we all put the collar of our shirts over our noses.

“I tried to hold it in, but with each remark, I just felt I should let it out,” he shrugged, unmoved by the smell of his gas.

“Holy shit, Johnny. Did something crawl up your ass and die,” I asked.

“His boyfriend’s dick, perhaps,” Harper answered my question for me, and Johnny muttered threats under his voice.

“We need to find a way to get out of here,” Zacky said, “Before one of us kills somebody, preferably,” he trailed off about how stupid this was.

“I’ll go out and see the damage,” Matt said, “If I’m not back in 5 minutes, come look for me. Use Harper and Parker as shields,” he instructed.

“I will eat your children,” Harper threatened him, leaving awkwardness in the air. We all just kind of looked at her like maybe she had lost her mind, and once she said eat, I remember I had brought food, and grabbed my bag, pulling out a bag of M&Ms.

“We’re going to die, and all you can think about is food,” Brian asked me, like I had gone just as insane as Harper and Matt.

“I’m hungry. I almost lost my life for this food, I’m fucking eating it,” I stuck my tongue out to him.

“I know how that would become useful,” he winked at me, and I nearly choked.

“Just shut up, Brian,” Jimmy said, sitting across from all of us. Zacky joined in with eating my bag of candy as I held it, and for now, I felt fine, like we weren’t stuck in a Target bathroom.

“So yeah, I’m going to go check on the damage,” Matt grabbed a shot gun and a pistol.

“I’ll go with you,” Brian stood up, and grabbed a few weapons, “Can’t let you go alone. We’re lucky Jimmy has the desire to look at Parker’s ass, or she would be dead,” he said, indifferently, while Jimmy only blinked.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said sarcastically.

“Maybe I am contagious,” Brian muttered, more to himself, then shook it off, “Let’s go Matt,” he said, and left us alone in the bathroom. We locked the door on their way out, so everything unwanted would stay out, like Matt and Brian.

“Well, they’re gone. So here’s my plan, we wait for them to die…” Harper started, but was cut off by Zacky.

“You’re becoming homicidal,” he pointed out, shoving a handful of candy in his mouth. They went on, while Johnny had fallen asleep. I was feeling tired myself, so I crawled over to Jimmy, and rested my head on his shoulder.

“Hey,” he said.

“Goodnight,” I mumbled, closing my eyes.

..::Brian’s P.O.V::..

We went to the front to see just how much damage was done to the front.

“If we had power tools, we could use metal from some of the aisles and drill that over the opening. It’s metal, they wouldn’t get through,” Matt pointed out. The store was kind of empty except for the few zombies we had to kill.

“Let’s go get a few things from our rooms,” I suggested, and Matt nodded. Jimmy’s drumsticks were lying by his trashed drum set, he never seemed to fix it. I picked them up for him, and I went into my room, and grabbed one of my guitars. The last thing I grabbed was a bag of dog food from Parker’s room alone with a jug of water. We couldn’t let the dog go hungry. He was one of the only things bringing joy to our dim lives. I, myself, was already starting to love that dog. I met Matt back at the bathroom door, and we went in.

“Here, Jimbo,” I gave him his drum sticks, and he seemed very happy.

“Thanks, man,” he said, and carefully took them, due to Parker being asleep on his side. A pang of jealousy went through me at the scene, but they were always destined to be together. I knew how this was going to happen. Zacky was going to be reunited with Harper, Jimmy with Parker. Johnny, Matt, and I all knew it, we saw it. We relocked the door, and told them about our plan.

“We should get some sleep, first, don’t you think,” Zacky said.

“Who’s going to get blankets and pillows,” Harper asked, plainly clear that she wasn’t going to go.

“Fuck, I’ll go, Johnny’s coming, too,” I picked him up by his arm, a stream of protests coming from him.

“I’ll also go,” Matt stood up.

“I guess I will,” Zacky also joined in. We all looked at Jimmy, and he shook his head.

“Keep dreaming,” he said. We all shook our heads and left to get a few sleeping and eating supplies.

..::Jimmy’s P.O.V::..

The guys left, leaving Harper, me, and a sleeping Parker in the bathroom.

“Chicken,” Harper teased.

“Butt face,” I replied to her, and she put a hand over her heart.

“Ass,” she said, pretending that what I had said legitimately insulted her. We kept throwing back insults until the guys came back in. We didn’t lock the door this time so they could just come on in, and they locked it as they threw they’re stash down. They had an assortment of blankets, pillows, flashlights, food, and drinks in the pile. They even had a can of roach spray. Probably Brian, I thought. We set out our little beds, and I made a separate one for Parker, just in case she would get all bitchy if she were paired up with somebody. Harper and Zacky slept in the same pallet, and everybody else had separate set ups. I lay Parker in her sleeping arrangement before getting in my own.

I just lay there, unable to get to sleep. I wasn’t really tired, and I was discomforted. I was surprised to have Parker crawl in with me and wrapped her arm around my torso. I then found it a little bit easier to fall asleep with her right next to me.

..::-------------::..

I woke up and it was a jungle. My legs were over her. My arms were over her. It was like a pretzel.

“Hey,” she said awkwardly, “Ya’ mind?” I looked around to see we were the only ones who were awake. I blushed, even though she wouldn’t be able to see it, and quickly untangled myself, “thanks, now, I’m going back to bed,” she said, before laying back down, once again wrapping her arm around my torso. I smiled to myself when she did this, I don’t know why it made me so happy. I didn’t like her, or at least I didn’t think I did, though all of the sexual remarks from Brian were making me uncomfortable, and that kiss that I witnessed with Matt and Parker, I had acted like a little bitch. What was wrong with us? We were going to be driven to insanity in here.

Tomorrow we had a huge project to do, and maybe it would be a better set up than the wooden boards, and it would be harder for those things to get through. I couldn’t find myself to actually get back to sleep, I just wasn’t tired.

..::Parker’s P.O.V::..

I was scared of the situation we were in. After I almost became a meal, I’ve decided that this situation we were in was just a tad bit serious. I wonder if we would ever get out of here, because this was just insane. I wonder if there were places that hadn’t been infected, if those cities had been closed off. Maybe, if we tried, we could find one of those cities and get ourselves out of here.

I decided to sleep alongside Jimmy. He wasn’t exactly a threat to anybody, but I did feel safe around him. I couldn’t fall back asleep either, so I just lied there with my arm over him, lying on my belly. He was stroking my hair, which I liked…secretly. If I had liked him, I would never admit it. If I did, what if it was obvious? My thoughts were disrupted as there was a loud bang on the door. We all jumped up, and it was dark. We all started running around looking for a light, when we heard colliding of two heads. We found the light switch, and go figure, Matt and Harper were knocked out…again.

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