Apocalyptic Love

Lia’s POV

I can’t believe I agreed to stay with them! From my experience I learned to never trust people. They end up deserting you. But an agreement is an agreement so now I have to find Ian. Harry and I walked back to my camp slowly.

“It was really nice what you did for Kylie. From what I know, most people would have left her.” I said to Harry.

“I just did what had to be done.”

“Harry, what’s your favorite color?”

“What?”

“What’s your favorite color?”

“Orange. Why?”

“Just curious.” I wasn’t just curious. I knew that you could tell a lot about someone’s personality from their favorite color. Orange means he’s optimistic and sensible. Huh.

We soon arrive at our camp where Ian’s eating a bag of chips. I grab them out of his hand.

“What was that for?” He asks.

“I’m hungry.” I say with a mouthful of chips. He rolls his eyes. Then he notices Harry and stands up. He stands in front of me, as if to protect me from something.

“Who are you?” He asks suspiciously.

“I’m Harry.”

“Why are you hanging around my sister Harry?”

“Ian! Calm down. He actually saved my life. Oh, and we’re camping with them from now on. Alright?” I say.

“No! Not alright Lia! You always do this! You just met the guy! What if he’s using you for zombie bait? Huh? Like the last one!”

“Hey I’m not-“ Ian shh’ed him. He grabbed my arm and pulled me behind a nearby tree. He whisper-yelled at me.

“Lia, are you absolutely crazy? You just met the guy! Remember what happened last time we allied with another group? He threw you at the zombie and ran!”

“But I met his group! They are so nice! Ian I promised them! I never break my promises and you know that! Ian, please!” He sat there and thought it over. He finally agreed. I knew it was because of the promise thing. We never break our promises and he knew that.

We walked back over to Harry. Ian quickly packed up our stuff. Not that we had much to pack up anyways. We started walking back to camp.

“Lia?” Harry whispered in my ear.

“Yes?”

“I don’t think your brother is too fond of me at the moment.”

“Don’t worry, you’ll grow on him.”

“If you say so.” We walk the rest of the way in silence. We arrived at Harry’s camp a couple minutes later.

“You must be Lia’s brother, Ian.” He says while he holds out his hand for Ian to shake. Ian doesn’t shake his hands. Louis slowly puts his hand at his side.

“Ian! Don’t be so rude!” I say to him. He rolls his eyes. The rest of the boys introduce themselves except Liam. He’s probably somewhere with Kylie. We stand there awkwardly for a minute or so.

“How are you here?” Ian asks.

“What do you mean?” said Zayn.

“How did you come so far? I have to know your guy’s abilities in order to protect my sist-“

“Ian! I told you! I don’t need protection! Quit bothering them!”

“No that’s fine. Okay so here’s our story.” Louis said. He paused a moment. “Well we first came to America to visit my great uncle Sam. He had been in the hospital for a while. He was very fond of the lads so I decided to bring them along. We arrived in America and went to the hospital. We were there for a couple of days when my great uncle died. We went to the airport and bought our tickets. While we were waiting to board our plane the news said all flights were cancelled. They didn’t say why though. We figured it would only be for a day or so. We slept at the airport. The next day none of the flights were boarding again. We were about to leave the airport when we heard a scream. An entire mob of-“ He swallowed. “them were coming through the airport. We didn’t know what the hell they were so we got in a cab and went to the nearest hotel. They had taken over the hotel too. When we came out of the hotel they were all over the street.” Louis had a tear down his cheek. I could tell he wasn’t the type of guy that cried often. He continued the story. “We hopped in a random car and took off. We drove for a day without any food or water. Then we arrived here in Missouri. Since then we’ve been living off supermarkets and camps in the woods. We get a few visits from them every once in a while. Otherwise, it’s pretty clear.” Louis wiped his tear. I wiped mine too. I glared at Ian.

“Louis you didn’t have to tell us.” I said quietly.

“No. It’s better if you guys know. Anyways I’m going to go catch up with Liam.” Zayn and Niall nodded in agreement. Harry causally strolled off.

“Are you happy now Ian?” I asked furiously. He shook his head no. I hugged him and cried.

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