300 years ago, the world descended into a long ice age, with humanity barely surviving.
Today, twins Alek and Amber have to deal with the new society that has emerged from this environment. Alek is an anti-social geek with not enough research materi...
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You know that feeling when you're in a dream, and you feel like you're falling? Then you wake up right before you hit the ground. This morning, that's kind of what happened to me.
"Alek!" screamed my sister.
I didn't really know what was going on. I had fallen, and my head hurt. Badly.
"Alek, what the hell was that?" she stammered, trying to get me on my feet. I was on the floor. Why exactly? I didn't know.
"What happened?" I asked her.
"You were... on the ceiling. Sleeping I think, but when I came in, you fell. What was that? What haven't you been telling me?" she blurted out.
"I was sleeping on the ceiling? All I remember is falling, what's going on?"
"I don't know, I thought you knew!" she yelled back at me.
I ran my hands through my hair as I sat on the bed. My head was pounding. I looked to the clock sitting on my desk.
"Shoot, Amber, we're going to be late for school!" I exclaimed, grabbing my things and rushing downstairs.
She cursed and followed after me, pulling on her outer-wear. "We're talking about this later," she warned.
We ran out of the door and nearly all the way to school. It's a very bad idea to run in the cold, but we couldn't afford to miss school.
Luckily Amber and I arrived right on time, if not a little tardy. We rushed to our respective classes, eager to forget about the events in the morning.
Time passed quickly, as my mind was occupied which Amber's strange statements. I had been stuck to the ceiling? That made no logical sense. I tried to think of a reasonable reason why I was up there, but came up with nothing. The only feasible option was that Amber was pranking me, although it was unlikely.
The periods flew by, and soon I was making my way to lunch. I met up with Amber in the halls.
"Are you going to sit with us again?" she asked hopefully.
I shook my head. "Not feeling up to it. There was something special about yesterday, I'm all drained out now."
She grabbed my shoulder. "C'mon, it'll be fine. You don't have to say a word."
I groaned, but didn't resist. She led me to her table, grabbing my arm like I was going to try and escape any second.
The instant I sat down, I regretted my decision. Everybody wanted to talk to me. Jack even started saying something about hanging out later, but I wasn't paying attention. Soon enough the chatter directed away from me, but they would still try and involve me in the conversation once in a while.
