Fate Made By A Flood

Chapter 1

Drip, drip, drip. It has been two weeks of non-stop rain. I'm tired of it, it has caused this massive flood and wiped out the town that I live near. Fortunately, I live on a hill. Unfortunately, my food supply is almost gone, and I've been rationing ever since the flood wiped my town.

I'm starting to lose hope, there has been no sign of humanity for a week. Call me impatient, but if you were in this situation, you would hope to see at least someone, anyone. The desperation is real, and I don't know how much longer I have left. I have to figure out something.

I've gotten use to the way I've been living for four years. Alone, only going out to get food and stuff that I would need or want. It's only now that I realize how badly I've been craving human connection. It's like giving an endless amount of money to someone but taking it away after they've gotten attached to it. You only grasp the damage it's done once it's gone.

Do you wonder why I live like this though? I don't even know. I only know it's my way of coping with my parent's death. Now I realize it has done more harm than good. My mental health has been deteriorating since they've left. 

On the other hand, I'm grateful I didn't go and make friends with people in town because it would have really killed to see them be taken by the flood. Now I won't even have the chance to make a friend. At least not for a while anyway.

For entertainment, I've been crocheting whatever I could think of. My entertainment is soon going to come to an end though, as my yarn supply is running short as well. The internet and electricity have gone off because of the flood, so I can't even use my laptop or phone. The last time I was on my phone though, it said the flood was worldwide. I wonder what could have caused it.

I have also been reading books for entertainment. I've thought once that it would be really funny if I was in a book. I must be really bored at this point. Though, wouldn't it be something if someone was reading about my life? My life is dull right now, so this part of the book would be really boring.

Anyways, I'm sitting staring out my window. The water level keeps getting higher, but it is nowhere near my house. If my book about floods is correct, at some point it can't get any higher than that point. Who knows though.

I'm getting bored of staring out this window. I want to go get the book I've been reading. It's really good, it's called, "The Dance of the Wind." It was written by someone named Keisley. It's a romance book, my favorite genre. How ironic, someone who barely socializes loves romance. 

I get up and go to my underground lair. I open the door to my basement, and head down the stairs. There's a love hate relationship with my basement. I hate it because it feels so lonely, but I love it because it's so warm and cozy. It is like a library down here, there is shelves of books. I haven't come close to even reading half of them though. I've always had the internet. Now times have changed. A lot. 

I'm walking through the rows of books, when I spot the book I'm looking for. It's a very colorful book, it's like a rainbow but with way more colors. It looks like the wind is dancing with all the colors in the world. I pick it up and smile as I can't wait to start reading it again. I'm on chapter 8 I believe. I have so many more chapters to get through but I'm not complaining. 

I turn around to go back upstairs but I spot my favorite stuffy. The stuffy my parents gave me a couple years before they were taken by that horrible monster. The monster that killed my parents and took them down right with himself. I don't understand why he had to take them with him. He didn't even know them. It was a random attack. I question everyday why he had to do what he did. Why didn't he just seek help? His family said he had been suffering from depression for a while. Along with harmful thoughts.

I grab the stuffed bunny and start heading up the stairs. My mood is much gloomier now because of the thoughts. I don't like my life. It's really not great. I wish that I could switch shoes with the happiest person on Earth. Even if it's just for a day. I know my life isn't the worst. It's definitely not the best though. 

As I'm heading up the stairs, I stub my toe really hard. I do this thing when I'm upset where I walk really fast, and my feet hit the ground really hard. I dropped my stuffy and it caught on a nail. Great. It's ripped and now I have to sew it. Now it's not going to be the same. 

I carefully pick it up as to not make the rip bigger and continue to head up the stairs. I feel like crying at this point, but I know it won't help with things. I close the basement door and go find the window I was sitting at. It seems to be raining even harder than before. 

I set my stuffy up to look out the window and I lay my book down. Then I go to retrieve my sewing needle and blue thread. They're laying somewhere on my arts and crafts table.

When I reach the room, I realize how messy it is. Add that to my to-do list as well, I guess. I really hate cleaning but when you have nothing better to do, it's not the worst thing in the world. 

I go to the table and move a lot of the stuff around. When I finally find my sewing kit, I realize that I'm almost out of blue thread. How amazing! Really, life couldn't get any better than it is right now. Now my poor stuffed bunny, Nae, will have a rip on her arm. She is just going to have a small, miserable wound on her. It won't ever heal, how unlucky Nae is.

"Whatever!" I say in a hopeless attempt to dismiss my annoyance. I trudge down the steps and sit harshly on my seat. I look down at my book for a few seconds trying to collect my thoughts. Then I realize that I have a feeling I should look out my window. I look up and see a girl on a pitiful raft. I feel a feeling of relief that I'm not the only person alive in the area but get the picture that she is coming towards my house.

A huge wave of panic washes over me. I quickly grab the nearest weapon, which happened to be the tiny sewing needle, and ran behind a wall so she wouldn't see me. Maybe she would think that the house is abandoned. Then again, maybe she would come inside if she thought it was abandoned. Crap!

Let me look out the window to see if she is actually coming over here or not. Yeah, she is definitely coming over and she seems to have a lot of stuff. I pull back around the corner, so she won't see me through the window. Gosh, this is all so overwhelming. Breath, Ann, just breath. 

I take three deep breathes before looking around again. Uh oh, she is making her way up the hill now. She doesn't even have anything covering her. Her raft had a little tarp above it. It'll be a minute or two before she gets here. Maybe she wants to make a deal, a trade deal. Well, that's not going to work because I have nothing to give her! 

Dang it, she is quite muscular. Also, very tall as well. I would definitely lose in a fight against her. She is going to take all my stuff! Maybe that's how she got all of that stuff on her raft? Beating people up.

Before I can think another thought, I hear a knock at the door. You couldn't imagine how high I jumped. At this point, I'm contemplating whether or not I should open the door. I decide not to, and a couple of seconds go by. 

"I know you're in there," the woman at the door says quite loudly, "I heard you jump when I knocked on the door!" 

Donkey crap! She knows I'm in here! I have to open it now. I don't want her to break down my door. I take a few deep breathes and decide to answer her. "Okay! Give me a few seconds!" I put the needle down and walk over to the door. 

I've got this. What bad could happen? Her wanting to live with me? No, that's too strange and straightforward. Alright, I'm ready to open the door. I slowly opened the door. Gosh, she is beautiful. She has dark hair because of the rain but her eyes glow. They are a mix of brown, gold, and green. I think that's what you call hazel. 

"So, I was hoping that we could arrange a deal," The woman looks very confident in herself as she says it, "I will supply you with food and necessities if you let me stay here."

{ End of chapter }

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