Terrified

Chapter 5: Light in the Dark (Part 3of 3)

The day hasn't ended and Fatima is already exhausted to be even lifting a single finger. Nonetheless, thanks to Heart's concern of giving her a ride after those long hours of working nonstop, despite being also exhausted herself, Fatima peacefully dozed off in her passenger's seat. Heart is a talkative type of person, especially when around a bubbly person like Fatima, but for now, she zipped her mouth to let her sleep while she drives somewhere, not around the city and definitely not at Fatima's home.

Heart drove to a hill which she only found on blogs from other people which she took chance of searching while Fatima is unaware of her doings, a place which was once a secret but eventually known due to all these accounts that found this spot. The top of the hill is normally crowded in the morning, having picnics and taking commemorative photos. There's nothing to see but the rocky but clean ground to sit on, there are no tall trees but bushes from the sides are present.

Heart found this place in no time, away from the city and anyone's eyes on a midnight. As she cannot park any way nearer, she had to stop a meters away and as expected, at such time, there's no one around but them. This didn't scare her however, rather she formed a victorious grin for this is what she originally wanted, for the place to be dark, quiet and no disturbances at all. This is the plan she had been secretly doing behind Fatima's back throughout the day since they met.

"Hey... hey... wake up." Heart decided to shake Fatima up to let her see where she had taken the both of them.

At first, Fatima yawned as she's oblivious of where they are, thinking Heart finally drove her to her place. But then as her eyes were wide opened, she found nothing around her but dark, with only the car's headlights lighting up what's in front of them, an empty and closed rocky road going up the hill. Hence, she frantically roamed her eyes around, from the front to the back, then lastly to Heart who is grinning silly at her, but she gave her a confused look and wordlessly asking her for explanation.

"I'll explain." Heart immediately said but not after going down the car and opened Fatima's door for her to get out. "But first, get out of the car and let's take a walk while I tell you." She then said and carried a backpack with her.

Because she trusts Heart, Fatima went down the car but still confused as she questions with her restless eyes wandering everywhere, "Where are we? I thought you told me that you're driving me back home. Moreover, it's midnight and isn't it dangerous here? The road is closed."

Heart snatched Fatima's free hand, locking it with hers so she won't get lost as they continue walking forward, breaking the road's block which caused Fatima to gasp for they are breaking the rules. But there's Heart keeping a smile and tells her, "I actually planned this while you were working and even planned it better when you were sleeping in the car. I just thought that you might want to unwind and relax yourself a bit before going back home. I know you're exhausted with today's happenings and I can see how restless you've been since we met in the café. You have your mind occupied and your worries are overflowing that I cannot pretend not to see it. It's pretty obvious."

"Well, I can't help it." Fatima shyly said while letting herself be dragged higher and higher into the hill.

And so Heart continues, "I found this place from other blogs I found. Some vloggers have also featured this place but it's only open in the morning to late in the afternoon. No one has really come here at this time since obviously, it's scary and it's midnight. But you know, I want to try it with you so I drove us here instead. And most importantly, I want you to have a peace of mind a bit and let your thoughts organized again."

Fatima was about to open her mouth for a reply but then Heart stopped as they have reached the top most part, the place where everyone visits in the morning. Rather than having her mouth open for a response, Fatima's mouth opened in amazement over the view she's seeing right now. The top view of the town can be seen from above with the lights sparkling the streets. The air is cold but it's fresh, not those polluted ones that always brush her skin in the town. And the most beautiful part, the starry night sky that feels so vast above her, so open as if she's floating somewhere in the atmosphere.