Chapter 2-- Or Not

I wake up in a completely white room, hearing the beeps of machines. This is not what I expected heaven to look like. All this time I’ve been thinking streets of gold yahda yahda.

            It takes me a while to realize that it isn’t heaven. Heaven couldn’t possibly be this annoying with all the boring beeps. That only leaves one possibility: I’m alive. When most people realize they’re alive they are grateful for the second chance and swear to be a better person. Did I do that? No. I freaked out.

            “Lorelei!” I call, realizing that she isn’t in the room with me. I attempt to sit up and instantly wish I hadn’t. I turn and vomit over the side of the bed.

            I’m panicking now, wondering where my older sister could possibly be. She’s the only family I have now since the rest of my family mysteriously disappeared.

            Before the apocalypse, I had no shortage of family. There were my parents, my brother and his wife with their three kids, my oldest sister with her husband and child, and Lorelei. Now It’s just me and Lor, the only ones to survive what must be the age restriction.

            We lived at home for a while, walking to town whenever we needed supplies. From what we can tell the only people that didn’t suddenly disappear are the ages ten through twenty. Food ran out quickly and soon we were forced to leave the town. Unfortunately instead of the next town, we found desert. We didn’t even live near a desert. We lived in Massachusetts.

            Not knowing what else to do, we wandered into it. Things were bad. All we had was a little bit of water that we carried into the desert with us. But a while later that supply was running perilously low.

Even through that we had each other.  Now Lorelei is gone and we have finally been separated.

“Lor!” I call. Nothing.

It’s obvious that I can search for her. I can’t even sit up. So I lay there, feeling helpless and like it was that first week of being parentless all over again.

Eventually someone opens the door. It looks like a doctor. A young one, but still a doctor. That’s when I realize that I’m in a hospital. She smiles when she sees me and calls out to someone outside the room. 

Lor walks in and runs to me. My older sister, who I have never seen really cry, bawls into my shoulder as she hugs me. Eventually she pulls away and wipes the tears. Then her face flushes with anger. “I told you that you couldn’t leave me!” She screams and the tears start again, this time of rage. “You closed your eyes, knowing that that was all it took! How could you just leave me?!”

“It was your only shot,” I say quietly.

She deflates like a balloon. All the fight is drained out of her and she sits on the hospital bed. “I hate when you’re reasonable.” She mumbles. Then she turns to me with new zeal. “promise me that you will never do anything like that again.”

“Try to be reasonable?” I ask, faking confusion.

She punches me lightly on the arm. “No, you idiot.” She says a smile stretching across her face. It fades suddenly. “Try to…die.” She whispers her voice catching.

“I won’t even consider it,” I say holding out my pinky for the most unbreakable contract. A pinky-promise.

She looks down at the floor and back up quickly. “Is that…?” She points to my throw up on the ground and stands up, walking to the other side of the bed that’s puke-free. 

“I should not have tried to stand yet.” I say, telling her that, yeah, it is.

She pulls a disgusted face and I can’t help but to laugh. She starts to laugh to and the tension is officially broken. The doctor, who had been letting us have our private family moment all this time, walks back in. “She needs to rest.” She says to Lorelei, officially dismissing her.

“I’ll be back later.” And then Lor is gone

Reviews

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I enjoyed the chapter
Keep it up!
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[Dominique]

Ha, that shows Brooke. Well this is a great chapter and I can't wait for the next one. Please write some more.

[Krista Weiss]

Really good so far! Can't wait to read more! :)

[Odayin]

Holy crap, I'm having trouble with this one.
It seems i can picture and visualize this one better than anything else I've read...hmm. I completely understand too

[Sophie]

oooh! All the best books start with dreams, can't wait for more.

[Amanda]

Another great chapter, Brooklyn, keep it up. Kind of confused about how there's a hospital though. I'm sure I'll find out :P