15th:The Curse

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     Hi I'm Alex and I just turned 22 this morning. Am a tall looking guy with an average looking body, i spend a lot on shampoo because of my long hair(my friend actually advised me to cut it). I moved to america with my mom and little sister in the year 2020, and my birthplace is Paris,France . I graduated from highschool some months ago,and am currently getting prepared for college.
 
    My mom was overjoyed to see me graduate from highschool successfully, she said it reminded her of my father when they both graduated in Paris,and how my father fractured his ankle from dropping down from the pavilion. It wasn't his intention what he expected was for the student to actually catch him and throw him up in the air, but I guess reality took a better at him.
 
      Everything changed when my father finally died in 2019 at the age of 50,thew to a heart attack while he was lying down at home on his reserved couch at the basement. My mother was down for a week and during that period i had to do everything at home from cooking to laundry and house cleaning, i couldn't blame my mom for how she was. Am pretty sure i would have been in the same state if my wife had died like that  or even worse as perhaps, i pitted her as I watched speechless lying on the same couch he died in (although it was way more messier than it used to be).

      ‘ happy birthday!,’ both my mom and sister shouted, as they walked into my  room. My mom,unlike before had already forgotten about the past and moved on. She is a strong and independent woman currently at her 40s she has a short black hair and slim and young body,while my sister is a  17 year old teenager with long blonde hair and busty figure ( Note: she dyed her hair not so long ago).
 
    ‘ Alicia, you do know we have the same birthday right?,’ I asked.
 
    ‘ Yeah I know, but I thought it would be better if I sang happy birthday to my sweet big brother,’she replied. It was nice that my sister doesn't act cold towards me like how she does towards other guys, I mean if she did it, would have been a little hurtful( but expected since she is in her adolescent age).
 
    ‘when are your friends arriving?,’my mom asked.
 
    ‘ At noon I guess.’
      ‘eeeek I cant believe my baby is going to turn 22, time does fly doesn't it. I can remember how you used  to be shy,and how u always asked questions about girls.’
   
   ‘ Yeah, I get it mom I wasn't as much as a romantic person as my father was.’
   
   We all chuckled as we got started for the day, i had a hearty breakfast before my friend came along and took my fried bacon right out of my plate.
 
    ‘sup dude nice bacon by the way,’ he said. Drey is 24 and his naturally from america, his tall, carries a neat low cut,big,black in complexion,funny,and has intimidating muscles. His everything a guy can ask of a best friend.
 
    ‘ So you've decided what you gonna do to make Tracy see you as a “more matured” kind of guy?,’ he asked.
   
  ‘ ...... No it isn't easy you know.’
 
    Tracy has been the love of my life since I came to america, she is tall slim has a hot body and sexy lips, and long orange hair ...face also,but unfortunately she wasn't someone you could talk about love with. Tracy lost her father in world war 3, and ever since then her attitude towards affection became dull. The world war 3 broke out on September 2015 thew to an argument about the future usage of crude oil for our everyday purposes, The UN divided themselves into two groups. The first group suggested using crude oil since their country only had that as a source of income, while the other group suggested banning crude oil and begin the use of biogas that could be extracted from some plantation. Almost half of the population of the world was wiped out, because of nuclear radioactivity in the atmosphere. On the new year of 2016 a man known as William Scotfree made a historical discovery of how to use air as a source of energy, he created an engine in which collides with air particles from the atmosphere to forms energy this energy is now known as denizen and it was added to the periodic table. Because of this the Scotfree family became the richest family in the world, the world no longer complained about food since there was more than enough resources,and also because  the government bond was stronger than before, thew to the discovery of the ozone layer depletion had been increasing in rates.
 
      The revolution of building were more technological. There was nothing like stair again and elevators had become more advanced, also driving cars were restricted  only for racers and people who lived on mars, because unlike before people now used AI cars that are programmed by a software called SOS ( scotfree operating system) it takes the passenger anywhere he/she wants to go. The best way of transport is by using the hover board, it's like a skateboard but without no wheels, instead it floats on the air (thew to the installation of Scotfree engine).
       
       ‘ dude what makes you think she still single?,’ I asked.
 
     ‘ the only way the Tracy I know will ever get a boyfriend is if she becomes nothing like herself,’ he replied.
   
   ‘ dude if she changes to that extent then how will she be the one that i love.’
 
    ‘ i don't get you French boy, what do u like about this girl anyway?.’
   
   ‘ well I guess I like her because of her personality..... If only she could see how much I love her.’
 
     ‘ mhmm, so it ain't because of them titties and ass heh.... And how she going to recognise you if she doesn't know how you feel at the first place.’
     
‘ have you seen how many guys she has turned down!.. Dude she turned down Tim, TIM!   The number one quarterback and winner of the most successful of the year award.’
     
‘ Yeah i was also surprised as well, I mean why would Tim want in her.’
   
  ‘ I think your getting the wrong idea.’
     
‘ Anyway unlike them you have an advantage.’
    
‘ how do you mean?.’
   
  ‘ well i mean, you know everything about Tracy and also you guys are in the best friend zone.’
     
‘ well I mean yeah.... But, wouldn't that be betraying her trust though?.’
   
  ‘ Nah mehn it will be the opposite.’
   
   I phased on the discussion for some minutes, i mean if i look at the calculation in that way I have more of the possibility of being accepted than being rejected.
      
‘ Hey!, birthday boy!,’ shouted Tracy from the door, i felt my heart skip a beat and my face turning red.
    
‘ its a little dark from where am sitting so she wont be able to see me fluster,’ i said to myself as i tried hiding my face while welcoming her.
    
‘ what suddenly got into you, and are you blushing?,’ she asked.
     
‘ isn't it obvious l, his....,’ Drey said before I tackled him on the ground.
   
  ‘dude what you doing?,’ i asked.
 
   ‘ trying to be your wingman "dude" and apparently, you ain't letting me do my job.’
    
‘ I can handle my own problems on my own so, back off.’
 
   ‘ um dudes please don't express your affection for each other in front of me,’cheeked Tracy.
     
  ‘ yo, you do not say that to a big black baller so lightly,’said Drey.
   
  We had a long conversation on the dining, before we headed out to the club. The club isn't a usual thing, Drey insisted since it was my birthday, the thing I never like about clubs was how I always mistake a robot for a human.
        
‘ OK bro its time to unwine ,’Drey said.
     
  ‘ although I respect your creative ways of using words, am afraid I won't be having too much liquor for the sake of not crashing my car,’ I replied.
       
‘ relax Einstein,Tracy's gonna drive no biggie.’
     
‘ Yeah Alex relax,just have fun,’ Tracy said.
     
Reassured by Tracy's words I headed towards the counter to order myself a drink,while Drey sat around a bunch of women. I took three glasses of Margarita and one shot of whiskey, I kept on testing how far I could withstand alcohol, and it going well.
   
  ‘ one more shot please,’ I said to the barman. I took the glass from the table, and turned it towards the direction I last saw Drey
    
‘ I wonder if he has had any luck,’ I said to myself. As I stared threw the crowd of people walking around I noticed a figure that kept standing in one position. Surprisingly  interested, I kept staring until I could see who he/she was.
         
"Gasp", the sound I made as I saw what could be described as an undescribable phenomenon, I saw a human like figured creature, with dark small wings, and red long horns, with horse like hoofs. It kept on staring at me with eyes of no emotion, its eyes,nose,and mouth were all bursting out with blood, my heart was pumping in fear, as my body vibrated faster than a Scotfree engine. I kept on asking myself what i should do, but i couldn't think of anything, it was as if my thought were being washed out of my brain.
     
Suddenly I noticed the creature took a step forward and began to smile, I started pushing myself backwards as it continued moving,slightly increasing its pace
     
‘ no, stay away please I beg you,’ I mustered with breathless body as tears dripped from my eyes. It began running and laughing, somehow passing through everybody unnoticed. 
     
‘No!,’ I shouted as I fell over the table, knocking off all the bottles and glasses away until I fell on the floor and lost consciousness.
       
After a while i finally opened my eyes and saw myself inside my car. Drey and Tracy were both shouting at the front of the car.
        
‘ he's awake!,’shouted Tracy.
        ‘ yo Alex are you okay?, you just busted the whole joint,’ said Drey.
     
  ‘ what actually happened?,’ I asked as I gradually regained my consciousness (although I had a little bit of nausea).
       
‘ i dunno dude, i mean all i saw  was you falling off the counter screaming before you finally landed on the floor and fell unconscious ,’ he said.
       
‘ but, the barman did say something about you having three glasses of Margarita and shots of whiskey,  before you started shouting. What were you thinking when you took that much alcohol?, now you can't show yourself in that club again you know that right,’ said Tracy .
       
‘trust me am not planning to,’ I replied.
      
‘ Dude what happened though?, did you see something?,’ Drey asked.
     
I sat there quietly thinking of what to say,it felt as if i was having afterimage of that thing i saw at the club. But maybe it was because of the alcohol that I saw that beast.
          
‘ it was the alcohol,’ I said. 
     I couldn't put myself to believe i saw that thing, i trembled in fear as i thought i might see that thing again, and if i did what will i be able to do. I was dropped at home by 7:26pm, i walked straight home without looking back, i was scared that something will pop up behind me. My family tried welcoming me back, but I just ignored them, I knew I wouldn't be able to explain what happened at the bar to them because even I don't know what exactly is wrong with me .
   
‘honey are you ok.'
    ‘yeah mom am good,’ I said as I walked up the stairs,it was obvious my mom wouldn't believe an act like that so I had to think of some other excuse until I found out what actually occurred today.
     
I took of my clothes and dived into my tub filled with water at the temperature of hot, I placed my hands on my head to think, already to try and think. The more I tried to reason my reality and my imagination, my mind was blocked by the thoughts of that deceased being I saw at the bar.
         
‘OK, calm down, ’I said to myself as I closed my eyes. Me being new to the paranormal world i didn't know what to think, I always thought the videos I saw online were just flukes, a way for people to get more views or subscribers, I am a science guy so am based on reality and not on possible fantasy stories.