Nightmares (ON HOLD)

Little Game(9)

Hush boy, oh hush boy, don't say a word
Throw on a jersey and no one gets hurt
Hush girl, oh hush girl, just bat your eyes
Play our little game, play our little game 
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I was already starting to feel the bruise forming on my nose, great. My eyes were closed and my mouth was releasing cuss words out in rapid fire while my hands were holding my nose making the words come out muffled. I can hear someone apologising profusely in the background but I don't acknowledge it because I am trying to stop the blood that is now oozing out my nose.

Double great.

You must be wondering what happened. I was getting ready to take a tour of the campus and maybe get something to eat but just as I was about to open it; the door swung open and hit me right in the God damn nose with full force.

I open my eyes but I don't look up, only at the blood dripping onto my white shirt. "Shit", I whisper shout and rush into the bathroom feeling whoever it is that caused this following me. I turn the tap on and wash off the blood, flooding the once clean basin with a light red colour. Starting to tune into what the person behind me is saying I hear her making herself feel bad which makes me turn around to her pacing up and down.

I grab her by the shoulders and turn her towards me. Silence falls upon us and I furrow my eyebrows "Ava?", I ask shocked, and her stiff facial expressions fall. Throwing her arms around me she enveloped me in a hug. "I'm so sorry Nicole", she apologises again. I hug her back and fall into her comforting hold "I think we're even", I tell her and she chuckles.

"So we're roommates then", I say as we pull apart and walk out the bathroom. She throws herself on her unmade bed and releases a long held sigh. "Yep", she confirms as I change my shirt into plain white one.

"What are you gonna do all day, classes only start tomorrow. I'm going to unpack all my stuff", Ava asks sitting upright. I grab my phone off the desk and shrug "Just gonna take a look around campus, maybe get something to eat".

Ava grunts and lies back down mumbling "lucky bitch", under her breath. I chuckle and walk out the door.

I make my way to one of the cafes that they have here and by the time I make it there my feet are burning with exhaustion.

Gonna lose a lot more weight by the end of my college years with all this walking.

It's very peaceful inside the cafe compared to how noisy the one I used to go to was. There isn't a line and a smile finds it way onto my lips. Thank god.

I order just a regular black coffee in a to-go cup. Since there aren't so many people here my order comes in 2 minutes or less. As I am taking the cup I hand over the money to a smiling old woman, I return a thankful smile to her and leave the cafe.

Walking around the park I feel a buzzing sensation in my pocket so I dig my hand into my pocket and pull out my phone to see an unknown number calling me.

Who the hell is this?

I hesitate before sliding the answer option. I put the phone to my ear, "Hello?". I frown when all I hear is heavy breathing on the other end. "Who is this?", I ask.

The heavy breathing continues and my irritation continues. "Oh you think you're so funny prank calling me", I say rolling my eyes. Hearing more breathing I heave a sigh, "I am going to ask one last time, who are you?"

Seconds past and the line goes dead.

Son of a bitch

All of a sudden all the air gets blown out of my lungs, my coffee drops to the ground. I fall onto my hands and knees trying to catch my breath. My breathing becomes ragged and I lie down on my back, the bright sun burning my face. I put my hands over my face as I hear someone laughing in the background.