Chapter 10.3

Three days passed without zombies finding them. Alex and Rosemarie spent time working on creating a hanging garden and dreaming up plans for a garden on the ground. Of course, they were still worried about setting foot on the ground. Georgi didn’t blame them and wished that she didn’t have to set foot on it either.

At midday when it was too hot to work, Alex and Rosemarie would play board games. Sometimes the others would join in. Alex loved the games. Georgi didn’t have much interest in playing. She was glad that Rosemarie liked playing them. She needed the distraction from the world.

They weren’t exactly quiet. Neil and Georgi built the bridge from the treehouse to the cabin. It took longer than she thought it would. Without power tools, things would take longer. Especially since Randy wouldn’t help. Georgi had asked him to help once.

“If you give a mouse a cookie,” he replied then walked off into the woods.

He thought the whole thing was useless. Concerned with looking for more ways to kill zombies, he was always going off into the woods doing god knows what. Georgi was concerned that he would get himself killed or hurt and she wouldn’t know what happened.

“I wish Randy wouldn’t just wander off,” she said one afternoon at lunch. She wondered if he really was hunting deer.

“Why don’t we build a lookout some place along the road?” said Neil.

“Yeah, he could have his own little place far away from me,” said Rosemarie.

“We do have more wood from the barn,” Georgi said hesitantly. “I guess it wouldn’t have to be that big, just a tree stand.”

There was so much to do. So very much. She looked down at her blistered hands. Her arms still hurt from building the bridge and the makeshift bathroom in the cabin. She had plans to improve it. And their situation.

“We need to get more food. Huntin’ doesn’t seem to be workin’,” she sighed.

“Food first, then tree stand,” said Rosemarie.

Georgi was relieved. She didn’t really want to start building right away. She needed a break from it. Not wanting to complain, but she was starting to feel run down.

“Sounds good to me, but where are we goin’ to get the food,” she said. “I doubt the grocery stores are open.”

“I hate to suggest this,” said Rosemarie. “We could get it from abandoned houses. We’d leave a note.”

“Maybe we could get some koolaid,” said Alex hopefully.

Georgi smiled. “Sure sweetie. We can at least look.”

They decided they were going scavenging again. Georgi did want a few other things besides food. A few luxury items. A few things to improve their indoor bathroom. A few things to improve their beds. Who knows what they would find? She was hopeful.

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