Chapter - 6

The rest of the day I helped Annie cleaning up the mess and dust. Even after being tied up the whole day I wasn't​ really feeling tired. I stepped out of the room to find Hannah sitting on her bed using Mom's Laptop.

"What are you doing?" I peeked in. "Checking f******k" she answered.

"What? We have internet here?"

"Eh" She nodded and pointed at her wifi dongle.

My eyes widened "Where and when did you get that?"

"That's the first thing I bought when we came here but it belongs to mom and I'm not gonna lend it to you".

"Okay then, let me tell Jay about this." She lifted her head and gave a horrified look. I took few steps towards the hallway pretending to go after Jay. I looked back at her and smirked.

She looked dead in my eyes "I'll kill you if you..." I kept moving "Wait! Come back" I pounced on her bed with a wide smile all over my face. Hannah looked irritated but I was still smiling "Stop smiling and listen, I'm not gonna let you use it to watch movies or whatever Glee episode you're on, you're not gonna continue no matter what."

"Okay, I won't. Anyways I just wanna check messages that Brie sent." Brittany is my friend since 5th grade.

"Here take it."

Does she mean right now? I couldn't believe Hannah handed me at that moment.

Grabbing the laptop, I went to my room with excitement but not sure what I actually wanted to surf.

As I entered my room I felt it was unusually cold. It didn't bother me much as it wasn't uncomfortable for me, for someone who lived in a cold place, Montreal. It's odd that Wakefield isn't as hot as it's suppose to be, especially when it's summer.

Okay so the first thing I was going to do was checking messages from Brie on f******k. I logged into my account, only to find out more than 100 notifications. Most of them read 'Brie posted on your wall'.

"What the...hell!" I broke the silence. This moron, spammed my wall with random alphabets. SERIOUSLY? I felt like blocking her out of my account right away.

I could sense Hannah sticking her ear to my door trying to suppress giggles. "Hannah, I know you're there. You knew it?" I called out to her.

She straightened herself and walked in through the door. "Obviously, I was eager to see your reaction".

"Oh, so now I know why you handed me the laptop right away"

How the hell am I going to delete these many posts ugh. I couldn't be more annoyed.

Hannah giggled. So evil of her to enjoy this moment. "Now leave me alone" I said irritably.

"Don't forget to return it in the morning" She left the room. "Close the

freaking door" I yelled but she was already gone.

As a revenge, I created photoshopped photo of her enlarging her front tooth a little with me holding her arm and then messaged her that if she don't clear up the mess from my page I'm surely going to add a new one captioned it "Missing my bestie, but you're definitely missing your best teeth".

I just shut the laptop and closed my eyes to relax.

I remembered the time with Chris. Remembering his smile cheered me up.

I closed the door instantly and stood infront of the mirror looking at myself wondering how Chris thought I looked.

Stroking my hair behind my ear I thought I surely have beautiful eyebrows but this nose just isn't as pointy as his.

He must have an account on f******k. I can't stalk him like that. Shall I stalk him? Maybe just a peek.

I opened the laptop again to search his profile. When I finally found him, I was it wasn't private. I saw his pictures, recent ones were clicked in front of the fountain of Wakefield "Oh so he's already been there" He is as flawless as could be.

Scrolling a little bit more into his profile, found photos of him in university, some of it partying with girls and guys probably his friends from university. Smiling the way he does. I smiled. Damn, his smile is contagious even through the pictures.

I scrolled down to find him dressed formally with one beautiful girl. I looked up at her name.

"Who's Natalie Evans?" I thought the moment I saw his photo with her, with the caption saying "With my Love".

I immediately closed everything and kept the laptop aside. I found myself completely in shock realising that Chris is in serious relationship.

Of course he is, why can't he be? He is not just fun-loving, he is admirable and to top it off he has awesome personality. Well maybe I'm over-thinking about him. I bet he is a kind of guy who wouldn't date a girl like me, quiet, shy, introvert, definitely not as beautiful as her and currently frustrated. Plus he is senior, I shouldn't have stalked him in the first place. I shouldn't have. I kept repeating it in my head until I fell asleep.

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In the middle of the deer park I kept walking. Happy as I could be. I stopped near the widest tree of all, our tree. It was as beautiful as it used to be. Bigger than usual. I jumped joyfully. I touched the bark, my hands were tiny. I looked at my hands and then my feet. All of them too tiny, like a 9 year old. I was wearing a peach floral frock. I remembered it was given to me by Gran.

I went round the tree and found a ladder placed to it. I climbed and sat on the wooden stacks. Started talking and laughing with my two friends up there. Nina and Rico, though they never told me their name. They looked alike. I knew they were imaginary friends because the never spoke. They just came to hear my stories.

I heard sounds of footsteps crumbling the dried leaves in the woods. I stopped laughing and stood up to get the clearer look of who it was. Suddenly, I slipped and started to fall, as if something made me slip. Grease. I saw grease coming out of Rico's hand as if it were some magic.

I caught hold to the branch with my arms. My legs hanging in the air. I looked up to seek help, but as usual they dissappeared.

They dissapear everytime something like this happened. Fortunately I never got hurt. I forced my legs to reach the bark for support.

Right then a boy come running towards me. Stood right under me said "I know you can climb back but I'm here, just let go of the branch. I'll catch you. I'll surely do.

I looked down at him. The boy was little bit taller, stronger and older than me. I closed my eyes and put my trust in him. I looked at him once again and let go of my hand. I took a free fall.

Never did he raise his hand to hold me. Instead he vanished. It was too late to realise that it was a trap and I kept falling.

The ground beneath me opened a hole and swallowed it's rocks, sand and me inside it. I kept falling and falling miles into darkness, with echoing whispers. As if everyone was standing outside the hole, looking down at me and laughing. 

I woke up. Shivering in my bed. Those awkward sounds from life like dream was still echoing in my head. With my eyes half-open I felt relieved to see my room's ceiling above.

My arms felt too heavy to move. My body got stiff refusing me to get up or even move. I could visualise someone sitting on me. I was starting to dream again.

I didn't want to sleep again and to see the dream again. So, I tried not to fall back asleep, forced my eyes open. I tried to move my fingers and tows. Atlast I gained some strength, I sat up on my bed. Switched on the lamp beside me.

I glanced at the clock it was 1am. I felt thirsty.

Shook my blanket away before I wore slippers to go downstairs. Mum switched off all the lights except the dim ones. I didn't bother switching on any of the bright ones and kept going. I opened the fridge and gazed up and down and everywhere until I find something that my stomach plus brain will approve.

Found the grape juice Rosemary made this evening and it made me do a mini cheerful dance. I shifted the juice in glass and started to drink but before I could take a sip I heard faint murmuring sound and it felt like it was coming from outside the door. I was so irritated with that sound now. I wanted it to stop disturbing me. I placed the glass down and looked at the door first and thought "No way I'm going to open the backyard door at this time."

I moved towards the window. And then there was no sign or sound of anything. Now I was left asking myself if it was even real? My head spinned.

"Maybe I'm still not over the dream." I shook the thought away as soon as I said it and sat by the table, drinking the juice in silence and peace. Well, that made me feel better but not as much.

Just as I was about to go back to my room I wanted to go and sleep with mum. I was sure that would make me feel lot more better. I moved slowly towards her room. Right then Jamie opened his door situated directly opposite to mom's room and he came outside his room. At that moment my heart took a leap and I jumped letting out some sort of weird shriek. Tonight I realised I've been parenting a crow inside my lungs.

Jamie fell down in defence but then started laughing when he saw me. "Before I ask you 'what are you doing here?' I must say you could win Worlds Wierdest Shriek award."

I laughed a little remembering my own voice.

"But why were you here infront of my room?"

"I was hungry".

"That doesn't explain..."

I was half way up and didn't bother to answer him. I walked straight to Hannah's room. I lied down beside her. Burped twice and fell asleep.

Hannah sprinkled water on me and I jerked woke up. "What the hell is wrong with you?" I said angrily and threatened her back "...next time if I find you asleep I swear I'm going to pour whole bucket on you."

"I know you won't. You are just one of those who say say, never do do"

"Get off my bed" I tried pushing her off her bed.

"Umm, whose bed again?"

That moment I realized I slept in Hannah's room and I regretted it now. I wiped my face on her cushion and walked out of her room without a word.

"You forgot to thank me for letting you sleep one whole hour extra" she said loudly.

Little does she know every night that extra hour is being taken away by whisperers.

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