And this rain, it's the most irritating event that can happen when you're not expecting it. I was home alone, my parents were out for attending a wedding ceremony. It was a whole day out, they were supposed to come the very next day. I ran out to pick up all the clothes,
Pheww! They didn't get wet.
It was 8 o'clock now, I sat down on my study desk and started doing the home tasks Mrs. Mahone gave me.
Ugh!!! It's been half an hour I was sucking up on my tough maths questions, suddenly the electricity blew out.
"Shit!!"
I cursed under my breath. I stood up and started walking blindly, my hands were hitting the wall, my bed, even I accidentally walked into the wall.
"Ouch!"
I couldn't find the flashlight, so I walked towards kitchen for candles, and I succeeded. With the matchstick I lit the candles and placed in various places of my room.
I was dying out of boredom when I heard the ticking of clock, it said 10.
By then, someone knocked on my door, I abruptly stood on my feet and went towards the door taking the candles. I placed those candles on either side of the door on the tables which had lamps on it. I peeked through the hole, I saw a girl, not any random girl, she was my friend, Amanda and she was bleeding.
Oh My God!
I quickly opened the door and she fell into my arms, I held her. I managed to take her to my bedroom, I laid her there, her head was bleeding heavily. She was wet, her hands had many deep bruises, my eyes welled up. Amanda was so in pain, she just mumbled in a very weak voice,
"Stacey, help me."
I then immediately took off her clothes and put on my clothes on her, I took her clothes and put it in my laundry basket behind the door. I went to my parent's room and searched for the first aid box, I went for the closet, they often keep it there. As I opened it, a huge teddy bear popped out at me,
"Ah! Crap!!"
I freaked out, I calmed down myself. That was just a freaking teddy, I swiped it aside. I found the box, as I was heading to Amanda, I bumped into the teddy again and the box dropped and everything shattered on the floor. I threw the bear over the bed in annoyance. I started picking up the medicinal equipment, I saw under the bed, a file of medicine was there. I put down the candle on the floor and reached out my hands to the medicine, something slimy substance stuck on my fingers, I pulled my hands in disgust. I saw something green jelly like thing was on my fingers, I left that medicine and took the box and went to the kitchen and washed my hands. I ran up to Amanda, washed her wounds and dressed them. I thought she was fine, she fell asleep. I took her clothes and went to the washing machine which was against the outer bathroom wall. I kept it there as electricity has been out, and I turned on my feet but I lost my balance and fell down with a thud, I had hit the floor so hard my head felt numb when I realized it had started bleeding. The blood was dripping down on my clothes, I could feel my collars soaking the warm blood. I somehow stood and went toward the washbasin, I was washing my wound. I looked into the mirror, I got a bruise on the left side of my forehead. I was examining my wound when suddenly Amanda appeared in the mirror, due to her sudden presence I was startled, I turned around but then she fell on the floor. I rushed to pick her up, took her to my room, laid her down on my bed and soon she was asleep again. I took the first aid box, I went to the bathroom and started dressing the bruises on me.
I was almost done when my phone in my jeans buzzed, my body shivered to it's vibration. I pulled it out, tension devouring me when I saw Amanda's mom calling,
How would I tell her about her daughter?
How am I suppose to face her?
I was so confused and worried, I decided to tell her everything. I answered,
"Hello, aunt Shanon."
"St- Stacey, are you th-there?"
Her voice was trembling, she has been crying. I was so more in dilemma,
"Yes, what happened?"
"Your friend, my daughter Aman- Amanda is no more with us....... .."
I froze to her words, I couldn't contemplate what was happening, how could this happen?
"But - but what are you saying? How can this be possible?"
My voice cracked.
"She was going to visit you, it was 8, when she got into an accident with a truck, nearby police station called us up. We took her to the hospital but she was gone, she..she ...... left us, she is not here, not here with us."
I felt senseless, dropped the phone. Horror, confusion, sorrow every emotion was mixed up, I couldn't figure out any event. But for now I knew I was scared, I was so scared of the presence of an unknown person in my room when I'm alone.
Who is she?
All this time who stayed back here?
Suddenly the electricity got in, I quietly paced into my room with a baseball bat in my hand. The bed was empty, not a single trace of any being was there. I was going through shock and thrill, my phone was dead now. I swiftly walked to the washing machine, the blood stained clothes were mine not Amanda's, I realized I wore different clothes, it was clean. Knowing nothing to do, I ran up to my parent's room the stairs were stained with blood I ignored and locked myself in their closet, I closed my eyes and held my mouth to be unheard.
----------------------------------------------------
I was laying on my bed, it was a bright sunny day. The rays woke me up. But I couldn't move,
wait.......
This isn't my bed, I saw everywhere, white and white.
I guessed I was in a hospital.
Why?
I examined myself, my right leg was plastered, my hands were aching even my head was bursting in pain. I saw someone walked into the room, my MOM! Her eyes were swollen, she had been crying a lot. She kissed my head, and smiled. I couldn't do anything but just kept staring at her.
"Hey, how are you my love?"
I managed to ask her,
"Mom, how all this happened? Why am I here?"
"Baby, you're in the hospital, when we came home, we found you on the staircase, you stumbled down some steps and now you're here. But don't worry, it has been three days and we can go home today."She caressed my hair, this made me think again, when Amanda popped into my mind,
"Mom, where's Amanda?"
Her smile faded, she informed me,
"Oh Honey, I know it's hard for you, but she is gone, I guess you know what happened when she was coming to meet you, I'm so sorry. "
That was all true.
Her mom calling me was true.
Death of Amanda was true.
She never came to me.
It has been three crazy days I was in this hospital. I was shaking, I started crying, to realize my friend Amanda being no more, my mom hugged me. I could tell each and every single thing that apparently happened with me, which was now supposed to be a nightmare or something. But I couldn't frame myself stumbling down the stairs and the last thing I remembered was me in the closet. And now I was in the hospital with my one leg broken and head wrapped in bandages.
Mom left to call my dad, now I was again alone. I was still in the process of getting on the real thing. I gave a casual gaze to the room, when my eyes stuck to the small glass pane in the door. I saw someone waving at me, her hands were red.
Blood red!
I breathed with a choke,
"Amanda!"
