Short Story Of Kevin's Hide-Out

As Jack walks up the stairs, she is shocked to realize that she is not actually outside, but facing an enormous window with a view of the outside world. She realizes that she is in some structure built next to the mountains where Kevin's hide-out is. In awe, Jack looks around, climbing another set of stairs to find two bedrooms - one belonging to a girl, the other to a boy. Once in the boy's bedroom, she realizes that it is Kevin's room, and that she must be in his home. She begins to rummage through his things, trying to figure out if she could find the real him, but there is nothing besides sports awards and clothes to give her any clues. As she continues to peer around Kevin's room, she finds a telescope that she decides to look through. It is not pointed up, like she would expect, but towards a group of raiders. Jack gasps when she sees this, afraid that if they come near enough, she could be spotted. So, she continues to look around, trying to spot Kevin and the others. Soon, she does, but a realization goes through her when she …show more content…
She remembers a boy, Gabe, who used to be one of her friends. They had a tradition of sitting on the rooftop together with their guns, ready to shoot and kill, even if they had never done so before. Jack remembers that day, specifically when Gabe had asked her if she sometimes wondered if Gabe and she were the last teenagers left in the world that were uninfected. Jack responds with a simple, "I don't know," but Gabe then asks a question referring to whether or not they would ever get the chance to kiss someone. Jack isn't interested in Gabe that way, but when he kisses her, she goes along with it just for the heck of it. However, Gabe pulls away, and explains that Jack has really become Jack now, and that there's no longer a girl inside of her. Once Gabe leaves, he mentions that he is leaving for good, to a place Jack knows in present-time as a trap set by the