Broken Dreams(58)

Out of the eerie silence, I heard tires squealing in the distance. Everyone looked toward the window. I saw a blacked out Tahoe turn the corner.

“It’s Henry!” Everyone rushed over to the window. He was slamming into undeads and running them over. He took out every single one on the road in front of him. There were still a few more wandering.

He parked the truck and jumped out, standing on the side step. Henry pulled his rifle out of the truck. Then he picked them off with remarkable accuracy. The undeads were dropping like flies. He jumped down, slammed the door, and ran to the liftgate of the Tahoe.

“What the hell is he doing?” I said with confusion. Henry was grabbing bags of stuff out of the back of the truck, then made a mad dash for the building. “Sophie! He’s coming in!” Sophie pulled her Sig out and ran out the door.

Within a minute, they both ran back into the apartment, winded. Henry dropped all the bags. I ran over to him and latched on to him. Then I stood back, and punched him in the stomach.

“Argh!” Henry buckled over. “What the fuck, Elaina?”

“Why did you leave? You could have been killed! Or worse! It was so stupid of you to leave on your own and not tell anyone where you were going! What if something happened to you? I’m so mad right now I could kick you in the fucking tomatoes!” Henry was still bent over, and had his hands on his knees. He nervously watched my feet, and rightfully so. That’s what he gets for scaring me like that.

“Please don’t kick me. Jesus Christ.” He was still gripping his stomach.

“What the fuck is wrong with you?!” I yelled at him as he straightened up.

“I wanted to surprise you.” He pointed over at Claire. “Surprise you and Claire. Goddamn, you throw a hell of a punch.” He rubbed his abdomen. I looked back at Claire, and she shrugged her shoulders.

“Surprise us?” I was blown away, and not in a good way. “You risked your life to surprise us?”

“Look.” He pointed down at the bags. It was my luggage, and several bags full of clothes. There were bags of food, and medical and beauty supplies, as well. I gasped. Claire came running to us. “There are more bags of food and supplies in the truck.”

“Oh, my god, Henry,” I whispered with amazement. At the sound of my excitement, he slowly began to smile.

“Surprise,” he said, warily. I unzipped the luggage and rummaged through everything. I was admiring all the clothes that he had brought me, which I had packed for our honeymoon. It was mostly summer stuff, but I could layer.

It made me a little bit sad that they were for our honeymoon that never happened, but I was so overjoyed with all of those clean panties and bras. Not to mention the additional clothes that he had grabbed. What can I say? I was easy to please…sometimes.

“Henry? You went to both of our apartments?” Claire was still stunned.

“Yes. I figured since they weren’t that far away from each other, I would give it a go. I did run into some areas of congestion, and had to make my own roads a few times.”

I jumped up, hugged him, and planted a big kiss on his cheek. I looked into his eyes and they were brilliant green again. I stepped back, and confusion was obvious on my face. “What?”

“Your eyes.”

“My eyes?”

“They are green again.” I was baffled. Had I imagined that his eyes were turning gray? He glanced over at Sophie. She cleared her throat and walked to the kitchen, away from the situation. “What’s going on?”

“Ah yes, well, I’m feeling better today. I feel more rested.” He winked at me.

Something was off, but I wasn’t sure what it was. I decided to let it go for the moment. I turned to Claire. “Well, let’s go put some clean panties on!” We both grabbed our bags and headed down the hall.



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Henry looked at Nick and Nate. “Don’t worry. I didn’t forget you guys. There’s more stuff out in the truck. I hit up your flat, Nick. What a fucking sty that was!”

Nick smirked. “You didn’t happen to grab my guitar by any chance?”

“Ah…I didn’t. I apologize.”

“That’s quite all right. Thanks for doing this. Even though you royally pissed off Elaina, I know you did it to make her happy.”

“That I did. Anything to make her smile. I’d do anything for her.” Nick and Henry nodded at one another. There was a newfound respect between the two of them. “You two want to come out with me to grab the rest?”

“Sure,” Nick replied. They grabbed their guns and headed out. Nate covered Nick and Henry while they unloaded the truck. Lucky enough, there weren’t any more undeads wandering near them.