"I don't know why we have to go to city Gracie"
"For the millionth time, Bumlets, to get supplies and see if there's civilization"
Gracie Jane and Bumlets had been close friends their whole lives, their mothers were best friends and neighbors. Gracie and Bumlets couldn't imagine life without each other, they were like twins, two halves of one whole. They knew so much about one another to the point of finishing each other's sentences…but they were close friend never lovers and their deep relationship was tested when Bumlets started dating a girl named Spike. It was then that Gracie Jane knew her true feelings towards Bumlets.
"Screw civilization, all we need is each other and mother nature"
She loved what he said and blushed but she knew he didn't mean it the way she thought.
"And matches, tent, food that won't make us sick, soap, kerosene, pocket knives, lantern…" She added
"All right, all right, I get it now!" He smiled "What would I do without you?"
"I don't know eat bark from a tree"
"Thank god you survived, I really wouldn't know what to do without you. After my mom and Cora died, I thought I was alone, I was planning on committing suicide but then I saw you and I knew that everything was going to be okay. I know its crazy, but you're the kinda the reason why I'm here, why I'm living"
Gracie Jane was on the verge of tears, she felt the same way "You're the reason why I'm here and living too"
They embraced tightly As long as he's here with me then everything will be okay Gracie thought
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"Is that a Lamborghini?!"
It was that gambling maniac Race, dressed is a fancy black striped mafia suit smoking a cigar
"Yes is my friend, isn't she a beauty" he smirked as he got out of the yellow car
"I want one!" exclaimed Les
"If you really want one all you have to do is break into a car place and hot wire and you're off"
"You guys heading to the city?" Saphhy asked, she was dressed in a designer clothes and mink, sitting in the passengers side
"Nice road kill Saphhy" Sarah smirked
"Shut up Sarah, in pre virus this would have been worth more than your entire wardrobe"
"I take that you just came back from the city" Jack said
"Are you kiddin' me, there's no way in hell you can get there by car, there's tons of deserted cars taking up the roads. We turned around, and decided to head back"
"You know what this means, Jack"
"Yes David, it means we're going to have to walk there"
"Are you fucking insane! We can't walk all the way there! It's too far!"
"It's only about 30 something miles, you can handle it Sarah"
"Not on these shoes!" "I'm in"
"You can't walk that far Reverie!"
"Yes I can"
"See Reverie's willing"
"Only because she could use the workout"
Ty pulled Reverie aside "You can't, it's too dangerous" she whispered
"Danger's my life, and don't worry, I'll be fine"
"Are you two coming?"
"You think I'm going to leave this car"
"Race, maybe we should go with them, sooner or later we'll have to walk, gas is scarce, so I'd rather we walk with a group of people than alone" Saphhy pleaded
"It's a Lamborghini!"
"There will be other Lamborghinis"
"Fine"
"How much road do we have till the pile up?"
"About ten miles"
"Okay we'll meet you two at the end"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Oh my god, look at all those cars" Grace exclaimed as she stood there
"I've been thinking, with this decrease in the population, pollution is going to go way down, this may be the last of the smog we'll see especially if the electricity turns off soon"
"But with no adults, this whole world is going to turn into something out of Lord of the Flies"
"Which is why we shouldn't go to the city"
"Which is why we should Bumlets"
"I'm really starting to have second thoughts here"
"You always have second thoughts"
"Come on, it's a city without cops or any order, kids are probably running around the streets shooting each other, anarchy at it's worst!"
"We can't live like this, we have to find other people"
"All we need is each other"
"And what happens if we lose one another?"
"Don't talk like that, that will never happen"
"There's a chance"
"Yes a chance, a chance if we go to the city"
"But there's a bigger chance if we don't go to the city"
"The Indians didn't have a city, neither did the colonists but they survived, they survived for hundreds of years without the things we had"
"We are not the Indians or colonists, we were not raised to be them. I know how to cook marshmallows over the fire but if your appendix burst I wouldn't know what the hell to do!"
"Oh and like the city kids would!"
"Who knows? There might be some adults there or someone who knows how to treat it if it ever happened"
"Well it's not going to happen, I already got my appendix out when I was ten"
Grace tried to bring herself courage for what she was going to say next "Tell me Bumlets what would you do, say like a few years from now, when I'm pregnant and I go into labor and the baby is too big? The colonists and Indians would cut me open and kill me, would you?"
There was silence soon interrupted by two cars