Memories of a Time Once Forgotten

I was laying on my stomach in the lamplight glowing over my bed. The clock read 12:47am. Why am I awake right now? A small chime rang through the dark air. His reply was in. I opened the message that was waiting for me in my inbox. "urmm... hun... what would you take to a BBQ? xxxx" That seemed a rather odd question.... what would I take? Mountain Dew most likely... or Doritos... ok that works.  So that is what I said, while at the same time asking why. I lay in bed thinking about the boy I was talking to... Chris was his name.. or so he said. He lives in London. At first I was only talking to him cause he was nice and sweet, and the ever present bonus that he was from the city I longed to see.... but now he was more than that. He was my friend.... There was the chime. I all but fell out of bed trying to reach the message. I took a deep breath and hit the button that would open his thoughts. "I'm going to a mates BBQ and have no idea what to bring D= xxx wish I coul...

      The year is 3013.  The Mayan Calender ended 1001 years ago.  The planet known as Earth is my moon.  My name is Charlie Vega.  I have never set foot on the surface of my planet.  My great-great-grandfather colonized the first lunar community.  His father designed the evacuation of Earth.  Everything happened as planned but one thing.  He never returned from the plague stricken planet. After the calender ended, the world continued.  The fourth World War began in the year 2687.  The Black Plague returned, reaching every continent, every town. Earth was dying, the people suffering.  Governments had crumbled and wars were waged.  The Chinese Empire crumbled as United States President Alexander W. Grant, long distant grandson of General and President Ulysses S. Grant, took over office.  Under his direction the idea of a planet wide evacuation began.  In the year 2900 my future was placed here...