Sleepless

Chapter Two

The Ring

Sue's POV

It was his ring.

"Yes. I'm going to find a way to get out of this nightmare." I turned aroud leaving him.

"Wait!" I stopped from my tracks.

"Let me prove to you that all of this is real, crazy girl." I don't know but his voice changed into a serious one that time which made my heart skip a beat. I walked towards him and took a deep breath.

"HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TE—"

"Shhhhh." He placed his pointer finger on my lips. He took something from his pocket- a gold ring with a green stone on it.

"Here. If you'll wake up without this then this is all a dream, but if you'll wake up with it, then come back and find me."

"crazy girl..."

I suddenly remembered the little conversation I had with the weird guy. So does this mean that he was telling the truth? So he must really think that I was insane because I kept on saying nonsense things. But how?

Did I teleport to another dimension?

Teleporting is really far from reality to happen. Did I teleport by sleeping? How could that posibly happen?

I immediately made my way home when I saw the gold ring in my hand. I don't know how to react. Should I be sad because I was living my 3 years a lie? Or should I be happy that I already have answers to my questions?

So does this mean that I wasn't actually sleeping for days but I was teleporting? I've been living a lie. All these years, I feared sleeping because I thought that I would have nightmares when I was teleporting all along. I got bullied for nothing.

I'm so angry right now. I'm not angry at the weird guy but I'm angry at myself. I'm angry for not knowing sooner. Why didn't I realize? No wonder why no one can't tell what's the problem with me because the answer was with me all the time! I didn't bother to talk and ask people when I was brought to that world. I remained silent and cared less.

I think I'm going crazy in any minute now. A tear fell without me knowing. What did I ever do to have this? All I want was to live a simple life with my family and have friends but it was the other way around. Instead, my family left me and my friend betrayed me. I was stabbed a million times when that happened and now this?

I hugged my knees and rested my back on the cold wall. If you think that I was laying on my bed, you're wrong. I can't even lay myself and be comfortable in this kind of situation. My tears flowed non-stop. I don't know what to do anymore. My life has no sense at all! All my love ones left me hanging.

I stood up and walked to my drawer and took something — something sharp. I entered my bathroom and coldly faced myself in the mirror. My eyes were red and puffy. I look hideous. There's no purpose for me to live anymore. I blinked my eyes expecting for tears to fall but there were no more.

I closed my eyes as I felt the sharp object digging through my wrist. Images of my dad played on my mind. I remembered when mom used to sing a song for me before I sleep and she never fails me with the delicious meals she prepare. While Sam, the only memory of her that appeared on my mind was the day she was shot. Tears started to fall again from my eyes when I remembered the last thing she said.

"Live Sue. Go run. I love you."

I opened my eyes when I remembered how weak she was when she said that which made my heart shatter into pieces.