Chapter 1
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. Febuary 4th 2033.
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It seemed like any other day, at first. For Eve it meant Friday. A couple of tests, than the beginning of the weekend. It had been more than a month since christmas, three months until her 15th birthday. Today her mother woke her up for breakfast of bacon and eggs. Eve suspected her mother had a motive for the big breakfast. She was considering becoming a vegetarian when she turned 18, her mother wanted her to know what she'd be giving up. Before Eve left for school she made sure her dog, Cujo, had enough food and water for the day. Then Eve walked the three blocks from her house to her higschool. She was glad her parents considered her mature enough to walk there herself. They still worried, Eve was their only child, but they accepted that she was growing up. Before going into school Eve et up with Adam, her best friend. Adam was the boy next door. Well across the street and three houses to the left. Everyone made jokes about Adam and Eve getting together one day, but he felt more like a brother to Eve. This friday Eve ha two tests, history and science. History was fun, Eve liked studying the civil war. Her science test involved cells and animals. Eve would've preferred learning about the planets, but thought she might've eeked out a B. Then lunch, Eve ate with Adam and Karen, her best female friend who was two years older than Adam and Eve. Eve ate a fish sandwich, potato sticks, chocolate pudding, and a diet soda. This afternoon the school showed them a movie. The idea was to reward them and let the kids relax after studying for their tests. There was no homework this weekend, except for one thing. President George Mason was delivering his annual state of the union address tonight. The students were to watch it, either live or on youtube this weekend, and be prepared to discuss it on monday. After school Eve went with Adam to their pizz place, "Pizza time" for fries and soda. Eve got her allowance on friday and was spending the last of the previous week's allowance here. Eve was hoping to see Jack, the star pitcher for their highschool baseball team. Adam didn't like her trying to flirt with this guy, he didn't think this guy was good enough for her. Eve joked that Adam was as protective of her as Cujo was. Then Eve went home. Her parents ordered pizza and decided they should also watch the president with her. At 9pm eastern standard time president George Mason began his speech. Usually the president gave the address directly to congress. But tonight it took the form of a press conference, Mason would answer questions from reporters immediately afterwords. Eve would later look back at these final moments with nostalgia. The president was about to reveal the biggest story in the history of the planet.
