(Alex's POV) 

 (A/N Hey y'all just wanted to let you guys know. My cousin changed their name to Hadley. They use they/them now. They permitted me to use their dead name for this A/N. So the character Abigail is now Hadley and they are now dating a kyle so that's why that is changed. Thank you! Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.)

We've been traveling for days and we're finally in Ohio which is where I, Hadley, and Kyle are from. I hope we can stop here. I have a necklace in my house that I left there from my girlfriends. I know Hadley has a few things they want as well. Hadley is driving so I walk over to the front of the van.

"Hads?" I ask. They don't look at me.

"Yes?" They ask.

"Do you think we could..." I start but trail off. I bite my lip and they look back at me. They see the look on my face and smile.

"Already on it," they say as if they can read my mind.

I smile back at them and say, "Thanks."

"Wait what are we doing?" Emile asked us looking slightly confused.

"Hadley, Kyle, and I live in Ohio which is where we are now and we need to stop at our houses for some things," I explained hoping that everyone would understand.

"Okay but if you live here then were you guys in Georgia with this van?" Remus asked joining the conversation.

"Well before the apocalypse hit the three of us drove down there in a van to visit Lucy and Alicia," Hadley explained, "It was pretty freaky to see an apocalypse hit when you're so far away from home."

"You're telling me, I mean I was so scared during the first few weeks of the outbreak," Kyle said.

"We all were..." Roman said looking down. "We all were."

"Look it will be fun, yeah?" Patton said. "Plus we can grab extra supplies if we need them, right?"

"Of course," Hadley said. Kyle and I nodded.

After a little while, Hadley pulled into a driveway. Their driveway. They paused and then hesitantly they kept going. We all got out of the van. Hadley walked up to the front door and pulled something out of their back pocket. A key. They unlocked the door and tried to push it open.

"It's stuck," they said.

"Here let me try," Roman said and Hadley stepped aside. He pushed on the door. It didn't budge. "Hey, Remus give me a hand."

"Sure," Remus said walking over to him. They pushed on the door and it gave way. Remus almost fell into the room but Roman pulled him back.

"Thanks," he said.

"No problem," Roman replied. They all stared into Hadley's house.

"Well, let's go," Hadley said grabbing Kyle's hand and walking into the house. We all followed them and they stopped when they got to the living room. "Go ahead and just find whatever you want. I have to go..."

They ran upstairs to their room. Everyone froze a little bit and I said, "They'll be okay. They...didn't have the best relationship with their family. Just...make yourselves at home?"

Everyone nodded and they started to look around.

I followed Hadley up the stairs. When I got into their room Kyle was already there and Hadley was going through their bins throwing stuff on the ground.

"What are they looking for?" I whisper to Kyle.

He shrugs and walks over to Hadley.

"Hads..." Kyle says and Hadley looks up at him.

"It isn't here..." Hadley said. "My notebook it isn't here."

"What notebook..." I asked. "You have so many..."

They gave me a look. Then nodded over to their bedside table. A vase of dried flowers sat there. I was confused but then I understood. When our grandmother had died Hadley took it very hard. Our grandma was like a second mother to Hadley and they didn't deal with the loss very well. Hadley started writing letters to her. Everyday. They wanted to tell Grandma everything.

"Where did you leave it last?" I asked helping them look. "It has to be here somewhere yes?"

They nodded and opened another drawer. There sat a small paperback journal. Worn from age and used to a great extent. They smiled softly and took it out of the drawer. They put it in their pocket.

Hadley grabbed a few more things and we were about to exit their room when we heard an ear-piercing scream. We all looked at each other in surprise. We all ran downstairs to the source of the scream.

It was Patton. He was staring at a small black creature.

Hadley almost dropped their things. "D-Duke?" They said running to the creature. "Duker! Hi baby! How are you still alive?"

The creature turned out to be Hadley's dog, Duke. I smiled because Hadley looked happy.

"PUPPY!" Patton screamed. He rushed over and Duke licked his face. He giggled and Logan's face went red. Patton hugged the small dog in his arms. Hadley smiled and went came back over to me.

"We should bring him," I suggested and Hadley nodded.

We then gathered what other supplies we needed and went back on the road.

To my house.

Home again, home again.