That was weird Bella thought. She couldn't pinpoint what was missing in her memory but something was missing and she knew it. Bella scrambles to find her phone, she quickly checks her Google Calendar for her schedule. Time to head out for the gym, according to the stupid phone.
Bella brushes her teeth and applies moisturizer. She then runs down the stairs and into the gym where she gets on the treadmill. Bella sets the incline to 13, a speed of 3, and the timer for thirty minutes. With both her feet still standing on the sides of the treadmill, she pulls out her phone, puts her earphones in her ears, and picks out her Spotify Daily Mix 5 playlist. It consisted of Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, and My Chemical Romance. As she walked, she bopped her head to Panic! At The Disco's Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time.
Her phone blasted:
Who are these people?
I just woke up in my underwear
Several people turned their heads and gave her weird looks, but Bella didn't notice.
No liquor left on the shelf
I should probably introduce myself
You shoulda' seen what I wore
I had a cane and a party hat
One person bobbed their head along as well.
I was the king of this hologram
Where there's no such thing as getting out of hand
Memories tend to just pop up
Drunk pre-meds and some rubber gloves
Five-thousand people with designer drugs
By this time, most of the gym went silent and paused their workouts. Some gave disgusted looks, while others carried on not minding the blaring music. None of them dared to approach Bella.
Don't think I'll ever get enough
Champagne, cocaine, gasoline
The person who bobbed their head suddenly stopped and stood up. He made his way to her and tapped her shoulders. Who is this filthy piece of human touching Bella? Doesn't he see she wants to be left alone? She has headphones in! Bella pulled out her headphones and shriveled her eyebrows. Before he was able to point it out to her, she reaches down to her phone and realizes that her earphones weren't plugged in.
The man gave an awkward smile.
"Oh, my universe, that's embarrassing..." Bella chuckled and looked around. "Anddddd the entire gym heard. Great." A chill ran up her spine.
The stranger gave a nod and walked away to resume his workout. Oh no no no that's very very embarrassing Bella repeated in her head. The timer still had 20:47 minutes remaining. She forced herself to bear the remainder 20 minutes.
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Bella Owens' Hell
Short StoryBella Owens woke up to the sweet aroma of coffee, but she lives alone. She makes her way to the kitchen and finds a figure in rags. "Don't freak out," the figure says...
