Never Look Back: A Dystopian Novel by Mortimer L.C

Author:Mortimer, L.C. [Mortimer, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I couldn’t sleep for long. I’d been sleeping fine all week. Seeing my friends die, watching the world crumble, and finding my place in a strange universe where I only had two pairs of clothes hadn’t been enough to keep me awake, but a thunderstorm was. Somehow it seemed too normal, too usual. Kansas always got bad thunderstorms, but tonight’s was different. The heaving thunder claps shook the tiny farmhouse and I wondered how good the roof was. Would it leak? What about the windows? Were they sturdy enough to hold up? I worried about how we would handle damage to the house without a repairman on call. After all, how would we get glass or new roof tiles without access to a hardware store? How would we install them without the right training? How would we fix damage to the siding?

I sat, curled up in my space on the couch and stared at the closed drapes ahead of me. I knew that I needed to stop worrying. It was important to stop focusing on the negative or I’d just stress myself out. Worrying about “what-if’s” never helped anyone. It certainly wasn’t doing me any good.Flashes of lightning occasionally made their way through the dense curtains and momentarily lit up the room, revealing the pictures on the wall and reminding me how alone I was. I couldn’t do this, not tonight. No one else was awake and I didn’t know how they were able to sleep through the incredible noise. It felt like a freight train would ram through the house at any moment. I couldn’t do this alone.

Finally shifting the quilt off of myself, I slipped down from the couch and darted as quietly and quickly upstairs as I could. I doubted anyone could hear the creaking of the stairs over the sound of the thunder, but I also didn’t want to wake Sarah if she had finally been able to get some rest. Her room was to the right and the door was closed tightly. I fought the urge to open it and check on her and George, to make sure they were safe and warm. It wasn’t my place. I knew that, and waking up to a strange girl tucking an extra blanket on you would be weird.

Instead, I turned to the left, to Brian’s door, and opened it without knocking. He was snoring loudly in the bed but at the moment, no noise had ever sounded as wonderful and welcoming. My clothes came off quickly and I slid under the covers on the opposite side of the bed and curled up next to him. I wrapped my arm around his abdomen, positioning my body directly next to him. His snoring stopped momentarily as he rolled over and realized he had company. His kiss was as soft as I expected it to be, and it didn’t take long for me to forget the thunder.

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