reality? || a dream diary by ashleylimwm

Chapter E I G H T E E N

dream diaries

episode I

~ part eighteen~

a/n: hello! it's been awhile, haha. sorry i left y'all on such a cliffhanger. Well, I still remember the dream and I'm very free now so, why not continue? i'm currently writing this in a moving van on my way to the next resort in Fiji and it's giving me nothing but a headache but I have the feels to write so here it is:) Enjoy xx

[ 1 / 12 / 2019 ]

Setting : SHSS

Time : 9.40am

"We're sorry we didn't tell you kids this sooner," Mr K spoke, his gaze falling towards the ground, unable to look at any of us in the eye.

The group was now huddled in front of the 4 teachers, all of them still shaken to the core by the sight they had just witnessed.

"I'm going to be very blunt and direct, I'm not going to sugarcoat anything because you kids deserve to know everything." The students continued to listen intently to every word that came out of Mr K's mouth, each of them radiating anticipation. Little did they know, what they were about to hear would change their lives forever, and for most, not for the best.

Mr K took in a long breath, ensuring that he was tactful in wording the way he delivered the heavy news.

"It's...the end of the world." He managed to breathe out, letting his head drop to his shoulders as if a huge weight had just been taken off him.

Silent looks of confusion and bewilderment were exchanged between the kids, no idea how to perceive the ambiguity of Mr K's statement.

"Wha- excuse me, what? Mr K what the hell do you mean by that? you have to be a little more specific than that for us to understand what the hell is going on here!" Zach blurted out in exasperation, asking the question that was on all of our minds.

"Okay, Zach I will get to it in a moment, now please just calm dow-"

"Calm down?! You're asking me to calm down? How can any of us here be calm?! You kept us in this room for an entire night without saying anything, giving us hope that we were okay when you knew that it wasn't? And only deciding to tell us what happened now after we discovered it ourselves by accident? How long were you going to keep it from us, Mr K? Calm down my ass." Zach scoffed in disbelief, rage building up quickly in him. Adity put her hand on Zach's shoulder in an effort to comfort him, but was shrugged off almost instantly.

Mr K nodded his head however, agreeing with what Zach said. "You're right, Zach, and I'm sorry. Truly, we're all sorry. But, it was really tough for us teachers, do you know how hard it is to bring yourself to tell a group of 30 kids that they will never see their family ever again!"

With that, a collective gasp could be heard.

"Oh shit, I didn't mean to- I'm so so sorry." The realisation dawned upon Mr K about what he had just said, immediately apologising to the students for the way he broke the news. The other teachers shot him a glare, wondering how he managed to screw up the one thing that he was supposed to do the best.

"No, no, no, no this is all too much. First, you say the world is ending and now you say our families are dead?! No, this can't be real-I refuse to believe this. I'm getting out of here-" Zach accused and immediately stormed out of the room.

"Zach, wait-" before Mr K could finish, the only sound that echoed in the room was of a door slamming shut.

The rest of the room went silent, the students all robbed of their words.

Are we really the only ones left?