Breaking Free from Everyday

Chapter 13: Found

Chapter 13: Found

Parker

It felt like I died.

I don't remember how I got in this position, but right now I'm lying across a bench in the middle of the park, with a distant lamp as my only light.

I could feel myself bruising as I moved, wincing at the pain as I moved. I slid my feet to the ground, and I sat up, but my head starting spinning in circles, my vision blurring.

Was I drunk?

I didn't have a hangover, yet, but that high feeling of not being 100% there was still running through my system.

I moved my hands against the cool metal leaving them there as I tried to produce a coherent thought.

I pushed myself up off the bench, but stumbled on my feet, unsteady.

Definitely drunk.

I found myself shuffling down the path toward the lamppost, only looking at the light.

I could hear the wind rustling in the trees around me, and felt the fallen leaves scraping at my feet. There was a chill in the air that wasn't typically around this early in the season, so I guess it had to be at least midnight.

How did I get here?

I knocked my head against the post I was leaning against, and in a haze I felt myself fall to the ground, feeling my head vibrate in pain.

Was this real?

I think I was dreaming. I couldn't see clearly and my head pulsed with pressure. I touched my arms, they were still there.

I'm so confused.

I rested my back on the post, enveloping in the cold. I needed it right now.

I shifted and felt myself sitting on a hard object. I moved my hand to take it in my palm, and noticed it was my phone.

I realized I needed to call someone. I needed to get out of here. My fingers fumbled on the keyboard. I had no idea what number I pressed but as I heard the familiar dial tone I felt proud.

I could work my phone.

I felt the shuffling of someone answering and then silence.

"What time is it?" My voice was slurred and hoarse.

There was a pause then a mumbled, "2:38."

Wow. "Thank you."

"Couldn't you have checked that by yourself?" It was definitely a girls voice.

"I can't really see very well." I started laughing.

Why was I laughing?

"Where are you Parker?"

"I don't know."

I heard her laugh. "You're not being very helpful Parker."

"I'm next to a pole sitting on some grass. I think I'm in a park."

I heard more shuffling, and then a thud. "Are you okay?"

She answered. "Perfect. I'm going to find you Parker."

I laughed. "How can you find me if I don't know where I am?"

"Someone's got to find you. I guess today, that person's me."

I smiled to myself. "Lucky you."

She started whispering. "I know."

I joined her. "Why are we whispering?"