Up There (Short Story)

Chapter 4

It was confused but this person seemed really desperate to meet me and I'm a curious girl so my first instinct was to get into the boat instead of finding my way back home through the woods because for all I knew I could've been miles away from home.

The boat was starting to sail itself out to sea. I don't know what time it was but the sun was slowly setting and it didn't look like we were getting any closer to our destination. So I lay my head and slowly let sleep take over my body.

I heard birds chirping. I opened my eyes and sat up. I looked at me and I saw a familiar surroundings. White horses were galloping in a peaceful and fresh meadow. Birds were chirping in the clear blue sky. There was a bridge with a small river running under it and golden fishes swimming through the rays of sunlight in the water.

"Wait! I know this place!" I said in excitement. It was the place in my dream where I saw 'him'. I didn't waste another second. I got out of the boat, ran through the meadows and over the oak wood bridge. I reached the beautiful monument I had seen before.

I turned to the brick wall where I last saw 'him'. I saw his tall, dark figure again. Slowly his face was revealed and tears welled up in my eyes. He smiled at me with tears in his eyes and opened his arms inviting me in for a hug. I wasted no time.

I ran straight into his arms and hugged him as tightly as I could. He hugged me just as tightly as I was hugging him. He kissed my head as my tears stained his white shirt. "It's alright, I'm here." he said while wiping my tears off my face when I pulled out of the hug. "What happened to you? Where is this place?" I asked after I calmed down.

He took me to the bridge and we sat down letting our legs dangle above the river. "Well it's a long story but I'll try to explain as much as I can." he exclaimed. He lowered his head and looked in the river and his eyes started to water.

I put my hand on his shoulder to comfort him. He looked up at me." I've been watching you all these years. For years I watched as you suffered pain from that selfish man and your mother whom I used to love." he exclaimed with an angry look in his eyes. "What do you mean you watched over me? If you were watching over me, then why didn't you come and visit me?" I asked. "Remember when you saw that news report a couple of weeks ago?" he asked and I nodded in return.

"Well, your thoughts were right. That was......that was.....me." he said as he looked me in the eyes. I didn't understand and I think he knew because he started to explain again. "Look at your clothes." he commanded.

I looked down at my clothes and I was no longer wearing my denim blue jeans and yellow top. I was wearing a white dress with white shoes. Everything that I was wearing that had color had turned to white. "Oh, my god. This can't be true." I exclaimed as I realized that I was 'up there'.

Which meant that my father was 'up here'. Which meant that we were both 'up here'.