Apocalyptic Love

Lia’s POV

The Next Day

I jumped. My arms flailed around until I found my sword. Harry jumped back and put his hands up in surrender.

“Jeez! Are you always like this?” Harry whisper-screamed. He was right. Ever since this whole end-of-the-world thing happened I had to be on edge. It’s how you survived. I dropped my sword on the floor and stretched. Ian was already up and he was changing his shirt. He already changed his pants, THANK GOD. Harry soon exited the tent.

“I don’t want to do anything today!” I whined.

“You say that every morning.” Ian said.

“Cause I don’t want to do anything every morning.” I stated.

“Well guess what? You have to.” He said. I gently slapped him on the shoulder.

“Now get out, I’m going to change.” I said. He gets out without saying another word. I soon change into the same clothes I had worn for the past week or so. I really need to get some new clothes. Oh well, they worked. I grabbed my sword and backpack and headed out. Ian had already grabbed his backpack so our tent was empty. Now all we had to do is take it down. There’s no way in hell I’m doing that. I stink at taking down and putting up tents.

I walked out of the tent to see five busy boys. Louis was loading up the Jeep, Niall was grabbing a few sleeping bags and handing them to Louis, Harry was putting some clothes into a backpack, and Liam was playing with Kylie.

I walked over to the Jeep and put my backpack in the trunk. Louis thanked me and I walked over to Harry.

“Need any help?” I ask.

“Actually, yes. Could you please take down that tent?” He asked politely.

“No.” I said simply.

“What? You asked.” He said.

“Well, the thing is, I don’t do tents.”

“Well why not?”

“Let’s just say tents and I don’t agree.” He laughed.

“Alright everything’s packed up! We just need that one tent and we’ll be ready to go!” Louis called. Ian walked over and began taking down the tent. He took it down and handed it to Louis. Harry finished packing and he slung the backpack over his shoulder. We all made our way over to the Jeep.

Louis was driving, Niall was in the passenger seat, Liam was sitting in the right on in the back with Kylie in his lap, Harry was sitting in the middle with Zayn on his lap, and Ian was sitting on the left with me in his lap.

“Sorry it’s so crammed, we’ll have to pick up a new ride on our way.” Louis said. We all nodded. He pulled the car out of the woods, into the road and started driving.

Two Hours Later

I flutter my eyes open and feel very uncomfortable. I soon realize that we’re still in the car and I’m only Ian’s lap. I look at my surroundings and see that Harry is now driving, Louis is in the passenger seat, and Zayn is now on Niall’s lap next to me. Harry seems to notice my awakening and smiles at me through the mirror.

“Hello, love. Good afternoon.” He said. I smile and look at myself through the mirror. My hair looked terrible. I bet Harry, with his flawless curls, is laughing at my hair on the inside.

“When will we get there? Shouldn’t we already be there?” I asked in a groggy voice.

“Well the last supermarket we passed like an hour ago, was overrun. There were too many of them for us to take. We didn’t even leave the car. We could see it from the outside. We didn’t even try, it was obvious. Now we’re searching for a new one. I don’t know when we’ll find a new one.” He said.

“Oh.” I said. I was honestly disappointed. I mean, Missouri was very flat and unpopulated. Who knows when the next supermarket would come along? It might be hours and hours away.

“Don’t worry, we’ll find one.” Harry said reassuringly. I didn’t really believe him. He saw the disbelieve in my eyes and shot me a glance that said ‘Don’t worry’. Even though I barely knew him I knew I could trust him. And let me tell you, in this world it was hard to get my trust.

Pretty soon, Louis aroused from his nap. He glanced around him and smiled at me and Harry.

“I love you.” Louis whispered seductively in Harry’s ear. (Sorry, I had to) Harry looked back at him like WTF?

“What the hell mate?” Harry said. Louis laughed.

“Sorry I’m tired.” He said as he laughed. I laughed loudly, waking up Ian. He shuffled around and pushed me off of him. I fell on the floor.

“Sorry.” He muffled. I pulled myself up and sat back down on Ian.

“Louis, could you please beat up Ian for me?” I asked.

“Sure thing, Lia.” Louis said sleepily.

“Am I the only one in this car who is awake?” I asked.

“Well I am now, thanks to you. Zayn mumbled. I put my hand over my mouth and muffled my laugh.

“Sorry.” I whispered. He mumbled something that I couldn’t make out. I decided that I didn’t want to disturb any more people so I closed my eyes.

Before I knew it I was awoken by a screeching sound myself being flung into the seat in front of me.

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