Night Changes

CHAPTER 2

Help! HELP!

Save them..please!! They are...they're in the house..please..DO SOMETHING! They'll die..They'll die- PLEASE!

I screamed at the top of my lungs.
I was surrounded by people. So many people.

The woman held me back as I tried to reach out.

She held me so tight and I kept struggling to loosen her grip.

I kicked the soil beneath my feet, feeling the weight of my backpack dragging me down.

I kept crying hard, and kept screaming.

Don't sit back..PLEASE! HELP THEM! SAVE THEM! IT'S ALL GONNA BE OVER- THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEAD. HELP!!

I woke up. I discovered I was in a pool of sweat. My heart kept pounding in my chest, my head throbbing with unbearable pain. I reached out for my emergency kit and hurriedly grabbed the medicines. I closed my eyes and inhaled deep breathes to calm myself.

I received the wake up call- too bad I couldn't sleep much last night.

I received a call again. But this time from Simon Brown,a senior member of ICC (INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL). This man was a redhead in his forties,and not only a redhead- a shitty redhead.

"Good Morning Miss Alayna Malik," I could hear the laugh in his voice. This guy loves to irritate me.

"Morning Mr Brown. Care to explain the reason behind your call?"

"Just thought I should check on you- just to remind you once again that you owe me one,"

Sigh. This guy always said that because he was a serious misogynist and I was the one who petitioned to introduce mixed gender cricket and here we are- men and women in the same team. Since we won from the vote of ICC officials, he considers this as a favor on me, even though I can bet on my life he definitely voted against it.

"I'm doing just fine Mr Brown. Anything else?"

"Yep. ICC wants you to join the next camp in England after a few months,"

Wait..what? But I don't want to go!

"But Isn't it the BCCI's decision?"

"It is and they will contact you soon. See you soon miss Malik,"

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. That guy knows I'm not leaving my place anytime soon.

Are all Simons in this world so shitty?

My phone ran again. I frowned in irritation but thankfully it was Ritz.

"Good morning! Buenos dias! Guten tag!" She cooed.

"Yeah yeah, morning,"

"Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of bed today. What happened? Actually, forget it. Just tell me about the date!"

"Unbelievable you are,Ritz. Anyway- the date was..fine I guess. Shreyas wore a complete black shirt with black tie and black pants. Of course he looked simply awesome.."

"Ahh I can picture him! And what happened next? Come on spill it Aly I can't wait!"

"I will but will you just let me continue? So we both talked a lot-mostly about each other. And I guess I kind of like him. I might..actually consider dating him.."

"Woah woah that's cool! And did he seem interested?"

"I guess so. He proposed a movie date as well so-"