My Four Best Friends

by SenseandCommon

Hello, my name is Avery Ingle. I am 14 and I live in Perdido Beach, California. I have been living without parents since I was 12. Today, however, all of the adults disappeared. - "Gone" told by a few of the Perdido's many ignored citizens.

21. Monologues Always Come Towards the End

Book One: Day Thirteen

I woke up feeling fantastic. Every inch of me felt like today was going to be my day to shine.

For two years, I had lived in fear that something would take away my life. That one day I could be living fine, but that the next would be filled with pain. But then the FAYZ came. The FAYZ came, and I was given a chance to live my life happy.

And for once, I took it.

I befriended someone against my better judgment. They were the first I had in a long time. They were something I needed a lot.

I went sailing again. I went sailing and didn't think of my parents. And while I was out on our little ocean, I met somebody I'll never, ever forget.

I actually let myself fall for someone. And I fell hard, too. Before the FAYZ, I barely even talked to people, let alone guys like Nathaniel.

I went on a rescue mission. A failed one, but a rescue mission just the same.

I learned how to drive. Something I never would have been able to do, considering I'd never have a "parent or guardian" to drive with me.

I found happiness in the hardest situation, something it seemed like a lot of kids had done. Maybe, just maybe, we could pull through this situation without anyone else getting hurt.

This sort of happiness never would have come to me before the FAYZ, and now that Caine had calmed down, I didn't have a ton to worry about.

Which I guess is why I didn't see the events of today coming.