SAVING GRACE

Chapter III - Permanently blue for you

The buzzing feeling under my pillow woke me from my deep slumber. I opened my eyes just to be greeted by the burning rays of the sun peering through my half opened window regretting why did I forget to fully close the curtains after getting a full breathe of cool air from it.  I wiped the stinky drool oozing from my mouth and stretched a few times just to wake my sleeping body and remained still for a few seconds staring at the wooden ceiling above me listening to my shallow breathing and the ticking of the wall clock as seconds pass by indicating my wasting of time.

I was gazing blankly at the ceiling when a memory flash backed in my mind. The lonesome forest I was at where I played the fairy of solitude -as I would like to call myself, it was my dream afterall- and a mirror looking pond showing its purity to me. I was so fascinated by it making me want to taste it. I felt the crispy cold water in my bare skin as I dipped my hands in the water and scooped a handful to taste. I closed my eyes as it reached my mouth and drank the clean water. It felt good.

The image in my head was so vivid as I tried my best to remember as much as possible what I saw in my dream last night. I really wanted to relieve the things that happened but the chirping of the birds outside my window drew me out of my day dreaming. I sighed quietly and tried closing my eyes once again trying to recall each detail that happened.

I opened my eyes finding myself facing the sky. It was so blue and bright. It looked liked a picture carved out of a painting. The top branches of the trees added a more beautiful texture to the view I was looking at. I sighed out of awe and a head popped out of nowhere. A boy.

"You alive?" He asked. He had bright colored hair and a pair of dimples popping in and out matching the rhythm of his thick lips whenever he talks. I was left stunned in my position still lying on the ground letting silence fill the air.

"Dude she's not answering. Maybe she's deaf?" Another voice came out of nowhere and another shadow coming from the back of the cute dimpled boy in front of me surfaced. Now, a boy looking like a porcelain doll showed up from my line of  vision. He had cherry red lips which matched his milky white skin and a blond colored hair with a faint touch of green at the end. He had dagger like eyes making him look more mysterious and interesting. What's with the hair color? Its making them look better fairies than me in my dream. They're way more beautiful than me. Geez.

Still feeling flabbergasted, I still couldn't find the courage to speak. I was scared that they would do something. They were busy talking to each with words I couldn't understand when I heard a faint voice calling my name. Like a rustling wind passing by. It was too faint that if I wasn't listening carefully, I wouldn't catch it.

"Grace.." there it is again. Putting all my strength in my weakened hands, I tried pulling myself up just to look for the voice calling out my name but failed. Grunting in frustration, the two boys turned their attention at me pulling them out from their conversation. As fear was rising in my gut I just decided to remain silent and wait for my dreadful ending.

"Grace, can you hear me?" The way my name was being called had a very beautiful ring in my ear. It was like the pitter patter of rain on my window on rainy days. It makes me calm.

As time went by, the voice calling out to me was nearing and my curiosity grew. I wanted to know the person calling out my name so beautifully. How can he do it?

"Grace.. I'm here." Ghouls and gorillas were fighting inside my stomach instead of butterflies. That's how intense I'm feeling right now. They were ripping my insides apart. Is this what they call 'man of you dreams'? Well he better be good looking. It'll make me anticipate my death in the future.