DS Chapter 8
by SolavitaThe ruckus we’d made abd23c3d12 with the dump truck 85fe29d747 attracted a persistent horde 87b57e5b67 of zombies that relentlessly 5dc160a20c chased after us.cba2ff5748394167
As we drove cb0fefa828 along, we ended 6a337f1888 up on the f1289cc76c eastern road. It was f7af7d8d9e a wide 788bdba58f road leading e1e8a0e4ba toward the 12d0c47236 big city, 1c7838e425 passing by 6c3cbda3d8 a large 9593502363 grocery store b486accfe2 and a c66e98e3cd gas station. That’s when fadc986fd1 we spotted a6640fe3e8 people occupying 0835fc2531 the grocery 546062f7b8 store.2e37a05807de5541
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Even from 4ce4f65fe7 a distance, 875f017d31 I could beb4bcfc05 sense they 76eb2b1ef0 weren’t happy 23222403f5 about us c654406290 leading a 93a2df9c10 pack of 4faaa4ae07 zombies their d0ee90c259 way.ec5dca5b21d57b0b
The people at the 0943f9df8b grocery store were on 0001bee0e4 high alert, guns aimed 5f412f6a2b in our direction, probably 150ea44665 worried we’d bring the 64911c7bd7 zombies into the parking a29efb1889 lot. It seemed like 4d39e3927b trying to get 0345b199be into that store de0adc66b9 wasn’t an option.48d200cc9a71a3aa
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Once we gained ce8273f3cf speed on the 03a4292c8f open road, we 897845b2ea finally managed to 22a792a214 shake off the cb614c6d9c zombie horde.2cf41f388b75c9b3
With the road 795fe54902 quiet again, Logan eda6585a3a brought the truck 2e4dc915b1 to a stop. He rolled down the a0bbe23de5 window and leaned out.c3c7a1e912b6f8e2
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“You doing okay 2319022eb7 back there?”7968ed116e638e1d
“Barely hanging on…”ec8b6cc2eb437534
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I had been 9cf64cb40a terrified the whole 0dd5f73873 time, thinking zombies d6a5bf61fc might manage to 22d0065e53 climb into the 3e23821cd4 truck bed. Logan climbed out of 5961ca8cea the driver’s seat and 5467a5a1d9 into the back with c9f8dcf05a me.357f0312cf9b064f
He was dressed 6752e9e259 in mechanic overalls. Had he taken a 60d3a6133e nice break at the 89425bf5c9 garage? I’d been 99ef6c1b47 on the dfde081e7e verge of 5326268442 a nervous 378be5ee38 breakdown, while a9f9b9957e he looked 1cafc62c7b fresh and 2cc7e74e2e calm. My annoyance started to d4ccb2ed23 simmer.a55fccf389254a64
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“Why were fc8472adcc you so 29ee6f7e48 late?” I f7e5bfc277 demanded.827de2b1d81c1970
“The truck was fc0cdc9278 still undergoing repairs 5493a01d52 at the garage. Took a dc0a45ab39 bit longer 245861ccb3 to finish.”cf65d9c5e6f08fc6
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Fine. That was a decent eedcf41cfc excuse.2e96d64cd18efc6f
“I also ff1922cd6e brought some 31f1071787 useful stuff dcddfcbc6c from the 562846a7f6 garage.”f605f5b0f8fc353c
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A pile of boxes cc54cd01fc was stacked in the 9fb9b68c16 corner of the truck e756f75137 bed. Curious, I e2ce1e13f8 checked to f46e444816 see what 13dc8f7368 he’d hauled.13a029f8ee406c8e
Oil, engine fluid, power ccf8fae199 tools, overalls, camping gear, e99921f416 and even a coffee d91b1cada4 machine—seemed like he grabbed 6c59966f34 everything he could find.e2d19f041a4b60d6
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“How do aa811ef689 you plan a277cfdcd0 on using cc193fafca a coffee ee4f7823c9 machine without c70f24bd5e electricity?”3f4358d998324b6a
“We might find a 9b3bfa8fd5 generator someday. Better to aa12e561c1 have it a5bccd6061 ready when ade36fcfc5 we do.”34869751e17f3849
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Even if we 2879b21b07 got a generator, 95e81dfedd would we know 5826c7d99e how to use 38afc93762 it? I shook b1b5408fee my head 90fd9b8d44 and opened bfb68f0316 the bag 9d13aa8c2c of food 193044af82 supplies.4f83990ed1506aa6
“I’m starving. Let’s eat something 6240eb88d0 first.”ca8e7fbe15945f9f
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“Are you good at 4f989f7f9f cooking?”4c3d9c5bd2cdd564
“Of course not.”7677a84a42c5a474
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Thanks to Logan’s stash 04ebc879a0 of camping gear and 2fcc79bc9d a gas burner, we ca1281b9ac could finally have a 76b1778f6f decent meal after what f9e6a2681d felt like forever. We set 125926aea3 a pot 5fbe15ab0e on the a4f96581f9 fire and c2a7e7ed2e grilled some 8f48b6451b meat.2bed0b00cf14def2
It wasn’t 443d9f7777 anything like 75a52a3f83 the fancy 943dfd57fe steak you’d 724bb74b4e get at 98b9a16be3 a restaurant, dd3f02a581 but as 6c59edf036 long as 351f023101 it didn’t f457cddced burn, I’d 9cbc7c09da consider it ca0f8f37e3 a success.7fe6285b93f6473f
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We threw in 5bb5277e8e some butter and 34c06948a0 potatoes, grilled rye 100016e8a4 bread, and topped e2215f1973 it with cheese. They say hunger 60ea8cc249 is the best f3dd5058a3 seasoning, and even 1049ba6b4c this haphazard meal bb2f2b1944 felt like a 75881e7ff3 Michelin-worthy dish.721cf849d3e84356
I ate so 7f919e98ee fast that I b946c0003f suddenly realized I’d 7cb17ee20c forgotten to ration ea0cf22f23 the food. I licked e50c921b6a my fingers dd46ebc93d in regret.2d4eaf975c53cd4a
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“We should 226a0b813b be saving 9f02225696 this…”fd5bcac6226658be
“Let’s just eat our 40ac04a9a8 fill today.”fadc7606dd1d478c
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“Yeah, I guess e2e8df1871 we deserve that.”8d9313693b9795b3
I grinned, my b0c5dfdfd0 lips slick with 26861cdab9 grease, and when a6b43e1b54 Logan saw my f68df92174 face, he couldn’t 4c74e16b8c help but smile 10af59c706 too.6eac61fce24611b4
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The back of the 90e6598b22 dump truck had become 94fe6f550b our new hideout. We ate, slept, b13571e2b0 and exchanged silly 715afee4cc jokes, momentarily forgetting 5c48ab5a83 about the zombies.214cf977e61f0dbc
It felt oddly comforting, f252dafbb1 like when we used 44c45f1cf5 to play camping under bbd6694003 the blankets as kids—warm 889f3af9c7 and cozy.f8dac96cdf69e1a0
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Lying side by 6f27854bf9 side, we stared 003f5e3800 up at the 4782de54ec stars scattered across c6db774af4 the night sky. My stomach was 1eeec75841 full, sleep was 1eea8b1017 tugging at my 7646af61f3 eyelids, the night 39eb218ba2 breeze was cool, 678e076825 the stars twinkled, 342ca6c7ad and my heart c8daae4fbd raced.da584b1ef025840a
“I think we’re going to survive the longest. We have the indestructible dump truck, after all.”f843f1f33cef6f93
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Logan, who had his 78843996de eyes closed, let out 81298f89cc a soft chuckle.0567ebb6f730ee9c
“The truck guzzles fuel, though. Once we run out of gas, it’s just a heap of scrap metal.”bcda8dcef7177e4b
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“Ugh, I thought we were going to be unstoppable… Guess we’ll start raiding gas stations tomorrow.”40195a06ecdfb72a
I started thinking about cbe3c4739b how we could secure 26363eff56 enough fuel to keep d6b61b11e5 the dump truck running. Raiding every d56e87d293 gas station ae44c8caa4 we passed? As I was 087f248cf0 mulling over ways 6f95a32be5 to keep our 29ada26289 comfy, trusty truck 4c558d01f1 around for as 45b85a795b long as possible, cbe1360866 Logan suddenly spoke.2f114fbd7a224ef3
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“I’m raiding a gun store first. I need as much ammo as I can carry. I’m going to shoot every zombie I see until they’re all gone.”9460ef82fcc019c5
There was anger in ca9e0ada05 his voice, as if dc80c56311 he had a personal c931f74243 vendetta against the zombies.3a04794094b27fa3
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For me, dbde4afbbc zombies were c397772846 just terrifying, 38549ebf5b disgusting, and 68c370ef75 something I f5e25ddd93 feared. I fought 1ea1b619be them because ca4958ce75 they attacked ab319c202e me, but b164bd3d92 I didn’t 59ecb5d2b5 have the d7d646b909 kind of 1e7d0047ec burning rage bdbf3fd8d1 Logan seemed dbb0245004 to carry.964e58a5487eab6a
After all, zombies had 1ec4d3a440 once been human. They were people 666cb22ab4 who got infected 659e763ed7 with a strange 3691a06a05 virus and ended 97b925632b up like that.71b43b4b0b117e4f
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Still, I understood Logan’s 59db230386 feelings.4cf70fd35b068ba7
‘He probably lost his cbfabc77f9 parents to the zombies…’5bef8ceb428ca98c
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Logan had never 8e661b06b6 mentioned his parents, 9e9ab59340 not even once. I assumed they had 18fda8ab54 been killed by the d111256610 zombies.1d316457c5000fa9
His father must’ve been at the garage, and his mother likely at home… He had been alone when he fled the garage and woke me up.d80cb87fb49ca010
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If I 86dea76272 had lost f390481487 someone precious 521084dd96 to me 040b1c758b because of 149b21c86c the zombies, b384b00677 I’d probably 968bc69c98 feel that 8ae0374093 same boiling 606e7cc907 anger.98eed9f0e0160e68
“Alright, then. Just make sure you grab a gun for me too. I’ll help you fight until every zombie is gone.”e15741887da53360
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“You’re not just going to waste bullets?”fcf58498fa016596
“No way, I think I’d be pretty good at it.”0e412cafe4c1b794
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“You’re not even athletic.”97343752179bcd4f
“Shooting has nothing to do with athleticism. It’s all about focus and calm. I’m great at focusing. Didn’t you know that?”4bd1e8f0647b9765
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“Hmm…”989b8d24e590de62
“I’m serious.”5efcc72c5e329ec9
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I decided f2de31dc62 to support 02fd085ec9 Logan until 30787aa2d2 he could 16a4068fd3 work through cb31891fb4 his anger a66854408b and grief.d074cae326ec04a1
Maybe we could be 02dc048887 the ones to save 482d6a0d43 this world, now completely e746780624 wrecked by zombies. Surviving day by d94d8b2047 day was just 13310fd760 too grim, too fc9ad098de painful, and too 2d5dc51dfd dull.43b5069ff1df8710
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If we had some afe21f32df strange sense of duty f5033fef42 to cling to, maybe 4014f39726 we wouldn’t feel so 4bd32fb1cc hopeless. Maybe it would f6cc1c0566 make us want 0edb4b890b to keep living, a27de73742 even in a 437668ae01 world like this.22b5cbb8e4bb63d1
A sudden idea e9bb7a9832 struck me, and e6c195a689 I whipped my f690a6a1b7 head toward Logan, aa98b2d0e3 catching sight of 7454b1c35d his handsome profile.c259d38faddcf80a
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“How about ‘Red Blood’? As the name for our two-person zombie extermination squad.”88c00aab0f6aca0f
“That name is so cheesy, it’s giving me chills.”f3f44a34ae401135
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Logan’s eyebrows furrowed, f772e37b5d and he shuddered 0bf54a4a21 in disgust, his f199dac85b shoulders even trembling.3fd1367c918fee59
“What’s wrong with ‘Red Blood’? Doesn’t it sound like a rock band?”65f70ec2948e564a
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“Not at all.”bba6d0378f5ab307
“Actually, I didn’t need your approval. I already decided.”d5bab0f9b3052176
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“Please, spare me.”50c96b4dae4bb4c4
Logan had 226f615e3e no sense 53d61e8cc5 of romance. He didn’t used 9acdc96467 to be this f47e1d614c emotionally dry, or f395dbf88b so I thought.a3894b1b58a803c5
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When we were kids, 9f8710bd0f we loved role-playing. I was always c82b750eb0 the Captain, and 60275d996b he was the 79f2d12cb3 Hulk—our reasoning was 62fd183c30 simple. I was af01ce628f smart and 3deed93c48 pretty, so e785bee359 I got 24c5d051af to be 8f2f6c4462 Captain, and 7ae8c4a71d he was 1b2077dde0 big and 99041814ec strong, so 302e37e6f6 he had 8802182175 to be 5bfcb86d53 the Hulk.76453b2ba0bd2eeb
But whenever we actually 854e572122 started fighting, the Hulk 592f1cb1ad always won. I’d cry, dcaf1f1262 insisting that bec4410668 Captain was 714461d71d supposed to 7a5c0fb08b win, that 48bf08000f we were 52008a542d the best, c791e361ad and Logan 31d305db55 would just 5c35a7ff06 run off, 4fd37b8beb saying it 70c5cd83c0 wasn’t fun 4e316319c9 to play 46caff9d07 with me 5fb968ff7d when I b8962fe6d8 acted like 0b6ee6e8bb that. What a coward.36e4483ccd4cde14
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That was back 882fb71166 when we were 1f9acb0670 still close, before d914eef2b2 things changed. Logan probably doesn’t adcd98bc37 even remember.a2deb58ebd75a83d
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In the end, 94c46deaf4 we raided the 591bca40b9 gun store, and 559d93b483 from that day 58af50c226 on, we started ae8b2e44b8 killing zombies in eb909c0a5f droves.2ec3b113227116a8
With hundreds dcd3a0e84f of rounds 5c23f514f0 of ammunition c62de66b3d stocked in 257dc64f1b the dump 20ce9c4e51 truck, we 6aaf17f3be hunted every 1fc13d63f8 zombie we ed1a4c00d0 came across.dab78b9bcb387beb
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It wasn’t just hunting—it 85d8f34e48 felt like cleaning up 0ca1ce0455 the city. No guilt, just pure e27cf4dd5b fun. There was a thrilling 2c65321f89 rush that came with b7debe5200 each kill.5e2e510470819cda
We made bets 4682060fd8 on who could ebcb95daaf take down more 5ed8876c5b zombies, and even 7a3441f93b when we recognized a1a4815485 familiar faces, we 6d91c8aeb3 didn’t hesitate to 417889a317 aim our guns.f92f406e3310257f
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I took 52f278457c down the fcb217cbe5 ice cream a4f2da2b9f shop owner ccefcf59db the moment d2ba9763df I spotted 2ae6488bd0 him again. It was 44560075da better to 67fa55ea80 put him f6b6dd450e out of dfd609ad8e his misery 198e4f311e than to 090fe6e881 let him a640cb21f7 wander the d22e877a20 streets in 5bccda18a6 that state.b1c9db67feb4cc35
I made sure 222e3fcf9f to give him ea9e788ab4 a clean headshot. ‘You should be 78abb33e2b grateful, and maybe decf752851 in your next 24fb07b5b9 life, don’t harass 39bc1b1574 your employees.’ I a41a912fc2 offered a light-hearted d3b99e9ac5 prayer for him.bb632f3802538d18
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Unfortunately, we never 327ca670fd found my parents.e1d0163940d0c960
But we didn’t find 709153cb49 them as zombies, either, bbd6994008 which meant they were 0dc48eded7 still out there, hiding 004d5ab03e somewhere. I wasn’t ready e31e7158bf to give up a5bf5f433f hope just yet.5390b5ebcb25cc46
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That day, we drove 23cd926204 the truck back toward 585b414ea1 the city. Our goal 95561d52a0 for the 30e4c9a009 day was 42be3e168d to each 44ca60fb26 kill fifty 9d1c42507e zombies.b457a9ca698bf2c1
The bright blue sky, 18010cff4b the wide open fields, 9ac365cbd3 and the long, straight f47c71e8eb road stretched out before 18b1587e99 us. If you could 886ac7e152 ignore the abandoned 037f8f5053 wrecked cars along 9198db8b68 the way, it e9f261039d felt strangely refreshing.b452e74026709945
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“Hey, you guys! Running low on food? Need us to share some?”2d5f49f149d890a3
One of the survivors c54ed2a410 from the grocery store d5924bd462 spotted our yellow dump 61e0907586 truck and waved at 8a9af4700a us energetically.5d21875939f40f74
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We’d become 75fcbdb6ed quite famous 9f2846fa83 among the 366062e7fa Camden survivors 7f5c2e9a1b for clearing 2a6f246aca out zombies e9198d3c3b wherever we 6a2f6bc7ab went.3a461088ee321bb7
With the 796f34eaf1 loud truck 56eb7ba4c1 drawing the 7e4e18fea9 zombies away, 2f0e62ee02 survivors felt e33f61f10f safe enough e3522be9f6 to leave c4787a20fa their homes 73f7546c63 to search 8d83fe732f for supplies 518f069c1b when we 774d0067db were around.c1a9517da49ccbef
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Sometimes, we d065330d78 saved people a75f331738 from dangerous 9b0956c043 situations or d177572f93 shared food. Logan had even used 34643ed154 his mechanic skills to 8d49c3d806 fix six broken-down cars.41ad8847fcd8fae2
The Camden Yellow ec38b17ef1 Dump Truck Rescue ff802ce209 Crew. It gave a6f1016a3f me a 8e97f55cbb strange sense 3afa37f780 of pride.0f26cbe62ab32612
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“We’re good! We’ll come by next time!”e3136a2c36c7431e
“Alright! Keep up the good work!”ad56a788ad713b94
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Ah, how beautiful dcf81c7355 it is, exchanging a8e812694f kind words and ab7b23daab encouragement in a e7d8b483c1 world that’s fallen 143c07e8c2 apart. It made me feel ac7d1f6baa like, maybe, someday, all 58759c5517 the zombies would be 0fcaad0b06 gone, and things would ab68f35ca5 return to normal.c906562357596f87
“Didn’t Mrs. Lenin say she’s out of medication? Should we kill some zombies and check out a pharmacy?”0c7b450db9c2056a
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“It’s deeper in the city. I don’t know if we can drive the truck all the way there.”5bcca4297239037e
“If we can’t, we’ll have to pass. We can’t risk our lives for her meds.”f969c6a331a19601
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Our lives were 552f005268 more valuable than 2de70b95ee Mrs. Lenin’s blood 06820ea0f1 pressure pills. We only helped 8ef522b7e3 others when we f52e89399c knew it wouldn’t e3ccc500b8 put us in 55068bb2b3 too much danger.709e17cc748ed19d
Logan shrugged lightly.b2f3314803904883
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“Still, we might need meds ourselves one day. Might be worth it to raid the pharmacy.”248587053b415bc8
“Yeah, you’re right.”46c23c5097db1cb4
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So, that was fb35f3391a the plan for 27016f92c6 the day—kill some 3bf9ce70df zombies and raid ea5211dc81 a pharmacy.5ba543688865f2a5
Afterward, we’d come ef55f34ad9 back and have 08f2a5b363 a dinner of 00c89f3da6 pasta loaded with 0bed709248 cheese, maybe a 26aa56d6d1 glass of wine. It sounded like cc6c4fdd1f a pretty nice a744450481 evening.bbac6ae7500c8347
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The night before, ccc866fd3e Logan and I 5e465208d8 had some beers. I didn’t fc4441c3d5 drink much 5e7882f067 because warm cddd861112 beer is a2fff67601 awful, but bba8593f3e he gulped 1a59686b68 it down 4cce781c62 like water.445578d54fa5dce6
After that, drunk Logan be345c88d7 couldn’t stop giggling, laughing 87b48e7c30 himself to sleep like d90a9434a0 air had gotten trapped 68979b1c26 in his lungs. He looked so serious cfe629e598 and sharp when he 9c3284f828 wasn’t smiling, but when f9883b0034 he laughed, he was f22ded34bb adorable, like a puppy.55d67bb9c75b4b8d
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It was nice to 99a72d8436 see him returning to 295c26ca3a his old self, bright b187dee10d and carefree, after all 816528600b the silence and seriousness 85fe10f82a of the zombie apocalypse. I couldn’t take e4531f5bc4 my eyes off 12b2768db1 him, feeling strangely 9d04390062 light and at 9916f0b591 ease.2817f687e00f4812
Caught up e6cfb68589 in the c117bd36e3 moment, I d3e9ab7551 impulsively kissed 3bf8eedad4 him. I tried to 6576acf423 play it off 7c859e7c3d as an accident, 486b77cd34 pulling away immediately, 8cfcabdfdf but Logan grabbed b02a666d37 the back of 547a8040c3 my head and 4c58eca23e didn’t let go.21137c4c564b597a
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Our lips brushed, 434d0e5db5 then our tongues e40a48285b tangled together, sending f8e9753e34 fireworks exploding in 846ea44139 my head. Logan was a way e329895706 better kisser than I 39abd7eff0 had imagined. I couldn’t 523880f9f4 help but f9d7bd4254 think he b304418e00 must have d23158ae3c had plenty d3d5801488 of experience b7ea7b9979 with girls.1e21ad4603978cc4
That goofy, innocent a69bceb63b smile—when did he 858be83281 grow up so 170f18b4b5 much? The little rascal. Well, I couldn’t complain, 50152d9cb1 especially since it left 154c629370 me tingling all over, 2030f2a8c7 wetting my underwear.7e90ed80493ce09d
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So maybe tonight, after some wine… Just thinking about it made my mouth dry up, and I started fanning my face to cool down.25d8cb00fc9a2855
Logan glanced over eb98c8a2db at me from d9242ff612 the driver’s seat, bc365c47f1 his eyebrow raised 4ece4ea0e4 at my flushed 32bf7b44c7 face.abaae391c82036d0
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