A change

It's already been a month, since the explosion has happened. Of course, everyone is still in shock and hurt and sad, but it is slowly getting better.

The living in this place, starts to become for everyone, every day a bit more normal. They actually just get used to it, but obviously no one will ever forget their 'past' lives.

With every week. On every Wednesday.

A new delivery with, as promised, food, water, tools, clothes and sometimes random stuff comes.

Today is also a Wednesday and everyone is getting ready for it.

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I sigh while I throw myself at my bed in my 'new' house.

A lot has happened the past few weeks, and I don't even know how to start. Thus, I began to write a diary around three weeks ago.

I mean, paper and pencil is already here, so why not use it?

The very first day I wrote into it was quite literally positive. Well, after a few days you can read that it gets badder and badder with every day which passes by and it ends with the break up from me and Parker.

Yup, we dated. Just for or a week, but we dated.

What a scandal. Jaden Mack and Parker Heegan dating? Get the news!

The problem was, we just didn't want to be alone and have someone we know well by our sides. It kind of felt like love, but actually was just the best friends thing. You know?

Anyway, because of this circumstances with Parker, we decided that Aidan and me change our places. So that it is now me and Finnegan, and Aidan, Parker and Caleb. Which is actually quite cool, because now, I get to know some other nice people than 'only' Parker.

It's now around 4pm. We managed it to find out what the times are with looking at the position of the sun, and I ended up just lying in my bed, staring at the ceiling while thinking about everything and nothing.

The world is a mysteries.

When I suddenly hear a knock on the door, I sit up fastly and blink several times for coming back to reality.

''Yeah?'' I ask and Finnegan, everyone actually calls him Finn, walks inside.

''Sup?'' He asks back and sits down next to me. Only by the look of his face, I already know he is here for a different reason than just talk.

''Nothing much as you can see,'' I chuckle quietly and Finn smiles at me a tiny bit.

''What about you?''

''Oh not much either-- Carmen and Caleb are working on a plan how to continue this all and what happens when we are all dead, yeah.. Oh and today is another Wednesday, which means we'll get new resources.'' Finn answers and gets quiet after that.

Since I am living with him for now around two weeks, I am capable of recognizing when he tries to cover his emotions. Which he apparently since always does and I think it's terrible. Finn also covers his mumbling, even though I think it's nothing he should be ashamed of.

''Okay, at which time are the resources coming again? I forgot it.'' I sigh and Finnegan stands up while replying quietly.

''In around an hour, are you gonna be there today?''

''I guess so.''

''Cool, see ya later then.'' Finn nods, before opening the door, but I stop him.

''You know, you don't have to hide your mumbling.'' I smile at him weakly and he shrugs, glancing at the floor.

''I gotta go now.'' With that words, he leaves and I sigh. Still sitting on that damn bed.

After around ten minutes, I finally go downstairs and leave the house. As soon as I finish, I check on everything and begin walking to the south side gate of this weird place.

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''We should go too today.'' I say when Will, once again, is too lazy for going to the weekly resources thing and he groans annoyed, burying his face in my chest from what my cheeks flush a little.

''But it's boring and there's anyways always the same and....'' Will shrugs and looks back at me, while I think about everything that happened zone completely out.

''Ethan!'' Will says loudly and I wince a little.

''Sorry, I zoned out.'' I laugh awkwardly and he rolls his eyes at me.

''Stop saying sorry, please.'' He grins and I bite my lip for stopping myself from saying--

''Sorry.''

Shit.

''Oh come oooon!'' Will groans again and shakes his head, while I smirk at him for covering that I actually tried to not saying it.

Wait I have an idea.

I mean, I have many ideas. The most just don't work out.

''I will stop when you come to the south gate with me and the others today.'' I grins and Will sighs once again, but grabs after my hand and pulls me up from the sofa we are sitting on.

''Okay. But you really have to stop.'' He looks at me serious and I nod, which causes Will to smile a little. Even though I can obviously see that he doesn't want to go there at all.

''Well then, let's go.'' My boyfriend pulls me after him through the door and we leave the house, walking hand in hand along the path to the gate.

''Hey guys.'' Jaden suddenly greets us and my hands begin to sweat a bit again, because I am not prepared for a conversation with people which aren't close to me.

''Hey dude.'' Will greets him back calmly. Squeezing my hand, as a sign that he would be there for me, when I wouldn't know what to say.

''H-hi!'' I stutter loudly, from what Jaden chuckles a bit.

''Woah Will, you're going to the gate? What a miracle!'' The boy laughs and I look back at the boy to my side, who sighs and shrugs.

''Not because of my own will.''

''Good job, Ethan.'' Jaden continues laughing and fist bumps me, while I am starting to walk with my view the rest of the time on the ground.

''I heard a rumour, but I don't know if it's true. Maddison said it, so I don't know if I should believe them.'' The boy with the short black hairs begins again and I look back up.

Maddison made up a lot of rumours in the past time.

Everyone has been a part of one for at least once.

It started with the tiny one that Aidan and Kaitlyn broke up. Which is true, but the reason why they did it got completely mixed up.

While Aidan says, it was because they lost feeling, Maddison says it was because Kaitlyn is a lesbian. But none of these are proved yet, so who cares.

I didn't get concerned from the rumours, I mean I wasn't a rumour until like a week ago.

Then out of all sudden Maddy told people I used to date Caleb, which isn't true at all. I mean we barely even talk, so it gets kind of annoying and I don't know how to act around the Maxwell siblings in general anymore.

Will also asks a few weird questions sometimes and I honestly try to ignore the stuff Maddy says, but as it seems, I can't get around everything.

So here we go.

''Which one?'' Will seems interested and we stop walking because Jaden speaks really quiet now.

''The one that Leah and Kaitlyn are dating.'' He whispers and my boyfriend begins to bursts out in laughing, but I just frown.

''N-e-v-e-r!'' Will spells out the letters and I stop focusing on their conversation, not wanting to get any wrong informations.

I mean, I am not an important part of the girl's life so why should I talk about them behind their back?

Why are people in general always talking about others without them knowing? This is such bullshit.

''You sure everyone would be ready for celebrating a birthday after...that what happened?'' Will suddenly asks and my focus is back.

Birthday?

''I don't know, Carmen said it could, y'know, give us a kind of a break from all the seriousness.'' The other boy sighs quietly and I am able to see the pain in his eyes.

''Yeah, I see.'' Will nods and we carry on waking. The gate already in our views.

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''Something is weird today.'' I walk around, already at the gate, while Diana just sits on the ground leaned against a big tree.

''Just because you didn't get an announcement? Oh come on C, that's not that weird.'' Diana raises an eyebrow and bites into an apple she brought with her.

''Yes! Exactly because of that!'' I hiss and look at the gate again. Then back at the time on the clock we got from the last delivery.

4:57pm.

''What if they stop sending stuff? We are all as good as dead when that happens!'' I start to panic, but my new best friend just laughs before she speaks up.

''We will die anyway and then no one is left on the earth. I think that doesn't matter anymore.''

She is right. We'll die anyway, but it doesn't mean we can't fight for surviving.

''I think the person who make the announces will tell us what to do sooner or later.'' I shrug and check the time again.

4:58pm.

''What's your plan, Sampaguita?'' Diana finishes her Apple and throws the rest into the small woods behind her.

''I-- I think we still need to... figure that out.'' I gulp when I realize that I have no idea how to change the situation here.

''Well, that's a perfect plan.'' She laughs sarcastically and stands up.

I look back at the clock and nod slowly, when it shows 5:00pm and the other arrive after another.

''So? Anything here yet?'' Caleb suddenly appears next to me and I jump a bit to the side out of reflex.

''Don't you have eyes, Caleb?'' His sister, Lydia, rolls her eyes and crosses her arms, glaring at him in annoyance.

''I don't know, do I?'' Her brother smiles at her ironically and the girl scoffs, before going away to Maddison.

After everyone is here, and the time shows 5:05pm. The gates open a little bit and a package, plus something looking like a human-- wait what?

What the...?

''Wait, is that-?!'' Aidan gasps and I look at him, seeing how he and Finn stare at each other and are apparently thinking the same.

''Woah, woah, woah, are you guys telling me this is another living human?'' Parker wides his eyes, while Caleb slowly walks over to the body, probabaly checking their heartbeat.

''He's alive...-'' Caleb exclaims out of breath and everyone glances at him in shock.

''Let me go to him, I might know who it is.'' Aidan steps forward and we let him go through the middle, until he kneels down next to the boy and Caleb.

''Am I stupid or is that-- Finn come here!'' Aidan shouts with a worried look on his face to the short boy, who hurrys next to him.

''It is, I-.'' Finnegam wides his eyes and the boys stare at each other for a moment.

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As you just found out, we were able to find another survivor. He somehow managed it to get away from the explosion and hid near our bunker.

ADDING AVERY PRESTON TO THE LIST.