We hope you had a pleasant and enjoyable flight. We would like to thank you for travelling on A-259, and we hope to see you again soon.
The announcement speaker played a message of appreciation to the passengers who had just flown from Japan to the United States.
From the airport's main entrance, there was a lady who dragged a huge red suitcase towards the parking lot. She fixed her blonde hair briefly before making a phone call. She was talking this and that with the person on the other side of the phone as she approached a yellow car and rummaged in her luggage for something. She slapped her forehead after a period of looking; it seemed she had forgotten her vehicle keys.
"Then I'll come to pick you up in a minute, Amelia, yet we can pick up your car the next day." - the voice on the other end of the phone, a happy middle-aged woman.
"Oh sure, then I'll wait by the main road!" - With that, the girl hung up the phone.
So she is Amelia - a juvenile who graduated from Film College in Japan and is very gifted in writing and scripting for short films. Today is the day she returns home after more than 6 years of studying abroad.
"Ah~ finally home with family~"- Amelia stretched and dragged her luggage to the main road to wait for her mom to pick her up. Suddenly, a warm, cheerful voice spoke up:
"Amy! Good afternoon, you're finally returned home! How have you been? Ah oh! I have work to pass by your house, wanna take a ride?"- it was Alexander, Amelia's childhood friend-who recently graduated from National Economics University.
"Oh, Alex, you've grown so much in 6 years!"- Amelia giggled. "If you have work to do, please go ahead, my mother will be here in about 10 minutes."
"All right then, see you next week, I'll take you to your best-loved restaurant"- Alexander waved goodbye to Amelia and drove his car away. Just like Amelia said, her mother arrived after about 10 minutes.
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"Let's have dinner at home okay? I've prepared your favourite dishes. Dad will leave work at 6, we can stop by the office to pick him up."
...
"Oh, I remember that you like to eat gelato ice cream right? Let's get some ice cream then!"
...
BANG
A huge sound suddenly came into contact with her ears. A blinding light instantaneously filled her eyes, she couldn't see nor hear anything. The world became blank at that very moment, and how she wished it was like that for just a bit more.
"AMY! AMY! AMELIA! CAN YOU HEAR ME, DARLING!?" - A voice yelled in her ear.
She slowly opened her eyes. A sea of flames covers her sight. The sound of ambulance sirens is getting louder and louder, people running left and right, medics quickly rushed to the scene, it was chaos. Small drops of blood fell on Amelia's cheek. She looked up and saw that her parents were covering the broken debris fallen from the car for her. They were pale, barely moving...
"I CAN'T FIND THE PEOPLE!!"- One of the medics yelled.
We are here- Please help- Amelia wanted to shout out but her throat was dry, she tried over and over again, but nothing came out.
I feel so tired... Please help... Amelia leisurely closed her eyes and experienced a long sleep.
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She woke up and found herself laying on the hospital bed, her body was full of bandages and scars, she was on the brink of unconsciousness. She felt numb, desensitised, and deadened. Defeated, even her attempts to stand up were quite meaningless. When the nurse next to her, who was peeling apples, noticed her waking up, she walked over to assist her in sitting up and said,
"You were gravely hurt by the explosion when the gasoline from the two vehicles flowed out, but thankfully there were only burns and abrasions on the skin, no inside problems."
Amelia was perplexed as to what was going on as the nurse proceeded with a glum expression,
"Please hold back your grief..."- she says with a disconsolate voice.
Grief...? What are you talking about...? Mouth unopened, a wave of headaches hit her head violently. Seconds lost, Amelia remembered what happened... She was picking her dad from his office. Her family was going to eat dinner together. A car accident happened... "Please hold back your grief" Does that mean someone has passed?
"What do you mean...?" Amelia asked vaguely
"Your parents... They suffered too many injuries... We weren't able to save them."
Mom... dad...
Amelia was horrified to discover about her parents' news that everything around her blurred until just a dark patch remained.
She fainted.
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She seldom talked to the nurses or doctors, and she was looking out the window, wondering where she would go after she was released from the hospital when a familiar voice piped up,
"AMY!"- He almost shouted, face filled with fear.
"Alexander?" She chuckled, a gleam of warmth came over Amelia's eyes, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared "I never thought Alex would be so panicked."- Amelia smiled, but deep down they both knew she wasn't happy nor relieved.
"Amy-"- Alexander moved forward, wanting to touch Amelia's arms.
"DON'T TOUCH ME"- He was shoved out of the way by her. She appears to be quite sensitive.
"I just want to take you home..." Alexander said worriedly.
"Home" this phrase is like a soft bone to Amelia at the time, she was startled and turned her head to look at Alexander with a surly face.
"HOME!? WHICH HOME?? I HAVE NO HOME TO RETURN!"-Amelia screamed "I KILLED MY PARENTS... I- I- I HAVE TO COME WITH THEM-" As soon as she finished speaking, Amelia grabbed the nearby fruit knife and suddenly stabbed her stomach.
"AMY!!"- Alexander squawked dishearteningly. Pupils immediately magnified, Alexander rushed towards Amelia's collapsed body and shouted:
"DOCTOR! NURSE! SHE'S COMING DOWN WITH SUICIDE!!!"
The staff raced into the room, and the emergency bell rang, the sound of the bed moving, haste steps.
__________CHAPTER 1 END__________
So the first chapter is uploaded! (n˘v˘•)¬
This is my first time writing and publishing on social media, so I'm hoping everyone understands and supports it!
Credit picture: Pinterest (Sorry I didn't find the artist if someone knows please tell me)
Next update: Monday, 26th January 2022 ♡
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Short Story( ONGOING | UNDER EDITING ) Amelia is a young lady who is in the prime of her life until she is confronted with unforeseen occurrences that make her feel as if she has fallen from paradise to hell. Alexander, her childhood buddy, took care of her th...
