Remember When the World Ended?

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About a character who is certain the world is going to end today.

Victor shook Nancy awake.

She wasn’t happy about it. “What! What are you doing?”

“It’s late. We have to go.”

“I was sleeping. Do you know what time it is?” She returned to her pillow.

Victor shook her again. “I told you we need to go. I told you about it yesterday. Remember? The world? It’s ending? You don’t want to miss it, do ya?”

“Again? Can’t it just end without me? I’ll watch it on the news.” Most of this was mumbled into her pillow.

“Baby, it doesn’t work like that. This is a one shot deal.”

Nancy lay still but Victor could tell something was happening. Suddenly she sat up with a fierce look on her face. Victor had to step back to keep from bumping heads.

She looked at him with a scowl. “This is my day to sleep in, Vic. Don’t jerk my chain.”

“I wouldn’t do that, baby. This is going to be big.”

“How big?”

“Uhm, big as the world? Like, big as the end of the world?”

“I didn’t see anything about it on Facebook.”

“Trust me. They didn’t want everyone to know. Avoid the panic and all.”