What if you woke up one day and everyone over the age of twenty two had just vanished from the face of the earth? How would you survive?
Eighteen year old Ember is faced with this harsh reality, supplies are running low, the world has shut down and...
'You can dwell on the past, try to predict the future but the only thing you control is today. That's why I stay out they way, so what's the point of stressing, bout something you can't change, so hit the trees and breathe deep, so sit back and relax and roll a blunt and just vibe, get high with me'
Song: Get High With Me - Smileyface & Washed Out.
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Two days had passed since H and I had our first proper kiss and I still couldn't get it out of my head. In a matter of hours I had gone from complete and utter sadness to feeling euphoria with H and then back to sadness again.
When we had gone to the mess hall it was obviously very late so no one else was there but H had made us both sandwiches and then he had walked me back to my hut. As much as I wanted to stay with H and let him comfort me, Willow needed me. When I got home she was cuddled up in bed with Avery, for which I was glad she wasn't alone and very thankful to my best friend for looking after my sister, so I crawled in beside them and we all cried together.
But now two days later I hadn't even seen much of H, he always seemed to be busy. I was starting to think he might have been avoiding me, he didn't eat breakfast with our group this morning so I was hoping he would be there for dinner tonight so I could talk to him, admittedly I was actually missing him. I cleaned up our hut, did some laundry and then Avery and I had gone for a walk around the compound, it was nice to stop and chat with people passing by and to see the younger kids playing.
"I'm gonna take my book and read in the hammock outside Cruze's hut if you need me" I said to Avery when we'd got back from our walk, she acknowledged me with a nod of her head and went back to painting her toenails.
It was a nice day outside but there was a slight winter chill in the air as the days were getting shorter coming into winter so I wanted to savour all the sunshine I could. As I walked over to the secure boys side of the compound I ran into Ash, well he literally ran into me.
"Shit sorry Em" He apologised after he bumped into me. His hair was all floppy and wet with sweat and he didn't have a shirt on, just loose basketball shorts.
"It's fine" I waved him off. I picked up my book I had dropped and brushed the dirt off it.
"Where ya heading?" He asked.
"The hammock to read" I replied holding up the book.
"Ah, nice, have fun" He said taking off running again.
I rounded the corner and entered the code on the gate that gave me access to the boys area and I made my way over to the hammock that hung outside Cruze's hut. As I approached I could see that there was already someone in it, damn. I must have accidentally sighed out loud because the figure started to move, shit.
