warning: mentions of death
the rain drizzling was not helping me with my math exam. i could not figure out the answer to the last question of mr. smith's geometry test.
what is the degree of adjacent side?
i reread the question five times till i could finally figure of the answer. as i put my pencil down, the bell rung. it wasn't the bell to dismiss us for the day but instead, the bell to signal us that there was a fire.
mr. smith was confused yet acted fast. this wasn't planned like everyone thought. i knew it wasn't planned because the weather was terrible for it to be planned.
we all exited the building quietly. i was quite frustrated, i just washed my hair this morning and weirdly, i was i did not wan to leave the math classroom. perhaps it was because i finally figured out the answer to the extremely hard question.
"ella," i was called for attendance.
"present," i solemnly replied.
i looked around, everyone was upset because they had to stand out in the rain. i wonder what happened that caused this. i had few friends in this class and they were all absent that day.
i heard the sound of someone's shoes hitting the wet concrete getting closer and closer to me. i looked at the person causing the sound. the principal, dr. white.
"mr. smith, do you know where nathan barrett is? none of the other teacher have an idea as to where he might be. he was in school today," dr. white tried to be discrete by trying to whisper it to mr. white ,but i heard.
my nightmares came alive to reality. one of the people i cherished the most was stuck inside the school during the fire. i had no choice but to stare into space and pray that he will come out alive.
it was only a matter of time, my eyes started watering up. i opened my mouth and no sound came out. then there was silence as time passed by slowly, then slower and slower.
the rain was a disguise for my crying. it was upsetting indeed. they never found nathan alive. they found his corpse.
nathan was trapped in the auditorium. he was supposed to finish the set for the spring drama. no one knew he was there and he had a cone blocking the door from closing but the idea failed miserably.
the fire started in the classroom right across from the auditorium which was the music room. apparently there was an electricity issue and it only grew bigger.
one thing that i kept in my mind was that he was wearing my bracelet. the bracelet i gave him on our first date.
i miss him terribly and the only thing that could heal my wound is time.
