“Water! They have water!” Linda shrieks. She yanks the dusty lamp from the cardboard box, squeezes it against her gut, and bends over to twist the glass cone from its base. Her stomach rumbles violently, shaking her entire body. She drops the lamp, and it rolls to the attic door, falling through the ceiling.
“Ouch!” Ryan whines from below.
“See if you can open it!” Linda yells, breathing heavily. “Did you find any food?”
“Just moldy bread.”
Linda sighs and crawls back to the ladder. Her hands can barely grip the steps as she descends. When she reaches the bottom, her foot slips, and she collapses into Ryan’s side, causing him to drop the lamp. The glass shatters on the hardwood floor.
“Shit!”
“Aw, there was only a few drops in there anyway,” Ryan says. “Enough to make you mad.”
“I don’t know how much longer I can last,” Linda croaks.
Ryan cuffs his hand under her upper arm, grasps her wrist with his other hand and pulls her up. “We’ll try the next house.” He drapes her arm over his shoulder. “Maybe they have Twinkies. Those never go bad.”
word count: 190
—Nortina
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Lovely Curses 
Scavengers… Twinkies would be Paradise!
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Amen! 😀
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I just thought all the Twinkies I have ever had had already gone off, but reading this makes me reconsider that. Nice one!
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Ha! The Twinkie shortage was truly a scare. They must live on!
Thanks for reading 🙂
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So sad they are starving but I love the comedy in this about the twinkies! (They never go bad!) Hahaha!
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Nope! Twinkies are forever! 😀
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LOL!!
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Love the post-apocalyptic take
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Thanks!
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Reminded me of The Walking Dead – people struggling to survive. Every action could mean life or death. Well done!
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Thanks! 🙂
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Cool story. Ryan is right. Twinkies won’t go bad because they’re not food. (Which makes me wonder why I like them…lol)
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Lol! I’m in the same predicament!
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I Am Legend!
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Poor people. Either post holocaust or homeless. I am thinking the former. As for the twinkies, I can understand why they never go off – they are disgusting lol. I managed to buy some the other day, I ate one of them.
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They are disgustingly delicious! 😉
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Haha 🙂
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