Pesadilla maravillosa

Chapter 7

I looked back to confirm what I had seen, vigorously rubbing my eyes.

But it was only a street performer wearing bright purple to attract an audience. My mind was playing tricks on me. I had no idea what to believe.

"I'll just run in and grab a few things," Sid told me "stay in the car."

"Okay"

I sat in the car waiting for Sid to come back. Slumped against the car door glancing lazily through the window.

The day seemed cloudy, how it was the day I first got here.

I never stopped thinking about my family and what they could be doing and how my little brother was. I tried calling but this stupid place has no service and texting them was out of the options, I doubted this place even had wifi.

I thought long and hard about my family for a while. When something peculiar caught my attention. I could see a figure briskly walking to the car, but I couldn't see its face.

The faceless thing walked with something like a hose dragging low below it. As it came closer I locked all the doors and watched as it got nearer. It reached the car door and tried to unlock it. It sat there shaking in fear, especially when it started calling my name. It mumbled my name a few times before it started banging on the window, pleading for me to let it in. I watched it pound on the car window a few times until a face slowly revealed itself. I felt like the biggest idiot.

"Oh my gosh Sid, I'm so sorry I didn't know it was you, forgive me"

Physidous seemed angry. Fed up with my idiocy, he gave me the clothes and said nothing. He drove slowly and not once did he glance up at me through the mirror.

We got home and he went straight to his room and locked the door. I changed into a yellow summer dress and sat at the window.

'Why was all this happening to me?, maybe Claiborne is messing with me, maybe I need to confront him for things to change, I like Sid and I wouldn't want anything to make him hate me so I need to fix this...but how?'

I got up from the window and went to his room.

*knock* *knock*

I waited for a while until he opened the door. "What do you want," he groaned,
"uh I just wanted to talk about Claiborne"
"well I don't want to talk about him"

He attempted to close the door but I stopped him

"Look!," I shouted "I'm not staying here for a another day so you better sort out things with him or i-"

"If you wanna leave me then go!" he interrupted

"If I knew how I wouldn't still be here"

"You really wanna leave huh?"

"YES!"

"Ok then, pack your stuff"

He closed the door vigorously and I could hear stuff being broken and thrown around. I felt bad for shouting at him. I also felt dumb and confused. I really wanted to see my family but I didn't want to leave him, I loved him...