The Last Day on Earth by Allinson R.M

Author:Allinson, R.M. [Allinson, R.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Tembara Publishing
Published: 2013-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Lucy shook Jess awake. She muttered and pushed Lucy’s hand away, rolled over and pulled the doona over her head.

“Come on, Jess, wake up.”

“I don’t wanna.”

“I know you don’t, but we have a busy day ahead of us.”

Jess rolled back over and blinked blearily up at Lucy.

“Please tell me that it was just a dream.”

“It was just a dream.”

“Liar.”

“Yep.”

“Thought so,” Jess sighed.

“Sorry.”

“Not your fault.” Jess yawned and sat up. “Jeez, how much did we drink last night? My head does not like me right now.”

Mitch came thundering up the stairs, glass of water and pills in hand. Lucy bemusedly watched as he sheepishly handed them to Jess. He’d had a painfully obvious crush on Jess for over a year now. At least it was obvious to Lucy; apparently not so obvious to Jess, who feigned ignorance and disbelief any time Lucy brought the subject up. Lucy wondered if the threat of their impending demise would spur Mitch into action.

“Thanks, Mitch. I’m blaming this on you and your tequila by the way,” Jess mumbled as she took the proffered gifts.

“Anytime.”

“Hey, Luce, can I use your laptop?” Jess asked after swallowing the pills with a large gulp of water. Lucy nodded and sunk down onto the floor. Mitch followed suit, leaning against Lucy’s bookshelf.

Jess reached over, grabbed the laptop off Lucy’s desk and flipped it open.

“No luck, they haven’t retracted the catastrophic outlook yet,” Jess said after a moment.

“Bugger.”

“Oh, the PM put out a statement telling everyone to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. What’s with that? Shouldn’t he be telling us to stay calm and everything will be fine?”

Mitch nodded. “You’d think so.”

“Have the Americans come out with anything new?”

Jess was silent for a moment, scanning the screen in front of her.

“Nope, not really. Oh, riots and looting in New York, L.A., London and Paris.”

“Already? Sheesh,” Mitch exclaimed.

“How about Toronto?”

Jess looked sharply at Lucy. “It doesn’t say anything, so I’m assuming no, or at least nothing major.”

Lucy bit her lip. She was worried about her sister and nephews. How far away was Toronto from New York again?

“Any mention of Vancouver? Mum said my brother-in-law is there.”

Jess shook her head. “Melbourne trains are running on a Sunday schedule today. Apparently some of the train drivers turned up for work. At the moment they’re guaranteeing two more days of limited service, no promises after that.”

Mitch swore. “I didn’t think about that. Glad I have my bike. Although I don’t really want to ride all the way to Geelong.”

“I can drive you there if you want,” Lucy said. “It’s on my way.”

“When are you going?”

Lucy shrugged. “Either tonight or tomorrow morning. Mum’s worried. She wants me home as soon as possible.”

“Yeah, I don’t blame her. Some of these riots look pretty bad,” Jess said. She was still reading on the laptop.

“I wonder how long it will take for someone to snap here and start smashing windows,” Mitch said.

“Yeah, it only takes one or two people, then everyone else loses their heads and before you know it you’ve got a full-scale riot on your hands,” Lucy replied.

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