When the world ends

The days before

16 years later.

Juno.

Waves of torment rack my body. I can’t move. Sweat is pooling underneath me. A guttural scream comes from me like they have for months. I wake with a start, my eyes snap open to see Atlas leaning over me. Concern so deep dripping from his green eyes and furrowed brow. He hands me a glass of cold water and some aspirin. I take it quickly drinking the water like it's bringing me back to life.

Just as I drink the last drop the door swings on its hinges. My parents standing with the same concern in their eyes matching my own. Strangely all of us have green eyes just in various shades. “They’re getting worse.” My father says, sadness dripping from every word. He sets down a tray with some hot honey tea and a stack of huge pipping hot pancakes, maple syrup wafting up to my nose. “ It's almost time.” my mother says fear making her voice squeak.

Bile rises up in my throat. This moment has been looming over our heads since we can remember. Just before I have time to dwell on it a small knock comes through the room. Like a breath of fresh air a face I know all too well comes into the room smiling from ear to ear. “How are my favorite twins” he says pure joy radiating from him. “Uncle Jonas! You came!” I said feeling a little self conscious because so many people are piled into my room. However I still can’t control my joy. He goes to my mother kissing her forehead them both smiling at each other like no one else in the room matters. He goes to my father with same eager smile wrapping him in a firm but loving embrace. “ Nanda. Atticus. I hear it's almost time.” smile disappearing from his face almost like it was never there. My father turns to him the scar on his forehead light bouncing off it a glint of sorrow passing through my uncles eyes. “It is almost time.” My father says dropping his head defeated. my mother stands sensing me uncomfortably. “Ok lets go eat some breakfast. this room is getting way to cramped. I’m sure Juno would like to get dressed with out an audience.” She says with a chuckle. Everyone realizing it. Awkwardly stands up and mills out of the room.

I sit there and let my thoughts wash over me feeling every emotion as it passes by. Three days from now will be our 16th birthday and the world as we know it will end. All the decisions and moments leading up has been set in stone for eons. I sit there almost letting the weight of it all crush me. I feel eyes on me snapping me out of it. I look over to see green eyes that match mine faces eerily similar. Atlas my twin brother. I feel as though we look nothing alike, more differences than similarities. Our eyes match especially in intensity they differ only by the fact that he has golden flecks in his eyes while I have blue. We both have freckles his under his eyes and a splash on his nose, mine just a splash on my nose. Looking at his face his always so kind while mine are fiery. “You never left?” I asked questioningly. “cant’t slip anything pass you?” he answers chuckling. “ I am glad that my life doesn’t lie in your keen observation skills.”

“Otherwise we wouldn’t even make it out of this room.” He finishes smile from ear to ear. “ha ha” I fein. “ Honestly you might be right had it not been for the fact that I just woke up from a nightmare you haven’t had yet.” ” Not to mention the fact that you're an ass!” I finish smiling.

“Now if you don’t mind I would like to get up and brush my teeth so it doesn’t taste like I have been eating ass all night.” I breath towards him. “Whoah did jack spend the night with you last night?” he says with his hand on his chest and a surprised look on his face. As if on cue in comes jack a very large german Shepard comes trotting in tongue laying lazily out of the side of his mouth. We both look at each other and uncontrollably shake with laughter. I slap his shoulder “OUT GO NOW!” He stand and makes his way out the door jack at his heels. Just as he gets to the door he says “Just one more night jun and then it will be my turn. You just have to make it one more night.” Closing the door behind him . I let the thought settle over me for a second. We share everything I just wish it wasn’t everything.

I run my hands through my hair and I realize then that I look like a**a from that scene in F****n 2. How f*****g embarrassing. I peel the covers off there sopping wet gross! I need a shower. I let the water run letting it get warm I turn to face the mirror to brush my teeth and see how bad it is. s**t it's a lot worse than I thought. My naturally curly hair thanks to my parents my mom being black and my dad being white. They would tell us when we were little we got all the good from mom and all the good from dad making us just the way we were suppose to be.

Looking at the claw foot tub I realize I deserve a bath instead. I let the water fill up the tub I slip slowly inside letting my body get use to the water. Letting my thoughts over take me slipping into my realm. I feel the peace and clam rush over me feeling like home. I look around and my wolf comes slinking over to me and laying her head on my lap.” Hello Linka.” She looks up with her golden eyes love swirling suddenly her long pink tongue laps at my face. I look at her wiping the ungodly amount of drool off my face as she is rolling on the ground with her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth. Laughing “You should see the look on your face!” she says with a unapologetic look in her eyes. “You should be glad you're apart of me. Have you ever seen yourself laugh its really not a good look. You know with teeth and the eyes and the onyx fur you look like a demon. “ Laughing harder than her. It immediately wipes the smile off of her face. “Hey!” she says paw to her chest feigning hurt. Well its nothing like when you're in the middle of shifting you look like a giant rat with thinning hair.” resuming her laughter. “ If you guys are just going to sit there and make fun of each other I can come back later when you're both in tears.” Atlas says with a smirk on his face. “Mom says stop sulking and come downstairs we need to talk.” Reluctantly I pat Linka on the head and open my eyes. I get up and get dressed making my way downstairs with my hair still wrapped in a towel.