Breathe

Chapter five

I can feel my heart beating wildly in my chest and my hands slightly starting to shake.

I try to gather a deep breath in this, in this cold and isolated night.

Emphasizing on the word 'Try to'.

As a habit of mine, unawarely, I clench my fist tightly. My body tries to stop the dismay.

Restating my mental statement, 'try to' pops up like a big flash sign popping up so suddenly at my popped out eyes.

Take a deep breath Marina, you're doing your nonsense babbling.

Fast walking in this narrow pathway and I registered that it's also a long one.

The longest alley I've ever been in.

I think it's my first time walking into one at night.

Why do I have to do this to myself?

And a questions comes in, interrupting my screwed up thoughts;

What question was that?

I yawn unconsciously, still half asleep from the lengthy nap that I had back in my house.

Too lengthy as a matter of fact.

I should remember this and not make the same mistakes in the future.

Gosh, is this dress even worth it?

I widen my eyes at what just snuck into my long messy train of thoughts. That was the most disrespectful-

There's a small racket behind me.

I whip my head around so quickly, black dots appear on my eyesight. It's almost impossible for me to see.

The last lamp post that I saw was on the streets back at my home street.

I 'try' my best to squint at the darkness ahead of me and I suddenly hear the cluttering sounds of moving trash cans and a shadow of stairs on the opposite side.

In-animated objects can't move.

I stood there so still, the silence is torturing me mentally. I am waiting like that typical character in a typical horror movie.

The one that's too scared to react and too curious to move.

The one that gets killed basically.

I don't even know why I am overreacting to this, it's not like anyone's out there to murder me.

A 'meow' sound pierces to the soundless night, the noise coming from behind the garbage cans.

A stray siamese cat comes out and starts to approach me.

Oh.

I chuckle at that and immediately the chuckle turns upside down.

I forgot about the damn train station.

I hastily turn my phone on to see that it's twelve o' three.

Oh no.

The last train was at midnight.

Internally lecturing myself about how carried away I was believing in the most littlest thing possible, nonexistent.

Now how am I getting to Pennies' house?

You have reach 10% of battery power

Just like that, my luck couldn't get more fortunate.

The red line inside a battery shaped image grew more thinner.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn this event! Damn this gorgeous dress! Damn this stupid phone that should be smarter! and damn this alley! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" I threw my arms upward and stomped my feet.