Th13rteen

Chapter 16

Th13rteen

Chapter 16

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Aurelia...

"I think I'm gonna be sick. I never should've had that second piece of cake." Evan clutched his stomach, laying back on his air mattress.

"That's what you get for being greedy." I snorted at him.

"Listen, I'm never going to say no when you're mum offers me more."

"Evan, you do this every year on my birthday. You'd think you'd have learned by now to stop eating yourself sick." I scolded him.

He just stuck his tongue out at me and continued to groan.

Today turned out better than I thought it would. Once I quit feeling sorry for myself, and started to embrace my families love and company, I started to have a decent time. I wouldn't be quick to say it's all butterflies and rainbows yet, but I'm on a good track to getting rid of that dreary storm cloud.

However, now that the evenings festivities have winded down, I've had time to feel some of the loneliness creep back in. I still couldn't help but wonder how Alex is doing. I still feel so guilty for not texting him happy birthday. But to be fair, he didn't text me, and he's the one who broke up with me. If anyone should've said happy birthday first, it should've been him.

Is that petty? Probably. But it's also most likely for the best. If he wanted to separate, texting each other a few weeks after we broke up probably wasn't the best idea.

"So, nothing happened today..." Evan broke the silence.

I sighed. "Don't remind me."

"Isn't that a good thing? It's over."

"Is it really a good thing though?" I asked with a tight voice. "I didn't want him to be right...for me to be right." I felt the tears well up in my eyes. "I don't wanna believe that us breaking up was really the solution. It's not fair."

He looked at me with sad eyes. "I'm sorry, Rel. I'm sorry things ended the way they did. But look at it this way, lives are more precious than love." He tried his best to soothe me.

"It doesn't feel that way right now." I tucked my face into my knees, trying not to spend the last hour of my birthday in tears.

Not knowing what to say, he settled for pulling me into a hug.

"Maybe it wouldn't have been as awful if we had broken up over something normal. But this? This is just cruel." I cracked. "Tearing apart two people in love? Who does that?"

"I don't know, and I don't think we ever will."

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the room changed. It was almost like some strange static was buzzing through the room. It was eerie and made me develop a pang of caution in my gut. "Do you feel that?" I asked Evan, hoping I wasn't going crazy.

"Yeah. I don't like it." He shivered, pulling me closer to him.

"Is anyone there?" I dumbly asked. Maybe the ghosts I've been dreaming about are actually real.

There wasn't a single response, not that I can say I'm surprised.

The lights flickered a little, freaking me out. "Okay, is it just me, or did the lights flicker?" Evan asked.

"No, they definitely flickered."

My mom and Dad were already long asleep, so I didn't wanna bother them to ask if the power was being weird.