Nothing's Wrong

The End of The End

They had to move after about a week of Maggie living in the Price's apartment. Military men kept coming into the building, and Maggie knew they were looking for her. She didn't tell Noah about her father, and she didn't plan to tell him either. She hoped he would come back. She hoped one day she'd wake up and find him at the door, but all she got every morning was the continuous sinking feeling she got when he wasn't there.

Now they had to go, and Maggie was reluctant. What if he came back and she wasn't there?

Noah's mother, Kimberley didn't give her much of a choice. She was leaving with them no matter what. She seemed to have taken up the responsibility of looking out for Maggie along side looking out for Noah. Really they all looked after each other, and no one was getting left behind.

They moved to a place far out into the country where neighbors were almost non-existent and everything was quiet. Everything around them was grass and dirt. The house they lived in was an average size and there were only to bedrooms. Kimberley almost never slept, so Maggie and Noah had the bedrooms to themselves. Out in the country, they could almost live normally. There wasn't a lot of people and there was always a place that needed help. Noah had a job working in a convenience store and Maggie found a place at a small corner diner. Kimberley stayed with the house and made sure everything stayed safe.

It was all so tedious to Maggie, and all she really wanted to do was go back to when everything was normal. She would never admit that to Noah or Kimberley. They saw her as strong and capable. If she broke down and told them how much she actually missed her father or how much she would much rather be alone at a high school with Neffie than out in the middle of nowhere trying to survive, they'd look at her differently. She wasn't going to let that happen.

One busy days they were cleaning the house, going to work, and Maggie was actually going to the small high school in town. On quiet days they sat in the fields of wild flowers and they relaxed in the quiet. There weren't a lot of quiet days. And close to the end, they had one last quiet day.

Maggie was sitting all alone in the grass. She was thinking about everything that was going on. The last step in her father's plan was set into action a week ago and soon people will be turning up dead by the thousands. She wondered if she'd be one of those people. Those people were considered the weak. Was she weak? She couldn't seem to be able to tell Noah or Kimberley anything she really felt. She appeared strong, but this new way of taking lives didn't judge on appearance. She hadn't told Noah what the plans actually did. She didn't want to scare them. She didn't want them thinking exactly what she was thinking. They had enough to worry about.

"I thought you'd be out here." Noah sat next to her and she looked at him with a smile. She couldn't help smiling at him.

"What's wrong?" she asked, knowing he'd more than likely been looking for her to help scavenge for food or help bandage a wound for someone. Noah shook his head and sighed.

"Nothing's wrong." he said simply, "I was just looking for you."

"What for?" She asked looking out across the field. Talking to Noah was hard recently and she couldn't seem to figure out why. Noah sucked in a deep breath and shrugged at her. "What would you be doing right now if the world wasn't ending?"

Noah thought for a long time and Maggie began to wonder if he was ever going to respond when he said; "I'd probably be driving Jana someplace." He chuckled and when Maggie looked at him he looked quite sad.

"You really liked her?" She asked making a face. Noah laughed a little shrugged.

"I don't know." he said stretching out his legs, crossing his legs at his ankles. "I think I just liked the idea of having a girlfriend. I liked the idea of being normal."