Adam looked at Will and I confused. “Don’t even ask man” I laughed.
We sat at the table in the living area/kitchenette and chatted away as the girls put on a fashion show for us. They looked so happy. For the first time in ages Nia’s face had a little colour to it and she was beaming. As was Amelia.
Will and Adam went to check out the other two trailers that neighboured this one. I went through the cupboards in the kitchen and found two cupboards full of protein shakes and bars. I made the mistake of opening the fridge and nearly vomited at the smell and sight of the rotten food within. Well at least we had the shakes and bars that we could share out.
Adam and Will came back in through the doors each eating a bar like the ones I had found. They placed three on the table, one for me and each of the girls.
“There’s cupboards full of this next door and a small fridge in the bedroom filled with bottled water.” Adam grinned.
“I have a crazy idea…” Will started. Looking between the four of us.
“What?” I enquired, Will had an excited look on his face also. I don’t think I’d ever seen a look like that on his face before.
“What if us five take this trailer? Adam and Amelia can take the double, Nia and I in the bunks and you George out here? We can get the Snows to move in next door as its all on one level and smaller than this one.” He was so animated that we all got swept up in the excitement of having a beautiful, safe home. One where we may be able to grow old and hopefully outlive the zombies.
We exchanged hugs and each of us had wide grins on our faces. We decide that Will and Nia would go immediately and find the Snow’s to show them the trailer and that Adam, Amelia and I would go and ask Mick if it was ok that we have the trailers to stay in.
Adam and Amelia walked on ahead, Nia and Will in the middle and I trailed behind. Watching my friends, happy, laughing and joking. The familiar painful feeling returned to my chest as I thought of the people we had lost along the way. My family, Billy, the Captain and the rest. It was too painful to think about and I knew that if I carried on this train of thought that it would cripple me for days. Right now, my friends needed me to be alert and stay on track. If we were to make this our new home then we needed to get more information from Mick; food and water supplies, how secure the place was etc. We needed to talk to the other members in our group to see how they felt about staying here.
So instead of dwelling in my feelings I buried them deep and focused on the fences that surrounded the entire area. We still had not checked the inside where they did most of the filming due to the weather in Wales being wet for most of the year.
Nia and Will broke off right to go and talk to the Snow’s where they still sat, watching the children play in the park area. Heidi and Andrew Price were also sat adjacent to the Snow’s watching their children.
I jogged a little to catch up with Adam and Amelia and the three of us approached Micks house together.
Before we could knock the door, it opened and we were faced with a tearful John.
“He’s sick” he explained.
“Mick?” Amelia asked confused.
“Yeah, cancer. Said he was diagnosed before the outbreak and the last few weeks he’s been getting worse. Ben has offered some pills to help him but he refused. Says we need to keep them” John staggered and Adam led him to a porch swing.
“What did you guys need?” John asked after a moment of trying to compose himself.
“We uh, found three trailers. One that will sleep six and another will sleep four. We wondered if the snows could have the one and if Adam and I along with George, Nia and Will could take the bigger one?” Amelia asked.
“We also wanted to know about food rations and water. We don’t have a lot left from what we brought from camp” I chipped in, sorry to be adding more questions and stress but we needed these decisions made as soon as possible.
John nodded, he looked tired.
“Take the Trailers, there’s only Mick been living here and this is his place” John raised his hand to the house behind him. “Ben, Lewis, Cory and I will be staying here with Mick incase he gets any worse. Can you gather everyone in the house next door and I’ll bring over some plans that Mick gave me?”
“Yep, I’m on it” I smiled and started to walk back towards the park, that’s where I had seen the most of our people had gathered.
“Hey all, can you meet at house number two asap?”
People nodded and started to walk back towards the main entrance where the houses were situated.
I did another lap around the perimeter just in case I had missed anyone. I couldn’t wait to see inside the building that held various sets.
When I entered the second house I was met by happy smiling faces, all chattering away, ecstatic about this new place.
John, Lewis and Cory entered the room, Cory went to play with the Prices kids who sent them outside to play.
“Right then, thanks everyone for coming” John spoke up, laying some plans on the huge dining room table.
The room got quiet very quickly. Everyone eager to hear what he had to say.
“Right, up until now, Mick was the only person staying at this place. He says
