Exploding Heart

Chapter 1

"Okay ladies get a ball and start serving!"

My name is Lacey... Lacey Wood. I'm 17 years old and currently trying out for the varsity volleyball team at Bridgeway Heights. My new high school.

I moved her about a month ago after losing everything and everyone that I knew and loved. I was living in France at the time before a nuclear bomb went off from a terrorist group. I was the only survivor that I know of. You may be wondering how I know how to speak English. My parents were American citizens, but wanted to move and live in France before I was born. So I was brought up learning English as well as some French.

Before the bomb went off we were all evacuated underground and put into a frozen state. We could still decifer time in the frozen state, we just couldn't move nor talk. After about a month in the frozen state of time, almost everyone had died except a few. The few of us that were still alive were waiting for the day we could come out of the frozen state and go back up to the real ground. Months had past and there was only 5 of us still alive.

A year had passed since the bomb went off and I was the only one still alive in the frozen state. I was able to break out of the frozen state after about another 4 months and went above ground. There was no one left to manage the airplanes or anything, and all the cars were burned to a crisp. I was stuck with walking to the nearest place to catch a plane to a new place. Somewhere where I would already be considered a citizen... America.

So here I am now almost 1 1/2 years later. I'm currently living in Maine and still adjusting to how things work here but I'm doing alright. I'm glad they have volleyball teams here because volleyball was my life back in France. I never missed a single practice, even if I was sick. I'm really hoping I make the varsity team here at Bridgeway, because if I don't, I would literally die. So I'm trying the best I can.

"Okay girls I've seen enough out of all of you. I will post who made the team tomorow morning. If you did make it on my team expect to practice right after school tomorow got it?" Coach Matthews said to us.

"Excuse me ma'am, if we do make the team what days do we practice," a girl with long red hair said.

"If you make the team we will go over all of that at practice. Good luck to all of you. I will be seeing some of you tomorow."

With that we all headed for the locker room and all I could think of is the worst possible outcome...not making the team.

"Hey you must be new here, I'm Sarah... Sarah Amherst What's your name?" The girl with the long red hair from earlier asked me.

"Oh um.. it's Lacey... Lacey woods." I said

"Would you like me to show you around a little tomorow. So you don't get as lost as I was my first day here." Sarah said as she laughed.

"Sure, I was pretty lost getting around today."

What I didn't know is that girl would end up becoming my best friend, and the only one to know about my secrets.
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Shout out to Sueterweather, SavanahSchneider, and Ivy for being inspiration and giving me the idea to write this and help with names