"No, Jack," Kim said. Walking towards their bus stop.

"But it would make sense!" Jack yelled at her.

"Just because we studied Teenage World in class, where we had to make rules and decide how the leader would be determined because everyone over the age of 18 disappeared, doesn't mean that this is the same."

"But it would make sense," Jack tried to reason, completely ignoring her. "Please tell me that it makes sense."

"I doesn't!" I spun on him. "Would you do me a big favor, and shut up."

"Kim…"

"No, Jack," I said, getting in his face. "My parents probably went to breakfast. It is…" I checked my watch.

"Kim…"

"7:07," I looked back at him. "And Lamey probably went to her boyfriends house. Always does. Just not this early…" I trailed off and began to walk again.

"But Kim…"

"Your parents…" I thought about it for a second. "Dad's at work and mom's at the store buying some pancakes or something."

I waited for Jack to try to interrupt but he didn't. I looked back and found he had frozen. His head tilted and one of his eyebrows were raised.

"What?"

"I said…" He started, then changed his mind. "Never mind. But Kim…"

"What, Jack?" I asked. "What is so important that you have the need to say it?"

"Have you noticed that the whole world seems quiet?" He turned in a circle. "No sounds."

I looked around and noticed for the first time that something he said was true. "Okay, so…"

"It would only make sense that the over-18s disappeared."

"How could that even happen," I looked at him over my shoulder. "Oh great god of I-know-everything, please tell me."

"How should I know," He shrugged, and jogged to be next to her. "See this?" He pulled out his phone and it had three texts all from this morning."

Jerry: Yo, my mom's ditched me. Gotta ride?

Eddie: u and kim takin the bus? meet u there

Milton: I can't find my dad. He usually leaves a note, but he didn't. Walked outside and noticed something strange. Nothing.

Jack looked up at me and smirked. "Oh, that means nothing." I started to walk again.

"You can't tell me that that doesn't make you suspicious."

"Well," I racked my brain for something smart to say. "Jerry's mom could've gone to the store too? Eddie didn't say that anything was weird. Milton…"

Leave it to Milton to notice things. Get suspicious.

"Exactly."

"Hey guys!" Eddie walked over to them. "Have you noticed something strange?"

Jack looked at me with a look like: Haha.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Oh come on!" He said. "You can't tell me you haven't noticed that the world is like dead-silent?"

"That's what I said," Jack crossed his arms. "But Kim won't believe me."

"Well," I said. "Maybe it's a holiday?"

"Yeah, Kim," Jack laughed. "A silent-game holiday where everyone has to participate."

"We haven't heard of anything like that." Eddie added.

"Maybe it's for adults."

"Right."

"Maybe it's a prank or something?"

"Yeah, one that everyone plays a part in but us."

"Hey, guys?" Jack asked.

"What?" Eddie and I yelled in unison.

"Isn't the bus driver usually early?"

I looked at my watch, and noticed that it was already 7:23. Bus usually picks us up around 7:20.

"He always is."

Didn't know where to go with this. But I know what going to happen maybe next chapter or the next. Not sure yet. This is just a filler, kinda explaining the whole thing. 'Cause you guys are confused on how they know this stuff, and stuff. I had to explain before moving on with the story.