I wake up to my alarm ringing in my ears. It is 2:00 in the morning. If I wasn't going on a suicide mission, 2 a.m. would basically be night for me. This is the worst part about trips. Oh! Wait. this is not the worst part of our trip. This is the best part. I tell myself to stop thinking negatively and focus on getting ready for the trip. I go to the bathroom and fresh up. Just as I come out, my phone goes 'ding!' guess who? Guess who? Of course, it will be Austin. I smile and grab my phone. It is from Kayla. No I am not disappointed. 'are you up?' the message read. 'yep.' I reply.
'I need to talk to you. Right now. It is kind of negative but I just need someone to talk to.' Says kayla.
'okay. Np' I say
'I got this dream. It was like really reeeeaalllyyy scary. All of us get runover by a truck and we all die in the first one. The second was very weird. I stabbed you. I shot jerusha. And pushed raj off a cliff. After all of this, I feel like we shouldn't go.'
I feel exactly how she feels. But I do want us to go. 'don't worry kayla. I've had a dream like that too. It is just a dream. Don't care about it. Just get up and get ready.' I say. 'okay. I just hope nothing weird happens. Meet you soon.' Says kayla and goes offline. She said we were runover by a truck. How come I had the same dream?
I don't care.
I put my phone to charge and go to the window to get some fresh air. I open the window and see raj. What is he doing here? Also, he looks strange. He looks so pale. He's wearing he's wearing a head lamp that is flickering. He also has a wind breaker tied up to his waist and is wearing a red hoodie that I haven't seen on him before and khaki pants. I call out his name, but he is just standing there. Okay. I am freaked out. I come inside my room and call him. 'hellooo' says raj in a sleepy voice. 'will you stop freaking the hell out of me and get away from my home?" I say. 'is this ria?' says raj. I say yeah. 'look miss Ria Modi, I have to tell you three things. First: thank you for waking me up. Second: I am in my bed, and I am drooling oceans. Three: it is not good manners to prank people as soon as they wake up.' He says and hangs up. I immediately peep out the window. Nothing. Not a single person is there. That, was definitely not my imagination. Either raj is pranking me or I have seen a......ghost. I hope it is the first.
I shake away the incident and get back to dressing up. I wear a black vase layer and a long-sleeved shirt over it. I pair it with khaki hiking pants. I pack all the other clothes and for the trip in a backpack and make a bun with my hair. I go down to get some breakfast and see scrambles eggs, a glass of milk on the table and some strawberries in a box beside them. There is a note on the box. 'have a nice trip honey. You will eat all of these and take the strawberries okay? Love, mom.' How can I refuse this wonderful breakfast?
Half way through my eggs and the doorbell rings. I chew my eggs and attend the door. 'hey ria' says kayla. I tell her to come in and we sit at our table. "looks like you're having a good breakfast today huh?" she says with a smile. "yeah. well maybe the last breakfast at home, a little fun won't do any bad." We laugh and sit down at the table. When I am putting away the dishes, I look at her. She looks worried. I am pretty sure it is because of the dream. And I am worried too. Because of raj. "something very weird happened today." I say. Kayla looks even more worried now. I tell her about the raj thing. I shouldn't have. She looks like she is going to go mad. "oh my god! Are you joking? The same thing happened to me!" what? I freeze. I feel like every cell in my body just freezes and refuses to do anything. No way. This can not be good. This shouldn't be happening. I look at her with a deadly expression of fear and before I can say anything, she starts to laugh. "it was a joke. LOL. You have to see your face right now!" "wait. so raj was just joking?" I say, relieved. "no. I don't know about that. I was talking about what I told you. I am pretty sure you were just dreaming. Or maybe you saw Justin. They are going out today too. Raj was in the shower when I went over." Well, damn. I am 177% sure it was raj. I just have to wait till I meet him and punch him till he says the truth. I decide to not tell kayla because she is already freaked out by her dreams. "yeah." I say with a smile and we go out to austin's house. Finally, a good thing on a bad day. Austin is good. By the time we reached there, Austin is wiping his car with a rag. I have always admired his dressing. So on point. We smile at each other when we see each other....well for a little too long. Raj's loud voice ruins the moment. Well, of course. He is the one who ruined the day as well. I ask him immediately to tell me if it was him. He says no. I ask him again and again. He just keeps saying no. after repeated times of the same question and the unchanged answer, I convince myself it was Justin from next door. Just as we finish fitting the luggage in the car, Justin comes over. THE Justin that I convinced myself was the one I saw today morning. you are maybe wondering why I am freaking out. But, when I saw him, he was trek ready. Now, he's in jogging shorts and a tank.
