Quiet Earth

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Dear Diary

        Today was a Monday. I woke up and looked across at my alarm clock, 10:15am. Oh no! I sat up quickly and climbed out of bed grabbing my dressing gown on my way down the stairs.

“Mom?” I shouted.  “Mom I overslept why didn’t you wake me?” There was no reply. “Mom are you in?” I searched down stairs and getting no reply, ran back up into my bedroom. I walked over to the window and saw my mom’s car still parked on the driveway. Where could she have gone? Well there was no point me going to school by then so I went into the kitchen to make my self some breakfast.

The clock turned eleven but there was still no sign of my mom. I tried her mobile three times but there wasn’t even dial tone. I was starting to worry now. I had to go and look for her as she couldn’t have gone far without her car could she? I thought she might have been down to the shop and got talking to a friend from work again. I grabbed my money and keys off the table and headed down the road.
There were cars parked everywhere, just sat in the middle of the road. The engines still running and car doors wide open. Where could everyone have been? People don’t just get out of their cars and walk off! I started running past them looking in through the windows hoping to see someone inside. They were all empty. I started to panic and my hands began to shake. I ran faster and faster down the street as rain began pounding down on my head. I saw a faint hall light on in a nearby house window. I banged the door as loud as I could.

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“Hello, is there anyone in there?” I heard a dog barking from the other side of the door. “Hello? Please I need you’re your help! Hello?” Eventually I gave up and start to cry. This joke isn’t funny anymore I thought. I just wanted to see someone and make sure they were ok. Just see someone and know I’m not going completely mad!

I stood up and pulled my hood up over my head. I slowly walked back home still on the look out for people.

When I finally got back home it was already quarter past one. I ...

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