I woke up and drew my blinds and opened my window. I feel refreshed as the cool summer breeze hits my face. I had a shower and got dressed. I went downstairs and made myself some breakfast. I left my house and headed to school. I live by myself because my parents died when I was 16 and the government decided that I was old enough to live by myself. The government made an arrangement where they will give me a place to stay and an allowance until I am 18 years old. I am currently 17 years old and I have 7 more months till I turn 18. I hadn't really had a chance to think about what I should do next because I have been very busy studying. I got on my bike and rode to school. I went on the highway where I ran into my best friend Carey. I first met him a year before my parents died. At first he was really weird but eventually I got to know him and it turns out that he is a good friend. As we were riding to school Carey bumped into me and asked,
"If the world was ending right now, what would you do?"
I laughed. All of a sudden Carey stopped riding on his bike and looked at me.
"No seriously Leaha, what would you actually do if the world was ending", he asked in a serious tone.
I paused for a second. Ever since I became friends with Carey I have never ever seen him serious about anything until now.
"I would spend the rest of the time I have left with you if you have no other plans", I replied sheepishly.
"NO", Carey yelled.
I looked at Carey as he turned red from guilt and shame. We stood in science until Carey said,
"We should head to school now or we will be late".
We rode to school in deafening silence. I have never seen Carey erupt like that. I didn't really know why he asked the question or why he got angry when I answered it. It just didn't feel like it was the right place nor time to ask that. We entered school and put our bikes in the bike shed. I tried to talk to Carey but he brushed me off. I headed to my lesson and sat down next to my childhood best friend Davon. Mine and Davons parents knew each other so they often forced us to play with each other. I guess after a bunch of play dates our parents put together we became really good friends. When my parents died, Davon and his family were my main support. They helped me through a difficult time in my life. The only thing that kept me from living with Davon and his family was his parents. When I was younger I would visit Davon at his house but every time I would go there I felt as if I was being watched all the time and his parents would give me very questionable looks. I looked at Davon and he looked at me and smiled.
"Me and Carey had a big fight", I said
Davon stared at me for a second before asking
"What did you fight about?"
"Some stupid question", I said.
Davon looked confused. I sighed then said,
"We were riding our bikes to school this morning and then all of a sudden he stopped and asked me what I would do if the world was ending".
Davon took a second to process the information he was given.
"Okay, what did you say after that?" he asked.
"All I said was that I wanted to spend the time I had left with you like any nice person would but instead he yelled at me", I exclaimed.
Davon sat there with a shocked expression on his face. After a while he finally replies.
"How could he yell at you when it's so obvious that he likes you", he said.
"No way, he doesn't like me, he is definitely not the romantic type so there is no way he would like me", I told him.
"He definitely does. I am one hundred percent sure that he likes you, he actually might even love you", he said jokingly.
We laughed until all of a sudden the lights went off In the classroom. Our math teacher Miss Banks was trying to get everyone to calm down.
"Calm down class. It's just a power outage.", Miss Banks said.
A horrible stench filled the classroom then a gas started coming out from the ventilation system. Everyone started coughing. The gas was vile; it would sting your lungs when you breathe it in. It would make your eyes watery and your throat go numb. Before I passed out two men wearing gas masks and suits entered the classroom and started taking I didn't catch what they were talking about but I heard one of the men say,
"let the games begin"
It went dark.
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