Cimorelli's Living <Sequal To Cimorelli's Surviving>

normal day for alex

Alex's Pov.

its 8am and i have to get ready.  i get up and change into my uniform.  mike was also getting ready.  we both went down the eat breakfast.  i get a bowl of cereal.  i notice a bowl already in the sink, dad probably ate some.  after mike and i finish getting ready we head off to the builders center.  once there mike goes to his box and gets his assignment, i go to mine and get my assignment.  i have to fix a shops door.  i grab a tool box and set it in a cart.  then i take the materials it says i need on the paper.  

when i get to the store it was still closed.  i fix the door then head back for my next assignment.  i end up doing four assignments today before its time to go home.  at home dad was talking with lauren and nick.  he always talks to them about what happened.  he just makes sure they are doing okay.  and like every day the others where hanging out in the front.  mike had already got home.

i go to my room and change into normal clothes.  "im going over to sarahs!" i yell out before leaving.

its only about a 7 minute walk to sarahs house.  when i get there i knock on the door.  sarahs dad answers.  "hello alex"  he smiles.

"hi sir, is sarah home?"  i ask.

"yes, come in"  he moves out of the way, allowing me to come in.  sarahs brother was sitting on the floor, playing with a cheap toy.  

"hi alex"  sarah says as she comes down the stairs.

"hi"  i say.

"what do you want to do?" she asks me.

"i dont know, go on a walk?" i offer.

"sure"  she agrees and we walk out of her house and down the dirt road.  

"how was you day?"  she asks me

"same as usual.  spent the day fixing stuff."  i kicked the dirt.  usually builders repair things,  it was exciting if you got to actually build a new thing.  i got to build something once, but with help.   mike on the other hand has built 4 things.  "how about yours?"

sarah stopped and looked at the sky. "i had to kill two runners.  one man and one boy, reminded me of ben and max."  her eyes got watery. i didnt know what to say. "im sure it wasnt them though" sarah took a deep breath.  

"im sorry"  i hug her.  it sucks that she still has to go out there.  it sucks that i got to come in and forget about the runners, i got to put my gun away and never use it.

we walk back to her house with out talking.  i say goodbye and then head home.  when i get home everyone had finished eating.  there was left overs for me so i ate them.  i quietly went into the boys bedroom and went to bed.  

that night i had the nightmares.  i had nightmare often.  all were about that journey my dad and two of my siblings took with me.  almost all stragglers had nightmares,  the others dont know what its like.