Your P.O.V
It's afternoon. The student's from my school were busy talking to their friends, getting in the buses, and walking home. The sky was in a beautiful shade of orange. Such a pretty color. As usual, I walk to go home I see a familiar figure a few feet away from me. His neat brown hair slightly shining and changing color due to the sky's color. He was walking home as well. "Hey! Butt-face!" I called over to that guy. I ran over to him smiling as I saw him turn around to face me.
James Daniel Ivory. A friend of mine. Actually.. The only friend of mine in this whole school.. Not like I'm the loner and anti-social type of girl, it's just that.. The people in my class an be so.. Mean. I prefer being friends with just James. Well, he can be an ass sometimes but he's a great friend. An ass on the outside but he's a kind and caring friend in the inside. The best friend I could ever ask for. Now before you assume that James is that 'So-called very close friend that would be the one who I would end with' guy, let me say this isn't like those ordinary romance novels that you read online or in pocket books. Um.. Well... I haven't confirmed that yet though... Whatever! I'm sure he already has someone else.. Maybe.
"Oh, why if it isn't little ms. always-sleeps-in-class~" He hummed as he smirked. His hazel eyes glinting of mischief as always. I caught up with him. "For your information I only slept because--" "Because 'busy with homework'?" He interjected. "W-Well yeah!" I defended. "Yeah right. You stayed up talking to your 'Internet friends' online again?" He said as he cocked an eyebrow. "What? No. I was studying for the quiz earlier! Besides, They're all offline." Our little conversation went down for a couple of minutes. "Yeah right. Like you even study nowadays anyway." He chuckled. Well, he does have a point, I've been a lot lazy lately. After a few more minutes are arguing over my 'sleeping issues', we then finally decided it was already late and most of the students went home already.
On the way home, me and James just talked about stuff that happened earlier in school. You know? What typical high school students talk about everyday. James was a very and I mean very talkative person. He's one of those 'heart robs' in school too. I don't get it with the girl students. They barely know James. They're just after his looks. And they be like 'Oh. My. Fucking. Lord. He's so gorgeous!11!1!!'. They won't even leave the guy alone for just a minute.
The worst part is that they always bullied me.. They were jealous that I was friends with James.
'You're WAY too ugly to be his friend.' 'You don't deserve to be near him!' 'He doesn't need a friend as lame as you.' 'He deserves better companionship.'
I hate to admit it but they were right. I'm the least admirable and noticeable girl in class. I'm only noticeable when people need something from me. Like a pen or an eraser maybe. People only notice me when they want to pick on me too. Geez! I hate wallowing in self-pity!
I remembered when one of his Desperate 'Fan-girls' suddenly attacked him out of nowhere. She tried to drag him away, with him protesting of course. The girl was so desperate to be his girlfriend that she decided follow-- Oops. I meant stalk him for the rest of the day. She didn't leave him alone, which left James hiding in empty classrooms and skipping class. Without knowing, I let out throat chuckle on the outside. James turned to me and cocked an eyebrow. "There you go again. Being weird as usual, laughing at nothing, I haven't even told you a joke yet!" He said with his usual sarcastic tone. "Hey, I'm not weird! I just laughed! So laughing a restriction now?" I defended. "Maybe. Oh Hey, there's my house! See ya, Weird-girl!" James, James, James. Why do you give me such corny nicknames? "Yeah! See you!" I ignored the nickname he gave me and just waved at him. He waved back at me and went to the other side of the road, to his house. I continued on my way. My house wasn't far from his. Just a few blocks away. Though it always felt lonely walking alone.
Too bad he had to go home early today. His Dad's home and he wants to see him. His dad's rarely home, since he's always busy working in another country which James never verified. And his mother died. When he was just little, I couldn't re-call the age and why she died. I felt lonely again without him. Being with him is the best moments in my entire life. He just makes me happy.. Don't get me wrong, I mean it in a friendly way! He's just a really awesome friend.
Why would he even date a girl like me.. Well, anyways, dropping this topic and back to me.
I guess you could say my life was normal. But I prefer to call it 'typical'. How many stories have you read that had the same pages as my life? How many stories have you seen with the same happenings. I feel like I'm in some book. My own book. I feel like it's all the same happenings everyday.
Go wake-up, Kiss my mom good-bye, Go to school, Meet James, Get picked on by people, Go Home, Meet up with mom, Go to bed, and repeat.
I think this life of mine is a bit.. Too normal. Not that I'm complaining, I love my life as it is right now. Peaceful and I'm highly contented. Minus the bullies and the jealous girls.
I finally went back to reality when I heard the loud honk of one of the cars on the streets. I nearly tripped to the ground with sudden shock. But I caught myself. "What time is it anyways?" I asked myself as I checked my watch. My eyes widened. "6:47 pm?! Oh no! Mom!" I panicked as I rushed home. She's gonna be worried sick! I got too caught up in my thoughts that I haven't even realized that it was dark now. I sped up as I saw my house just a few meters away. Soon, I went up the doorstep and opened the door. I panted and looked around, dropping my bag on the floor in the process. No sign of mom. Phew! At least I wouldn't have to worry her, she can be Suuuuch a worry-some person! I sighed in relief. She still must be in work right now. I picked up my bag and went upstairs to my room.
Mom and Dad was divorced a few years ago. Back when I was about 10. I don't know why though. I didn't want to ask mom back then and now because she's really sensitive. I don't want to go back to the days where moms always cooped up in her bedroom, crying. She can't even take a step out of the house.
As for Dad at that time, he always went out. Drinking beer with his office mates and barely home. After a few months of them fighting, he eventually left the house to live somewhere else. I don't know if he has a family right now or not. Oh well.. There's no real point in dwelling in the past. Me and Mom had moved on.
I immediately turned my computer on and searched all of my social networking sites for any signs of my friends or updates. But they weren't on and no updates. Other than that, there wasn't really much to check.
I sighed in disappointment and closed my computer. After a few seconds the screen went to black. I jumped to my bed and bounced on it's soft mattress. It's a long day and I was tired. Maybe a lil' cat-nap wouldn't hurt. So I waited for everything around me slowly turned black and consume me in the darkness, entering my own land of impossible happenings.
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Everything around me looks.. Weird.. A black sky with a blue moon. The flowers and all type of living organism around me is dead. Withered away into nothingness. Flowers that were supposed to be colorful and healthy was dead and rotting away. So are the trees. The trees were black too.. But they were distorted.. un-realistic.. Fake. Their trunks bent in impossible ways and seemingly was ready to reach out and grab me. Thick grey fog was everywhere. I couldn't see a thing within a few feet away..
It's as if everything started to become gloomy, un-welcoming, sad, but scary.. I'm scared.. Where am I? Why am I here?? Please get me outta here, someone?!
I began to wander aimlessly in this place. It's cold and un-welcoming.. I feel like I really don't belong here.. Like the place wants me to leave at once. But where's the way out?! All that's here are nothing but an endless and dead forest!
As I continue to walk my feet touched something even colder and wet. I shot my head down my foot, I didn't even realize I was bare-footed. I seemed to have stepped on water. It seemed un-clear, un-pure, soiled. And it looks like it's thicker than the fog around me itself but it felt like ordinary water. It was greyish, blue, and green. I couldn't stop myself from moving.. My feet are moving by itself..
I could move any part of my body, except for my legs and feet. Soon, all part of me was obeying to whatever-force is dragging me to walk un-voluntarily. Soon, the water was already consuming me, I was already closing my eyes as I fell inside the water.
I fell alright. In the cold water. But without having a quick glance at the surface for even a lil' bit. Two figures is standing there. 'J-James? i-Is that you? James? Anyone?!' I tried screaming out to them but my voice left me, my mouth only opened. After that, I was fully inside the murky water.
I only sunk deeper..
And deeper..
And deeper..
Then finally.. I thought It was over. But then.. I saw two distorted figures swimming towards me.. They looked like shadows.. The only particular thing I could make out of the two was that they were boys. I don't see any facial features or anything. Just two shadowy figures. They seemed to be.. Quarreling? They look like they're trying to fight each other off in the water.
They reach out a hand towards me. I tried to raise my hands to attempt to grab one of their hands but too late. I was out of breath. It hurts.. It Hurts.. I'm slowly running out of breath... I don't know dying was this painful! Help!
A-Air..!!
My hands moved and are now clutching my own neck.. I start gagging for air only to let the water enter into my mouth and let me savor it's repulsive taste. I literally feel my lungs burn and some-what shrivel-up inside me. I feel like the're going to dry-up and stop working.
I-I can't breathe..!
I started to flail in the water, created waves here and there.. I notice everything around me starting to grow dimmer and dimmer as the figures started to distort more and more.. The only thing I could see right now it the color of this water mixing with black, it looked like black paint slowly dissolving and mixing thoroughly with another color. Infecting it with dark liquid.
H-H-Help..!! I don't wanna die yet!
The figures no longer look.. 'Human'. They were un-comprehensible now. I couldn't explain it but something is making them look in-human. Was it the distortion? My body goes limp..
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(Y/N)? (Y/N), Wake up! (Y/n)!
I suddenly wake up to the voice of my mom calling my name. My eyes fluttering open to see her face full of concern. What was that? What I just see?
Truly a distorted Dream.