The Ailing Heart

Chapter 4

I wake up to the feeling of someone staring at me. I sit up on my bed drenched in sweat. I have no idea of what's going on. I grab my phone and check the time. It's just a little past midnight.

I roll out of my bed and go into my closet. I hadn't changed my clothes after getting back from school. I didn't realise when I fell asleep after all the crying. I change into my shorts with a tank top and roll back into bed. I cover myself with the comforter after setting my alarm at four the next morning.

I turn my alarm off and roll out of my bed. I head for a shower and once I'm done I grab my books and do some studying. I'm able to complete my assignments and even make some extra notes.

I gather all my books and neatly place them in my bag along with my assignments and set it aside. I make my way to the closet and get dressed for school.

Once I'm all ready I grab my bag and walk downstairs. Dad isn't up yet. He must have stayed up late last night. And no wonder I'm the reason. I decide to make breakfast before leaving. I set my bag on the counter and get started with the breakfast.

I set the breakfast on the table and grab a granola bar for myself. I'm not really hungry today. I take out a price of paper from one of my notebooks and scribble "SORRY" on it leaving it on the table.

I get a text from Trevor that Jenny's gonna pick him up and he wants me to drive myself to school. I text him back and grab my car keys as I leave.

I drive to school with the radio on listening to some recent news which mostly focusses on the recent mysterious murders in the city. That's the one hot topic in London right now.

I turn the radio off as I park my car and leave for the classes. The weather today is the best which can be seen in London as its quite sunny. We hardly get to see the sun out here in London.

I walk to the class with Jenny and Trevor while he apologises a million times for not being able to pick me up.

The entire day goes by in a blur and strangely Liam is nowhere to be found. But why I am I even bothered ?

"Then its decided. We'll meet at the burial ground sharp at seven". Jenny says as we separate our ways to go home.

The drive back home is clouded with only one thought in my mind and that I'll have to face my father tonight. It's not the first that I've been rude to him but I still feel guilty for doing it.

I get home and as always go straight to my room. I drop the bag on the bed and get changed. I've still got some time to kill before I've to leave for the game.

We're gonna be playing truth and dare tonight by the burial ground. It's something we do every time the sky tends to be clear. And the only light being that from the moon.
Now this sounds crazy but its really fun.

I pick out my copy of Pride and Prejudice that mom bought me long back. I've read it a million times till date but I still love the story. I get so indulged in the story that I hardly have any sense of how long it has been.

It's already about 6 so I better rush. The drive itself would take about thirty minutes. I roll out of my bed and go straight to the closet. I go for a pair of denim shorts and a crop top. It's not that cold today so I can go with it. I pull my hair into a ponytail and I'm good to go.

I grab my sweater before leaving, just in case I need it. I get through the drive in nearly about thirty minutes. As usual I'm the first one to reach. I decide to wait in the car.

After I don't know how long jenny and Trevor finally arrive arguing as always. We begin the game and the first turn is mine.

"So is it a truth or a dare ?" Jenny asks with her evil smile.

"Dare". I say and her smile grows.

" Spend twenty minutes in there". She says pointing towards the graveyard behind the old rusted gate.

"Jen twenty is a bit too much. We should go for ten". Trevor suggests.

"Ten is okay as well". She says pushing me towards the rusty gate.

I climb up the gate and jump on the other side. I can still see the smirk on Jenny's face. I'll make sure she pays for this.

I've done this a lot of times before so this shouldn't be hard. I walk further making sure I don't fall into the few open graves. I don't why they're open either. I walk a little more and sit on one of the graves. Sounds stupid ? But what else can I do in a graveyard where I've got to spend ten minutes.

I try not to acknowledge the fact that I am in a graveyard but that's hard to ignore. It's just been a couple of minutes and I've got eight more to go. I sit there staring at the sky which, if the for the moon is almost empty.

I start counting the few visible stars when I hear some muffled sounds from somewhere further in. I get and take a few steps forward but stop once I hear the sound again. My brain says to rush out of here as fast as I can but my legs have some other plans.

I walk towards the sounds as silently possible. I have to take a few turns before I stop dead in my tracks. The sound has disappeared like it never existed. I look around to find nothing except the buried dead and darkness. I decide to go a little further before I walk back out.

After a little more distance I stumble upon something and fall to the ground landing on my knees. I turn around to find a corpse of a deer with blood around. I get to my feet and step back. I can hear some foot steps and before I can judge where they're coming from there stands a tall figure hovering over me. His beautiful blue eyes shining as the raw moonlight falls on them.

It takes a while for me to recognise this flawlessly made face. Liam. But what is he doing here ? And why does he seem so different ? He's got a drop of blood on his mouth. What's going on ?

"What are you doing here ?" He asks.

"I can ask you the same". I reply

He doesn't really seem to like me questioning back. He holds me by my wrist and drags me towards the old rusty gate. His hands are so... Cold.

He drags me through the entire graveyard and he knows every part of it quite well. While he drags me my leg slips on the wet ground and I almost fall into an open grave. Liam pulls me up holding my waist which makes me flinch as he's holding me too hard.

"You're hurting me". I say as he lets me go and starts dragging me again.

"That's what I do". He mumbles so low that I could've missed it.

Just as we're near the gate he lets go of my hand and asks me to leave. I oblige without any questions. I climb out to find jenny and Trevor with worried faces. Before walking up to them I turn back t have a look at Liam. I see his blue eyes shine once before getting lost in the darkness.

Jenny and Trevor both shower me with questions of what took me so long in there and more stuff like that. It's already about half past eight so we decide to head home and resume the game some other time.

The drive back home is clouded with the thought of the strange guy I met recently. The guy named Liam. I k now there's something he's hiding but I just can't figure out what. I decide to let it drop and bother about it later.

I get ready for my slumber once I've taken a shower and changed night my pj's.