Sadie's Last Days on Earth Page #7

my finer qualities.

Sadie, tomorrow's

forecast of doom

has me noodle stewing.

Maybe you're right.

- I have been telling you...

- no!

About how records aren't mates.

I mean, they are, but they

shouldn't be

my only friends.

I think I started running

in the hallways

with you 'cause I thought

this old fish

would swim backwards upstream.

No offense.

- Eh.

- I figured with all

your nutter ideas,

you couldn't possibly

cast me off

as a radio rental.

Mental.

But I learned you're smashing.

Anyway, maybe I've got

this front

because I'm afraid people

won't accept me.

- Hm, that's very mature...

or wise of you, I think, Teddy.

But you're you.

A really great you.

And that's no front.

- I'm not British.

- Well, I figured I could be

someone new in high school,

and if people can pick their

clothes, why not their accents?

- That's... fair, I guess.

- You know, if I didn't

say that out loud,

I would've just buried it

back down

once tomorrow comes and goes.

Whichever way it goes.

Thanks.

- I'm glad I could help, Teddy.

- I'm throwing a party tonight,

and it's for people

I actually go to school with.

- "One last bash

before the big smash."

Better hurry,

or we're gonna be late.

- One last history class, huh?

I can groove with that.

Did somebody die?

- No, no one died.

"The end is near."

So now they believe.

Crap, bye Teddy!

Hi.

I know you don't wanna

talk to me, but i...

- there was an earthquake

yesterday.

I know.

You told me so.

- No, I just...

I wanted to say goodbye.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- There she is.

- You know what to do, right?

- What are you guys

talking about?

- Can we stop it?

- The apocalypse.

Aren't you the expert?

- Umm, I dunno, I mean,

I know some.

- So what can we do?

- Nothing now!

You might just wanna

say your goodbyes.

- What?

- Goodbyes?

- Look, you have supplies.

Can, can we have some?

- I only have enough

for myself and...

I have to go.

Sorry I couldn't do more

to help.

Hide under a strong table

or door frame.

Fill all your jugs with water.

Goodbye!

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Sadie,

I can't tell you how much

you meant to me.

I built my whole life

around Calvin,

and I forgot to keep any

friends in the process.

But then I met you on the

bleachers, and I made a new one.

You're smart, funny,

and so damn strong

I wanna punch your xiphoid.

There's your last

anatomy lesson.

I want you to use

that foresight of yours

and not make the same mistakes

I did.

Your fight for survival

has made me realize

maybe I don't have to fear

being alone at the end.

It's time to enter the void.

I don't know

what will happen tomorrow,

but at least I won't be here.

Goodbye, Sadie.

Always,

Connie.

- Dad, I need you to drive me!

Dad, go faster!

The white one! The grey...

white... right, right, right!

- Sadie!

- Sadie! What the f***?!

- You can't kill yourself!

- You'll meet other guys,

you can't just hide away

and plan your own pity party,

Connie!

You are hilarious and brassy

in the best of ways!

It's not your choice

to leave the world behind,

and removing yourself

from it like that is, is

the most selfish thing you could

do!

- Sadie, what are you

talking about?

- You left me a suicide letter!

If I hadn't gotten here

on time and you did it,

just think of the long-term

damage I could've sustained!

Wait, have you already done it?

Connie, spit them out!

- Sadie, Sadie.

Okay.

I left you that letter

because I didn't

see you at school today.

- But you said, "I won't be

here."

- I won't be here!

Yesterday's quake

got me thinking.

If it is the end tomorrow,

I don't wanna be

lying in bed wallowing.

I'm gonna be sitting on a beach

in cabo,

enjoying my vacation

without Calvin.

That letter was a

"just in case" goodbye.

- Oh.

Wait, the pills!

- Have you ever tried to

find Motrin PMs in Mexico?

Sadie, did you hear anything

you just said to me?

- Excuse me?

- I meant what I wrote.

You are so strong.

But don't be stubborn.

There is a big what-if

hanging in the air,

and if it is your last night,

then,

then go out there and have fun.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can.

Life can always end.

That's the point of living.

So take the risk

and live your life.

High school's gonna throw

so much crap at you.

It's gonna get better and

worse in different ways.

Meet it head-on.

- But I'm crummy!

- Are you kidding me?

You have a boy who's

head-over-heels for you.

You show Brennan

that there's more to life

than the reachover

social media brand.

Then the Teddy kid, he's there.

You affect people.

- I guess I do.

- So let them affect you.

The world can wait a few hours.

- You're right.

- Now, quick.

Demure blue or trampy red?

What's the saying?

Sluts have more fun?

- Mm, not sure

I've heard that one.

Have a great trip, Connie.

But when that wave comes, it's

easier if you don't fight it.

- Morbid, Sadie, morbid.

Come here.

- Oh, also!

I broke a window!

Sorry, bye!

- So charming, okay.

Alright.

- Sadie.

- Right, you're here.

- Everything okay?

- Yeah.

Actually, things are

pretty great, dad.

- So, you want a ride home?

- Mm... sure.

Love you dad, thanks!

You are the one

you are the only one

I was born to know

beyond the crush

of any summer lust

and we dared to go

to chain our hearts

and tear apart

and come together again

a lover's bane

forever will remain

and I remember when

a-hoo, stars are falling,

are we falling too

a-hoo, dawn is coming,

what's this coming to

on a night like this

on a night like this

- this is seriously the

party to end all parties.

- Kay, so this is definitely

post-apocalyptic.

The hat trend

will totally be dead.

- Bunker girl!

Oh!

I cannot believe you

came before the big kip!

- You know me,

never miss a party.

- And what a knees-up it is!

It's a stonker!

Gecko the lava cakes,

and there's meteor margaritas

as well.

And for additional

entertainment,

we have pin the tail

on the Mayan calendar!

- How does it work?

- You pin the tail

on December 21st.

- Shouldn't people

be blindfolded?

- No one actually knows

how to read it, so...

Everyone drinks!

- Yay!

You've really outdone yourself.

Is there a back door?

- Exit strategies,

right, of course!

Right through there.

And, Sadie,

you look totally dishy.

Hot!

Now, who's ready for the end

of the world?

Don't touch that.

- No, not yet!

- Emoticons were,

like, analog emojis.

Also, I'm, like,

really intimidated by...

- Sadie.

Why are you on the ground?

- I took a dive.

- I'm so sorry

I stepped on your foot.

- Please.

- I am.

- No, I mean you have

nothing to be sorry about.

- Oh, big picture.

- Brennan, I didn't intend

on becoming this way.

It just sorta happened

gradually over the course

of that natural disaster

project.

You have always been

so adventurous,

and you were so patient

as I tested the waters.

- Felt like I was rising

to the occasion.

- But one day, I looked up

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