One Day You Will Look Back And Laugh

Chapter 6

I went arrived back home that night, soaked to the bone and shivering from the cold. My half done notes were scattered all over my table. I couldn't even bother myself with them at the moment, I was too cold and wet.

I took off my clothes and took a warm shower, that calmed me down and warm me up a little. I walk out of the bathroom and chose a shirt out of the cupboard and some undergarments. That was all the strength I had for.

If I didn't have a big project due the next day, I  would have just gone to bed. But I needed to turn it in to gain my marks, so I reluctantly walked to my table and tried to make sense of what I was doing before. I was, fortunately, almost done so I didn't have to do too much. But truth be told, I was scared to go to bed that night.

Involuntarily, my eyes went to my window where the dead flower and the letter, and I placed down the empty vase I got from a woman that was about to throw it away. It was just a little chipped, not completely broken. I just couldn't bear to see it be thrown away while it still had some use. But seated on my chair, those were not the ones that caught my eye. Right next to them was a figure, a very very familiar figure.

I rubbed my eyes and looked again, no one was there.

Strange.

I couldn't be bothered by it, I really had to finish my work, but that was easier said than done. All the words of the letter seemed to come out of and surround me. I could hear every word and I think I let my guard down so much that just seeing these words around me scared me. the only thing I could do was to curl into a ball on my seat, cover my ears and close my eyes hoping everything will be back to normal once I opened them.

Surprisingly, it didn't.

The words did disappear but instead of it, I heard an ear piercing, shrill laugh. Rem was back and she was just behind me, I could hear her. I didn't even need to know that she was reading the letter and laughing.

"I don't know how to tell you this," she read. "But I think I might have a crush on you..." She laughed so much she had to clutch her stomach and was on the ground, having trouble catching her breath. 

I didn't want to know anything nor did I want to hear her mock me. Sure, Stephan confessed to me but that was it. I had no feelings for him nor did I have enough emotions or patience to use on relationships. 

How would I turn him down politely? And why did I start to form a bond with him? This is bad. I shouldn't have done anything when we first met. This is so bad. But if I am being honest with myself, I didnt hate him.

"Whatcha thinking about ?" 

"Rem!!" I fell backward from my seat and landed on the ground clutching my head. Rem was laughing again.

She sure is in a good mood today.

Yeah, she is.

She even looked normal today. If I didn't know her I would have thought she was a normal girl but I know exactly how she is so I'm not falling for it. Though it was nice seeing her look like how she did.

Wait, why does she look normal?? 

As if reading my mind she looked down on me, still clutching the letter in her hand, said," Oh, you didn't know? This is Halloween month. It was believed that this was the time when supernatural beings were able to come to the living realm and interact with the living. See," she said waving her hand in the air and switching the lights off with her finger.

"H.How? You were not able to this the other years. How this year?" I was shivering both from the cold and the thought that if she could physically affect the real world then that meant she could do some serious damage to me. She could actually kill me this time and no amount of mental boost of strength will help me change the outcome.