All Dried Out

2 Days left

I run through the front door with my arms full, carrying as much as I can in one go. Dads back and sitting in the kitchen while mums putting away the groceries.

"Look at what I got!" I was excited to show them everything I had got and laid it all down on the table. "Sophie this is all great. But where did you get this. Its not safe outside, you shouldn't have gone out alone." Dad gives me a sincere look as mum starts her usual negativity. I can tell he loves her deeply but some days I can also see she pushes him to his limit.

Tomorrow I have to go to school, it all seems so pointless. I bet most people won't be there but mum and dad think it's best to keep going on about our everyday lives. Next year will be the last year of school and it can't be coming any slower. I really want to take a year off and travel the world, work in cafes for a while and move on to the next place. I want to have an adventure before adulthood starts to set in.

I spent the rest of my day at Michael's house, he's been my best friend ever since we started prep together. Mum thinks were studying for the big test tomorrow but I just needed a break and as if the school would make us do a test while the worlds so close to breaking. Michael's family don't believe anything's going to change in a few day's time, being here is like going back to reality for the day, where everything's calm and normal. It's the first time in the last week I've been able to think about anything else.

19th July 2132

Beep, beep, beep

Six o'clock is too early, I don't want to get up, I snooze the alarm in the hopes of a little more sleep. On a normal school day I wouldn't get up until about seven but mums decided we need to save the fuel in the car for emergencies which means I now have close to an hours walk to do this morning. At least it's a nice fresh sunny morning. My second alarm goes off and I drag myself out of bed towards the kitchen, coffee is what I need.

"Dad are you sure I have to go to school. No ones going to be there and wouldn't you rather spend the last days with me." I said while grabbing some breakfast and dramatically blinking at him.

"Sophie we've been through this, school is important and I think its best for your mother if we can try and go about our everyday lives for as long as we can. And it's not our last days together, nobodies going anywhere its just going to be a little tough for a while." Which would have come across better if it didn't sound like he was trying to convince himself at the same time.

After breakfast I went for a shower and then got ready for the big walk. I honestly hate walking, it's so slow and takes too much effort. Fifty minutes later and the schools in site, it surprises me the amount of people that I can see have turned up. Maybe all their parents have the same theory if we ignore it then it's not happening. The worst part is I know Michael won't be there today, his parent let him have the next few days off until everything calms down. I wish my parents were like that but no now I have to spent the next 6 hours learning things that aren't going to matter very soon.

I walk into Tute for morning roll call and I go find a seat up the back. I've always hated Tute in the mornings, there's no one I like in here and were forced to play stupid games together, its supposed to help us all to get to know each other but I don't want to know them. The three girls here that are in my grade are the popular girls that have never had to work a day in their lives and everything has always been handed to them, they wouldn't understand anything about my life.

8:45 and the bell rings for first period. First up is maths, then English. The rest of the day was a blur and nothing important happened, obviously the outage was the talk of the school. Everyone has their own theory about what was going to happen in two days' time. The walk home gave me plenty of time to think about my theory on it all, I'm still indecisive. On one hand why would they tell us all this if it wasn't going to happen but also on the other hand how could they just let it happen with no back up. As long as I'm prepared, I don't think it matters now. What's going to happen will happen and it's completely out of my control and I have to be okay with that.

By the time I made it home I had run out of things to think about however my hungers starting to set in so I make my way over there. On the way to the kitchen I see mum asleep on the couch, this is the first time I've seen her sleep in a while, she looks so peaceful. I quietly made my way to the fridge to make a snack and then headed to my room in an attempt to not wake her.