-Amari's POV-
I stood up from the bed. I could hear Aya and Sapphire talking outside- it almost sounded like one of them was crying. Carmen looked up at me from her phone, leaned casually against the wall. I wondered what she was doing on her phone. I also couldn't help wondering when she would run out of data, considering that there wasn't wifi on Mars.
"What're you doing?" Carmen asked. The question would have normally sounded accusatory, as though I were doing something wrong. However, the calm note in my sister's voice made it easy to believe that she was simply curious. Knowing that there wasn't anything I had been doing wrong made me feel a bit more at ease whenever I spoke to someone, including Carmen.
"I heard crying. I figured I should go and take a look to see if Aya and Sapphire are okay." I explained calmly. Carmen stood up, and I knew from that hardened look on her face that she was coming with me to see if they were okay, whether I liked it or not. I didn't mind it, though.
As I reached for the doorknob, someone knocked on our door. I pulled it open to reveal Aya standing outside, with a teary-eyed Sapphire beside her. Suddenly, I was far more aware of Aya's and Sapphire's gazes, like lasers in my skull. I shoved the uncomfortable feeling aside, deep into the back of my mind, and finally found my ability to speak.
"What happened?" It only made sense that I started by asking that. But, despite that, it still sounded like a stupid question when it came out of my mouth.
"Well, do you guys know how to treat homesickness?" Aya asked us. Carmen and I exchanged a glance.
"Not exactly." Carmen admitted.
"But still, we can at least try!" I offered. "Bring her in here, we don't need to all crowd around the doorway."
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Science FictionAfter the Infection spread and Earth was deemed uninhabitable, Amari- along with everyone else who lived on Earth- relocated to Mars. But with aliens and oxygen to deal with, how will the humans survive on Mars? (I'll most likely only update this o...
