origin of the tree

Chapitre 5 Running in the wrong way

Well that sounded bad, darn my communication skills.

The other woman looks at me whit wide eyes, she looks worried now.

The lady however, does not responce right away, she looks toward the alleyway for a moment then looks back at me.

''You're the kid thats been stalking us.'' It's a statement, welp my cover is blown.

''I prefer the term investigating, but the men-'' The lady cuts me off.

''Look kid, thank you for telling us, but this is none of your business. You should get home : it's getting dark.'' She stares at me, making sure i understand the message.

She can handle it. And i should stop coming here.

''Alright, my name is Jacky by the way, not kid.''

''Im Nya, now you should really get going.''

We part ways, fully knowing i'm going to come back soon.

As i walk i can fell the other woman's stare in my back.

...

I get back at the apartment, Tat is not home yet. So i have a few hours of myself.

Good.

Holly Hekk that was weird, is she going to kill those guys? Oh no i give her my name, maybe she's going to kill me?

'the kid that's been stalking us' that means they knew i was watching them, and they did nothing.

So maybe they wont kill me, but that other woman. I never saw her before.

But now that i think about it, she seemed familiar.

Oh God, maybe its because i found out what they did in the past. And it was so horrible they had to wipe my memory!

Maybe they are aliens. And the men were the government.

Did i make a mistake? It does feel like one.

Im spireling down.

I see black dots.

Am i having a panic attack?

I forgot to breathe.

I sit on the ground and start to count.

one... two... three...

I wipe away my tears, i did not even realise i was crying.

Four... five... six...

I can breathe a bit better now. What was i thinking? Putting myself in danger like that.

Seven.. eight.. nine...

I hear someone counting whit me, it's probably Tat. Did that much time really passed?

Ten...

I open the eyes i did not know i closed, still shaken. I see Tat sitting beside me.

We don't say anything.

I fall asleep. Panicking is exhausting.

My dream is empty, i'm grateful for it.

...

When i wake up its dark outside, i'm on the couch and i have a headache.

I get up slowly and grab a change of clothes before i walk to the bathroom.

I see myself in the mirror, i look horrible. My eyes are puffy red and my hair is a mess.

I take a shower to wash away the remaining of my panic attack. I feel alright now but i'm still pretty tired and my head still hurts.

I ear Tat in the kitchen, i change and got sit on the counter.

Tat in making hot cocoa, Lou's recipe. When we found out we all had some sort of stress disorder, we exchanged tricks and metods to get better.

And according to Lou, hot cocoa was one of those. Because sugar and comfort or something.

The important part is that it works.

Tat passes me a mug full of cocoa.

She as one too and we sip on it in silence. It's good.

My headache vanishes, i'm just tired now.

''You don't have to go to school today, okay? I'll call them later.'' Tat tells me.

I smile a bit. She know how tired these make me, i'm probably going to sleep until noon.

I finish the hot cocoa and hug my sister good night.

I fall onto my bed and pass out immediately.

Once again, i do not dream.