I couldm't sleep my 12 hour shift started in 6 hours and I just couldn't sleep. Between the banging and cabin fever I had had enough. almost four months here and no way out in sight.I decided to go get a drink thinking maybe that would help relax me.

As I walked into the kitchen I spotted Sue and Megan chatting. Sue was on duty and I figured Meg could not sleep either. "Hello my favorite girls I said jokingly," They both jumped and Megan just left the room. "What was her problem, should I go talk to her?' I said. Sue said it was just girl ralk and Megan was just embrassed. If I wasn't so glad to be alone with Sue I might have pursured Megan.  Man I had to go for it now. I took Sue's hand and pulled her down on my lap. She protested saying she had to work. But I assured her it was okay I just wanted to talk for abit. Man looking into those big brown eyes took my breath away and before I knew it I was kissing her. More important she was kissing me. she slid her arms around my neck and toyed with my hair as I told her how long I wanted her to do that. We made a date for our next days off together to spend our time together.

She slid off my lap and giggled. She now knew it wasn't a gun in my pocket. Me I turned red but Sue just gave me another kiss and went on her rounds. I got my drink and went up to bed.

My alarm woke me up and I slid out of bed still tired but ready to do my shift. I could smell breakfast and realized I was starving. After getting dressed I wanted to check on Megan first. Her room was empry and her bed unmade. Megan was a neatfreak and I figured she was in the bathroom. I went on to breakfast and Hank and Terri saw me comming and greeted me.  Kevin was cooking and it smelled great. I got my food and sat down. I knew Sue was probably sleeping so I asked about Betty. Kevin said she wasn't feeling well.We all waitted for him to finish but he ducked his head and started to eat.Kevin and I were on duty today so I figured we would talk later. Megan and Betty had the next 12 hours so I needed to know where she stood.By the time I finished my meal Megan had not showed up.

I excused myself and went to check up on her. Her room was in the same condition and I was starting to get really worried.She wasn't in the bathrooms nor the basement. No one had seen her since last nite. I had to wake Sue up and find out what was going on.Sue wasn't sleeping but waitting for me. She looked scared.

By the time Sue finished talking about their discussion, I knew what my sister had done. I drug Sue back downstairs and made her tell the others. I wanted to kick things, throw things but I stayed calm. It seemed Todd had told Megan about a tunnel that could only be open from the inside. Megan had made up her mind that she was going to Jay's place. She knew I wouldn't let her so she went alone. I yelled at the group, "We have to go after her." But as I looked at each one of them They hung their heads.My friends were willing to let my sister die but I wasn't. Sue would not tell me where the tunnel was she said Megan made her promise not to tell me if she didn't come back by tomorrow nite. That left only the front door as I ran to it Kevin grabbed me and Hank punched me.

When I woke up it was dark and I was tied to the bed. Sue was sitting beside me crying. I couldn't look at her for fear I'd call her a Bitch or much worse. I just yelled at her to leave me alone. Kevin came in and explained that we could not run out there half-cocked, we needed a plan. That we couldn't stay were we were either. He untied me after making me promise to listen to him.

We were going hunting.Hank, Kevin and I were gonna get rid of as many Zombies as we could and try to get to Jay and Megan. We needed to know more about the Zombies. We needed to know around how many they were and how they came about. He figured this Jay person must have a radio at the least.

We went downstairs to tell the girls. Betty was even there and Kevin was not telling us the whole truth. Betty looked real bad, almost crazy. We explained the plan to the others and asked the girls to stay behind not sure on if we could protect them too. Betty screamed like a mad woman that she was not staying in the house without Kevin. I knew then that the other girls were not gonna stay either.So we had better get them ready for the worst.It was all or nothing. We decided to go now. All of us armed to high Heaven.We had the front door key and we could get back in. We decided the tunnel was our best way out. Sue led the way. When we got to the end Hank went first to help the ladies out. Our first bit of luck no Zombies. We all made it out safely and began our journey. We could hear them banging on the house but was a distance away. We started towards Jay's place when a Zombie stumbled into our path. He went right for Sue but Betty jumped in front of her all wildeyed, yelling at him to go away. He grabed her and started bitting her before we could get him off. Kevin bashed him in the head with his gun. The idea was to keep still and not shoot unless we had no choice. I prayed the Zombies had not heard Betty. The bamming on the house stopped and we started running. Kevin was trying to carry Betty and run but she was still screaming and trashing. Hank yelled at him to leave her cause she was a gonner anyway. Sue and Terri  were right behind me and were very composed.When we finially stopped running we had lost Kevin and Betty.Most important we had lost the Zombies for now.We were trying to catch our breath when Kevin appeared. He had lost Betty, he couldn't carry her and she just ran off, he said as the tears ran down his face. Sue hugged him and we got our bearings.

We were gonna make it if we could just elude the Zombies.