"W..were going there for shelter," Louis continued as he looked at the man who still had his gun raised. "We had just gotten into view of it when we watched it blow up into nothing but a pile of ash and rubble."
Listening to the boy's answer Isaac sighed and walked closer, "Did you see people leaving?" he asked having hope that maybe his family had gotten out. That they were alive and not all dead. It was after that question that he watched an older lady step forward.
"Do you think if we had seen people leaving that we'd be here right now?" the lady asked her southern accent thick as she spoke. "We would have joined with them instead of searching for a place to stay. There was no way anyone got out of that explosion alive anyway."
Isaac felt his heart drop into his stomach after the woman spoke and he lowered his gun before turning around to see Nikki had followed him. It was apparent from her expression that she too had heard the news of the CDC, "I...I need some time," he told her before walking off towards the room where he had put Monroe to sleep.
Watching her husband leave Nikki looked at the group, "You guys can stay," she said though she couldn't help but feel apprehensive. "There is a room beside the one where my husband and son are and my husband also said there is a room upstairs," she informed them. "I was only able to find a few cans of beans so I hope you guys have your own food," she shrugged before looking at the older woman. "Are you their leader?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
The woman laughed at that question, "Goodness no," she said as she shook her head. "We don't have a leader. We just all sort of work together."
"Actually you're wrong Meredith," a redheaded boy spoke up. "If anyone's the leader it's Jacey," he smiled as he looked to the girl whom he had his arm around.
Nikki couldn't help but laugh when the girl beside him just turned and slapped him playfully, "Well whoever your leader is I'm sure you guys are in good hands to have all made it this far safely," she said before turning to go down the hall to check on her husband.
Watching the woman walk away Meredith turned to face her group, "So whose sharing rooms?" she asked knowing with only two rooms left they'd have to share.
"I was thinking that Miller and I would share a room with you and Luna," Jacey answered before turning to look at Meredith granddaughter who had been quite since they arrived. "Is that okay with you?" she asked both of them as well as her boyfriend.
Miller made a face as he eyed Jacey, "But I thought we could have our own room," he whined as he nudged her playfully. "We really haven't had alone time in awhile."
"We haven't," Jacey agreed before turning to Louis and Harry. "But neither have they and well I think they should get their's first. We can get a room to ourselves next time."
Harry blushed at Jacey's words before looking at Louis to see the smile on his face which only made him roll his eyes. He knew Louis liked having sex with him, heck he knew Louis liked him in general but Harry was confused about everything. He was sixteen and wasn't even sure how he felt and the world was gone to crap and he just needed comfort from someone. Comfort in Louis.
"Then that settles it," Meredith smiled before giving Miller a sympathetic shrug. "You guys will be our roomies," she teased before turning to head down the hall to the room she and her granddaughter would be sharing with the couple.
Luna scrunched her nose up as she followed behind her grandma, "No one says roomies grandma," she muttered out sarcastically.
"I do," Meredith smiled as she turned her head to look at Luna who was becoming a spitting image of her mom when she was younger.
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Sitting on the edge of the bed next to Isaac, Nikki just stayed silent. Ever since she had came in here she had been silent letting Isaac sit with his thoughts as well as cry. She was still grieving Everett's death and the news of what happened at the CDC had made her sadness worse but she knew it had to be affecting Isaac differently. Most of his blood related family members had been there. People he had known for most of his life. His brothers and sisters, they were gone.
"I'm sorry," Nikki finally spoke as she reached over and laid her hand on her husband's back. "I'm really really sorry."
Closing his eyes at Nikki's touch Isaac cried just a bit harder, "Everett's gone, my family is gone...everyone I love is leaving me," he frowned as he chocked on his words. "Everyone is dying Nikki."
"I'm still here," Nikki said as she moved a bit closer to her husband. "You haven't lost me yet."
"It's only a matter of time until I do," Isaac responded as he turned to look at Nikki. "It's only a matter of time until I am all alone because of this damn world. It's taking everything away from me."
Nikki frowned as she listened to Isaac rant and she chewed on her lip for a bit, "I am not going to leave you," she said as she shook her head and kept her voice serious. "We're a team and we're staying together and we're going to protect the son we do have left. We can beat this world."
Isaac sighed wanting to believe Nikki's words, "Can you promise me that?"
"No," Nikki answered as she shook her head. "I can't promise anything but I can have hope and faith and maybe if we had a group to be with that would help too. We could ask these new people if we can join them."
"I thought you wanted to go to Woodbury," Isaac said knowing just hours before she had been intent on that option for them.
Nikki shrugged, "Now I just want to do what's best for our family," she said knowing finding out about the rest of the Hanson's fate had changed her mind. "Now I just want to survive somehow and doing it in numbers and being a part of a team sounds nice."
Thinking it over for a bit Isaac wiped his eyes though more tears started to come down his cheeks, "O..okay," he said as he nodded. "We'll see about joining this new group."
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"Do you ever think about the people we lost Harry?" Louis asked as he joined Harry in bed after they had settled into this new house for the night. "Our parents, our friends..everyone."
Harry looked at Louis and he thought over the man's question, "I guess I do," he admitted as he sighed. "I try not to think about them though," he admitted though his mind went back to when it all started. His mom Anne and his sister Gemma had both just gotten off the airplane at the airport. The plane had to land because of sick people and when they had went inside the airport it had been chaos. Such pure chaos and somehow he had gotten out though his mom and Gemma hadn't been so lucky.
"I think about them all time," Louis spoke as he remembered his sisters and his mom. His mom had turned first and he and his sisters had somehow escaped and went to a local high school where shelter was but then that had fallen and that had been when he had lost his sisters. "I miss Lottie the most," he said knowing he had been closer to her.
"I miss my mom and sister equally," Harry said after a bit of silence.
Louis couldn't help but smile sadly at Harry's words, "I wish I could have met them. Just like I wish you could have met my family."
Harry just smiled and leaned over to peck Louis's lips. Talking about their families had made him sad and now he just wanted comfort from Louis in any form. "When did you move to the states?" he asked knowing he had never asked Louis when his family had moved here from England. That was the one thing he had in common with Louis and the first thing that had bonded them. They were both from England.
"When I was seven," Louis answered knowing his mom had left for a man she had met in the states. A man who had promised to take care of her but in the end had left them after she had his third sister. "Why did your family move here?"
"Mom got a job in Virginia," Harry answered knowing they had been headed their before the plane had landed abruptly. It was fate that had even lead to him meeting Louis. If they hadn't had to land because of sick passengers.
Louis pecked Harry's lips again, "Well I for one am glad you didn't make it to Virginia my dear Hazza."
Harry smirked before kissing Louis longer than a peck. At least he could say without a doubt he was glad for that too even if he couldn't define how he felt for Louis or even what his sexuality really was.
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The next morning after breakfast Isaac headed over to Jacey who was busy preparing stuff so her group could head back out. Over a breakfast of beans Nikki had told him she was the one he should ask when he asked about joining their group. "So where are you guys headed?" he asked feeling nervous. He was afraid she'd reject them and send them off on their own, especially after he had held a gun on them.
Jacey looked up at Isaac whose name she now knew after they all had got acquainted at breakfast, "I think we are going to head backwards actually," she answered. "Miller said his family has some farm land back that way and he is going to try and find it. Says it may at least do us til the winter is up. Miller loves farming."
Isaac nodded as he heard Jacey talk about her boyfriend, "You guys mind adding three extra people?" he asked his nerves getting even more frayed. "If not I will understand, especially since I held you guys at gun point."
Being taken aback by Isaac's question Jacey didn't even have to think of her answer. All she had to do was look at the child in Isaac's wife's arms and she knew. "We don't mind," she said as she shook her head. "The more the better."
Smiling at Jacey's words Isaac thanked her before going to Nikki to tell her the good news. Maybe things could get better and maybe in time Isaac could stop being paranoid. Maybe he'd come around and be okay and not afraid of losing the only surviving family he had now.
Listening to the boy's answer Isaac sighed and walked closer, "Did you see people leaving?" he asked having hope that maybe his family had gotten out. That they were alive and not all dead. It was after that question that he watched an older lady step forward.
"Do you think if we had seen people leaving that we'd be here right now?" the lady asked her southern accent thick as she spoke. "We would have joined with them instead of searching for a place to stay. There was no way anyone got out of that explosion alive anyway."
Isaac felt his heart drop into his stomach after the woman spoke and he lowered his gun before turning around to see Nikki had followed him. It was apparent from her expression that she too had heard the news of the CDC, "I...I need some time," he told her before walking off towards the room where he had put Monroe to sleep.
Watching her husband leave Nikki looked at the group, "You guys can stay," she said though she couldn't help but feel apprehensive. "There is a room beside the one where my husband and son are and my husband also said there is a room upstairs," she informed them. "I was only able to find a few cans of beans so I hope you guys have your own food," she shrugged before looking at the older woman. "Are you their leader?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
The woman laughed at that question, "Goodness no," she said as she shook her head. "We don't have a leader. We just all sort of work together."
"Actually you're wrong Meredith," a redheaded boy spoke up. "If anyone's the leader it's Jacey," he smiled as he looked to the girl whom he had his arm around.
Nikki couldn't help but laugh when the girl beside him just turned and slapped him playfully, "Well whoever your leader is I'm sure you guys are in good hands to have all made it this far safely," she said before turning to go down the hall to check on her husband.
Watching the woman walk away Meredith turned to face her group, "So whose sharing rooms?" she asked knowing with only two rooms left they'd have to share.
"I was thinking that Miller and I would share a room with you and Luna," Jacey answered before turning to look at Meredith granddaughter who had been quite since they arrived. "Is that okay with you?" she asked both of them as well as her boyfriend.
Miller made a face as he eyed Jacey, "But I thought we could have our own room," he whined as he nudged her playfully. "We really haven't had alone time in awhile."
"We haven't," Jacey agreed before turning to Louis and Harry. "But neither have they and well I think they should get their's first. We can get a room to ourselves next time."
Harry blushed at Jacey's words before looking at Louis to see the smile on his face which only made him roll his eyes. He knew Louis liked having sex with him, heck he knew Louis liked him in general but Harry was confused about everything. He was sixteen and wasn't even sure how he felt and the world was gone to crap and he just needed comfort from someone. Comfort in Louis.
"Then that settles it," Meredith smiled before giving Miller a sympathetic shrug. "You guys will be our roomies," she teased before turning to head down the hall to the room she and her granddaughter would be sharing with the couple.
Luna scrunched her nose up as she followed behind her grandma, "No one says roomies grandma," she muttered out sarcastically.
"I do," Meredith smiled as she turned her head to look at Luna who was becoming a spitting image of her mom when she was younger.
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Sitting on the edge of the bed next to Isaac, Nikki just stayed silent. Ever since she had came in here she had been silent letting Isaac sit with his thoughts as well as cry. She was still grieving Everett's death and the news of what happened at the CDC had made her sadness worse but she knew it had to be affecting Isaac differently. Most of his blood related family members had been there. People he had known for most of his life. His brothers and sisters, they were gone.
"I'm sorry," Nikki finally spoke as she reached over and laid her hand on her husband's back. "I'm really really sorry."
Closing his eyes at Nikki's touch Isaac cried just a bit harder, "Everett's gone, my family is gone...everyone I love is leaving me," he frowned as he chocked on his words. "Everyone is dying Nikki."
"I'm still here," Nikki said as she moved a bit closer to her husband. "You haven't lost me yet."
"It's only a matter of time until I do," Isaac responded as he turned to look at Nikki. "It's only a matter of time until I am all alone because of this damn world. It's taking everything away from me."
Nikki frowned as she listened to Isaac rant and she chewed on her lip for a bit, "I am not going to leave you," she said as she shook her head and kept her voice serious. "We're a team and we're staying together and we're going to protect the son we do have left. We can beat this world."
Isaac sighed wanting to believe Nikki's words, "Can you promise me that?"
"No," Nikki answered as she shook her head. "I can't promise anything but I can have hope and faith and maybe if we had a group to be with that would help too. We could ask these new people if we can join them."
"I thought you wanted to go to Woodbury," Isaac said knowing just hours before she had been intent on that option for them.
Nikki shrugged, "Now I just want to do what's best for our family," she said knowing finding out about the rest of the Hanson's fate had changed her mind. "Now I just want to survive somehow and doing it in numbers and being a part of a team sounds nice."
Thinking it over for a bit Isaac wiped his eyes though more tears started to come down his cheeks, "O..okay," he said as he nodded. "We'll see about joining this new group."
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"Do you ever think about the people we lost Harry?" Louis asked as he joined Harry in bed after they had settled into this new house for the night. "Our parents, our friends..everyone."
Harry looked at Louis and he thought over the man's question, "I guess I do," he admitted as he sighed. "I try not to think about them though," he admitted though his mind went back to when it all started. His mom Anne and his sister Gemma had both just gotten off the airplane at the airport. The plane had to land because of sick people and when they had went inside the airport it had been chaos. Such pure chaos and somehow he had gotten out though his mom and Gemma hadn't been so lucky.
"I think about them all time," Louis spoke as he remembered his sisters and his mom. His mom had turned first and he and his sisters had somehow escaped and went to a local high school where shelter was but then that had fallen and that had been when he had lost his sisters. "I miss Lottie the most," he said knowing he had been closer to her.
"I miss my mom and sister equally," Harry said after a bit of silence.
Louis couldn't help but smile sadly at Harry's words, "I wish I could have met them. Just like I wish you could have met my family."
Harry just smiled and leaned over to peck Louis's lips. Talking about their families had made him sad and now he just wanted comfort from Louis in any form. "When did you move to the states?" he asked knowing he had never asked Louis when his family had moved here from England. That was the one thing he had in common with Louis and the first thing that had bonded them. They were both from England.
"When I was seven," Louis answered knowing his mom had left for a man she had met in the states. A man who had promised to take care of her but in the end had left them after she had his third sister. "Why did your family move here?"
"Mom got a job in Virginia," Harry answered knowing they had been headed their before the plane had landed abruptly. It was fate that had even lead to him meeting Louis. If they hadn't had to land because of sick passengers.
Louis pecked Harry's lips again, "Well I for one am glad you didn't make it to Virginia my dear Hazza."
Harry smirked before kissing Louis longer than a peck. At least he could say without a doubt he was glad for that too even if he couldn't define how he felt for Louis or even what his sexuality really was.
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The next morning after breakfast Isaac headed over to Jacey who was busy preparing stuff so her group could head back out. Over a breakfast of beans Nikki had told him she was the one he should ask when he asked about joining their group. "So where are you guys headed?" he asked feeling nervous. He was afraid she'd reject them and send them off on their own, especially after he had held a gun on them.
Jacey looked up at Isaac whose name she now knew after they all had got acquainted at breakfast, "I think we are going to head backwards actually," she answered. "Miller said his family has some farm land back that way and he is going to try and find it. Says it may at least do us til the winter is up. Miller loves farming."
Isaac nodded as he heard Jacey talk about her boyfriend, "You guys mind adding three extra people?" he asked his nerves getting even more frayed. "If not I will understand, especially since I held you guys at gun point."
Being taken aback by Isaac's question Jacey didn't even have to think of her answer. All she had to do was look at the child in Isaac's wife's arms and she knew. "We don't mind," she said as she shook her head. "The more the better."
Smiling at Jacey's words Isaac thanked her before going to Nikki to tell her the good news. Maybe things could get better and maybe in time Isaac could stop being paranoid. Maybe he'd come around and be okay and not afraid of losing the only surviving family he had now.