[ WP ] It 's the zombie apocalypse , but the virus is n't spread through Bites , Blood , or Scratches .

The tears burned in my eyes as I took a deep and slow breath. Maintaining any composure seemed impossible. 
 
 `` What's the point?'' I whispered as I kicked my feet on the cluttered desk. My tired body leaned back in the cold and dusty office chair. Damn, I realized he heard me..again. 
 
 His humming became silent. He dropped one of the brown packages he was inspecting and tucked carefully under his arm. 
 
 Nick walked backwards very slowly and stopped within an arms reach of my dirty tear-stained face. I felt awkward as he stood over me with the box resting on his hip. 
 
 `` What do you mean?'' He asked with one hand waving in a overly exaggerated manor. 
 
 `` This!! EXACTLY this!'' I screamed. 
 
 I could n't take it anymore. I never would have thought that something I hated so much could be missed so terribly. 
 
 I mean... It was bad enough seeing your loved ones become flesh eating monsters, it was even worse to have to destroy their reanimated corpse... but how on earth are we supposed to survive and thrive as a human race without being able to face each other? Was eye contact really that deadly? Did we have to go to this extreme? 
 
 `` It's just NOT fair!'' I shouted. 
 
 Nick's back and shoulders slumped. His hands hung like dead weight out of his gray puffy coat. 
 
 `` Well....it could be worse...'' He sighed. 
 
 `` YOU could actually have to look at my face ALL the time'' He chuckled. 
 
 A calm swept over me and for a moment I felt like I was at home. Althought I've never seen his face directly, I knew any man with a decent sense of humor was amazingly special. 
 
 The tears stopped and a smile cracked in the corner of my face. 
 
 `` Thanks Nicky'' I sniffled. `` It's just hard sometimes not being able to...'' 
 
 `` Here!'' He announced loudly. 
 
 `` I have a gift for my queen!'' 
 
 Nick got down on one knee and handed me the package tucked under his arm by lifting the box over his head. 
 
 `` Dunn dunnn dunnnnn!'' He trumpeted 
 
 The box was not yet marked and had been placed in the out going bin to be delivered within the state. There was a good chance we could find something useful or even edible. 
 
 `` What's in the box?!'' He whined with his best Brad Pitt impression. 
 
 `` Okay, Nicky hold on'' I laughed as I tore into the package like a kid on Christmas day. 
 
 `` Oh. Wow.'' 
 
 `` What did you find?!'' His large hands flew in the air and he wiggled his fingers in excitement. 
 
 `` A way out'' I smiled.
