Into the Woods

Chapter 1: Dreams

Rena's POV

I keep running, the cold night air digging into my skin.

I stop, I just stand still, frozen.

I look ahead, peering into the forest, I start to walk, my body tells yes but my mind tells me no.

I keep walking, deeper and deeper into the forest.

After walking for a while, I begin to feel uneasy, cold, like someone is watching me.

I hear something crack, i turn around and all I see is a growing fog, dark, grey and moving closer towards me.

I know its just fog, but my body and mind tell me to run.

Every time my feet hit the ground it sounds like a grenade. Branches scratch my face and i stop then touch my face, I'm bleeding and it's bad.

I bend down, to see that my leg is bleeding also, I hear a twig snap and immediately look up.

No. it isn't real as much I want to believe it is, i can't.

Before I say anything he covers my mouth.

I don't scream because I know no one can hear me.

Everything becomes a blur and I fall to the ground.

I'm awake, I look around and everything is normal, I'm in my bed, in my room, it must have been a dream. All it was, was a dream that's all.

'Rena, are you up dear?', My mum yells from somewhere in the house. I don't reply, I simply just can't be bothered. 'RENA', my mum says as she walks in my room, ' you need to get ready for school', she turns around and walks out. I bury my self under the covers, I don't want to get up.

I open my curtains, it must of been raining last night, the dew on the leaves looks still fresh, while the sunlight shines thought the trees.

I get reading for school, I slip on a lose top with skinny jeans, and slip on some shoes.

I run down the stairs we'll more like "fall" down the stairs.

I enter the kitchen, grab an apple and walk to the door, 'do you want me to drive you darling?' my mum says before I get to escape.

'No mum, I'll be fine that's why I bought a car so that I can drive my self to school, remember?', I say as I walk out the door and slam it shut.

I pull out off the drive-way, all I feel is tied, 'oh yes tired equals coffee', I say to my self.

I turn the heat up, the weather is starting to getting to freezing point. I'm in a bad mood, tried, yes tired I keep thinking, 'ooh there's Starbucks', I say out loud, I go through the Starbucks drive-through, the lady on the mic, asks what type of drink I want, 'a pumpkin spice latte, thanks', I never tried one but why not.

I pay for the coffee, wait a little longer than I drive to the waiting bay, I get the coffee and drive off to school.

I pull up to the school car park. I look out the window, the rain dripping off the roof of the car, life is different without him being there, life seems blank, I feel lost, my head hurts and I don't know how to look at life anymore.