The Untouched Glass

Chapter One

Life can be annoying, that's a fact. Personally, I'm sick of it. Every day I go and do the same thing. Get up, get dressed, have breakfast, go to school, do homework and sleep. It's the same thing every day, with my only release being the small time In between each week. The weekend, God I love the week. Sitting by my fireplace, watching some television, possibly having some tea. The weekend is my saviour; it's the only thing that lets me escape the incredibly dull life I have as a human being.

As I'm sitting with my cup of warm vanilla tea, I turn on my television. Ready to start the fantastic time of the weekend. With my long dark hair on top of my head in a high bun, I'm excited to see what show I can binge watch today. As I start to settle in, the microwave beeps. My popcorn is Ready! I immediately spring up and grab my bag of popcorn from the microwave; the room now smells like fresh buttery popcorn. My mouth watered as I quickly made my way back to the living room. I pull a blanket on top of my plaid pyjamas, finally able to relax for the weekend. I turned the television off of mute and lean back on the couch.

The news was on; I don't mind it. It's good to find out what's happening in the world today. I smile as I listen to Linda Quinton, our news anchor. With a bright smile, she says towards the camera. "recent discoveries have found that Lilianne shouldn't be wasting her time."

My focus immediately went towards the television, "What?" I whisper to myself as I begin to pay more attention. Did Linda just say my name? What does she mean I shouldn't be wasting my time. Linda opened her mouth to continue speaking, my attention entirely on her and what she is about to say.

"That's right Lilianne Salian. You're wasting your time here on earth, how do you expect to live a fulfilling life, when you're too busy talking about how boring your life is?" Linda lost her smile. "People are reading about you, make something special of your life." She sounded a bit aggressive with her tone. That wasn't like her at all. "Now let's go see today's viral cat video, Mrs Johnson posted this. This is a video of her cat mittens having a fun time in the snow."

I turn off the tv as quickly as I could. "reading this? What do you mean reading this?" I began questioning all forms of life and how things are possible. "I have to talk to someone about this," I mumble under my breath as I picked up my cell phone. I immediately called my friend Willow. She always had good advice.

"Hey, Lily how are you?" She said in her usual happy and preppy tone. The boy was that relief. To hear a familiar voice, not sounding crazy. I even look mad today!

"Willow quick question, did you see what Linda Quinton said on the news, five seconds ago?" I asked. My voice was shaking a little. I got up to pace around the room "please tell me you did and I'm not going crazy! Don't you dare say the YouTube cat video, both you and I know that's a regular thing. I'm talking before That."

"before the cat video, there was only static. Are you okay Lily?" Willow asked sounding concerned. "I could come over if you like?" Willow asked softly. She just wanted to keep me safe.

"I have to do something with my life," I whispered into the phone before hanging up and throwing it onto the couch. "Come on the universe! Give me something exciting to do! I'm sitting here eating popcorn wasting my life away!" I screamed up at the ceiling.

As much as I like to say that was real, it was just a daydream. "I should probably do something important," I said as I stuffed my face with another scoop of jello. The hospital is great for your mind to wander and imagine things that aren't true. Sure I wanted to do something with my life, but it wasn't possible. I was probably going to be dead in a few months. At least that's what the doctor told my mother, though she still likes to think I'm going to survive and live a happy life. Going to school, getting a career. Maybe becoming famous. I wish.

I wish for a lot of things; I want to that the medical bills weren't so expensive, I hope that I had my hair back, I hope that my mother didn't fear death, I wish I weren't in pain all the time. Wishes don't come true; there are runs around granting every wish. Sorry kids, if I crushed your dreams. It's amazing how many things you accept in life when you're dying.

As I'm sitting in my room, eating jello and watching tv. Willow came into the room. She smiled and walked over to hug me. It was nice to still have her as a friend. "You're here before mom," I said softly as I hugged her back. Willow smiled softly at me as she adjusted my scarf. I never really paid attention to it when it was just me in the room. I don't care about how people see me. Sure I don't have hair, but I'm also dying, so can't expect to be judged.

"School ends before work you know That." She said with a smile before sitting down beside me. "How's lunch?" She asked pointing down to my small plate of jello.

I rolled my eyes slightly "Not lunch; it's a mid-afternoon snack. It's something to keep me from vomiting." I shrugged "can't expect mountains of sweets here."

Willow nodded slightly. "I think that you should try this, my family bought it for you." She said as she looked at her bag to grab me a present. "They think it will help you take your mind off of this." She gave me a small sparkly bag filled with tissue paper.

I smiled "another present to get me out of the hospital setting within my mind? The tv has helped. I don't think I need this." I attempted to give it back.

Willow shook her head "Please, take it." She sounded genuinely concerned if I didn't take it. It's a gift; I can't refuse it. I made it and began to open it.

Once the tissue paper was out, it revealed a pair of glasses, the frames were close to completely clear as well as the lenses. "what's this? The latest and greatest technology?" I joked, Willow didn't seem too impressed.

Willow smiled, it was forced. "It's something to help you escape this world; it's like one of those virtual simulation things, just improved. Try them on please." Willow said as she reached into her bag. I didn't pay attention to her.

I slipped the glasses on my face; I was immediately back in my bedroom, my hair was long as it was when I left it. I looked in a mirror. I didn't watch sickly; my skin was tanned and plumped. Though it did look like I was a bit thicker In general. "wow..." I whisper as I touched the mirror. "I look beautiful," as I mumble those words I begin to cry. Completely break down. Those weren't words that were normal to me. "I could make so many people fall in love with me!" I yelled throwing my hands up before running out of the room. I stopped myself and sighed. "It's a simulation. I'm not liked this in the real world." I mumbled to myself drying my tears with my hands. I loved every second of that adventure; sadly I would have to stop myself before it got too complicated for me to come out.

I took off the glasses slowly, what I saw before my eyes were horrible. The hospital looked pretty much destroyed, it's been destroyed for years, but I had only been in the simulation a few minutes. I turn to see if Willow is still here, technically she is always here. But as a pile of bones with a gas mask on. "What happened?" I mumble softly as I got out of bed. I needed to find a mirror. After searching for 5 minutes, I found a shard of glass I could use. I looked like I did in the simulation. My blue eyes stared at the one in the mirror. What happened?

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