Chapter 4
You actually did it damn good job!
Oh shut up! Fucking brilliant! i'm arguing with a mysterious voice in my head as i walk to the starbucks for my first date with an actual girl.
Shame your hand does not count as a date. If it did this would be your millionth date. Well one million five hundred 69 thousand one to be exact. How in the name of fuck can he count that many times and not lose track? FUCK!
You never answered who you were yet.
I am your reality check i am a subconscious made from many human beings that kid you saw running yesterday was my latest one who couldn't handle me. I am actually family, i am your 5 times great grandfather. Just call me Jim.
OK WHAT THE FUCK! Your family somehow and you are in my head that is fucking messed up man besides you don't sound old and wise. I say? No I did not say it i thought it to him? Whhaaat?
Phhht I got to choose my age when I died so I chose fifteen so get used to it my friend
Eewww.
I approach the starbucks the sky clear of any clouds nice and warm with the faint smell of coffee and cookies. I scan the area, Jennifer has not arrived yet so i sit on a chair out front and wait for her. People would ask "why the hell did you not escort her from school?" two words "class trip"
I start to whistle a toon that dad has always hummed to himself as a memory to a friend that lost his life in november city. I then day dream as i just start to hum myself.
The song plays on the radio in class as we were to read a chapter in our text books "thoughts endless in flight, day turns to night, things that i need to know". The chapter is going over the earth and how it is now
The book read "earth used to be two planets back in 2001. In 2017 earth collided with a planet named strangereal how they merged and made three supercontinents is still a mystery. Strangereal was a planet that consisted of four continents "Anea, Verusa, Osea, and Usea" africa collided into osea, usea collided with australia, new zealand and japan. Anea collided into canada as south america collided into Verusa and sits in the middle"
I wake from my trance just as Jennifer walks up from the school.
How long was i out? I ask jim probably going to regret it
Ahh i'd say 'bout a half hour. Ok so not bad. She walks with a slight amount of swagger. Her hair is in a tight bun and she now has a sweater around her waist. As she gets closer i can see sadness on her face.
"Is there something wrong?" i ask
Classic dude. Jim notes annoyingly
You can shut up. She walks in and embraces me her shoulders shaking. Crying.
"They all died." she says to me in between sobs.
"Wait. how?" I ask genuinely confused
"We explored a tiberium field today. The whole class got too close and started coughing instantly. They did not even touch it" she has her head buried in my shoulder.
I hug her tightly as i say "its ok they did not know that-" they were ignorant bastards i wanted to say but ruled against it "that it was radioactive"
"Nobody said it was radioactive not even the scientists. im scared"
"Dont worry i'll talk to my dad" i say with extra strength in my voice "but for now. Do you want a cookie with your coffee?"