#tenderzombie

Amy was sleepy and a little bit frustrated. Tonight was supposed to be amazing. Her boyfriend, Alex, had been gone for several weeks touring and tonight was his first night back. She had planned their entire night out. Amy had ordered her favorite food and had it ready and waiting. Then they were going to cuddle and watch a movie till they fell asleep.

But Alex’s plane was four hours late. She had already packed all the food away by the time he made it home. Amy wrapped her arms around him as tightly as she could, but he had asked her to let go so he could take a shower. Now she was lying in bed, trying not to fall asleep before he finished.

Her Nan had even come in early, telling her that she should put on her favorite dress and brush her hair. Amy didn’t understand why she needed to dress up to play a few rounds of bridge with her grandmother. But Amy decided not to argue with her. 

She sighed, a little out of breath as she finally took a seat in the meeting room her Nan had led her to. Amy figured her Nan had brought her friends to play cards with the two of them. Amy just wanted to curl back up into bed with her new book. The hospital gift shop had finally gotten a new shipment of books and among them was a novel she had yet to read.

“Just sit nicely.” Her Nan encouraged, before staring at the door. Who was coming that they needed to be here?

“I doubt any of your friends will care with how I’m sitting.” Amy said, rolling her eyes to the door. She couldn’t imagine anyone coming through the door being that important.