DUSK

CHAPTER THREE

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I could hear the buzz, at first, I tried to ignore it but it grew louder, like it as coming closer until it suddenly disappeared. I was about to slip back into my dream when an image of mom popped into my head. She was bleeding and dad was holding her closer. It looked like an accident. Tears sprung from my eyes making my vision blurry as I thought my mom was injured.

"Mom!" I rushed to her but before I could get to them, my body started to shake vigorously and mom's voice rang through my head, snapping me awake.

"Open your eyes, darling, it's just a dream." She soothed me, making me open my eyes. I was in my bed, sun rays penetrated through my window. I didn't hesitate to throw my arms around her.

"It was terrible; you were hurt and lying there in dad's arms. Your eyes were closed and dad looked so sad." I sobbed.

"It was just a dream darling, look am still here and I'm okay see" she stood up so that she can show me she was okay. At least she was okay. Dad poked his head into the door.

"You girls okay?" he and mom shared a look but it disappeared before I could decipher it.

"Yeah, I was just waking Chloe up, she had a bad dream."

"Oh, sorry baby girl. Breakfast is ready, get moving or you'll be late for school." Dad said before he disappeared and closed the door.

School?? Isn't today supposed to be Sunday? I turned to mom and it's like she read my mind.

"Today is Monday darling, you and Alec went to a party on Saturday and came back late. Yesterday you were sick and you took medicine, you slept the whole day, don't you remember?" she looked concerned and I didn't want to worry her.

"Oh yeah, silly me, I kind of forgot," I said trying to ease her worry and saw her visibly relax.

"Well, I better let you get ready for school. Emma will be here at seven thirty." Mom said, stepping out of the room. I glanced at the clock on my bedside table. Shit! It was seven already.

I got out of bed and had to stop first because I felt a massive headache sweeping in but it went away after a few minutes. I jumped into the shower and within twenty minutes I was ready and made my way downstairs to get some breakfast while I waited for Emma. I was almost done with breakfast when a car honk from outside alerted me of Emma's arrival. I ran out knowing very well that Mrs. Angus, our next door neighbor was waiting to shout at me and Emma for waking her up with the loud hooting which was weird because it's not like we can reduce the volume of the car horn.

"Sorry Mrs. Angus!" I shouted as I ran towards Emma's black Audi. It wasn't anything fancy but at least she had a car. My parents didn't think it was safe to get me my own car for reasons I couldn't understand yet.

"Come on, we're late," Emma said as I entered the car.

"Morning to you too Em, what did I do or not do this time?" I asked amusedly. The thing with Em is that everyone could read her pretty well.

"You totally blew me off on Saturday. You didn't even reply my gazillion texts that I sent you. Then at night I got one text, 'sorry, was with Alec'. What kind of a friend does that?" she huffed. I would have laughed if I knew what she was talking about but I didn't. I don't drink so I can't say that I was drunk. This was harder to explain.

"I'm so sorry Em, I'll buy you lunch to make it up to you." I tried to bribe her and I knew it worked when she tried to hide the smile.

"Okay, but I still am mad at you." She said. The rest of the ride was short and quiet.