This World We Live In (The Last Survivors, Book 3) by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Author:Susan Beth Pfeffer [Pfeffer, Susan Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-09-04T00:25:45+00:00

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Chapter 11 June 12

Jon and Julie biked into town to get our Monday food. Julie offered to drive the van, and Mom nearly had a fit.

When they got back, they were loaded with a dozen bags of food.

"One bag for each of us," Julie said. "Including Gabriel. And an extra bag for Lisa."

There was less in each bag than we used to get, but it was stil very nice of them to include extra for Lisa and to throw in a bag for Gabriel. With al the food in the house and none of it poisoning us so far, the food from town is pretty much a supplement.

Amazing. Enough food for al of us.

"I don't know how we're going to do it," Mom said.

"But let's have a feast tonight."

"Like a party?" Julie asked.

"Exactly like a party," Mom said. "Lisa, is it al right with you if we have a party in the sunroom?"

"It's a wonderful idea," Lisa said. "Why don't we move our mattresses into the dining room and spread blankets out, like a picnic."

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"Miranda, go tel the guys they need to come in early tonight," Mom said. "Alex, too, of course. Julie, you go upstairs and tel Syl."

"A party," Dad said when I told him. "Great idea.

We have a lot to celebrate. Matt's marriage, and our homecoming, and the food, and our move to Mrs.

Nesbitt's."

Matt didn't look al that excited, and Alex looked uncomfortable, but Dad didn't notice. Dad always liked parties.

Charlie, Syl, and I lugged Dad and Lisa's mattresses into the dining room. Lisa took Gabriel into the kitchen with her while I gave the sunroom floor a good mopping. Julie and Charlie went to Mrs. Nesbitt's to get her silverware and glasses.

We've been eating in shifts, so we never needed service for ten.

Since we've gone three days without food poisoning, we had a lot of opened cans to eat from.

Plus rice and shad.

The electricity cooperated by staying on almost al evening, so in addition to cooking on the woodstove, we used the microwave. There was no way we could cook enough for ten people at one time. So first we had a few sips of vegetable soup, and then we shared bites of spinach and mushrooms, and then the main course of rice, shad, and green beans. We each had two dried figs for dessert.

Then the party began. We're used to spending the evenings together in the sunroom, Bible studies in one corner, chess and card games in another, but the whole idea of a party is to play the same games together. Charlie suggested charades.

"What's charades?" Julie asked.

I had the feeling Alex didn't know, either, but to be fair about it, I doubt Jon does and it's not like I've ever played.

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Charlie explained about acting out names of songs or movies or books, and we divided into boys vs. girls. The boys went into the kitchen to come up with their titles, and we girls stayed in the sunroom to work out ours. Gabriel was an honorary girl.

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