From Dreams to Nightmares

Chapter 27

Kalilah's perspective

  I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what's going on with my life. I can't study, I can't eat, I can't focus on anything because of everything that's happening around me. From the day Alex showed up and Arron told me it was done I felt like I was seeing black before my eyes. Jealousy? I've never experienced this before, but looking at the gorgeous blonde who couldn't leave Octavia's side drove me crazy. Every gesture, every action brought out the worst in me... And the fact that my best friend seemed totally uninterested made me feel totally alone.

The situation was not improved at all when my parents showed up out of nowhere at home for more than a week. Impressive thing because they have never been home so long since I've known me. And their sudden change on Lily is very strange. And their masquerade could not fool even the 5-year-old girl. She didn't feel herself around them and whatever our parents proposed she would come back to ask my opinion if she was allowed or not. And that annoyed them.

"Kally, why did Octavia resign?" The little girl asks me and I was looking around the room just to not meet her eyes. I knew he quit working here just to stop seeing me but that wasn't fair to Lily. Somehow this girl won my sister's trust. I can't deny that..." I don't know Lily! Why don't we focus on your birthday party? Look, I will get you such a beautiful dress, you will be the most beautiful princess in this land! And if you want, we can invite colleagues from the kindergarten to play together..." I say and the girl crosses her hands on her chest looking at me angrily through her eyelashes. "I won't accept anything if Octavia doesn't come too, she's my friend!" Lily says fluttering her long eyelashes to impress me. And the fact that she actually managed to move me was to be expected, she can be so persuasive. "I will call her and ask her. But know that it's none of my business, if he doesn't want to come I can't do anything Lily!" I say and the girl already hands me the phone that was thrown on the bed and I roll my eyes and smile. What can a child make of a man with dignity...

I enter the directory and call the girl who was to be my rescue. Deep down I knew that I was not doing this just to enter my sister but for myself, I was looking for an excuse to see her, to be able to talk to her, without Alex being around her. The phone didn't ring much as the girl answered surprisingly quickly for this time of the morning. "Good morning Kalilah, what an honor to have you call me...who am I giving this pleasure to?" the girl says and her voice was low and hoarse, a sign that I woke her up from sleep. God how good her voice sounded, I could feel the vibrations of her voice deep inside me. "Octavia tomorrow is Lily's birthday and she just really wants you to come and be with her..." I say and the little girl nods her head and runs out of the room leaving me alone to handle it. "And you?" the girl asks me in a low and serious tone "And what about me?" I ask her the same thing. "And you want me to come? You understand I would love to come, I love that little girl but you? Do you want me to be there?" She says again in my head I was already screaming. Yes, yes, yes, of course I want you here, I want you next to me so you can't leave and even if you were to leave you would melt on the asphalt because of my longing. But the mouth doesn't always say what it thinks. "Please, I love my sister too much to make her sad. Let's put all our conflict aside for a day and be there by her side. You know very well that she listens to you. And maybe that's how she would understand you if you tell her that it's time for her to make friends too, to get out of her comfort zone, to evolve. I want the best for her Octavia...she's all I have!"

I say only to be struck by an unsettling silence on the other end of the phone. I expected him to hang up and refuse but nothing happens. It was quiet. An innocent silence, and yet full of frenzy. And then after what seemed like an eternity the girl's voice rang out again this time different, it was controlled and it sounded sweet like a beehive. "I will come, and I would say I will just for Lily's sake but we both know because I will come to see you. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something important so I will ask you tomorrow. Text me with the details and when I should come." Octavia says and I felt like I was blushing like a poppy flower. "okay" was all I managed to say until the girl hung up and I was stuck with my eyes on the ceiling staring at the lost and still thoughtless to think about tomorrow because my heart was ready to jump out of my chest with fear of the unknown what was waiting for me tomorrow And at the same time the hope that maybe tomorrow will solve all our problems...

And I, once again, was stuck with my body here and my mind in front of me, which is driving my mind towards neurosis. It inhibits and despairs me at the same time, it was a continuous cycle of torture that I couldn't get enough of...

If my parents don't spoil the moment everything will be perfect and Lily's day will be exceptional without a doubt.