The App: App-ocalypse (1)

Day 31 - Happy Ending

This last week has been pretty rude and it has been hard for me to start writing again. As a French student living in the suburb of Paris, I've been affected - like any Parisians I think - by what happened. I'm lucky enough to have been home that evening and I didn't lost any closed friends, but I wanted to pay my respect to all the victims of Paris attacks, to their family and friends, and to all those people around them living with fear. I also wanted to have a thought for all the numerous victims of similar attacks all over the world, starting with Beyrouth and of course Syria. Today, they also hit Bamako in Mali. More than ever we shouldn't give up hope. We won't give up our lifestyle. I hope everyone of my readers is ok. And now it's time for me to let Eliza speaks...

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"Adriana is back.

I can't say if she is normal yet. But at least she's back with us. And so are Anton & Georges. That's a long story obviously.

Anton & Georges went looking for food and stuff beyond the field and they saw the nuclear explosion just like we did. By chance they were in a house when it happened. They ran into the storm shelter of that house and they were as safe as we were during all this craziness. Who could have guessed ?

Adriana ran into the field with her husband's body. She finally decided to burry him - because she knew he was dead even though she was still speaking to his body during all those awful days we spent in here with her. She says she couldn't come back to us because she was shameful of what happened. She found an empty house and decided to live there for a while - hoping the walls would keep her from radiations. Telling her story she seemed rational and less crazier than ever, but still we can't totally trust her yet.

Surprisingly she met with Anton this morning. He was outside his haven because he was looking for food - I think it's because he was looking for food, this part is unclear because I was making dinner for everyone when he told it. Anyway he was outside his shelter. So he saw this apparently empty house and ran into it and he found his mother in the kitchen. I can picture his surprise - his smile - when he saw her. That's an amazing story to tell, right?

They ate together. He heard about his father passing away - such a shame he couldn't be here with us for that news. Finally they went back to tell Georges everything that happened. Georges decided to come back here - after all they weren't going to be hurt more than they were already hurt by radiations, right?

So we were sleeping when they arrived - because their afternoon was our night. We don't have any idea of the time without light. What a surprise to wake up and see them !

We were so happy we all hugged. And then I kissed Anna. Out of the blue, out of dumb happiness. She mumbled at first but she seemed pretty okay with it. Michael laughed at us and hugged us once more, screaming 'I knew it !'. So did Georges, by the way, and I kind of forgive him for what he did.

Everything was great. Everything is great. We're all happy to be together again and we know radiations won't spoil our happiness any longer. Soon it'll be over and life will go on. I'll meet with my parents again. And they'll accept Anna and who knows? Maybe we'll end up married. A girl can dream.

Is a happy ending too much to ask?"

Yes, I think it is too much to ask.

It's been a month since it all started. Only a month. And everything keeps becoming darker and darker. I can't see what I dream about every night becoming true any time soon.

Adriana is not back. She's probably dead by now. So are Georges and Anton. I don't know why I keep hoping seeing them coming through the door or waking up early one morning. As for Anna how could she be in love with me ? I'm a girl. Litterally, a little girl. A child. Her student. And she's an adult.

A month.

I will pay a lot to go back and warn my past self about everything. Or even better to warn the world that someone was about to send an app that will destroy the world as we knew it. Who send us that? How can someone send us something like that?

If I make it okay through all the things happening to us - through radiations and everything - I'll find an answer. I can't rely on hope anymore to keep going - to keep surviving. So I'll rely on this thought. One day, I will find the bastard that put us all through this nightmare and we will judge him for his crime. Because this app didn't came out of nowhere. Someone intentionnally sent it.

How can someone do that? How can we hope for a happy ending if that person is still alive?

I told Anna we'll find that person. And we'll kill that person. That's all that person deserve and I don't care about everything else - especially about Michael saying it was wrong to kill someone. There's no right or wrong, no good or bad.

Anna disapproved. Of course she disapproved she's so perfect. I'll convinced her someday. I have all the time in the world to do so right now...