I woke up to the sound of an argument going on downstairs. Ugh, can they just shut up? It's still dark out, and I want to sleep. I flip over and try to go back to sleep. I'm about to doze off when I hear my door slam open. "JACOB, GET UP!" Arc shined his phone's flashlight on me. "Arc, It's like...I don't know, but it's super early. Let me sleep." I turn my head to look at him. "No, it's twelve in the afternoon." My brother taps on the frame of my door. "Haha, really funny, like I'm going to fall for that one. Just leave and let me sleep." I sink into my bed. "fine, look at your phone then." He crossed his arms. "If you insist." I reach over to my end table and grab my phone. I was hoping this was some practical joke, that wasn't the case. I turned on my phone and, of course, the light blinded me. So, I turned the brightness and saw that it really was twelve. "Oh my god! you weren't joking." I threw my blankets off and got out of bed. "Why would I?" He started walking out. I grabbed my phone and I threw on a hoodie because it was cold in the house. "Are mom and dad up yet? Do they even know what's going on?" I dashed downstairs, my hand skimming the white railing. "They're not here." Arc quickly followed behind me. I stopped just before the entrance of the living room and looked at my brother behind me. "...What do you mean?" I started to panic. "Both John and I looked everywhere in the house, they weren't anywhere. It's like they just disappeared." Arc went into the living room. "there wasn't any sign of them leaving? They just...disappeared?" I followed behind Arc trying to wrap my head around what was going on. Why is it so dark out, and yet It's twelve-thirty? Where are mom and dad? "That's what I said wasn't it?" Arc sat down on the couch. It was tan and super comfy. "why are all the lights off in the house?" I went over to the living room light switch. "we don't have any power." John came out of basically nowhere, scaring the living shit out of me. "Jesus Christ! Don't scare me like that! I'm already freaking out enough as it is." I walked over to the couch and sat on it. John came over and sat next to me, pulling out his phone to look at something. "so did you try the TV?" I stood up and went to the TV. "well, no, but it doesn't matter because we don't have power" I heard John's phone start to ring. Who was he calling? Doesn't matter I just need to see if we at least have power to the TV. I press the power button and was blinded by a bright white screen of what type of TV it was. I readjusted my eyesight and turned on the news. "riots break after the sun disappears. stay in your house and make sure your windows and doors are locked. Stay safe out there, and may God be with you all." And just like that, the power turns off to the TV. "I..." I hesitated before turning around. "We need to make sure all the doors and windows are boarded up" I walked over to our supply closet and got out all of our wooden planks.
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"And this should be the last one" John Hammered a nail into the plank. well, that took...longer than it probably could've. Oh well, at least we'll be safe here until rescue comes...if they ever will come. I sat down on the couch and let out a sigh, all of this just came out of nowhere...I feel...weird and I'm not sure if this is a dream or not. where did the sun go? where are my parents? I don't know! And that's the problem, I want to know what's going on. I grab my phone out of my pocket and check my messages. Nothing...really thought my phone would be blowing up with texts from everyone seeing if I was okay. Oh right, no cell service that's why. I put my phone away and laid down on the couch, trying to calm myself. "I think I'm gonna take a nap, please try not to be too loud." I roll to where my back was facing outwards. "Okay, I think it's best we keep quiet for a while." John had noticeably lowered his voice. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, but the eerieness of the silence of the house and the faint sound of the tornado sirens made it so I couldn't. I sat there just trying to get in a little sleep before we had to deal with another thing. Whether it's a person trying to break in, or one of us gets injured. I finally was about to doze off when I heard the Twitter notification. "UGH! I was just about to doze off too." I pull my phone and look at the tweet. 'I can hear the tornado sirens in the next county over, but the weather radar is clear.' Wait hold on let me check something. I exit twitter and open up the weather radar. The radar says it's a sunny and clear day. "yeah super friggin sunny, totally" I open up Twitter and look at the tweet again. I hadn't noticed it before but the account made two other tweets. One at Nine-twenty-four and another one at ten-forty-four. The account name was TheSunVanished...why would you make an account and name it that? It's whatever I don't care anyway, the world is literally ending as we speak.
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A couple of hours of anxious waiting for...something to happen passed. I had mostly stayed on my phone waiting to see if that account would post again. But just as I was going to put my phone away, the Twitter account posted again. 'Where is the sun.' ...probably somewhere we'll never be able to see it again...at least not in our lifetime. I smush my face into one of the couch pillows. Why did this have to happen. god...I wish I knew, but I don't...Where did the sun go? I feel the couch cushions shift as one of my brothers sits next to me. "Hey, Jake, what's wrong?" ...It's Arc. "Just...everything I guess. Mom and Dad are nowhere to be seen, and the sun just vanished. I-," I hear something like a jet fly over the house. I take my face out of the pillow and look at my brother. "You heard that too, right?" I stand up and peep through the cracks of the boards covering the windows. "Yeah, I did. What is it?" Arc stands up. I look at the sky, but there isn't anything that seems to be flying. "Nothing." I stop looking through the window and sit back down on the couch. "what do you mean, nothing? there was obviously something that flew over the house." Arc sits next to me again. "I know, but there wasn't anything when I checked, Okay? Just...don't pay attention to it." I stand up and head to the kitchen. I'm going fucking crazy! ugh...I hope all of this is just a fucking dream. I pace around the kitchen for a few minutes trying to think of something, when my phone starts to ring. I grab my phone out of my pocket and see that Paige is calling me. "Oh my god, you finally picked up! I was starting to think something bad happened to you." I hear her let out a sigh of relief. "What do you mean, I finally picked up? this is the first time you called me. If anything, I was starting to worry you were...well, ya know" I rub the back of my neck. "I've been trying to call you for the past hour!" She sounds annoyed. "Well, it didn't ring so...," I stop pacing. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. Are you able to get over here?" I can hear Paige open a can. "Yeah, I can. I'm on my way," I dash upstairs to my room and grab my car keys.
I'm about to leave my room when I realize I can't have my brothers know I'm gone. So instead I open up my window and climb out onto the roof. I use to come out here all the time but not so much anymore. I slide off my roof onto our trampoline, that way I don't break anything. I hop off my trampoline and Jump over my fence, making sure I was quiet as possible. I stop at the corner of the house and look around to see if anyone was outside. ...No one, good. I run over to my car and hop inside. I close the door, put the key in the ignition, and turned the car on. I back the car out of the driveway. "Crap, I can't see the road!" I turn my headlights on. Just as I was going to drive away, a light behind me starts strobing. Shit that can't be good. I'm about to turn around when I get the gut feeling that I should just drive forward. I stomp on the gas and start driving to Paige's house. "God! what was I thinking? Yeah, I'll just turn around and look at the death light!" I start mocking myself. It took about ten minutes to get to Paige's house. Normally the drive would've been shorter but I constantly had to take a different road because I would see another strobe light on the road I would be on. I turned the car off and stepped out of it. I step onto the pouch and I'm about to knock when Paige answers the door and rushes me inside. Oh, Chase, Liv, Gavin, AJ, Brady, And Jade are here as well. They were all in a circle of sorts, passing around all different types of alcoholic drinks and playing cards against humanity. I pulled Paige off to the side to talk to her. "Why did you want me to come here? I thought it was because you needed help." I stuffed my hands into my pockets. "No, the reason why I wanted you to come over here is that we could all hang out during the apocalypse. Cause' let's be honest, do you really want to be with your family right now?" Paige started inching towards the others. She's right, I mean considering what happened just a week ago, I would rather be here than at that horrid place. "Yeah, you're right. Well, let's get back to the others!" I walked over to the others and sat next to Liv. I grabbed a bottle of vodka just as the next game of card against humanity was being shuffled. "I thought you didn't drink." Liv looked at me with a curious expression. "It's the end of the world so I say, fuck it." I take a shot of vodka. It stings the back of my throat. "Fair enough." Liv took a shot of Tequila mixed with what I would hope is Hawaiian punch.
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I take another shot of vodka but I can barely hold on to the shot glass. "I know it's the end of the world, but that's your last shot. you've had three already!" Paige was still on her first glass of screwdriver...pussy. "Don't shyou tell me what to do. Cause' I'm my own *hic* pesr...pres............person!" I wave my finger in her face. "Get your finger out of my face." She jokingly shoves my finger out of her face. "O-oh........I'm such a bad friend! I invaded your personal space *sniffle* and......I was such a douche just now." I start crying. "Whoa, why are you crying? I know you didn't mean any harm." Paige hugs me. "Who wants Mac'n'Cheese? Jake and I are makin' some" Paige and I stand up. Everyone asks for some, so Paige and I go into the kitchen. "How.....did you know.....I wanted Mac'n'Cheese?" I sit down at the table. "I was hungry, so I decided I was gonna make some. Plus Mac'n'Cheese is comfort food, which you need right now" Paige puts the pan of water on to boil. "You are such a good fir...frein......friend. I don't know what I would do without you" I can feel the tears start to well up in my eyes. "Are you gonna cry again?" Paige grabs a box of Elbow Macaroni pasta. "no!" I wipe my eyes. "Mkay." Paige grabs some cheese from the fridge. About fifteen minutes later, the Mac'n'Cheese is done. "That smells so friggin' good" I grab a bowl and try to serve myself some but I can't hold onto the wooden spoon. Paige, seeing me struggle, helps me serve myself some Mac'n'Cheese. "Thank you! You're such a good friend!" I go back into the living room as everyone else goes into the kitchen. I take a bite of the Mac'n'Cheese, and a wave of euphoria washes over me. Oh my fucking god, this is the best thing I have ever tasted in my life. Everyone comes back into the living room and starts eating. I quickly finish my Mac'n'Cheese and go to get a glass of water. I manage to pour my glass of water, but just barely. I chug the glass of water and head back into the living room. I sit next to Liv and Paige while waiting for the next game of cards against humanity to start. "Finally got some water?" Paige turns to me. "Only because I was thirsty, so don't think I was doing it because I was drunk." I lay down. "don't fall asleep, we're about to start another game." Paige finally finishes her drink. "I won't trust me. I've pulled 3 all-nighters in a row before, so if anything, you shouldn't fall asleep." I point at her. I'm waiting for the next game when my eyes start to feel heavy. Then, suddenly, I blackout.
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I Jolt awake to the sound of a window shattering. Did someone break-in? No, it sounded like it came from...outside. I stand up but the killer headache I have made it difficult. I shuffle over to the door and look through the peephole. In the dark, I can barely see my car windows smashed. "NO! goddammit!" I walk over to Paige and shake her vigorously. "Dude, what do you want?" Paige slowly sat up. "Someone smashed in my car's windows!" I start pacing the living room. "Wait, what!" Paige stands up, grabs a flashlight, and opens the door. "Oh my god, someone did smash the windows in. Not only that, they slashed the tires!" Paige turns to me with a scared look. "NO!" I sprint outside and look at my car. DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT! Now I can't get anywhere, FUCK! I'm standing there trying to figure out what to do when I hear two gunshots and the sudden pain of getting shot in the shoulder and leg. I grab my shoulder and collapse onto the ground, hitting my head on the concrete driveway. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" I scream out in agonizing pain. I take my hand off my shoulder and look at the crimson blood that was getting soaked into my hoodie. "oh fuck..." I place my hand back onto my shoulder and rest on the ground. I can feel the blood from my leg soaking the pant leg around it. "JAKE!" Paige came sprinting outside. "NO! DON-," Before I could even think, Paige was shot in the thigh. Her blood splattered on my face. I couldn't do anything, I just looked on in horror as Paige collapsed onto the ground. No, I can't just lay here and do nothing! I have to kill this mother fucker! I manage to stand up and grab the gun out of my waistband. "COME AND GET ME FUCKER! I CAN TAKE A LOT MORE THAN THIS!" I point the gun in the direction the shots came from. "How are you standing up? And why do you have a gun?" Paige groans in pain. "I'm a Litwin, It takes a lot to keep me down." I'm still pointing the gun at whoever is or isn't there. Dammit, must've gotten away. I manage to shuffle over to Paige and sit next to her. "You didn't have to do that. I mean he probably only meant to get you," Paige sits up. "Yes I......di-did," I feel light-headed. "Jake, are you okay?" Paige turns to me. "yeah...I feel.....fiiiiiiiiiinee," I collapse onto my back. "Oh my god! Jake, you're getting pale...and losing a lot of blood," Paige looks at my shoulder and inner thigh. "Don't......worry......I'll be fine," I can barely raise my hands. I can feel my blood soak more and more of my clothes. Is this how I die? Heh, at least I'm with my best friend. I try to tell Paige I'm glad to have met her, but I'm too weak now to talk. Everyone comes rushing outside, Livs calls 911, Chase puts pressure on my shoulder and leg, Jade tends to Paige, and everyone else looks on in horror. The last thing I see is Jade screaming Paige and Paige collapsing. Goodbye, everyone, it was nice to meet you. I feel the world fade out as I fall unconscious.