[ WP ] You live in two different universes . Each time you go to sleep in one , you wake up in the other . Now that it 's your 18th birthday , you must choose one .

Tomorrow was the day, my uncle told me I had to choose like he did. It was obvious which he had chosen since he only existed in big blue. That's what I called the place I currently was in. I had always called it big blue ever since I could remember, the reason was obvious to me now, thinking back on my child-like thoughts to name the place I had suddenly appeared in. Apparently here the world had been too late to stop global warming and the poles had melted, but scientists were wrong on how much ice was truly at the poles. It had been enough to cover the entire planet besides a few places where the ground was high enough. Some places in Africa and the Himalayas. Here i enjoyed my time, i was muscular here, something caused by the constant swimming everyone does in case our floating cities suddenly sink. Did i mention we lived on huge floating cities? Well that's what scientists came up with the ensure our survival, floating cities for the wealthy, you drowned if you did n't have enough money to pay your way to live here. Life was slow there was n't much for me to do besides fish, surf and go to school. But this was my final year of school and after i would be required to choose where i want to study. The institute of Technology where i could become a techie or maybe the School for Home Defense, where i could learn combat techniques and be a soldier and fight for our city. Luckily we were all so scared that if there was a major war we would all blow up our cities and then drown to death, that kept us mostly in check. So life was slow but it was a nice existence. I could see why Uncle John wanted to live here with his carefree attitude. He was the only one who believed me as a child when i told him i lived in a two places. He was the one who taught me everything about either world and he told me this day would come. 
 
 Well enough sitting around in bed, I got up and looked out of my window. The view of waves greeted my like usual. I grabbed a t-shirt as i walked out of my room. Mom and Dad greeted me as i walked into the kitchen and sat down. Breakfast was salmon, like always but salmon was good so i chowed it down. Dad asked what my plans were for the big day tomorrow. I was confused on how he knew for a second then realized that it was my 18th birthday tomorrow to him it was just that, an 18th birthday, not the biggest decision of my life or anything. I had n't made any plans and i told him the same. I left in a hurry hoping to catch uncle john before he left for his daily surf session. As i walked i was greeted by Sara and Gwen. We chatted for a while about surfing later and maybe going to dinner. Trivial things that i did n't have time for. I excused myself and ran to uncle John's. I caught him right as he was leaving. I needed guidance. Uncle John just looked at me. He did n't say a word, he just kept walking towards the pier ignoring my attempts to speak to him. Once we reached the pier on got on his small boat and just left. I stood on the pier looking at his fading figure riding the waves of the endless ocean we have. I could n't understand why he just ignored me. I did n't know how to feel. I ran home rushed to my bedroom. I slammed the door and locked it and got in my bed. Uncle john taught me how to instantly fall asleep as to be able to change worlds. 
 
 When I woke up i was cold. I was always cold here, having no bed or home helped. I got up and ran to the makeshift tarp that cover the entrance to my room. There was Sam and Tom and Kara. 
 `` Hey loser, you finally up from your 3 o'clock nap?'' Tom said in the most sarcastic voice he could come up with. 
 
 `` Shut up, How about you get some beauty sleep, maybe it'll fix your ugly face'' i snapped back. 
 
 Sam and Kara both laughed at this one. I sat down around the fire and started into it's depths. The world here was tough, i had been and orphan since the 3 world war. China and Russia had finally decided to go at it over a petty dispute over some trade deals. America being the great nation we were had to butt in and help china since we had outsourced all of jobs to them. Things went south from there every nation chose a side and by this point all nuclear warheads had been gotten rid of. The world was in chaos and everyone got hurt. No one was happy, only the super rich lived in homes anymore, or went to school or had jobs. I was unfortunately one of the poor. All of our parents ha died in the bombing and we lived on the run. Stealing from stores and making due with what we could get. I was tough, I was the leader of our group and i made sure we made it through every stupid situation we got ourselves into. Uncle John told me when you pick a world you die in the other. I thought back to how he lived, carefree and without a worry in the world. I guess he liked it back in big blue since he had no cares, he could do whatever he wanted and not worry. He always called big blue home for some reason. He was always curious why i called it big blue. I never told him it was because this world was home. That world was different, there was no struggle or excitement. No connections to anyone, no one cared about anything and we all just went about our seemingly perfect lives. As i looked around the faces of my family around the fire i realized there was no way i can go to perfect when people needed me here. This was home. 

