Bangsie (JaDine Fantasy)

Chapter 5

“James... Jaye, hey...” James heard someone’s voice call.

He stirred and slowly opened his eyes.

“Jaye, are you okay?”

It was Sam.

“What happened?” James asked.

“I’m supposed to ask you that.” Sam said, “I was going to wake Josh up since he can sleep if he wants to, and then I saw you lying here on the floor. What happened to you?”

And then he remembered.

He shouted.

“Woah, woah, what happened?” Sam said, wide eyes. He was panicking, too.

“Bangsie! She’s alive! She can move!” James said pointing at the table. Bangsie wasn’t there.

“She’s gone! She-she must have walked or something! She’s moving!” James said.

“Bangsie? Your sister’s doll?”

“She’s not an ordinary doll, she’s alive!”

Sam placed his hand on James’s head. “Jaye, are you sick? You’re confused.” Sam said and James could hear the worry from his voice. But he took offense.

“No, I’m not!! I’m telling you she moved! She was holding her hair! And then she turned and looked at me and even shook her head!”

“James! Listen to what you’re saying! Are you sure you haven’t dream of this?” Sam said with a loud voice.

He stood up and went near the table looking around. He crouched and then picked something up.

“The doll is here.” Sam said, showing Bangsie to James.

“Don’t touch her!” James cried.

“Jeez, James, what happened to you? It’s a doll.” Sam said as he surveyed the doll.

James stared at the doll, still freaked out.

The doll wasn’t moving nor was it showing any signs of life.

“Okay, James? You were probably just dreaming. Did you watch a horror movie or something?” Sam asked as he approached James.

James moved away when he did. Sam realized he was moving away from the doll.

He sighed. “Jeez, James what’s the problem?” He said as he placed Bangsie back in the table and went back to James.

James didn’t respond. He was still wide eyed.

“Okay, how about this? I’ll take the doll for the mean time and you compose yourself, okay? We need to get moving. We’ll be behind schedule if we don’t leave here by 12nn.” Sam said but he didn’t wait for James to reply.

He went to Josh and started waking him up. About half an hour later, Josh finally stirred. Sam then stood up and took Bangsie. He looked at James and was surprised that he was still in the same place where he left him.

Sam sighed again. “This is a really weird day... James’s weird--well weirder than usual, Josh woke up after just half an hour and I’m being responsible...” He murmured.

“Okay,” He called on to James and Josh, “I’ll take this now. You guys get ready.” Sam said.

He didn’t really get clear responses from his band mates, but he proceeded to go out shaking his head and taking Bangsie with him.

The van was noisy with the other members laughing and chatting happily.

It was only James who wasn’t talking to anyone.