7 Days With You

3

Gasping I opened my eyes. I was feeling dizzy and I felt like I was going to be sick. "Oh god, I feel horrible," I mumbled and sat up. I rubbed my face with one hand, but froze during the move when I realized where I was. Was I laying in my bed right now?

I looked around. I was definitely in my room. Just that there were no blood and also no other changes. Everything was normal.

My phone announced that a message for me came in and my head snapped to the commode it was laying onto. My phone?

Okay, what the hell was going on right now?

"Mom?" I called out and waited. When I got no response I reached for my phone. It was Sally who had sent me a message.

"Good Morning, boo. Get ready I'm picking you up in half an hour!"

This was actually creeping me out now. Sally had never even considered picking me up and since when did she call me boo? And the most weird thing was that I was dead. Or at least I should be.

Was I dreaming? Could you dream when you were dead? I remembered what mom had told me.

"It's not your time, honey." I rolled my eyes. "Mom, it wasn't your time either. Also I wanted to die. I couldn't stand living with him anymore,"

"I'm so sorry that I left you with him, honey. I wish it all would have gone different. It really hurts me to say this, honey, but you have to go back. You won't be long with him, I promise. He will save you."

Could she really have sent me back to life? Was that even possible? And who was she talking about when she said he would save me? "What did you do, mom?" I whispered.

When my phone rang again, my homescreen showed me another message. But this time it wasn't from Sally.

"Hey, Sterling. I heard you've made it to the cheerleader team."

Who the hell was this? And when did I make it into the cheerleader team? I was hella confused right now.

"Um, sorry. Who are you?"

I frowned when I read the answer the person had sent me.

"Blake."

One single word. One single word made my heart beat faster. I should really get over my crush on Blake. It's been too long.

"How did you get my number?"

"I'm the school's quarterback, duh. But I may have asked your friend for it"

I rolled my eyes. Of course. Sally would give him anything without even doubting it. And yes, when I say anything I mean anything. Even though I knew it was Sally he was talking about I still asked him if he meant her to see if he remembered her name.

"You mean Sally?"

"I don't know, maybe."

Typical.

"Back to the topic. You got accepted to the cheerleader team and that means I, as the captain am inviting you to the team's party."

"Shouldn't that do the cheerleader captain?"

"Can you just shut up and accept it?"

I chuckled. This all was like a dream. Might as well enjoy it while I can.

"Fine. I'll come."

"Great. Saturday, 8 pm."

Wow. I was officially invited to the school team's party. This was crazy. He said Saturday. Actually, what day was it? Which day had mom sent me to?

I opened the calendar and my eyes widened. This couldn't be true. This was all too crazy. Maybe killing myself was a dream and waking up now was also a dream. Like a double-dream. Because what the calendar showed was even crazier than a double-dream.

Thursday, 09/29/2018

Exactly 7 days before my birthday.

Exactly 7 days before I had killed myself.

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As I made my way to the hallway, I summarized what differences in my life now were.

1. Sally's not being a bitch anymore.
2. I got accepted to the cheerleader team. Without even auditioning
3. Blake Dawson got my number and asked me to come to the school team's party.
4. When I came down the stairs this morning, afraid Mason would be there to hit me I found a note saying that he would be gone for 7 days. But before you think that he also turned nice the note also included that he would kill me if I went out to see friends or if I went to parties. Though I didn't know how he'd find out.

That was...amazing. To be honest my life has never been this great before. I'll try to enjoy it as much as I can, since I only have 7 days. After these 7 days...I don't really know what'll happen then, but for now I'd just enjoy life. For the first time in years.

"Hey, girlie! Wait up!" I stopped and turned around to face Sally and she threw me a warm smile. Since I was not used to this I stared at her perplexed, but caught myself quickly and smiled back. "Hey, Sally. What's up?" She hooked her arm in mine and we continued our way. "Oh, nothing much really. But we're doing a girls' night today. You know to celebrate," she exclaimed excitedly. "What's the occasion?" I asked curiously. "Duh, you got accepted to the cheerleader team." I frowned. "I don't really see why that's a reason to celebrate but if it makes you happy," I shrugged and she squealed happily. "Then it's settled! I'll see you after class, bestie! Have a great day!" she said and then walked away with a wave. Wow, I'm starting to like this.

I looked back one more time as I started walking again and suddenly bumped into something hard. I stumbled back and a strong arm gripped my waist quickly to prevent me from falling. I looked up only to have my grey eyes meet with his ice blue ones. "And there goes my plan of surprising you with my beauty at the party." His deep, husky voice made a shiver run down my spine.

"What?" I asked, confused and he grinned. "I'm only joking, Sterling," Unwillingly I blushed. I straightened up and distanced myself a bit from Blake. "Yeah, I knew that," Oh my god, can someone slap me right across the face please?

"Sure," he smirked. "Are you bringing your friend to the party?" he suddenly changed the topic and I shrugged. "I don't know since she's neither in the cheerleader team nor in the football team," I stated and Blake chuckled. "Yeah, would've been weird if she was in the football team." I swear, my stupidity has no end. "It's cool by me if you bring her, but I think Dawn won't be okay with it," he explained and I nodded understanding. "Yeah, that might be true. I'll ask her anyways." Blake shrugged and then stared somewhere behind me. He smirked and so made me not want to turn around. "I'll see you on Saturday, Sterling. Keep your chin up."

My first conversation with Blake Dawson and I had managed to prove my stupidity twice. I sighed. It was a start and honestly, now I was actually excited for that party.

*****
Hey, readers out there! I'm back with a new chapter. The book is about to really start now ;)

Do you like Blake?

Btw Dawn is the cheerleader captain. Here's a pic of her:

Well, bye loviess

Ella xoxo