Dear Niklaus

Chapter 5: Gone With Confusion

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My sister and her partner are returning overseas today. We were now at the airport seeing her off. It's going to be hard to let her go back on that plane. Seeing my sister leave me behind once again, takes a serious blow to the gut. Kirsten has been my confidant since I was able to talk. She has been one of the very few people that I've been able to tell my deepest, darkest secrets to. Now I won't be able to do that because she won't be there to comfort me, hold me, or give me those guiding words she's so great at giving. It was going to be hard to let Charlotte leave as well. I've grown quite close to her.

"Kyra?" I heard a voice that sounded distant disturb my inner thoughts.

I slowly drifted my eyes toward the person, but saw nothing. The person was nothing, but a blurred silhouette. I had not noticed my eyes becoming teary. I quickly swiped at my eyes to clear my vision and hopefully to not leave a trace of my sullen tears. A hand appeared on my shoulder giving it a comforting squeeze. I knew exactly who it was and couldn't help myself, so I embraced Kirsten while sobbing into her shoulder.

"Kyra don't cry. B-b-because y-you know I'll start crying. Goodness you have me crying!" she says and I feel her warm tears falling onto my shoulder.

"I'm sorry I just can't help it. You're leaving me and I don't want you to go." My sobbing quieted a little while I lifted my head and stared her in the eye. Our eyes roamed each others faces as if to memorize every crevice.

"I promised you that I'd come visit and that I'd send you plane tickets to come visit me, so don't act like I'm never coming back. To add on to the visits, you can always call me. Make sure when you call me that it's at a decent hour for me." She explained.

Her words gave me some assurance, but not much. It doesn't matter if I cried or got down on my knees and begged her to stay she wouldn't. I'm going to be a big girl and not cry about this. As Fergie said, "Big girls don't cry."

"Enough crying you two; Kirsten we have to go now!" Charlotte yelled from the entrance of the plane.

My mom and dad came to stand beside me while Kirsten gave us all hugs and kisses. She gave us one last fleeting look before she and Charlotte entered the plane. Even when the plane took off, I stood in the same spot until the plane was no longer visible. To be honest I don't believe I would be able to stay alive without my sister. That's how close and how much she meant to me. Kirsten tells me I put too much into her, but I think otherwise. She's my confidant when I can't go to Cassie, which is most of the time. Kirsten will never be able to understand exactly how I operate when it comes to her.

"Come on sweetheart let's go." My mom said tugging on my arm.

I began to move my feet forcefully to the airports exit. I shouldn't be this said because like Kirsten said it isn't like I won't see her again. Calling either Niklaus or Cassie should do the trick with getting my mind off my sister.  

I feel like cuddling today, so I'll call Niklaus and when he leaves I'll call Cassie over for a girl's night. Sounds like an adequate plan to me. On the hour and a half drive back home, I call Brinton to see what he's doing. Instead of hearing his voice, it goes straight to his voicemail. I leave a message telling him to call me back ASAP. I guess I'll be spending the day with Cassie. I call her and she's excited to hear that I'm coming over. She says she has a lot to tell me.

I tell my parents to take me to Cassie's when we get back home. I fall asleep not even 2 minutes later.

Opening my eyes, I found myself in a hospital. The mood was somber and I just wanted to run away from this depressing setting. I turn to walk away, but I hear a wale come from down the hall. Curiosity killed the cat, so I went to investigate.

A few doctors ran passed me to the room I figured the blood-curdling cry came from. I finally made my way to the room to hear the continuous beep of the EKG, which let me know whoever heart it was monitoring is dead. I also saw my mom on the floor with her hands covering her face. My dad stood over her with a blank expression overtaking his face. Cassie was huddled in a corner with Wes embracing her tightly while she sobbed on his shoulder.

I didn't see anyone else in the room except for the few I named. I walked towards the bed and when I went to look at the face of the person a blinding white light covered his or her face. I went to touch the motionless body when the person's hand grabbed my arm roughly and yelled, "Help me!"

I jolted awake to hear screaming and see my parents looking back at me. I came to realize the screaming was coming from me.

"Kyra, why are you screaming?"

"Sorry I had a bad dream."

They gave me one last fleeting look and got out of the car. I noticed we were back at home, but I was supposed to be a Cassie's.

"We thought you would have wanted to come and get clothes." My mom filled me in after noticing my confused expression.

"Oh yeah." I climbed from the car, went to my room, and gathered my clothes and necessities. I called Cassie to come pick me up to save my parents the trouble.

That dream scared the crap right out of me. No matter what I did, the dream was all that was on my mind. I was still curious as to who the person was in the bed. All I can do is wonder, but it did make me suspicious because Kirsten, Charlotte, and Niklaus wasn't there. Maybe one of the three was the mystery person.