I eventually leave his apartment and reside back to my humble abode. Everything seems boring without Josh. The swirl of creamer into dark coffee is no longer mesmerizing. The strong C major chord now sounds weak and hallow. The sky seems dull and blue compared to when Josh's head was in my lap and the sky was reflecting off his eyes.
Suddenly I feel something I hadn't felt in a long time. Sadness. Sure I've watched a few heart wrenching movies and books but the feeling I feel surpasses even the most melancholic mood. I start to cry. Only a few drops at first but then big tears roll down my cheeks. I don't know what's gotten into me. I haven't felt like this since I was a teenager.
After the tears slow to a stop and I've cried out all I can manage, I feel a strange sense of satisfaction and fullness in my heart. I feel whole.
After my strange crying fit, I feel exhausted. My body feels wrecked and my chest feels thin as paper, like a full breath of air would burst it. I decide to sleep. Sleep can never hurt, can it?
The cold sheets envelop my body and warm up as I spend more time in bed. My eyes start to close by themselves and my chest feels at least as thick as cardboard now.
The dreams that welcome me to my brain are filled with wonder. I'm walking in a world with thick colorful drops falling from the sky. Everything else is black and white except the rain. I'm walking down the street with an umbrella in my hand. The puddles on the street wash up onto my black shoes and soak them rainbow. It's beautiful. I'm amazed my brain could form this.
I think I'm completely alone in this universe until a blood curdling scream slices through the air. It's from behind me. It's a familiar voice. It's Josh.
I drop my umbrella and immediately run down the black and white street in the direction of the scream and come to a manhole in the road.
"Tyler! Help me!" The voice of my boyfriend comes from the manhole and I attempt to pry off the thick metal with my fingers to no avail. I notice a steel bar on the road and reach for it before quickly wedging it between the manhole cover and the edge of the concrete. I lever it open and peer into the hole.
I spot him standing below the cover staring up at me. Colorful tears are streaming down his ghostly pale face.
"Josh, baby I'm here!" I yell at him, "Do you think you can jump up and grab on to the sides of the cover?" He quickly nods and crouches down to jump. He makes it on his second try and I grab his hand.
As soon as our skin meets, a scream comes from the sewer. This time, it's not human. The scream sends chills down my spine. Josh looks at me with fear and whispers, "It's Blurry."
I don't know who this Blurry character is but I know he means harm to Josh which propels me to pull him out of the sewer. I brace my feet on either side before I feel Josh become extremely heavier. Josh screams and I look below him and see no one.
Suddenly, the demonic Blurry man gives one last tug like a fish being reeled in and I lose my grip on Josh. He screams one last sentence, "Don't let me be-" and then I wake up.
(I have a new fic up called skeptic it's pretty spooky)
