Calliope found herself walking through the dimly lit and smokey mall once again trying to look for someone she can't remember but her body kept telling her to just keep walking onto one direction.
Once she was at the end of the hallway; there she saw someone wearing a white dress and on the ground; it looked like a young girl with medium length hair sniffling and on a fetal position and her back towards Calliope.
As she approached the kid, she gently touched her shoulder to get the child's attention. Calliope was in a crouching position when the younger girl stiffened and turned around slowly to look at the person who touched her.
Calliope retracted her hand as soon as she saw who the little girl was.
It was her when she was just around 6-7 years old. She had puffy red eyes and nose like she had been crying for a while but what stood out was Little Calliope's tear stained cheeks with a handprint evident on her left cheek while she had a small bruise on her right lip.
Calliope felt like her blood was drained from her whole body. She looked at her younger self looking very vulnerable , hopeless and weak.
She felt tears coming down her face and was shaking her head not wanting to see and remember her past self until she felt a hand caressing her head and forehead very gently trying to calm her down.
As she looked up; she once again saw the ballerina with the white mask looking at her sincerely giving her a calm feeling making her forget all the bad memories that came flooding in her mind a few seconds ago.
They held eye contact for a few seconds while Calliope relished the warm and soft hand of the girl standing above her until she returned her attention towards her younger self but Little Calliope suddenly disappeared through thin air.
Calliope gave the girl in white a confused look but the girl just nudged her head signaling Calliope to follow her as she let go of the crouched girl's head then proceeded to leave.
Calliope immediately stood up and followed the ballerina through the closed mall; still seeing no one else but the girl in white just a few feet away from her who was gliding a little bit faster than her as Calliope was trying to keep up with her speed.
She felt that they have been walking for a while when she noticed a bright light was shone at the far right side of the mall. Calliope was looking around since she was having a feeling that someone else is following them but she can't see anyone.
The ballerina turned the corner towards the bright light and looked at her once more before Calliope went full speed towards her direction until...
*thud*
Calliope: "Ugh! What the f----? Sh-t! Likod ko!"
Calliope felt her lower back aching as she was feeling an electric current coursing through her spine making her curse internally. She opened her eyes looking at her surroundings slowly realizing she is in Gillian's bedroom and noticed that it was already morning.
It took her a few seconds for the pain in her back to subside a little bit before she reached out to her pocket and fished out her phone that was on silent mode forgetting to turn it off as she was looking at the lockscreen.
Currently: 8:10AM
2 new messages from: Mackenzie
3 missed calls from: Mom
4 new messages from: Mom
Calliope: "Ugh! 8:10AM palang? Ang aga naman." she rubbed her eyes and opened the unread messages.
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Perfect Silence (JhoLet)
Short StoryIn a world where you are scared of the silence and only prefer the noise, what happens when you find comfort in the presence and silence of someone else? JhoLet Story. Characters inspired by the girls of Bini but their names will be changed in the s...
