I lay in bed with Cassandra sleeping against my chest. I thought about the ride home. The connection I felt around Cassandra then was...was... Not able to be described. I push a lock of hair away from her face. Her eyelids flutter open, "Tommy, its late go to sleep." She says half asleep.

"I'm not going to sleep until I know your asleep and okay."

"There is no need for that!" she says running her fingers through my hair. "Your hair is so soft, I almost can't stop touching it." She giggles.

"Well, I'm not meaning to brag but I do use conditioner." I say smirking.

Cassandra sits upright on the bed, "Hey want to do something fun?"

Sooner or later I'm on the living room floor with Cassandra sitting across from me in the dark.

"I'm going first!" I say, "Truth or dare?"

Without holding anything back Cassandra blurts out, "Dare."

I was never good at making up dares, every time I came up with one they were cheesy and didn't really have a point to them.

"I dare you to take only one sip of wine and that is it for the night." I said crossing my arms.

"Your such a party pooper!" She's says laughing and taking of sip of wine from the bottle.

"I'm just making sure no one gets drunk tonight." I say taking the bottle out of her arms. "I'm putting this in the fridge."

We continued to ask each dumb questions and make each other laugh until Cassandra asks me,

"Have you ever kissed someone?"

"Umm...."

"Oh shut up."  She says before she slams her lips into mine.

I sit there leaving my lips flat and not kissing back. She pulls away, "Why aren't you kissing back?"

"I'm nervous, I've never kissed someone. I might mess up."

She scoots herself closer to me and cups her hands around my face, "Trust me you won't mess up."

I push my lips against hers. Our lips collide and move in sync. She pushes her hands up into my hair. I let my hands rest against her waist. We stay like this for a while, not caring about the time or where we were and to be honest, I think I'm a fairly good kisser.

Cassandra pulled back to catch her breath, "Tommy." She moaned, "We need go to bed we have things to do tomorrow." She said pulling herself onto my lap.

"I know we should but how am I supposed to get to the bed if your on top of me." I whispered.

Cassandra looks deep into my eyes, "Your just going to have to carry me there then."

I pick Cassandra up bridal style and carry her into our room.

"Should I drop you or set you down?" I joke with her.

"You better set me down!" She says

"Nope!" I say as I throw her onto our bed.

"That hurt!" She says rolling off the bed onto the hardwood floor.

I just laugh at her, "Here let me help you." I say picking her up and gently placing her onto the bed but her arms never let go from around my neck.

"Cassandra, will you please let go of my neck so I can get in bed?"

"But I don't want to let you go!" She whines like a three year old.

"Please." I say softly

She pouts, "Fine." And crosses her arms.

I crawl into bed next to her and pull her against my chest. I stroke her hair and kiss her forehead, "Hey Cass?"

She looks up at me, "Yea?"

"You know that I love you, right?"

She looks deep into my eyes,"Yea, I love you too Tommy."

I pull her body close to mine and fall asleep.

I am awoken by the sunshine that peaks through our blinds. I roll over and look at the time. 9:15! I roll out of bed and wake Cassandra.

"Five more minutes." She groans.

"Well we've already slept in thirty minutes, so you have to get up now."

She slowly gets out of bed and heads to our closest. Her clothes are on the left and mine are hanging on the right. I take a pair of jeans off the top self and grab a random shirt off the hanger. I let Cassandra go into the bathroom first so I had to get dressed in the bedroom. When it's my turn to go into the bathroom I brush my teeth. I look at my face in the mirror and notice the dark circles under my eyes. I shrug it off and walk out the door and head to breakfast with Cassandra.

When we walk in the doors I find our group at the same table in the back. Everyone stares at us as we sit down and begins whispering to each other.

"What?" I say

Everyone just sits and giggles until Mack speaks up, "Well you guys both don't look too good, you both have dark circles under your eyes. Both of your hair is messed up,"

I pick up a spoon and look at my reflection. Even though my face is upside down I can see that it is a mess.

"And your twenty minutes late. You guys must of been up late doing something last night." Mack says with a smirk across his face.

With a smile on her face Warren says, "Here I got you guys some oatmeal." She passes us each a bowl.

Cassandra and I say thank you and begin eating like everyone else.

I'm almost done with my food when Murphy whispers in my ear, "Please tell me you used a condom."

I slowly set my spoon down and give him a glare that could kill. He instantly begins laughing.

"So I take it that you didn't!" He continues laughing.

"Nothing. Like. That. Happened." I say sternly.

Everyone stops what they're doing to look at me.

"We did not have sex. We played truth or dare."

I feel Cassandra's arms slid around my waist almost as if to pull be back from doing something I regretted. She rests her head against my back and whispers, "It's ok calm down." Multiple times into my ear.

I see Murphy and Doc exchange a smirk. Before I can say anything Jonathan is at our table.

"Well hello again." He says taking out a piece of paper. Everyone is given their job assignments for the day. Cassandra and I were assigned to the nursery.

As we walk to the nursery Cassandra babbles about how excited she was to see little kids.

"They're just so cute! And their cheeks are so chubby! I love them." She says as she is practically jumping up and down the hall.

"I can hear the kids crying from here."

She rolls her eyes at me and continues walking towards the door. A women stands at the doors and greets us, "Hello! You must be Cassandra and you must be 10k?" She holds out her hand to us and we shake it. She told us that the nursery is where all the kids three years or younger go when they have parents that are working. She opens the door and I'm surprised to only see three kids in the room. The women told us the rules and that she would be leaving for the rest of the day and that we would have to bring the kids back to their rooms at four o'clock. She leaves the room and Cassandra starts jumping up and down, "I'm so excited!" She says a little too loud because the baby in the crib starts crying. Cassandra rushes over and picks up the crying child. She puts a pacifier in his mouth, she try's rocking him, everything to make him go back to sleep.

"Do you want me to try?" I ask.

Cassandra smiles and hands me the baby. He had a small blanket that was in his crib with him. He didn't have it now so I walked over to the crib and wrapped it around him. The blanket had a hand stitched name on the corner. Jacob. I slowly rock him back a forwards and eventually he falls asleep.

"Wow I guess you have the magic touch." Cassandra says.

"Yea I guess I do." I laugh.

I sit down in a chair with Jacob still in my arms. Cassandra sits on the ground with the two other kids, "You know you can put him back in the crib."

"But he might wake up then." I say with my voice hushed.

When it was time for lunch Cassandra and I ate in the nursery so the kids could eat as well. The other kids in the room were both girls and were  old enough that they could hold their bottles by themselves but Jacob needed for someone to give him his bottle. He never left my arms since I walked in so I fed him. He must of been hungry because he finished his bottle in a few minutes. I carried him over to the crib he was in and gently placed him into it. I put a pacifier in his mouth and go back to the table Cassandra and I were sitting at.

"Well it looks like your a baby-whisperer or something now." She laughs.

"I don't whisper to them." I say taking a bite of macaroni and cheese you make in the microwave.

"Well whatever you do it must work."

I finish eating my Mac and cheese and walk down the hallway to throw them away in the trash can. When I get back Cassandra has put the two girls in their cribs and has them almost asleep. She turns around and hushes me to make me aware of the sleeping children.

"Okay, I think they'll be asleep until we have to bring them back to their rooms." She says sitting in a chair.

The kids stayed asleep until it was time for us to go. I pick up Jacob and he begins crying. Cassandra takes the two girls and holds their hands as they walk. We walk outside the doors and Jacob is still crying. I wrap the blanket around him tighter and gently rock him back and forward. We walk up to the fifth floor where the family houses are. Cassandra drops the two girls off at their rooms before we we get to Jacobs room.

I knock on room 423. A young woman opens the door and takes Jacob out of my arms.

"Well this is different every time Mary drops him off he is crying, you drop him off and he is fine. How did you do it?"

"I don't really know how I did it." I say.

"What's your name?"

"I'm 10k."

"10k, that's an interesting name."

"That's how many z's I'm going to kill."

She pushes Jacobs golden curls out of his face, "Well good luck with your goal." She says before she shuts the door.

"Thanks." I say and walk down the stairs with Cassandra.

"That kid was cute." Cassandra says.

"I know he was cute, and his name was Jacob." I say.

Cassandra and I walk into our room. She sits down on the couch and reads an old California newspaper. I sit next to her and she rests her head against my shoulder.

"I miss those kids already, I wish they were in our room with us." Cassandra says.

"Yea I miss Them too." I say and hug Cassandra.

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Well it took me forever to write this chapter, and I'm sorry I've been super busy lately. But I made this chapter a little longer because you guys had to wait so long. I hope you enjoyed it!

Does Cassandra want kids?

Is 10k actually really good with kids?

Will Cassandra and 10k work in the nursery?

Will Murphy's mind ever not be dirty?

What will happen next in the zombie apocalypse?

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-Jenna