I stared at the clock, zoned out, unfazed. The bell rang and snapped me back to reality.. I wandered the halls showing no interest in going to my next class, schools useless anyways.
I fell asleep in the bathroom again, the sound of footsteps and laughter filled the halls and I slowly began to wake up and check my eye bags in the mirror. Black.
Something about today didn't feel right..something was off, something cold.... Something dark.
It was as I was walking home when I got that feeling again. I brushed it off but something in my body was telling me I needed to get out of there. I approached my doorstep and I tried to jam my key into the door. I crept inside sneaking past my dad, passed out drunk again. "There's no hope for him" I said to myself. He was never around, he practically is just some rando who stops by at the house and eats our food. I hate him and I hate what he did to mom.
I walked up the creaky stairs placing my feet carefully on each crooked step to not make a sound and wake dad up, that never ends well.
I laid in my room as I pulled out my phone and scrolled on twitter for a bit. A new post caught my attention... "New virus discovered in the ice in Antarctica" - posted 5 days ago from Unknown User. I laughed to myself. "What bullshit" Sometimes I hate social media, but it's the only thing that keeps me able to function. It's a gateway. My gateway
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Science Fiction"I'm honestly not able to tell what's real anymore. Everyone is gone, and I think i'm next"
