Zombie Dream Chapter 6

I wake up and it feels really late but I can't tell since there isn't any sun and its raining outside. I had a nightmare. I get up really slow and I feel really groggy and I've got a slight headache and I'm kind of grumpy. I look around and no one is in the dark room and for some reason it scares me. I throw on a light coat and some sweatpants and I step out into the rain and speed walk to the next room. I see everyone having brunch again in the same spots minus the Christensons and the Johnsons replaced by some of the Bloomington boys. As I walk in Dawson makes a sassy comment about my morning hair that sounds a lot like Jon's comment the day before and I flick him off like I did Jon. I sit in the same chair and I open up a bottle of water. I see that everything is happening the same as it did yesterday and it kind of worries me. I leave the table early and I check the next room. Pretty much the same thing minus the hair jokes. After I get cleaned up we sit around for a little and then the time for Ben's group to leave comes. I tell him that its raining and that it might be smart to stay another night. He turns to Jeff and asks him what he thinks. Jeff says in his loud voice, "Nah, we'll be cool, nothing can touch us. You should really think about dipping out soon Min, its not safe!" I tell him, "Ya, thanks" but inside my head I think, "Thanks you fuck head. I think I can take care of myself," and I don't know why I think such angry words. They pack all their stuff and we all say our last goodbyes. Ben and I hug and I watch him jump into his car. I stay outside in the rain and I watch the cars shrink smaller and smaller until they become a part of the horizon. For some reason I knew that would be last time I would see Ben and it makes me extremely sad, but for some reason I can't cry. I hear a knock on one of the windows and I see the curtains flip and its Jon and Amanda waving me inside. I nod my head in walk in and they give me a towel to dry myself. While I'm drying my hair Jon asks, "Dude, were you crying out there you fag?" jokingly knowing that I didn't cry and that I'm just wet from the rain and it cheers me up a lot. Amanda pats me on the shoulder and gives me a "cheer up" smile and it cheers me up even more. We have a huge group dinner that night with everyone and we plan out what our next move is going to be. We all agree that tomorrow we will set out early and finish our journey to Canada. That night Jon, Mitch, Dawson, Dean and I think it would be fun if we all shared a room together so we grab a couple of sleeping bags and decide to share a room. While we are goofing off in the room we hear some cars pull into the lot. I look out the window and I think to myself this is getting annoying. I run out and introduce myself and tell the new comers that there are plenty of safe rooms here. I don't make an effort to get to know the new people but after I meet all of them I just run back into our new room. Dawson asks me what the new people are like and I just tell him they seem nice. We play our music really loud and we just goof off for most of the night. It gets late and we turn the music off so everyone else in the motel can get some sleep. We all get cleaned up and we plan to get to sleep early as well. We sit around chatting when we hear a knock on the door. Everyone looks at each other and we give each other this "you go get it look." Jon finally offers to go get it and as he penguin waddles his way to the door he mumbles something to us. He looks through the eye hole and with excitement lets us know its Amanda. He opens the door and lets her in. She says hi and she brushes the rain off of her shoulders and takes a seat. We ask her whats up and she says that she was bored and that she wanted to see what was going on in the cool guys room. Dawson and Mitch both talk over each other and they say something macho. I tell her that we should have invited her to hang out with us and that I'm sorry for being so inconsiderate. She laughs and says that its okay. I tell her that next time she should just call so we could escort her over instead of her walking alone. She tells us that her Dad watched her as she came. We all chat for a long time about random things then Amanda catches the time and says that she better get back so she can get some sleep since we need to start early tomorrow. She looks over at me and asks me if I would like to escort her back to her room and I tell her nah jokingly. As I get up I tell her that she could just sleep over in our room. She asks if I am being serious and I tell her yes. She speaks with excitement and runs over to the corner of the room to grab a sleeping bag. I ask her what she is doing? She says that she is setting up a sleeping bad kind of confused and worried and I tell her that she isn't sleeping on the floor and that she is taking my bed for the night. She says that she doesn't want to take my bed and I tell her I insist. After a couple minutes of friendly arguing I gently push her onto the bed and she gives in. I tell her that it is fine and she smiles and thanks me. We all crawl into our beds or sleeping bags and there is a second of silence then we all start talking again. I zip my sleeping bag even though I know I'm going to get way to hot in it. In the middle of the conversation Amanda says that someone else should share the bed with her since Jon and Dean are sharing one bed comfortably. No one says anything for a second then Amanda says, "Don't feel bad because I'm a girl." Mitch pops up and says, "fine I'll take it" in a reluctant tone then looks at Dawson who is closest to him then turns to me with a grin. Mitch jumps under the covers and I feel kind of bad for Amanda. Dawson says, "Don't be afraid to get frisky Mitch" and makes it kind of awkward. Dean and Jon pretend to spoon and it breaks the silence. We all chat for a little more and slowly one by one everyone falls asleep.