Eve of the Wanderlust

~The Vile~

"Wake up...", I hear someone call out softly. "Wake up!" The calls become louder and louder as everything went from black to white. My eyes slowly open and I realize I'm starring at my bedroom ceiling. As I slowly sit up there is a knock on the door."Come in" I call out softly, as I rub my beard from a slight head ache. I look down and realize I'm in my pjs and wander how I got home and into my night clothes. I look up as my bedroom door slowly swung open."Good Afternoon darling". Grandmother walks into the room with a tray full of scones and a small shiner kettle and a tea cup next to it."Afternoon?" I ask and raise my eyebrow. Grandmother softly chuckles as I turn to see my clock said 11:42. I let out a deep sigh and flop back against my bed, cuddling into my fuzzy white blanket. "It feels like 2 in the morning" I pout as I could feel the pressure of grandmother sitting at the foot of my bed."Come on darling. It's time to get up. Go outside and get some fresh air after you have your breakfast and shower." She said, placing the tray on my nightstand."No!" I pouted grabbing onto my blankets tightly."Fine if you won't get up on your own then I'll take your blankets away." She said and chuckled softly as she began to tickle my sides causing me to flare my arms around trying to resist."Noooo! My babies!!!" I yell trying to keep a hold of the blankets. I can't help but laugh and hold my sides as I release the blankets. Grandmother stands and pulled the blankets out of my grasp and I fake cry begging for my blankets."Geez Splendora" Grandma said and rolled her eyes. "You'll get your blankets back tonight before bed. Now drink your tea, take a shower and go outside". She demanded as she walked out of the room. I lay on my bed heart broken, holding onto my pillow tightly.My stomach begins to growl causing my to groan. I decided that it's time to get up about 10 minutes after grandmother left the room and sat up. I look at the tray of scones and tea and reach for a scone. I took a small bite of the crunchy lemon scone and left it sit on my tongue until it was moist enough to to rub against the roof of my mouth and swallow. I take a few more bigger bites until the scone was gone and reached for the kettle and pour some tea in the tea cup that was provided for me. As I place the cool glass rim to my lips, I take a whiff of the tea before letting the warm liquid run along my tongue and then down my throat."Mm lavender" I whispered softly to myself and looked at the tea inside the cup. "What else?" Trying to figure out the other taste I click my tongue to the roof of my mouth. "Nutmeg? Cinnamon?" Trying to guess the second flavor I take another sip of the liquid, trying to figure out to flavor that was hidden from me. I continued sipping until it is gone. Still unable to identify to mysterious flavor, I put the cup down and decided to not to let it bother me that I couldn't figure it out. "Whatever".I stand and stretch my arms out till I hear my back slightly crack. I grab my hair brush off my vanity and walk into my bathroom. I closing both doors to my room and to the hallway locking them, knowing grandmother had a key to the bathroom if she needed in. Guessing that grandmother had braided my hair, I take the tie that connect the strands of wavy hair together. I begin to untangled it before gently brushing it out. Once all knots are to a minimum in my wild frizzy main, I strip out of my nightgown and step into the shower. I turn the water on and let the cool water run over my body. The cool liquid caused me to shiver so I turned the knob till it was warm enough to my liking.As I turn around and tilt my head back to let my hair get soaked an image of a mans face flashed in my mind. My senses spiked and I looked around staying high on my toes. "Who's there?" I ask and look around peer outside of the shower. No one was there. After a few minutes, I calm down and let out a sigh. "What the heck" I whisper and grab my shampoo bottle. Hearing the cap click open, I invert the bottle and let the shampoo become a glob in my hand. I then set the bottle down and rubbing the shampoo in my hair, scrubbing my scalp. Once my hair was full of apple scented bubbles, I step under the water again and rub all the bubbles out.Suddenly, the mans face flashed in mind again and I let out a whimper. Images of a man and a women flash in my mind. My head begins to pound. I get into a fetal position and and grab my head. The faces began to whisper my name causing my stomach to turn as I began to feel sick. The voices got louder and I began to yell for help. "Grandmother! Ahh!!!" I scream out tears in my eyes.Within moments grandmother was there next to me. She turned the water off and put a towel around me and held me close. "Shhhhh shhh shhh" she whispered softly. "It's alright darling I'm here. I'm here" she said rocking me, stroking my hair."Make it stop!" I begged. "Please make it stop!" I beg crying more my face red from lack of of oxygen. "The voices and faces! Make them go away Grandmother" I pleaded. She stood up helping me stand as well as I held onto her tightly. She opened my bedroom door and laid me on my bed. I curled up in a ball like a rolli poli bug."I'll be right back darling, alright?" She asked and I nodded and she left the room coming back within minutes with my blankets and vile full of some purple medicine like the one from school. She dropped my blankets on my dark hard wood floors and opened the small vile and handed it to me. "Here Splendora. Sit up and drink this. You'll, feel better once you take this." She said. I slowly took the vile and sat up grunting in pain. The voices grew louder and the faces became closer making my head hurt more. I quickly brought the vile to my lips and tilted my head back letting the liquid run down my throat like a shot."How do you feel?" Grandmother asked as I pull the vile away from my lips. Instantly, my body becomes numb."Grandmother?" I ask softly as my eyelids become heavy. I can see grandmother smile as she gently places her hands on my shoulder and lays me down on the bed."Shhh it's alright darling just lay back and get some rest." She said and picked my blankets up off the floor and laid them on top of my body. "I'm going to go out into town. I'll be back in a few hours. If you wake up before I come home there are more scones downstairs and the fireplace is on if you wanna sit in front of it." She said. As she spoke her voice faded off to a whisper. My vision became black once again. Why does this keep happening to me?"I love you.." that faint whisper was the last thing I heard before everything went still and black again. Why? Why do I keep seeing and hearing things? Why do I keep taking viles of purple medicine? Why do I drink tea every morning and before bed? Why? Why!?