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(A week until doomsday)
"We are all going to die! Repent you sinners!"
A man was on the edge of a building with a big megaphone.
"Repent!"
There was a crowd forming below him shouting at him with a police megaphone, "The world isn't ending you freak; Get out of here; If the world is ending, why doesn't the goverments do anything?"
"They do know! They just want to keep you people calm, BUT I AM NOT! My own research shows that the world will implode into itself!"
No one listened to the man, so the man shouted, "REPENT OR YOU"LL GO TO HELL!"
The crowd that formed moved away from him, wanting him to jump. The firemen came to the rescue.
"Sir, do not jump! You have people that care for you!"
The firemen set up a big airbag for him to fall on, "Just jump onto this and we'll sort everything out!"
The man realized that no one would listen to him, so he shouted once more.
"The world will end within seven days. Humanity will fall into chaos by then."
"Sir, calm down. This is no time for foolishness, step down!"
The man took his phone out and called his only son, "Hello."
"Son..."
"This is Lawrence and you have reached my voice-mail. If you are hearing this then I either don't have my phone or I just ignored you. Please leave a message after the beep if I care. BEEEEEEP."
"Son, I know we have never got along... but please listen to me this one time. Save yourself. I wish we had more time... please say hello to your mother for me. Save us all."
The man then looked down at the firemen and stepped down. The firemen and police cheered. But then he ran to the other side of the building and jumped. He put his phone up to his ear for one last time.
"Son... please don't forget me. That's my final wish."
He sent the voice-mail, then he looked to the ground that was closing to him.
"Never forget me.........."

(Two days later at a lake)
"Son... please don't forget me. That's my final wish. -repeat message?- Son, I know we never got along... but-"
"Still listening to that message from your dad?"
Claire walked up to Lawrence, "Don't worry, he's in a better place. I mean, if the world is to end..."
"Claire... your bumming me out."
"What? You actually think that the world is really going to end?"
"Maybe the world is going to end, Claire. If in five days the world goes to hell."
"I bet my life that's never going to happen."
"That's stupid. I'll save you if that happens. He said to save US ALL."
Claire looks at Lawrence with a look that says: Please don't make me believe the world's going to end. Don't make me think of the apocalypse. Lawrence looked down, he started plucking grass.
"Sorry that-"
"I'm fine. It's just... now you're bumming me out."
"Sorry I'm just-"
"I said I'm fine."
Lawrence knew she wasn't, he saw it in her eyes.
"My father died saying to save us all. What do you think it means?"
"I think he was just crazy."
"My dad went to Harvard and spent his entire life researching on this matter, he even invented hyperspace for the apocalypse."
"Lawrence, you're doing it again..."
"Right... Sorry."
"Why are you always sorry? I mean... you say that every time you do something wrong. Even when you trip in public, you say sorry."
"It's just I am sorry. I always say sorry. It's just, I was never forgiven so many times that I..."
"It's OK."
She hugs him, "I forgive you."
"You forgive but..."
"I will forgive for everyone. I forgive you."
He hugged back, "The world isn't ending?"
"It will never end. That's a scientific FACT. Oh look, the sunset is here."
The couple relaxed on the docks, looking into the sunset. For the last time.

(Doomsday)
The Earth imploded just as Lawrence tried looking down, as if to grab Claire out of there. As if he could still save her.
"Claire..."
Lawrence fell to his knees and starting crying. His mother didn't make it either, she was killed by the looters on Earth. The looters believed that The goverment made up doomsday, so they thought it was the perfect time for humanity to go to hell too. Bystanders in the shuttle saw Lawrence.
"Isn't that Lopez's boy?"
"He looks like him."
"So the world did end just as he said."
"Who knew?"
Lawrence looked over to the bystanders, they walked away to give him space. A soldier walked up to him.
"Get to your seat, hyperspace is about to be activated."
Lawrence got up and walked to his seat and sat down.
"What's wrong, honey?" said the girl next to him.
Lawrence didn't look at her, "Nothing's wrong..."
"Then stop crying, people are looking."
"I'm fine. Now can you just stop talking."
A man walked up to Lawrence, "Is this seat taken?"
"There's a girl sitting there." Lawrence still hasn't looked back.
"What girl."
"This girl right-"
Lawrence looked at the seat where the girl was supposed to be.
"I guess she's gone. You can sit."
"Thanks man. I know what you're going through, a friend of mine died back on Earth. But you know you can't keep holding on to bad memories. The more you hold on, the worse it'll get.It's still sad, but you have to just let go."
Lawrence didn't talk, he just cried harder.

Description
(A week until doomsday)
"We are all going to die! Repent you sinners!"
A man was on the edge of a building with a big megaphone.
"Repent!"
There was a crowd forming below him shouting at him with a police megaphone, "The world isn't ending you freak; Get out of here; If the world is ending, why doesn't the goverments do anything?"
"They do know! They just want to keep you people calm, BUT I AM NOT! My own research shows that the world will implode into itself!"
No one listened to the man, so the man shouted, "REPENT OR YOU"LL GO TO HELL!"
The crowd that formed moved away from him, wanting him to jump. The firemen came to the rescue.
"Sir, do not jump! You have people that care for you!"
The firemen set up a big airbag for him to fall on, "Just jump onto this and we'll sort everything out!"
The man realized that no one would listen to him, so he shouted once more.
"The world will end within seven days. Humanity will fall into chaos by then."
"Sir, calm down. This is no time for foolishness, step down!"
The man took his phone out and called his only son, "Hello."
"Son..."
"This is Lawrence and you have reached my voice-mail. If you are hearing this then I either don't have my phone or I just ignored you. Please leave a message after the beep if I care. BEEEEEEP."
"Son, I know we have never got along... but please listen to me this one time. Save yourself. I wish we had more time... please say hello to your mother for me. Save us all."
The man then looked down at the firemen and stepped down. The firemen and police cheered. But then he ran to the other side of the building and jumped. He put his phone up to his ear for one last time.
"Son... please don't forget me. That's my final wish."
He sent the voice-mail, then he looked to the ground that was closing to him.
"Never forget me.........."

(Two days later at a lake)
"Son... please don't forget me. That's my final wish. -repeat message?- Son, I know we never got along... but-"
"Still listening to that message from your dad?"
Claire walked up to Lawrence, "Don't worry, he's in a better place. I mean, if the world is to end..."
"Claire... your bumming me out."
"What? You actually think that the world is really going to end?"
"Maybe the world is going to end, Claire. If in five days the world goes to hell."
"I bet my life that's never going to happen."
"That's stupid. I'll save you if that happens. He said to save US ALL."
Claire looks at Lawrence with a look that says: Please don't make me believe the world's going to end. Don't make me think of the apocalypse. Lawrence looked down, he started plucking grass.
"Sorry that-"
"I'm fine. It's just... now you're bumming me out."
"Sorry I'm just-"
"I said I'm fine."
Lawrence knew she wasn't, he saw it in her eyes.
"My father died saying to save us all. What do you think it means?"
"I think he was just crazy."
"My dad went to Harvard and spent his entire life researching on this matter, he even invented hyperspace for the apocalypse."
"Lawrence, you're doing it again..."
"Right... Sorry."
"Why are you always sorry? I mean... you say that every time you do something wrong. Even when you trip in public, you say sorry."
"It's just I am sorry. I always say sorry. It's just, I was never forgiven so many times that I..."
"It's OK."
She hugs him, "I forgive you."
"You forgive but..."
"I will forgive for everyone. I forgive you."
He hugged back, "The world isn't ending?"
"It will never end. That's a scientific FACT. Oh look, the sunset is here."
The couple relaxed on the docks, looking into the sunset. For the last time.

(Doomsday)
The Earth imploded just as Lawrence tried looking down, as if to grab Claire out of there. As if he could still save her.
"Claire..."
Lawrence fell to his knees and starting crying. His mother didn't make it either, she was killed by the looters on Earth. The looters believed that The goverment made up doomsday, so they thought it was the perfect time for humanity to go to hell too. Bystanders in the shuttle saw Lawrence.
"Isn't that Lopez's boy?"
"He looks like him."
"So the world did end just as he said."
"Who knew?"
Lawrence looked over to the bystanders, they walked away to give him space. A soldier walked up to him.
"Get to your seat, hyperspace is about to be activated."
Lawrence got up and walked to his seat and sat down.
"What's wrong, honey?" said the girl next to him.
Lawrence didn't look at her, "Nothing's wrong..."
"Then stop crying, people are looking."
"I'm fine. Now can you just stop talking."
A man walked up to Lawrence, "Is this seat taken?"
"There's a girl sitting there." Lawrence still hasn't looked back.
"What girl."
"This girl right-"
Lawrence looked at the seat where the girl was supposed to be.
"I guess she's gone. You can sit."
"Thanks man. I know what you're going through, a friend of mine died back on Earth. But you know you can't keep holding on to bad memories. The more you hold on, the worse it'll get.It's still sad, but you have to just let go."
Lawrence didn't talk, he just cried harder.