LOST IN THE STARS by just_sprinkles

3

ow! my head still hurts...huh? who is that? is that dad?

"sweetie calm down we're here to help" what does he mean? I am calm. " dad I'm right here!" but he doesn't see me, I run up to dad but suddenly take a halt "MOOOM MOOOOM". I can now hear the screams of a little girl. Suddenly I take a slow step back, my eyes are wide open and my breath has been taken away by the shock of what I have just seen. that girl they are holding...i-it's me! but I look younger. How though? I'm right here. A tall man that I've never seen before instantly injects my other self with something I'm not familiar with. My younger version whispers with such little strength "wake up Nysa" wait a minute, what? "wake up"I make my way towards her "what is this? why am I seeing these things and why don't I remember them?" she doesn't answer and leaves me in a pit of darkness. "hello?" my voice echoes in an empty and dark space. I look around for any sign of my younger self and suddenly..."Nysa"I look behind me and take a moment to think if this dream is really just a dream, it feels so real. Mom? I break out into tears as I run towards her spreading my arms out to give her a hug. The room suddenly explodes with bright lights like stars flickering in the night sky. I'm still crying in my mom's arms and she lets me hold her for a little longer. But moments like this can never last. "you have to wake up Nysa, your father needs you to". she makes me let go of her and slowly she starts to fade away further and further into a mass of fog that appeared out of nowhere. I try running but it's no use, I can't catch up "please don't leave me again!". I suddenly find myself falling into the sea, I'm slowly drowning away into the depths of the ocean and then....."NYSA!". Once again I'm filled with nothing but emptiness I'm fully awake. I'm not in school anymore though, I'm laying down on the warmth of my bed. "Nysa why are you crying?" it was dad, was he waiting here for me this entire time? "how long have I been in bed for?" "you've been asleep for a day" a day!?!? Poor Jamie, she must have been really worried about me. I stare back at dad with my hand over a wet towel that feels like it's been on my head for quite some time. dad must have been worried too. Did he have to skip work because of me? He was supposed to have a night shift last night. "sorry dad, I didn't mean to worry you". he puts an arm on my shoulder to tell me that he doesn't mind. I suddenly ask him a question that I've been trying to find the answer to "Dad..." I don't know why I stopped. Is it because a part of me doesn't want to ask him? or maybe because I'm scared to know the truth. dad looks at me and a long silence enters the room. "Dad, I'm starting to see things. things that I don't remember seeing things that involve mom..." dad is staring at me with the same empty look in his eyes whenever I bring up mom. "Dad, what really happened to mom? why do I feel like your not telling me the whole truth?" once again he says nothing. Now I get impatient "why won't you answer me!" is it really true? that dad would hide something like this from me! "you should get some rest if you want you can skip school tomorrow because I have no work" that's all his going to say?!? after all that, his just going to walk away and give me such a blunt reply with no explanation. My entire life I've felt that I've been surrounded with lies. And if he won't tell me anything then I'll find the answer myself.