Red strings

Chapter one: Nessa

Trapped. I can't breathe, I can't move. I open my eyes and all I see is darkness. I'm utterly alone. Sinking into the darkness, falling for the rest of eternity. Suffocating, then it's gone. 

I'm in a field, I sit up and look around. There's a large oak tree in the middle of the field. I stand and walk towards the tree. It seems familiar somehow, I reach the tree. Carved into its bark is a human heart. I reach out to touch the heart and it starts to glow,I feel a sharp pain in my chest and collapse. 

I'm surrounded by darkness again but I can still see. I feel a presence behind me. I whorl around and see a huge beast like a mechanical dog that represents love, dangerous, scary, unpredictable. I stare into its lifeless eyes too scared to move, then I see the red strings tied around my finger. 

I slowly glance behind me to see three guys standing there. Their faces are blurry. They start to make their way closer, our connected strings drawing them to me. I back away. No matter how many times I see them I still feel a pull to go to them, but I would rather deal with the giant monster dog than face the three of them. I don't want love or to meet my soul mates. I don't need them l would rather die than fall in love with someone. For as long as I can remember I've been running and hiding from love, from them. I can't trust anyone in this world. I'm better off by myself just like I've always been. As I continue to back away from the quickly approaching males I bump into the dog and freeze as the dog turns into a smooth black stone wall. I sink to the ground as my back slides down the wall. I close my eyes and curl into a ball ,then I feel a hand stroke my hair, I leap up and take off running. 

The strings tangle around my feet and I fall but I keep falling for what seems like forever then I hit the ground.

I bolt upright in bed. I quickly take in my surroundings and breathe out a sigh of relief. It was just a dream. A recurring dream at that, I'd had the same dream almost every night for the past three months. I just pray that it doesn't mean what I think it means. At first I was so freaked out by the dream I tried to move again but I had just signed the lease and couldn't back out of it for another two years.

I got out of bed and walked out of my room to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and pulled out a pop tart. I couldn't help but wonder who those people were and if it would click as soon as I saw them or would I just walk right past them without even looking up. I couldn't decide which one was better. My heart was telling me it would be better for it to just click but my head said to keep walking no matter what.

I sighed and turned around to get a napkin to wipe the crumbs off my face. I went back to my room to get dressed. I pulled on a white button up and the black knife pleated knee length skirt of my new school uniform and the purple blazer with a soft black inside as well as a pair of purple and black heels ignoring the black tie that was also part of the uniform. I got dressed and grabbed my satchel bag and my keys. I walked out the front door and locked it behind me, before getting in the elevator and going 20 floors from the penthouse to the underground garage. As I started my car I decided today was definitely a coffee day. 

As I pulled up to StarBucks I felt a strange tug in my heart but I ignored it. After I ordered my drink I pulled out my phone and started going through my emails. "A doubleshot vanilla iced coffee for Nessa," the barista called. I walked up to the counter and grabbed my drink "Thanks," I said with a smile and walked away.

When I got to the door I bumped into someone who was opening the door, almost spilling my coffee "Sorry," we said in unison. 

I looked up into a pair of eyes that were a gorgeous shade of green like polished malachite, his skin tone was somewhere between pale and tan with a head of fluffy blonde hair. I suddenly felt the same tug in my heart that I felt in my dreams.