If your actually bored enough to read this I thank you completely.

This fic is slightly pardoic. Is that the correct word to use in this situation? I believe so. So if things seem unnaturally humorous as apposed to life ruiningly sad, then you can just keep that in mind.

Although, seeing as this is in fact my first fanfiction it might totally suck, but bare with me, I shall gain the skills necessary

As the shaking slowly stopped, Nick held his head in his hands, waiting for death to come for him. A few pieces of plaster and shingles bounced off the one piece steel table he was hiding under, making a dull thunk,
His ears rang and his breathing was ragged and short.
Why was this taking so long? This shouldn't take this long.
He heard faint voices calling out his name, but he couldn't identify the speaker, as he fell into a deep trance.
He opened his eyes an hour later.
Jeff and Nicks sister sat huddled a few feet away,
"am I dead?" Nick croaked, trying to sit up,
"Nick! Oh my god, you're okay!" Jeff ran over, Lily trailing behind,
"am I in heaven,"
Jeff looked deadly serious, "No Nick, you're alive, you're very much alive, but..." he trailed off, and glanced away,
"I'm alive?" he glanced around the room, not sure which as the walls had crumbled completely and the ceiling met the floor. If he hadn't thrown himself under the steel desk he would have been crushed, "Oh my god," a realization flooded through him, "My parents?"
"Nick," Jeff said quietly, reaching out,
"My brother?"
"Nick," Lily echoed, smiling sadly,
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Nick muttered, laying back down,
"My family," Jeff's voice broke, "they are gone too, and so are half the people on the block, hell, if I wasn't on my way over when it struck I'd be gone too."
"Who else is here?"
"Not sure, Lily went to check half an hour ago and the Millers and the Houstons were alive, Jenna Kerry, and Milly Rose were too, but that's all we've seen,"
"Okay," Nick said quietly, in shock of the whole situation, his parents and brother were gone, half of his best friends, were gone. He would never see them again, "this is a lot to take in,"
"I know, Nick, the electricity is off too, as you would expect, and, well as you can see this whole house is wrecked." Jeff replied,
"Come on guys, we should go outside and check the damage," Lily spoke up, as she reached to take Nicks hand, "Its okay little bro, at least you have us,"
"Right," Nick scoffed, "no point worrying about the fact that the entire town is dead or injured and our parents are gone and we have no food because it all went bad."
"Oh shut up, some people have it worse," Lily heaved Nick up and put her arm around his shoulders and helped him down the stairs, Jeff trailing behind.
When out in the open air, terror struck Nick, as Jeff had stated, half the houses had collapsed and were nothing more then piles of rubbish and wood, and worse things, thought Nick as he stared grimly up and down the street.
A few other families stood on their doorsteps or what was left of them and stared at the same sight that Nick saw.
Nick made eye contact and awkwardly waved, not sure what to do, as many just glared back. A scream bounced off the houses, a cry of "No my baby!". Someones child had died. Many peoples child had died.
"Oh my god," Lily whispered next to him,
"No kidding," Nick spat, disgusted that this could happen to innocent people. Losing children, parents, pets, family. There was nothing worse then losing family. Family is all you have and all you ever will be reliant on.
Family is the only thing thats 100%.
Nick slowly sat down on the cement stairs in front of what was left of his house and cradled his head in his lap, "why," he moaned under his breath. He felt an arm around his shoulders,
"Nick, its okay," Jeff whispered as Lily hugged Nicks other side, "We're here for you."

After 20 minutes they returned inside. Dismayed to discover that the power was still out, and no one had tried to do anything yet.
Drafts of air floated through the holes in the walls a small trail of plaster dust was still coming from the ceiling.
Is this what remained of Nicks stuff and life. A few broken pieces of plastic and bones underneath a mess of wood.
All that remained of Nicks old life, was buried, and was never to be seen again.
This is all Nick had now, and this is all he'd have until the goverment fixed it.

The days and days after were filled with attempts at building the house back up and sitting around inside staring at the wall.
The only progress made was a feeble attempt at patching up the walls by Jeff which made it about 1.5 times warmer.
The rest of the time was mostly spent flicking the light switch on and off trying to get power and comforting one another.
Occasionally Lily would make a meek joke about it, but it just made them more depressed.
Nick spent about 75% of his time considering the fact that this was not a dream and everyone he loved was dead.
Lily spent her time crying and hugging pillows.
Who knows what the fuck Jeff did.

"Nick wake up you lazy ass," Jeff muttered, whacking him on the shoulder, Nick lay on the couch, which is one of the only things that did not entirely collapse
"Go away!"
"Never," Jeff poked him,
"GO AWAY!" Nick laughed and pushed him off, feeling gulity in remembrance of all the people who died, including his own family,
"Nick I'm not kidding, theres an announcement, everyones going to town hall."
"I'm getting up. Stupid mayor waking me up," Nick sat up and grabbed his coat, which he had been using as a blanket and pulled it over his shoulders, "lets roll,"
"OKay, come on Lily!" Jeff shouted, turning toward the bathroom,
"The taps aren't working," she yelled back
"The power is out!" Jeff replied, with a chuckle, then turning back to Nick, he raised his eyebrow, "Hey, man, you okay there?"
Nick seemed to be in serious pain, "No," he replied shortly, "I think something killed my lungs cause they aren't working properly, and meanwhile you are being a flirtatous idiot with my own sister,"
Jeff laughed, but it seemed a little forced, "You ready?"
"No this is when you tell me you aren't flirting with my sister because that would be rude and unfriend like,"
"Sure," Jeff said, agreeably, with a smirk, "whenever you're ready,"
They were both ready, the only one who wasn't was Lily, who had been, according to Jeff, turning the taps on and off for the last half an hour,
"Lily give it up," Nick called, getting annoyed,
"Yes miss," Lily replied, appearing on the stairwell, dressed in a cutoff white shirt on top of a striped tank and jeans,
"Jesus, this is the fucking apocolypse and you dress like that of all ways,"
"You wouldn't understand, Nicolas, lets go?"

"Will someone please tell me I'm not the only one who finds this strange," Lily said, staring at the almost empty town hall, only around 10 people altougether were scattered around the room, looking intensely scared,
"This is so weird," agreed Nick, rubbing the back of his neck,
"This is so so so weird." Jeff added, raising an eyebrow and grimacing.
Jeff grimaced a lot lately. Actually they all did.
"Nick! Lily!" a lady rushed over to the group,
"Aunt Sela?" Lily said, tearing up a little and rushing to embrace the women,
"I'm so glad your ok! Where are Jordan and Grace?"
"I'm sorry Sela,"
"No! Not Jordan! I'm so sorry children, have you been leaving alone?"
"Yes, but we're okay,"
Jeff stood awkwardly watching the sitituation unravel,
everyone ignored him completely.
Finally it was decided that the 3 of them (after Aunt Sela finally noticed Jeff) would live with her.
Nick for the first time since the earthquake, felt better.

I hope you enjoyed it, if you didn't then feel free to leave now, but I thank you for taking the time to read my fanfiction.

I love all of you.

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