"I'm very blessed", Rebecca, a high school senior, or was high school senior, remarked as she walked the hallways of the dark abandoned high school. The school air was cool compared to the heat that radiated from the sun outside, and she could feel her warm bare feet almost peel off of the almost ice- cold tiled floor. "I may be the last person in this city, or even the world, but at least I'm still alive". She slowly said those words in such a manner that she was having to reassure herself that it was going to be okay.
Rebecca had been wandering around the high school for about two months now and hasn't seen any sign of the wandering monsters since she entered the building right after the initial outbreak. She walked down the hallway, her black tank top and black sweat pants, a cheerleaders uniform, blended her into the darkness, and even though she hadn't seen any sign of the dead people, she still took precautions. She may be a natural blonde, though her hair is died dirty blonde now, but she wasn't stupid. No, she was anything but stupid, and she knew it! She had managed to get the keys to all of the lockers from the front office and she scavenged through the entire school finding clothes to wear, flashlights, food, to finding pot and nudie magazines, which in her lonely state, she reviewed quite often. She had enough to get by for now but supplies was starting to drain.
Fairhope High School was a rather large school made up of three stories to complement its large student body and she now had it all to herself. It was like a ghost story, her walking around with all of the lights off. The silence of the place screamed in the atmosphere and she did her best to ignore it, but the silence was deafening to her. There are backup generators in the basement of the school and they are running now, but Rebecca decided that hot showers was more important than lights; she'd rather use candles, flashlights, and propane grills and lanterns rather than the fluorescents above. She ultimately felt blessed to still be alive after all that had happened, and her plans didn't involve giving up or dying. She was able to overcome the first week of the outbreak outside, she knew that she could survive in the school until the military arrived like she had heard over the emergency radio that she turns on and listens to for three hours everyday, but the radio has been silent now for over a week. It's just static. She was determined to overcome her fear and emotions.