Maybe In Another Life

Chapter 9, Part II

Kyle

Sleeping felt heavy.

I kept tossing and turning with all the truth I have come to learn. There was no one to blame now. I kept thinking how do I go on living like this was how everything was supposed to end? Somehow I felt like it wasn't fair, but as bitter as it always is, this is the truth and I had no choice but to believe it.

All along, this was written. It made me sick. To think that, people are forced to go on living no matter how hard the situation became, that time didn't stop for recovery.

It's so unfair.

The sun came up slowly, I saw the sky turning a light orange through the open blinds. There was going to be too much sun today.

I got up and took a long shower.

When I came downstairs, the place was filled with silence. All I could hear was my own breathing. I wondered if I was too early, but it isn't. The clock on the wall read time, it's 7:55.

For a while I pondered if I should try to find Mum but then I thought, maybe I should let her be alone. Wherever she was, she sure has her own reasons. I left, without making any other sound.

As soon my feet crossed the entrance I remembered, Liz.

I need to see her. Even if it's too soon I need to tell her the things. The things that keep me awake at night. I need to tell her that her thoughts linger in my mind more than I'd actually try. She is like the one things I'm sure in my life, or at least she has become.

"Hey.." A voice brought me back from my thoughts.
Darcy was standing in front of me. Smiling, he hair shining in bright red. Curls falling on her shoulders.

"Hey." I say

"Liz, is not coming today. I figured you guys have worked on most past yesterday. I'm sorry for not being able to be there." She says in one breath, but I only managed to grab pieces of it.

Liz, yesterday, she's not coming.

"Did she say why is not coming?"

"I think she's not feeling well. You know what happened? Right?" She asks me and I just nodded.

I know too much about yesterday. More than I should. I thought.

I then told her about the ideas I had in my mind for the project. She agreed happily.

"The only problem is we need a big organisation, that we can fully concentrate on."
I said facing Darcy.

She gave a mischievous smile.

"I know someone who can help."

The day by far was going the same as any other day.
Most part just thinking about Liz and wondering where Luke was.

He didn't pick any of my calls and returned my voicemails.

What if he's in trouble? I usually hear from him in some form.

I spent most past for the day inside. Because of the sun and mostly, there wasn't much to do outside.

The sun has started to set. Looking outside the window from the library, I could see the trees turning the colour of gold. In a moment, the sky will light up the colour of orange or pink.

Deciding to go out, I grabbed all my books from the table. Just then, my phone vibrated in my pocket.

I unlocked the phone to see a text from Luke.