In These White Halls

|• chapter - 21 •|

My eyes drifted to the creaking door and it triggered it. A flashback, something I was dreading to have. I looked over to Dr. Shehryar who slowly faded away and I was all alone. Again.

Slowly everything blurred away into nothingness and there was nothing but blackness everywhere.
I yelled out Dr. Shehryars name with all my might but no reply came and so I started running around in that hollow place.

Something cold touched my feet and I looked down only to see blood. Then there were bloody footsteps leading away and I followed them. They stopped and I looked around. It was that place. The same playground.

No! I yelled out in horror. I can't be here again. My heart drumming in my chest constricted because of how terrified I was.

This can't happen again. No, please no.

"Annaya!" A voice surrounded me. It was so distant I couldn't even reach to it.

"Annaya!" It came again and I soon realized who's it was.

Dr. Shehryar was there. He was here. He can't be here. He needs to get out before anything happens to him.

"You're too late Anny!" Another voice said. The voice I never, ever wanted to hear or remember but sadly it is the most prominent one in my head.

"No!" I screamed and ran around frantically trying to search Dr. Shehryar.

"He's dead little girl."

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" I screamed and covered my ears to stop the voice from reaching me.

"ANNAYA GET UPPPP!" Sara yelled at me, shaking me violently. My eyes parted as I saw Sara hovering over me with a worried look etched on her face. I blinked and sat up straight looking at her confused.

"You had a nightmare?" She asked sitting beside me as I scooted over to give her some space.

"Yeah, kind of. Why?" I really had no idea what was going on here.

"Um, you were constantly yelling no and you're crying." She said pointing towards my eyes and I soon felt the tears.

"Yeah it was a weird dream. Sorry I must've woken you up." I apologized.

"It's okay but you were also calling Dr. Shehryar's name as well. And that was when you actually started crying like-like-"

"An idiot. Yes it was a weird dream and yes he was a part of it. Anyway I really don't feel like talking about it and I'm fine, now let's just go back to sleep?" I knew it was very rude of me to talk to her like that but I wasn't in the best state right now.

"Hey we can't go back to sleep." She said in a duh tone.

"Uh why?"

"Because its 6 30 and we're supposed to leave at 7 so you better get up and pack or else you'll be left here!" She sang as I jumped out of the bed like a cat and hurriedly placed everything in my suitcase.

I think this must be the quickest shower I took and with a record time of 15 minutes I was ready with my suitcase in my hand.

"Let's go get Ali and Ahmed." Sara said dragging her suitcase as I did the same.

We did the sheldon cooper knock and just like me they both were sleeping and they too got ready really fast in around 10 minutes breaking my record and then we all went down getting lunch.