The Curtains - Izma

3

Furious and curious minds of archeologist are always dire to quest the mystery behind the walls.

The heat of the moment was making me assume myself a latchkey child, striving hard to achieve her aims.

We loaded all our stuffs into jeep and were ready to hit the town.

"I'm gonna drive", Simon hilariously cried, my cousin brother. Six feet tall, black hair, dashing personality with brown eyes. His leather jacket was quite old and grimy, four years elder than me.

Susi, Karen, Edward, Jacob, Elizabeth, Will and May also joined us.

I plugged myself into my creepy songs and pulled a book out to read. I read that book hundred times in each passing year of my life, as it gives a pain pleasure that how a girl finds the love of his father.

Cold breezes were enchanting the environment, it was so peaceful and quiet. Karen placed her legs out the window, her head was rested on my lap.

Widen eyes were mesmerizing passing beauty of nature. I looked up and halted, gazing huge mountains wrapped with snow and fog, overshadowing the beautiful villages on the foot step of those mountains. Melody of the flowing streams and rivers at distance, forced me to unplug my music and the crashing sound of waterfall ahead, was hitting ears like thunder. I just put my head on back and got silent.

"Hey, what are you reading", Will worded out, dragged me from my inner world.

I frowned and pushed him back.

"You disturbed my thoughts", I abruptly said, pointing my book near his face.

Will almost whimpered as May dragged him away from my seat and spun him around badly to sit still. She was pulling out a joke. She was the one who enliven our trip by her silly pranks.

It was a long and tiresome journey, as the destination was in out skirts of town. Sky turned black, wind started gusting, smog covered our path, it was almost 11:00 pm at night and in middle of nowhere we decided to stop by.

"Good God, we were already stuffed with camps for such unforeseen circumstances", Clair said by catching a deep breath.

I walked near the car to grab some bags, heavy bags miffed my arms, legs were quivering with such weight.

I sighed before lifting.

I felt like a factotum, luckily Jacob helped me stationing the camps.