So I ran away. As fast as I could.
But this time, he burdened me.
"Come on!" I shouted at the others. "What happened?!" Mr. Tomas asked me. "He… He hit his head-I don't know! Just help me!" I forced myself to respond.
I heard them close in on us as I and everyone else ran.
"Don't fucking die on me, Nico…" I muttered under my breath as we came to the Nurse's office. "Place him on the bed!" The nurse ordered me, so I did. Mina asked the nurse, "Will he be all right?" "It's too soon to tell."
Suddenly, they banged on the door.
"Ack!" Miguel was surprised. "They're at the door!" Mina stood up from the bed. "It'll be alright." She stood up and walked to the door's window. "It's just six of them." "S-six?? Well, crap." Miguel stood up and gripped his broom spear.
"Wait! What are you guys planning?!" I stood up and held Miguel back as I said it. "What else? Beating the crap out of them!" He answered. "Hey, Lucio, it's okay, they can handle that," Mr. Tomas told me.
I let go of Miguel.
Mina opened the door quickly and booted out whichever infected was unlucky enough to be there. She just as quickly moved out of the doorway and shouted at Miguel, "Charge!" He did so and ran out to the same infected Mina had kicked. A straight shot through the gut.
He pulled his spear out as Mina kicked the corpse away. "Five more," Mina said, as she held that table leg in the air. "Got it!" Miguel responded, wiping his spear on the corpse's clothes.
Miguel closed the door as Mina swung a homerun on a zombie's head.
Blood splattered onto the door's window. Their silhouettes seemingly tinted the world through the glass with more and more blood. My stomach spun.
I looked away and asked the nurse, "How long until he can get up?" "I'm sorry, but it'll be a while before that." "How so?" "It doesn't seem like his skull fractured," she said. "It's just a laceration, but he still needs to heal before he can fight."
I buried my head in my hands as I sat across from Nico as the nurse wrapped his head. Mr. Tomas walked in and sat beside me. "Hey kid, are you alright?"
"Do I look like I am?" I snapped at him.
"...I-I'm sorry-"
"No, no. It's okay. You just saw your friend pass out. I wouldn't be alright too."
I looked at Nico's bandaged head, as his blood stained glasses rested beside him. "Would you two like some water?" Mr. Tomas nodded. She walked out of the room.
Damn it.
Why is it you? Why now? I stood up and sat at his side.
Nico Cruz. Student Council rep. A coward, sure, but still… You're way better at this than I am. Please don't die. Please.
My eyes welled up. "Please. Don't die."