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Four Days Before: Chapter Five

I wake up and straight away look at my phone. I've got a message from mum.

Mumsie: come to Littlewood hospital, you need to see your sister.

It's Sunday, anyway, so I don't have to worry about school. After I get out of the shower, I pull on a summer dress, long cardigan and small pumps. Mina just wears ripped jeans and a band t-shirt. We walk out together, and then I get a ping sound on my phone.

Daniel: Hey, wanna catch up later on??
Me: Sure, where to??????
Daniel: Cinema???
Me: Sure, at 3 o'clock.

When Mina and I finally get to the hospital, it's twelve twenty-two. Roisin is lying in bed, sleeping. I stroke her head and leave some flowers for her. Then Mum says, "Nina, she was talking in her sleep. She was saying that she's in love, with someone called Nathaniel." I shrug my shoulders and tell mum that I need to go now.

I wait outside Willowood cinema for Daniel, and then I see him, walking down to me. He's really tall, and I feel like I'm melting when I see him. "Nina, before you say anything, I've already decided that we're watching Insurgent." I smile at him and say, "I wanted to watch that anyway." All throughout the movie we just ask each other questions like: "What's your favourite food and colour?" or "what do you want to be when you're older?" and just small questions like that, then Daniel asks me, "Do you think I'm attractive?" I just blush and turn my head away. "Yes. Stunningly." I finally respond. "I think you are extremely pretty," He says to me, "Both you and Mina are really pretty. Both your styles are just great and you're both incredible." I smile at him, but I'm also surprised, because no one ever says that Mina is incredible. When I arrive home, I feel frigid. I walk over to Mina's room to discuss why.
"I think I'm in love," I express.
"No you're not. You've only known him a few days, and you don't know what love is." She responds.
Then we both start giggling, and we just lie there on the rug for ages, talking about boys, and exam stress.

I end up falling asleep on Mina's rug, but yet again I feta a weird dream...

... Mina and I are both sitting in her room talking about Daniel, then Mina's tone changes and she says, "You have five days left to seal my fate." I'm puzzled, so I just laugh at her and then she gets angry and starts to strangle me. "Please, stop strangling me!" I scream. but then she says, "It's either you or me." "Me!" I scream, not knowing what Mina's talking about, "But just stop strangling me!" Mina slowly let's go of my neck, and then whimpers, "I'm sorry. it was either going to be you or me." then she lays down, sobbing, and all her breathing stops.