Within The Heart (Short Story)

Within The Heart 4

          "Did you turn me in?" Everybody but me and coffee guy looked confused.

          "What?" He looked shocked "What do you mean?" He looked up at the other people in the room. He turned to face me and shock his head. "It's not safe." He mouthed.

          What? It wasn't safe? What did he mean? He looked back at the other people and backed away.

It’s not safe.

It’s not safe.

IT’S NOT SAFE!

          I watched them leave. My head was hurting. And the little girl in the room kept looking at me.

          "Can I be your friend?" The little girl asked. She was small. Really small. She looked like about four or five years old.

          "I'd love to." I said but I didn't know why.

          "My names Elsie, what’s your name?"

          "Jessica." I mumbled. A different lady walked in carrying in bags.

          "It's time to go to bed girls." She came up to me giving me a bag. "Hurry up and change sweetie."

          When I started to look through the bag I noticed there were a few clothes from home. I picked out my favorite pants with a long sleeve shirt. I didn't want to change in front of these people. I didn't know them.

          The lady was putting on new covers on my bed when she noticed I wasn't changing. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'll be outta your hair soon." She stopped for a minute. "Or do you want to take a hot shower?"

          A hot shower sounded wonderful right now. I nodded because that’s the only thing I could say.

          "Yes, well the bathrooms through there." She was pointing at a door and handed me a towel. "It's every simple. The right Handel is hot and the left is cold."

          I nodded and grabbed the towel. "Thank you." I mumbled.

          "Your welcome sweetie." She went back to work, this time changing Elise's covers. The bathroom was small and stuffed. But I didn't care. I haven't showered in like three days. I probably smelled really bad.

          The face of the coffee shop guy was dancing around in my mind. I couldn't get him out go there. I didn't know why, but I just couldn't.

          I turned on the water and untied my hair. I slid off my pants kicking it off when it was at my feet. I undid my bra dropping it next to all of my clothes. The water was hot and steamy. It felt good as it pounded on my back.

          The water sliding off my back and head. The dirt watching away. My hair was knotted and messy. I probably looked a real mess at the moment. But who cared?

          I played with the water as it fell on top of me. I sat down unwilling to hold myself any longer. I was weak all of a sudden. My legs gave out and I just laid their face first as the water fell on my back. My leg hurt and felt weak. I wasn't sure why this was happening.

          But then again I wasn't sure about a lot of things. I was like a new born baby. Not sure what people are saying, doing, wearing. A baby that doesn’t understand why some people are tall and others are short. I felt like a baby.

          I sat there for a while. I was staring to fall asleep. So I closed my eyes and let sleep take over me. I know it was stupid to fall asleep in a bathroom. And a bathroom where someone and walk into if they think something happened to me. But I was tired. Too tired to move, speck, and look.

          I was losing all strength I once had.