March 9th, 2027
1:22 p.m.
I looked as I tied my shoe laces. My nikes were really dirty. Looking quite embarrassed by the looks that Victor and William would give me I felt like taking a quick look through the closet, seeing if anything in there was useful to use or wear. Looking inside I saw mostly high heels and slip ons. Thinking about slip ons makes me feel like a queer and when I run in them they might slip off and I might stumble or something. Instead I find a pair of vans hidden between two dirty shoes. Picking them up I analyze the look on the laces, the foxing stripes and the front,back,rear; you name it. I'm real picky about shoes and I'm willing to get rid of these shoes. Then I feel like asking Victor and William if they have a pair of shoes or something, but yet again I think they wouldn't have a pair of shoes in their backpakcs or even have anything but first aid-kits and ammunition. Anything that has to do with the military and manly stuff. I'd also feel like Victor would be laughing at me at the question I'd be asking him if I was desperate for a new pair of shoes. Then I remembered, I had a pair of working boots inside the trunk of my car, I thought maybe I could use those. But then again, what am I going to be doing with big looking, old design looking, classic looking, you know what I'm talking about. So now we're leaving in about less then two weeks and I still have a lot of things going on through my mind. But first off, is first, I need to get those boots. I slowly take off the nikes, and I think to myself. Sorry buddy I drop down the nikes and take a last look at them. I close the closet door behind me and head outside. I'm figuring Victor or William already put down the shutters so I'm guessing its alright to go outside, I mean...its still the afternoon so I might as well take advantage of it before those things start screaming again, needless to say, haven't been hearing those noises for a while now. Yesterday I didn't hear them either. William said it was a miracle, Victor said maybe the zombies were sleeping or they all got killed by the HERC or the K.A.Z. Now all I have to think is that this is really weird. Going down the stairs I see Victor snoring as usual, and then William is just there picking through his Spas-12 again. The TV doesn't even work and we even tried working through it the last week but then I was like 'screw this, it won't work' it was a SONY model, I guess it was maybe from 2014, it was still a classic large plasma, sad that its going to waste. Especially all the food in the supermarket. Victor told me from looking at all the food around there he said everything in there expires from March 16th-26th and some of the other stuff that isn't poultry or meat and isn't in the meat category is usually known to expire at that time. The other types of food like yogurt, gum and cereal expires in the next year or so, but none of us are going to be eating this type of stuff in the next few days. So I actually got Victor to stop whining and arguing about our agreement at leaving.
"Don't wake him up bro, he hasn't slept all night" William instructed me.
"No man its cool I'm going outside to get my boots, those nikes of mine are no more" I replied.
I open the door slowly and close it behind me with the keys in my hand, I scan the area to see if anything fishy or no good is around. Then I notice a pack of those things across the street just standing there, huddled up like a football team before the last touch down to tie the game up or win. Hearing carefully it looks like their growling or murming something quietly, its so creepy. I can feel the goosebumps on my arm already. Without thinking I aproach the trunk of the car and quietly look for the right key. I have lots of keys and this isn't the right time to be shuffling through them. I find the right one and then insert it into the lock and twist it. Slowly I open the trunk and grab my boots. They look clear and very clean. It looks like they haven't been used forever or they're just spotless clean. I give a weak grin, looking back it looks like those things haven't spotted me yet or are just staring into space of something. Closing the trunk carefully without making too much noise I head for the door and close it softly. My socks are now dirty black, since they're gray and white, I should've worn a slip on to walk outside, but then William would probably laugh at me. Then I felt like it would've been better then to just get my socks dirty.
"Whats up with the slow motion today?" William asked laughing softly.
"Well theres a group of those zombies across the street, maybe about ten of them and I didn't want to get their attention, so you know..." I said gritting my teeth a little.
"What?! But I haven't heard the sounds in almost 2 days now and those things are out there?" William said sprinting to the window to look outside.
I saw Williams jaw open, hes got that 'I can't believe it' look on his face. I feel like telling him "I told you so" but instead I keep quite and examine my boots before deciding to put them on. Victor's still snoring.
William returns and grabs his Spas and sits down. He looks at me like if he wants some action, I shake my head at him and he gruffs and lies the Spas on the counter, putting his hands on his face to hide his anger, he then tells me.
"Why not man?"
"Because we need to stay out of trouble until we leave this town" I told him.
"Huh!?" Victor says waking up randomly, with his eyes half open.
It looks like he couldn't sleep but I'm surprised because yesterday was the best time to get some sleep. Hopefully the same thing happens tommorrow. Victor looks like he snorted some cr@ck or something.
"The heck happened to you man, you look like you got hit by a truck or something" William said examining Victor.
"Couldn't sleep man, I had a nightmare and the real bad one that makes you feel depressed" Victor whispered.
"Nightmare? I barely don't get nightmares anymore, all I get now is illusions or images while I sleep but nothing more serious then that" I said a bit confused.
"Soldiers don't get nightmares, we're not scared of anything we live to be ready for the unprepared and serve for our country so whats your excuse?" William said.
"Look buddy, I had a hard night and even I thought I'd get a good night for not hearing those things, but I just...it was crazy, I had a nightmare, it was my girl, they killed or something, I know shes dead already but I just love her so much, its not easy to put things aside and yesterday I drempt about her being killed by those things" Victor said trying not to cry.
"Come on man, it was just a dream I'm here for you buddy, we're all a team and we're family now" I told him trying to convince him to forget about it.
"This is all I have left of her" Victor said, pulling out a gold necklace with a heart, it opened and inside it said V & N.
"They took my Nicole and I want her back" Victor finished kicking a chair down and going upstairs.
"Do you know of this?" William asked me.
"I do"
"Then what are we going to do man, do you think he will forget about it, cuz-
"It's been hard for Victor to put his life ahead of his past, he can't seem to push it away, I need you to help me get him to forget about...he might do something stupid one day"
I said sadly in a low voice.
