The music in my head

The beginning and the end

I don't know why I made this story. I saw a post-it note which I wrote agesss ago of a story idea and decided to make it today. This is a very short story with one chapter. Please let me know if u enjoy :)

Lots of love, Jiya <333

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There was a girl.

It's an ordinary girl.

She lived with her family and went to school and did things that regular people will do, except one day she woke up with a song in her head. It wasn't a song she knew very well, though she must have listened to it before, somewhere, it was catchy and she could recognize all the words, even though she usually couldn't remember the words to songs, even the ones she enjoyed. 

The girl couldn't get rid of the song. She tried to distract herself with games and shopping and seeing her friends, but she kept finding herself singing the lyrics or humming the tune. She listened to other music, but as soon as she turned it off the song was there underneath, lingering. 

It wasn't an earworm, because it seemed more like she was hearing, rather than remembering, the song. Like it was the light, bright, real thing, rather than a shadowy mental version. And it didn't go away, even at night. 

Weeks passed, and the song got louder, expanding inside her head. She couldn't sleep or focus on reading, and when she talked she said the wrong words a lot, replacing the lyrics for the sentences she meant to say.

 Her parents thought she was being difficult and her friends thought she was mocking them or not listening, and people began to avoid her because she seemed weird. When her teachers asked her something in class, she couldn't understand them, and she ended up in detention every day. 

The sound of traffic was numbed and she had to be cautious when crossing the road. She was cut off from everyone, in her little bubble of music, in the middle of a constant loop. Her head was heavy with it, and it felt like it would burst open from the pressure. 

Then she was walking home from school one day, hardly able to see because of the insane volume of the song in her head when she stepped off the pavement and was hit by a bus. 

Her head cracked open on the curb and, as her blood trickled out, the music leaked out with it, and finally, everyone else could hear the song.

Words-381

Sentences-18

Reading time-1 min 31 sec

Speaking time-2 min 55 sec

I hope you enjoyed it.

Jiya