James
The entire time I packed up the car I was thinking of ways to apologise to Calla. I don't know what I could have possibly done to make her think that I didn't care about her so I was determined to make things right. Just when I was about to tell Calla to sit with me Ian gets in. Fucking Ian. I see the way he looks at Calla. The way his been looking at her since the moment we arrived at the cabin. Asking her all sorts of questions. Luckily she barley noticed him. Ian has his charms and when he heard that fight he knew things with Calla were on the fritz. Fucking Ian.
"Let me out!", Calla screams out of nowhere.
I don't stop the car because if I do she'll get out. "Why?", I'm so confused, concerned and mostly knowing Calla the moment I stop this car she'll get out before any sort of rationale conversation can be had. "I said stop the car. Please", she sounds defeated and I do as she says. As I predicted she jumps out and starts into the woods. I signal to Ian to keep things together here and I go after Calla. "Calla what are you doing?", I'm by her side in seconds and she's in tears.
Calla
Have you ever felt like things are so out of proportion that the world may just fall out off of its axis. Like at any moment maybe the sky would come crashing down and you'd be okay with it. Nothing is the same anymore. Not me. Not my world. Especially not my world. My entire life I have just gone through the motions and then one day I just stopped. "... doing?". It was James. I was here, in this world. As much as I had wished the world away the more it kept shoving itself in my way. One foot in front of the other. Keep going. Why was I crying. James grabbed me and then I knew. I knew I was completely insane. Insane for loving someone that would never love me back. Insane because my subconscious was worming its way into my consciousness. Messing with my thoughts. Tricking me into thinking that any of this madness could be real. "Calla!! Speak to me!" . I had been in the abyss. I liked it there. It was dark and wonderful. And coming back to this world hurt too much. So I shut it off. I shut off any and all emotions. I don't know how. But in the midst of all the madness I would make myself the calm.
James
I'm about to apologise to Calla when Ian runs out of nowhere. Interrupting. AGAIN. Is he fucking serious right now. "We have to leave now!" We hastily make our way to the car and I can't help but shoot Ian a look to tell him that, that's Calla's seat and he completely ignores me. He starts yelling and I look down the way we came from. About a hundred of those fuckers running this way. The noise of the car must have attracted them. Calla notices too and she snaps out of whatever trance she's been in. I speed off and watch them slowly disappear out of my review mirror. It's only a matter of time before they catch up. It's only a matter of time before we run out of gas and they get to us. What then....
Calla
When I saw the hoards reality jolted back into me and I forgot everything that happened. I have been living in this fantasy world. There are people in this world with real problems.
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Faltered light
RomancePost apocalyptic world where survival is the only key. Calla finds herself embarking on a journey with her neighbor James after her family is maliciously murdered by monsters. Will she find what she has been searching for all her life?
