The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier

Author:Alexandra Blogier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

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That night, I lie in bed, my heart aching in a way I’ve never felt before. The door to my room slides open. I half expect it to be my dad, here to apologize, but Zo climbs into bed next to me. I close my eyes, pretending to sleep.

“I know you’re awake,” she says, curling up against me. I can hear the happiness in her voice.

She pokes my rib cage, hard, until I turn over to face her.

“Braxon asked me to be his girlfriend,” she whispers.

I don’t say anything, thinking of Ryn, knowing if I speak I’ll only start to cry. She keeps talking, and I try to listen. I try to be happy for her, but my mind is scattered, unfocused, darting between the past and now.

When we were younger, our father told us stories about the way life was on Earth during his first missions. Zo’s favorite stories were about the houses humans lived in, houses made of wood, with doors that opened using keys, but my favorite story was always about fireflies.

Imagine, he would say, a creature that lit up like the stars to find its mate. He told us that the night sky was once filled with fireflies, that he would catch them in his hands, watching them glow, before releasing them back to the air. I liked to think of my own skin glowing, my body blinking in the darkness to find someone to love, someone who could love me back.

But when I close my eyes now, there is no flicker, no light.

Only darkness.

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