I couldn't breath. I couldn't see. It was one thing not being able to breath, but when I couldn't see at the same time it felt like my life was ending. I tried desperately to get air into my lungs - nothing. Just a whistle and then more choking. I was going to die. I knew it, I was alone and I was going to die because I couldn't reach my puffer and no one was here to help. More tears streamed out of my eyes as I slid from my chair onto the floor. I felt dizzy the world was spinning, falling apart and deeper into the abyss that I knew I wouldn't be able to return from. Voices, I heard a voice.
Sweetie, I told you not to sit there. You can't sit there. I SAID NOT TO SIT THERE!
Choking I pressed a hand to my chest. As if that would take the hurt away. Footsteps, another voice. This time less distant - outside of my own head. "Youra! Youra!" hands manhandled me into an upright position. "Here take this." I couldn't see what was before me. I clung to her like a life preserver as she pushed the puffer into my face and I inhaled deeply. I was able to breath again - saved from suffocating to death.
Yet, I still felt suffocated as I held onto my aunt and cried.
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RomanceYoura is a normal girl. There is not much excitement in her life, unless you count her father's death and her mother's abandonment. Living with her aunt she attempts a life of normalcy and nearly achieves it. However, all that is turned on its head...
