The sun was bright and beautiful the rays beaming down upon Jades light pale skin. She loved the feel of the sun and the light it makes. She was spread on the ground her body aching form the last couple of days. She mentally tried to make the sun’s rays heal her throbbing body. Jade heard yet another military gun go off, they seemed to be so many, it was hard trying to keep her mind focused on the radiant sun. She could feel herself twitch with every shot that spread across the camp. Her twin brothers were sitting beside her in a protective manner. She felt pathetic her sweet brothers where only eighteen and they was keeping her safe, Jade was the oldest she had to be strong, yet she felt weaker than a newborn. Her eyes began to cloud with fresh tears. Jade could not cry, not in front of Tristan and Samuel she had to keep some of herself together. She could not put everything onto her brothers’ shoulders. She smiled slightly once she noticed Samuel looking at her. She could see his lips starting to form upward; it faded once another shot rang out. 

“Look Samuel.” Tristan said while nodding toward a blonde woman. She was walking into the tent that held their own cots with several other people who was lucky enough to make it into the camp. “Was that the actress Sophia?” Tristan started talking with Samuel about the actress and then they started on about her movies. This made Jade smile, a real smile not the ones she had been faking for her brothers, even when the world had gone to hell boys would still be boys. This gave her hope that maybe it would not be so bad. The world would go back to normal or what was left of normal. They would just have to wait for a while be safe inside the camp until the military fixed it all. Jade picked up her flashlight that lay beside. “Do you think the batteries will last the night?” Her question snapped the boys out of their conversation. “Of course it will don’t worry. Even if it didn’t we will be right beside you the entire night. You have nothing to worry about Jade.” Tristan said pulling Samuel down so they all laid down touching shoulder to shoulder. She continued to watch the sky. The clouds were big fluffy cotton puffs. [i]How can the day be so beautiful yet unbelievably ugly at the same time?[/i] That was her last thought before she slipped into a restless sleep.