The Incident in December 20

13- December 16, 2027

     There were no classes today, another strong blizzard. Auntie was suppose to make some soup today to cease the cold we feel, however she ran out of carrots and decided to go to the supermarket. I was left alone in the house.

     The house was silent. It was also cold. I decided to go upstairs and sleep for a while. But before I slept, my phone rang. A message from an anonymous guy. His name was written below. Let me guess, Aaron? I'll just look at the name later.

     Hey Toria. It's been days and you never came back to school. How come? You know, you have missed a lot and Sir Anderson is quite worried because your grades are beginning to pull down itself. Wish you would come back sooner, or better later. Just trying to check on you!

     P.S : Amy is really worried about you, you've been absent for a long time already, so ya. She's actually depressed. She says that you have been abducted by aliens. :)

     -your classmate/friend, Louie

     Ah, its just Louie. A close friend of mine. We were friends since elementary and up until now. He briefly knows me. He knows about my family status. It's like I've grown up with him.

     I texted him, thanks. Nothing more, nothing less. That's pretty much everything. I was really sleepy. I washed my face, the water was really cold. I threw myself to bed and slept. It was a long slumber, with my pillow and blanket. I even had a dream.

     Dream••••

     I was looking at the sky, everybody was there. All of my friends; Amy, Louie, Dominicia, Aaron, Nicholas. Auntie was also there. And there was also a guy giving out ice cream. There were lots of people roaming around, all of them, lots of loots on their hands. Everybody fades away and I was all left alone.

     The crowd begins to fade to, and all I can see now is me being between time and space. Photographs of  my memories, everything charging themselves to me. I closed my eyes.

     I opened it and I was back to the time when I looking the sky, but this time, Aaron and Nicholas were the ones with me. They were both looking at me. And in a minute or two, they looked at each other...

     Reality••••

     I woke up, by the sound of the doorbell. It was a weird dream actually. The weirdest of them all. Does these things, explain something to me?

     They looked at each other...

     I went downstairs to open the door. It was Nicholas, I thought that it was auntie. I let him in and made him hot chocolate. He was wearing two scarves. Was it really cold out there?

     I asked, "Was it cold out there?" He looked at me straight. I looked at him back and then my eyes turned to stare outside.

     "Yup, it is actually cold. Two scarves wasn't enough you know?" He eagerly said. The blizzard, it was night. It was stronger than before, blocking all the alternative routes going to school.

     We had a conversation, about me. It was a nightmare.

     "So, why are you living with your auntie? Don't you have any parents? Are they separated or dead?" He asked simultaneously.

     "They're separated. Dad parted ways with mom, just for his other woman, while mom died of depression. It's quite sad."

     "Sorry."

     "Why are you apologising?"

     "No, it's just that, I'm sorry for your lost. That's it."

     "Ah, it's okay. Really. Not a big deal  so don't worry much about it."

     "Really? Ah, Toria I really wish that you would answer my question."

     "What question?"

     "What's the result of your examinations? At the hospital?"

     Oh gosh. I totally forgot that. I won't give him the results. I swear, even if he gets mad at me and glares at me forever. "The doctor says I'm fine. Just be careful next time."

     "Are you sure? Because Aaron told me that you are sick." Oh no, Aaron told him! Maybe I should change the topic.

     "Ah, so Aaron and you are friends?"

     "Huh, ah yup. Before but now, I guess we're rivals."

     "Ah, I see."

     "So back to the topic, what is that? He says your ill?"

     "No, I'm not..," I'm sweating, he's seeing through me. He's spilling out my own beans.

     "Tell the truth. I know that face."

     What should I do? He'll get mad for sure. What will I do? Should I just face the fact that he will get mad, and everything else. What will I do? What should I do?

     "Toria, I'm waiting. If it's something major, I'll really get mad because you kept a secret."

     I am doomed.

     Despair brought me up to this world, is despair the one who will also bring me back to my nest?

     "Victoria! Please just tell the truth! What's this?!" He gave me something. Aaron's photocopied result of my examination. Nicholas's eyebrows were meeting each other. He's enraged. I don't know what to do.

     For the past few days, I've been shedding tears, but this will be tears that I'll remember. "My days are numbered."

     The door creaked opened. Auntie was there. She heard it, everything. Her face tells it.

     Everybody was silent, Nicholas went away. Mad and tears rolling down.

     Auntie, went upstairs, crying too.

     Despair why did you even exist? That dream, I knew there was something in it.

     I cried alone. Sobbed in total darkness. All alone. Tears rolling, but these tears, they were knives. Their expressions, Nicholas's expression, was a knife. It cut through my heart, deeply.

     What am I going to do? I'm all alone.