The Apocalypse

My Family is dead, Frank is all i have

Just saw that i hit 10k reads omg wow aha, so here is another chapter..

Waking up is always the hardest thing for me to do now, within sleep you are unaware of what's going on in the real world and are able to stay in your own dreams. Dreams become your own little paradise that you are able to escape to every night. If you're lucky. I hate to think about all the people that have died over the course of this apocalypse, although it may have not been that long but it feel like forever. Its second nature to wake up and instantly be on guard, to question every move you make, to think about things that you would never have to think about if this didn't happen. It is odd to think about the way I lived my life before this, how normal everything was. Waking up and going to school on a daily basis and wondering what on earth I was going to do with my life but now it all seems like another life. The melody that was born into an unseeing time and that followed behind others is gone. In better words dead, and in some ways I'm happy for that because this has changed me in so many ways that I can't even explain. There is so much to be sad about but there isn't any time to do that when you're in this situation. Every day is a challenge in itself and to be alive at this point, knowing what I do now is weird. I'm thankful for who I have with me now and for those who helped me get to where I am now and I only hope for the best for them but that's on them and I can't do anything to change that.

I like to think about the future at times like this, what will become of me. What if one of us dies, can I handle that pain again? Things are more confusing than ever and it's hard to process what is actually happening sometimes. I wish we could find a place to stay and live the best we can there, but we all know that that isn't going to happen. If that's the one thing that we know it's that life is always coming up with new ways to challenge you and obviously this is one big leap for us to take. But I think we will be okay, I hope.

I opened my eyes to the blue sky above me, we fell asleep on the roof. I turn my head to see Rose cuddled up into my side hugging me which I didn't mind. I smiled, thinking about everything we've been through. I remember when we were little and our parents were good friends, she would always come over to mine and we would play in my back garden together. The smile on her face always made me happy, obviously when I was younger I didn't know what it was I was feeling, all I knew was that we were going to be friends for life. Now I know that I am in love with my best friend. The heartbreak of seeing her the way she is now is too much to handle sometimes, knowing that I was the one who did that to her when I could have saved her way back when we were still in our school. I could have changed how her whole future planned out, I could have gone into the kitchen instead of her, I could have done a lot of things. But I know that we wouldn't be here if things didn't plan out the way they did. And I know there isn't anything I can do about it now.

All I can do is hope for the best for all of us whether we stay together as one or whether we decide to go separate ways. Part of me hopes that we will all stay together because we all know each other and I reckon that it would be best if we did but who am I to decide that, if they want to go another way then I'm just going to have to accept that and let them go.

I shook rose awake gently and smiled as she looked up at me. "Good morning" she smiled at me and turned onto her back so she was looking up at the sky with me. "I'm really sorry about yesterday, I don't know why I did it." She glanced my way but I continued looking up at the sky. "Its fine Rose it's over and done now, may as well just move on. No harm done." I really didn't want anything to come from the situation yesterday, I wanted to act like it never happened but I don't know if Frank will feel the same way. He doesn't know Rose like I do. "I could have killed him." Rose let that sentence hang in the air, it was followed by a silence in which I broke "You didn't though." That's all I could think to say to her at the moment, I don't really know what she wants me to say about it.

I stood up and stretched, turning around to give a hand to Rose to help her up. "Let's go back inside, see if Alisa is awake." Without waiting for a reply I walked to the hatch that we had used to get us up here and pulled it open and climbed down. Wen and Frank where asleep together in the corner and I smiled, knowing that they both had each other. I turned to look over at Alisa to see that she was awake and staring back at me.

"Hey! You feeling alright?" I asked her as I crouched down next to her. Alisa smiled "I'm as good as I can be I guess aha. What happened? How did I get here?" she looked from Rose to me and then over to sleeping Wen and Frank. "I brought you here." Rose stepped forward into her line of sight and smiled, "You were down the alley across the street, bleeding out. So I brought you here and Rex followed." Just as she said that Rex came bounding through the door and over to Alisa greeting her with a slobbery kiss. I laughed, seeing how one simple thing could make her smile.

Alisa reached down and pulled the make-shift bandage down from her leg, inspecting the wound. "Oh it's not too bad." She laughed, putting it back in place and crossing her legs. "Not that bad! You passed out from blood lose, you could have died if I didn't find you." Rose stressed with worry lased in her voice. "Well then I thank you kind lady for all the help you gave me." Sarcasm spilled with every word, "Come on Alisa, be nice. She saved your life." I laughed. "Seriously thank you Rose." Alisa finally thanked in a serious voice. I looked up at Rose to see her smile and nod at Alisa and then walk over to the corner to wake Wen and Frank.

"Frank is actually my brother, I found my parent's lab and long story short they're dead," I stated bluntly not really wanting to touch much on what had happened. "Woah, you guys really did have an adventure since I last saw you." She laughed jokingly. I smiled, telling her the whole story would be saved for another time because for now, I had some introducing to do.