2 : Present
709 Words
Lily
I woke up with a gasp. My eyes wide open and my breathing labored. Sweat was covering all of my body and my shirt was sticking to my shivering form. Feeling tears prick my eyes, I forced myself to be calm.
Not this again
It was the same dream I was having almost two years. The same feeling of fear , the same place and time. I never knew what happened next when I heard myself screaming because every time I did, I woke up gasping, covering in sweat. This happened every night since.
Since that day I run away from my family.
They were the worst people in my life. My mother didn't care about me, father was always angry at me about everything I did wrong so he put his hands on me every time he got the chance and my brother? He fled from them about time when I was only nine. He abandoned me because he was a coward and scared. Didn't want the same future like mine. I was really hurt and disappointed in him but I knew, it wasn't his fault that our parents were like that.
So now I was all alone. Trying survive in this cruel world, paying bills and feeding myself enough to live. Every wish I had about meeting my future prince charming got lost because of my past experiences. I didn't know if I would ever have a normal life. I don't know If someone else would hurt me too. It was too much already for my heart to handle.
Taking my time coming back to reality, my gaze slowly went to my nightstand beside the bed to the right. It was only 2:53AM.
A groan left my lips and my hand went over my face, rubbing sleep from my eyes. I thought what to do now because I was disturbed from sleep as always.
Every night I used to go out for a walk, breathe in the fresh air to calm my mind of everything I had experienced, but nightmares made me remember why it had started at all. They kept me awake for hours until I fell asleep again.
Finally thinking of getting up from the warm and comfortable bed that I didn't really want to get out of, I removed my blanket and raised my legs, which immediately slid into the soft mat that was right next to bed. Stretching, I let out a yawn.
Since I was just in a shirt and panties, I put on my gym leggings, the softest sweater I could find and made my hair in a messy bun. My hair was sticking out from all the places, but I didn't care. It was just a night walk. Nobody would even see me. I was just an ordinary girl.
With my running shoes on, I picked my phone from the nightstand, also with my headphones, I was ready to go. Grabbing my house keys, I let myself out.
It was warm outside, in the summer time, but for the night, it was really chilly. The wind was cool and the summer breeze was blowing my hair in all directions. I didn't mind tho. The feeling was nice on my hot skin from the dreams I was having.
Seeing the street lights, I headed in that direction so I am not in complete darkness. From where I was, my apartment building was covered in the shadows by the trees. It was like my own isolation.
Smiling about my observation, I put my hands in my hoodie-sweater pockets to warm my hands. Nobody was on the streets at this time so I was safe. For now.
But while I was walking, I thought I was seeing things. Like from my dream, in the shadows were two glowing eyes. They were exactly the same which belonged to the beautiful black and white wolf who was watching me every night in my dream at the forest until he stepped out from the darkness to show himself. I was scared, remembering my scream but now I didn't know what to do.
It just a paranoia, Lily
Shaking my head once, twice, I looked again but there was only darkness. The glowing eyes were gone.
- Writer
