The Last Girl on Earth Part 2

This reminds me of something you'd see off the Disney Channel. Which I love.

The Last Girl on Earth Part 1

I pulled my history book into my bag and searched through my locker to see if there was any other book I would need for homework tonight. McKenna Penworth walked up with her nose in the air and that satisfied snooty look about her. I was hoping she wouldn't stop to brag to me.
She did. "Rachel," she said very friendly. "I heard you were waiting for Dominic to ask you to dance. You don't have to wait anymore, he asked me."
She paused waiting for a response. Probably an outraged cry of disbelieve. There was none. I was disappointed but I wasn't going to give her that satisfaction.
She continued. "Anyway, I don't know why you even thought he was going to ask you. He doesn't like you, at all. He'd probably sooner ask his own cousin to the dance then you, and she's kind of a freak."
She paused. No reaction.
"Let's face it, Rachel, he wouldn't ask you if you were the last girl on Earth." And with that she flipped around with a satisfied "Hmm" and walked away.
That's when Natalie came up from around the back. "I just saw you talking to McKenna. That can't be good," she said.
"Dominic asked McKenna to the dance," I said closing my locker and sighing.
Her face dropped into the shocked expression that McKenna expected me to have. "Oh my gosh, Rachel, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine. Now I'm just hoping that I'll just get asked to the dance," I said.
"Anyone who doesn't ask you is an idiot," she said.
"Thanks, Natalie," I said. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yep, sure thing. See you tomorrow," she said as she gave me a hug.

As I walked inside I was received with a horrible stench of boys. That's what happens when you have four brothers. I'm the only the girl out of five. Two older: Joe, who's 19; William, who's 17; and then the twins who are two years younger then me: Clayton and Christian. I made my way to the kitchen only almost getting ran over once by the twins who were chasing each other.
My mom was sitting at the table leaning over her laptop with papers all around her. When she saw me come in she said, "Hey, sweetheart, what's up?"
"McKenna's really mean, and Dominic asked her to the dance," I said sitting down right next to her.
"Aw, I'm sorry. You said this was a casual dance though, right? Maybe he's saving the best for Prom," she said.
"Thanks for your optimism, mom. McKenna said I had no chance with him, though," I said.
"She probably just said that because she's jealous of you," she said.
"Jealous? Of me? I'm the most average person ever. I'm not super pretty but I'm not ugly. I'm not a straight A student but I don't fail classes. I'm not rich but I'm not poor. I'm not blond, or a red head, I'm just a brunette. Even my height, five feet four inches is the national average for women. There's nothing special about me, I'm just average," I said.
"I think your more then just average. You're very smart, you always stand up for what's right. Why I bet you, someday, you're going to do something very special. And when people look back at you, I guarantee the first word that comes to their mind won't be average," she said smiling at me.

The Last Girl on Earth Part 3

The Last Girl on Earth Part 1

Just so you know, I love fluff.

I quickly moved down the hall practically running. I was going to be late for class again. That was something that I could not afford. As I rushed into class Mrs. Johanson turned to glare at me right as the bell rang.
"Right on time, Rachel. Next time you might not be so lucky," she said. "Okay, class, we'll wait for announcements and then you can just go ahead and continue on your projects."
It wasn't too long after when the announcements did start. An eager girl accompanied by a bored boy told us of upcoming events, lunch menu for the day, and other completely boring things that we either didn't care about or already knew. Yet, whenever we started talking we were quickly hushed by our teacher who wasn't listening either but was told to make sure we were listening.
There was one announcement that caught my attention though, the boy's choice dance coming up. I was eagerly hoping that my crush, Dominic, would ask me. I'd been playing it up all week with him. Casually mentioning that I hadn't been asked to the dance, flirting to a casual limit, and spending a lot of time with him. Well, as much as possible, considering the circumstances. Not only that but this dance was a casual one, which means it would be cheaper which means guys are much more willing to ask.
As announcements ended I pulled my desk to join my best friend in the entire world, Natalie. "Do you know if Dominic has asked anyone to the dance yet?" I asked her.
"He hasn't," Natalie said. "I heard that he's planning on going though."
"I hope he asks soon. I'm just waiting on the brink of hopeless disappointment or overwhelming bliss," I said.
"You're over exaggerating, a lot," she said. "You can be so dramatic at times."

The Last Girl on Earth Part 2

In the Cavern

So this story is really really weird but it was another dream I had. I didn't want to write about it, because it was so weird, but I had this dream months ago and I still think it's a good idea. Anyway, bear with me as I try to make my really weird dream into a story.

Jenna sat with her four best friends around the cafe's outside table. Most of the girls were sitting and chatting about classes, boys, and other things but when Jenna looked over she noticed Sara clenched her lemonade tightly without drinking it and was silently staring off into space. The look on her face wasn't one of anger though, instead her eyes were thoughtful, like her mind was somewhere else.
"Sara?" Jenna asked.
She broke out of her trance and looked up.
"Is something wrong?" Jenna continued.
"It's my aunt. I heard that she's in town."
"You don't like your aunt?" Megan asked.
"She's evil. She's a witch and she hates me and my family with a passion. I didn't tell you guys this but she's the reason my dad is dead, but the authorities can't prove it." She leaned her head on her hands and sighed. "She wants to kill the rest of my family as well."
"Are you serious?" Aimee asked.
She opened her mouth to answer that question when Caleb and his friends came riding up on their skateboards. Jenna audibly groaned and looked at the boys daring them to stop. Unfortunately for her, they couldn't resist a dare.
Caleb was the first to stop and he winked at the girls as he kicked up his skateboard and caught it in his hand with the design underneath showing. It was a crude design of some sort of skeleton on fire and all sorts of odd colorful designs surrounding it. His friends followed.
"'Sup?" Caleb asked sitting down next to Sara. Once again his friends joined him and sat down at the table.
"Why don't you just leave us alone, Caleb?" Jenna said with a glare.
"And miss looking in to that pretty face?" he said.
She rolled her eyes and audibly huffed.
Then all went black.

The Forgotten World Part 13

So I got as far as I had planned. So, dang it, I have no idea what happens after this part. I'm going to have to some more planning before I add another part. Good news is I got as far as I planned. I'm on a roll. Enjoy Part 13.

The Forgotten World Part 12

Zoe spent the time before dinner studying the paintings on the wall. Jacob had told her that they weren't anything special but just him and Leah getting into paint when they were little kids and spreading it all over the place. Zoe didn't care, she found them fascinating. She also spent a lot of time just looking out the window and watching the beauty she had always watched from a different point of view.
It was just a little bit later when Ruth came in and told them that dinner was ready. They went downstairs to the main area that Zoe and Rocky had been introduced to the Humilis Tribe. Everyone greeted Zoe by telling her their name and welcoming her into the tribe. The woman serving the food gave Zoe two bowls, one for her and one for her “blue-haired friend.” Jacob explained that the food they were served was called Stew. It had vegetables, meats, and all other sorts of things combined into one bowl. He assured her that it tasted better then the jerky. He then proceeded to remove the meat pieces from Rocky's bowl into his and his sister's bowl.
Zoe couldn't wait to dig in but she noticed that nobody else was eating. She turned to Jacob and asked, “What is everyone waiting for?”
“A prayer. A prayer is where we thank God for all the blessings he sends us,” he said.
Just as he finished Sarah got up and tilted her head towards the ground in a humble position, she then proceeded to fold her arms. Zoe watched as the rest of the tribe followed her example and did the same. She also did the same. Sarah proceeded to give the prayer that Jacob had been talking about. As they finished everyone started eating. “Zoe,” Ruth said coming over. “Rocky just finished his surgery. My husband just brought him up to our room. Would you like to bring him his stew and give him some company.”
Zoe didn't even hesitate as she bounded up the stairs and into the room. Rocky sat on one of the mats with the leg that had been hurt bounded in cream-colored cloth that looked like it had been wrapped around a white stone.
“We're having stew,” Zoe said handing him his bowl. “It's vegetables and broth. Jacob took all the meat out of yours.”
“Is it good?” Rocky asked.
“I don't know. I haven't tasted it yet,” Zoe said. She put her spoon in the stew and took a bite. It reminded her of pottage except better tasting and she had to chew. It was very good. She didn't realize how good food could be.
Rocky did the same and seemed equally satisfied.
“How was the surgery?” Zoe asked.
“Painful. And Dr. John was such a jerk. The entire time during the surgery he talked about how I was such a baby and how he'd had little girls in there braver then me. He said I should have never left the Glass World and how I wasn't going to survive five seconds down here. I told him that I didn't chose to come down here and it just so happened that I wasn't used to being in such a Barbaric place. That didn't really shut him up but I stopped listening at that point,” Rocky said. “Zoe?”
“I'm listening,” she said.
“Why don't you get offended?” he said.
“It's not really all that offensive. I met Dr. John, he did seem like he could be a little mean. I wouldn't use-”
“No, I mean when my friends and I insulted you and did other things to you,” he said looking down.
“Oh. Well, the main reason is because I know who I am. The things you did didn't bother me because they were mostly true and I knew it and chose to remain the way I was. You called me different and it was true. I am different,” she said. “I'm not saying I wasn't hurt by what you said. It did hurt a little but I'm confident in myself enough that I didn't let it really get me down.”
“Why didn't you ever fight back?” Rocky said.
“I didn't think it was worth fighting over. You have to chose your battles and the one with your friends and you wasn't one that I wanted to fight. It was much easier to forgive and move on,” she said. “Besides your friends and you aren't bad people.”
Rocky stared at her.
“Does that surprise you?” she said.
He shook his head. “Not really. I wanted to thank you for saving my life.”
“If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have broken your ankle,” Zoe said.
“If it wasn't for you, I would have never been able to activate my shoe. I'd be dead right now. When I started to fall I went into shock. I froze. I couldn't have done anything for myself. Because of you all I got was a broken ankle,” he said.
“I-”
“You know what it's like when the girl who you spent so much time making fun of both to her face and behind her back tries so hard to save your life, even risking her own life. Why didn't you just let me fall? You don't even like me,” he said.
“Just because you can be a bit mean at times doesn't mean that you don't deserve to live,” she said.
“Before I fell, you tried to warn me that the glass was broken. I'm sorry for not listening,” he said.
“I should have reported that glass right away but I thought it was interesting.”
Rocky laughed. “You're a saint, Zoe, you know that? Always have been.”
Zoe smiled. “So I guess this means we can be friends?”
“Who wouldn't want to be friends with you?”
Zoe smiled and then leaned over to give Rocky a hug.

The Forgotten World Part 14

Index

The Forgotten World Part 12

The Forgotten World Part 11

“Right this way, Zoe,” Jacob said going into a room. A man also followed them in. Zoe and Jacob put Rocky on the table.
“I'm Dr. John,” he said. “So let me get this straight. You two fell from hundreds of feet up in the air and all you got was a hurt ankle?” He pointed at Rocky. “And this one didn't take any harm at all?” He pointed to Zoe. “Tell me, how is that possible?”
“It was my shoe it slowed down our fall,” Rocky said.
“Rocky hit the ground before me. He broke my fall,” Zoe said.
“Fine. Fine. I'm not sure if it's broken or just twisted, I mean nothing looks out of place or weird, but I'm going to put a cast on it anyway. You'll be able to get it off in a month,” Dr. John said.
“Wait, can't you just cure it with a laser?” Rocky said his eyes growing wide.
“Oh, boy,” Dr. John responded shaking his head. “Maybe where you're from. But if we can't even take a decent X-ray then we definitely can't do that. And since this is obviously your first time getting a cast, I'm going to warn you it's going to hurt quite a bit.”
Rocky whimpered. “I'm not sure if I want-”
“Stop being such a baby. I'll tell you one thing, kid, if you're going to live here you're going to need to man up,” he said. “Listen, if you don't get a cast on it and don't let it set it's going to hurt even worse.”
“Um, okay. I'll do it,” Rocky said squeezing his eyes shut.
“I'm going to ask you four to leave,” Dr. John said to Zoe, Jacob, and his sisters.
“Okay,” Jacob said as he guided the girls out.
As soon as they were out Rachel turned to Zoe and said, “You get to sleep in our room.”
“What?” Jacob said.
“She's right. Zoe's your responsibility which in turn means she's our responsibility,” Leah said.
“I think you're right, and we definitely have enough room for two more cots. I think we can make it work. Who's going to tell mom and dad?” Jacob said.
“We're right here,” a tall woman with the same nose and the same light-brown hair color as Jacob said.
“And we already set up the two additional cots,” the man that was her companion said.
“I'm Ruth and this is my husband, Daniel,” the woman said. “C'mon we'll show you where you'll be staying.” She then grabbed Zoe by the hand and led her up the stairs.
Zoe sighed and turned towards Jacob. “I hope that gets easier,” she said smiling.
“You hope what gets easier?” he responded.
“Stairs. Would you believe that the ones we just went up are only my second?” she said.
“Yeah, you'll get used to them,” he said.
“Thank goodness,” she said.
She was then led a little bit further and into a room. On the floor were six cots arranged in a circular pattern. They were all a light tan and each had a pillow on the end except one had two. The walls were covered hand prints and all sorts of things in different colors of paints. There was a storage unit against one wall that more of the brown storage units Zoe had seen in the house. “It's very nice,” she said.
“Thank-you. You'll be staying here for a while so I hope so,” Ruth said. “I going to go help with dinner. I'll come get you when it's ready.

The Forgotten World Part 13

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