The Magic World

A Strange Feeling

I'm currently sitting on the curb of a sidewalk outside of the hospital with Caleb. As I sit here I begin to think about all the poor life choices I made and how those choices led me to this moment. I should have paid for the parking ticket as I was already late: a few minutes more couldn't have hurt. I look over to Caleb and notice him diligently tapping away on his phone smiling "Life must be good for you" I comment. "Life is amazing" he deadpans, chuckling I ask "when is the taxi coming again?" Caleb looks up and smiles "right now actually" Caleb gently helps me up and opens the door for me. "Very gentlemanly of you" I say with a smile "don't get used to it" he says sternly. Ignoring the comment, I got in and situated myself. After Caleb entered the taxi took off, the ride was pretty uneventful as Caleb was on his phone the whole time and I was looking out the window. As I gazed at the downtown part of the city I fell in love all over again. It was my dream ever since I was sixteen to become a psychiatrist and moved to Seattle, Washington. This city was everything I wanted in a home, I loved that it mostly rained. Something about rain was soothing, almost therapeutic that calms me and brings a sense of happiness in my life. As I continue to look out the window the car suddenly stops and I look over to see Caleb opening his door. I scoot over to his side as my door was on the street side. I exit the car after paying the kind middle age man the money. Caleb and I enter our favourite cafe, we spot our friend Sarah seated by a window. After we were all situated and expressed a few pleasantries, I notice Sarah already bought our drinks "this is oddly sweet of you" I say. "Don't get used to it" Sarah remarks "why do you both say that?Are you both secretly twins?" I say annoyed. "Huh? You said the same thing?" Sarah asked Caleb, "yup, when Atlas got all girly after I gave her a hand standing up and opened the car door" Caleb answered. I was so close to punching him in the face, I didn't get girly I was just grateful. I sometimes wonder why I'm friends with such an annoying person, yet I'm known for making poor choices (after an agonizing five seconds) Who am I kidding I love the guy too much to cut him off from my life. "And to answer your question before, yes we're twins. I'm surprised it took you this long to figure it out." Caleb said. "Exactly"replied Sarah, "what about me? Aren't I a twin as well?" I say offended. "Yes you are, Ursula's twin" Caleb joked "haha! You're so funny with that snag tooth of yours poking out and laughing with us" I remark. This made Sarah burst out laughing from Caleb and I's diss battle. Caleb, however, didn't find this funny as he simply stuck up his middle finger in response. Not affected I blow a kiss in his direction, to display my unconditional love. "Okay, enough of the jokes what's going on in y'all lives." Sarah asks. "Not much for me you know the same old" Caleb replied "and in 'same old' you mean creating drama big enough to keep yourself entertain for a week" I judged. "Hey! It's not even that serious it's just me having a little fun that's all" Caleb said defensively "it is serious if Amanda had to leave because of your instigating self" I reply. "She didn't leave, she just simply took a break that's all" Caleb commented "Whatever you say" I replied too tired to continue this debate of Caleb's principles. "What about you?" Sarah asks me "everything is going amazing for me, life has been good" I say sarcastically. "What happened?" Caleb asked looking concerned, "nothing, it's just rotations and almost graduating is stressing me out" I reply. I couldn't bring myself to tell them what's really going on as I would probably sound crazy. What would I say exactly without sounding bonkers 'for the past week I've been having strange dreams and seeing things' I think my friends would take that as a sign for me to have a psychological evaluation. I love them and all but I don't want to deal with their constant babying: I feel suffocated. "How are your parents?" Caleb asks "they're good, preparing for a upcoming triathlon" I say. "Didn't they already do a marathon two weeks ago" Sarah comments "yup and they're now doing a triathlon. Something to do with maintaining their youth I think" I say. "Wow and my parents can't bring themselves to leave their house and walk our dog" Sarah jokes. This caused Caleb and I to bust out laughing as that fit's Mr. and Mrs. Serling's personalities perfectly. Our conversation seem to die down which led to Caleb and Sarah creating their own conversation. Disinterested in what their discussing I stared out the window, somehow I continuously feel drawn to the sky like it's calling me or something. As I continue looking, for a split second I saw what looked like a bright white light. Even though it was for a small moment it looked beautiful, unlike anything I've seen before. I want to look away and ask my friends if they see it too but the light prohibits any motor skills, putting me in some sort of trance. Then all of a sudden, as quit as it came the light disappears but left behind what looked like visible energy. I started to Intensely concentrate on the energy as it kept on getting bigger and bigger. Finally, I realized it was because it was coming toward me at an impossible speed, that would explain it! Wait, what? Before I could move out of the way, I felt like I was hit by a truck, however, the impact was painless. It was an ineffable feeling that overcame me, yet the feeling was warm and welcoming. Like an out of body experience. Then at my most calm, an unbearable migraine manifests. The unexplainable feeling dissipates and I'm left with only the migraine and back to reality. I struggle to open my eyes when I felt myself being shaked aggressively. After my eyes adjust I notice Caleb and Sarah kneeling over me with a worried look on their faces while other people stand around us. "Why are you guys looking at me like that?" I ask feeling uncomfortable "you just got hit by glass that probably weighs a ton, how else would we look at you?" Caleb says in a concerned tone. I take this moment to observe my surroundings, the area where we were seated is covered in shards of glass and the chairs are flipped. I look over my body to make sure I did not sustain any injures and to my surprise I'm in perfect condition minus the holes in my clothes. With this revelation, I attempt to stand up but Sarah gently holds me in place. I look up to her in annoyance and notice that she is on the verge of crying. My hostility instantly disappears and is replaced with sympathy. "I thought you were knocked unconscious" she says stifling her tears "I wasn't and as you can see still in perfect condition" I reply while wiping a runaway tear on her cheek. "But you could have been badly hurt" Caleb said, "I'm not hurt" I say. "You don't know that for sure, we're taking you to the hospital just in case" Caleb says sternly. Not wanting to deal with hospital bills, I say "I'm fine, really I don't need nor want to go to the hospital and get a check up." "So what you're going to go home with a possible concussion!" Sarah almost yells "exactly! It wouldn't hurt to be on the safe side" Caleb explains. As my head was already dealing with a headache and not wanting to argue "Fine, how about I go home now and if I feel symptoms of any kind I'll go straight to the hospital" I negotiate. "How about no" Caleb deadpans and gently picks me up, leading me to Sarah's car. As I sit in her car I think about how much the hospital bill is going to put a dent in my wallet. Oy vey.