I woke up because of a terrible nightmare.
Sweating a lot, I looked at the alarm clock by the bed. It was exactly 4:37 a.m. Too early for the day, and yet I failed to fall back asleep. I rolled and scuffled in the bed, only to be disappointed. I could see the early signs of the sun through my window. I gave up on trying to sleep and instead decided on taking a stroll around the backyard.
Nothing competes with the beauty of a perfectly still (very) early morning. I'm not a morning person myself but the moment I stepped out of my room into the backyard, the cool breeze welcomed me. The backyard was filled with the smell of morning mist. I noticed how easy it was to forget about all my worries at that moment.
Suddenly, it hit me. The calm around me was shattered within seconds. Today was the day. April 6th. The day she leaves.
Rose and I have been tied to this bond named 'friendship' for as long as I can remember. I remember playing dolls with her. I remember running into the gardens with her. I remember having my first illegal shot of vodka with her. I remember playing pranks on her. I remember braiding her hair, baking her muffins and sneaking out late with her.
She had always been there. Living my life with me.
And after all these memories we shared, she was abandoning me. Not like she had a choice. There isn't much she, or her mom could do after they received the letter of expulsion from school. The shame that awaited them was much worse. Rose could not cross the street without arousing whispers from all around her. The gazes of people would automatically shift her way whenever she was seen out in public, which had become rarer by the day.
And I wanted to punch their faces and rip their eyeballs for doing this to her. If only they knew the truth.
I took the last stroll with a heavy heart. All the thinking and walking had exhausted me enough to help me find my way back to bed. And I wanted to sleep. I really wanted to. I wanted to do anything and everything to avoid what awaited me when I woke up. So I fell back asleep, only to be awakened four hours later, by an even worse nightmare. Reality.
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Two dead roses.
General Fiction"Will you be back soon?" "I promise", Rose said as she turned to wave her final goodbye. And that was the last time I saw her; for the universe had other plans.
