The Deadly Reunion

Chapter 4

" okay , so after that incident I started to get nightmares like really bad and messed up nightmares , enough to make me go crazy , but what did you expected for a 13 year old girl who saw her best friend being murdered in her school auditorium. After this , these nightmares started to happen during the day time aswell and I developed a mental illness called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , now I not only got nightmares but also flashbacks of the incident everytime I did, heard or saw something related , so my mother brought me here in Maple Ridge , I know that still Oakdale is 3-4 hours away but still it helped me relax a bit , and then I started going to Dr.Rachel and like a whisper in darkness, I remembered Dr.Rachel's words :"The only way to overcome your fears is to confront them head-on " and these words really inspired me to start continue my life , and in the 1-2 years all this had stopped my nightmares,flashbacks and everything but it's happening again " I sigh . Daisy looked at me with a confused yet worried look and asked " any specific reason this is happening?" As much as I didn't want to confess this neither to me or anyone else but I knew I had to , so I told her " I received a reunion invite for my batch 2018-19 " Daisy gives me an O expression but it fades as soon as I said " but that's not even the problem , the problem is that I had planned to not go but a creepy text from an unknown person is forcing me to go there ...and..and I really don't know what to do , it-it feels like I am being watched, I am being followed a—-" I burst into tears, everything that I was holding since my senior year of middle school came out in the form of endless tears . As Daisy comforted me I felt happy about my decision for the first time in years ,no more hiding things or facing things alone , now I had a person who would understand me and comfort me .

As I lay in my bed beside Sora , I couldn't shake off the feeling of dread that crept in every time I thought about the reunion. The invitation, the message from the unknown number... it all felt like a trap, a way to lure me back into the nightmare I'd been trying to escape.

I tossed and turned, my mind racing with memories I'd rather forget. Ellisa's smile, her laughter, the way she'd look at me with concern when I was down... it all came flooding back. And with it, the guilt. Oh, the crushing guilt.

I threw off the covers and got out of bed, pacing around the room to shake off the anxiety. But it only seemed to grow, like a living thing inside me.

That's when I saw Daisy, sitting on the couch, watching me with a concerned expression. "Hey, Stats , what's wrong?"

"I-I don't know what to do about this reunion thing , should I go ? "

Daisy nodded, her eyes understanding. "You don't have to do it alone, Stats ,I'll be there with you and I have decided that I cannot leave you to a place so traumatising , so let's pack our bags , I am coming with you " .

"But what about Sora ?" I asked petting her .

"We'll take her with us " said Daisy .

But still unsure what to do , I started worrying because going there was like jumping into the mouth of a shark , plus I couldn't risk the life of Daisy and my little Sora , it's better for me to die alone than take them with me .

Watching my worried state , Daisy came and tried to help me out and reassured me .

But even her reassurance couldn't calm the storm inside me. I knew I had to face my fears, but a part of me was screaming to run, to hide, to never look back.

I took a deep breath, trying to steel myself for what was to come. But the nightmares, oh the nightmares... they still lingered, waiting to pounce on me when I least expected it.

Would I ever be able to escape them? Or would they haunt me forever, a constant reminder of my past?

Author:
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