4. End of the world.
November 28, 2023 at 2:11 AM
10/11/2020 11:46 PM
During this and the next two months my cousin lived with me. It was late, time to go to bed.
I - Goodnight sis.
P - ...night.
I unwillingly turned to the wall and tried to fall asleep. Polina managed to fall asleep in literally 10 minutes, and I still had to suffer for another half an hour. In the end, I was carried away to another reality...
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It’s quite light outside, Polya is sitting in her TikToks, my tablet is charging in another room, my parents are in another apartment now, so there’s no one at home except us and two ginger cats. I sat on the windowsill, trying to create something. That's right, now I was looking for imagination and drawing ideas in nature. And I notice the sun behind the house opposite ours.
I - Pauline? Look.
P - What.
I - Don’t you think it’s strange that it’s almost noon now, the sky is bright, but the sun is there?
P - ...yeah...
My gaze noticed another source of light in the sky, where it should be now.
I - Wait, what is this then?...
P - ...two suns?? Do you really think that I know??
I - wait a minute...
A realization came to me. There was definitely no sun behind the house. What then?... One of the unpleasant guesses came into my mind.
I - Don't tell me what it is-
The siren interrupted me. Loud alerts about impending danger popped up on gadgets. Fear rolled in like a tsunami. Or hit the calm, like...
I - ...meteorite...
There was panic in my heart, but I had to stay calm and get ready now. There is no time for hysterics.
I - Pack all the food, water and clothes, there will be no connection, the phone is useless. The city will lose power. Parents will take care of themselves.
And I didn’t allow myself to loaf, I started collecting my things, medicines from the first aid kit, a lot of matches and everything that was most essential to me. We need to act quickly, every second cost us our lives. I also took a thick notebook to write down everything that would happen while we were in the basement of the house, and several pencils, an eraser and a sharpener. My sister was in a panic. While she was getting dressed, she almost tore her jacket, her eyes were wet. I was no less worried, most of all I was afraid for my companions. Yes, they came first, because my parents couldn’t give me what they gave. Everything was blurry before my eyes, it felt like my heart was about to break my ribs at its frantic pace...
It took about ten minutes to get ready, and the cats were also taken. Polina went first. From the window into the kitchen it was clear that now everything would end. The meteorite was very close to the earth. The wind got stronger. I won't make it.
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31/12/2020 9:52 PM
The whole family gathered at the New Year's table (grandmother, uncle, aunt, mother, sister and father), I watched TV while the rest were discussing something. They were playing the program "Diesel Show", there was a scene with the humanization of years, literally. A child with the number 2021 appeared on stage. The older ones were touched and asked a couple of questions.
2020 – Here it is, the most wonderful year...
2021 – Then let's name
the meteorite that is flying towards us!~
What.
I was seriously scared; the glass of juice almost slipped out of my hand.
M – ..Sunshine, is everything okay?
I – I.. will explain everything later.