A Stranger's Mind (On Hold)

Phillips

Phillips:

  I was in my car that I parked besides the campus’s woods. The smoke was dense and sweet inside. It smelled like lemons, I felt like if I was in a meadow and trees of lemons where all around it. “Now for those who are up this early I have a nice song for you guys to wake up, only here at the circus from 140.5 FM”  I heard the radio which was up at max volume. And then I heard the beat

“Sweet dreams are made of this, who would have thought to disappear.

Travel the world and the seven seas, everybody is looking for something.

Some of them want to use you, some of them want to be used by you”…

-Whoa, deep lyrics- I said while letting the smoke out of my mouth and nose. I see from the passenger’s windows the car of Billy, still the same car since high school. What is he doing at this time here? I see that he’s struggling with the car so I decided to see if he needed help. I turned the radio off and the car. I got out and saw the whole spot get a bit misty by the smoke, despite the mist that was already there. –Damn its cold!!- I went to the back of the car and grabbed my jacket and put it on while going directly to Billy.

-Hey… Um… Do you…-

-I what!?= Billy said angrily his eyes were a bit teary.

-Dude relax, I was just trying to see if you needed help, damn.- I started to walk back but then Billy called me again.

-What’s wrong now? -  I said.

-Nothing, just wanted to ask you; do you know why Marcus was on his way here really early?-

-Umm, No I mean, he always wake up really early but, he normally goes to school at 8 am or something. - I said to him with doubts.

-Oh, ok, just wondering-

Then he closed the back door of his car and took something with him. He looked at me for a while without saying anything.

-Um, ok… Dude, don’t look at me like that you’re creeping me out… - I said and he laughed.

-Hahaha, you’re the one who creeps everyone out! With your weird stuff you say and shit. - Then he closed the front door and leave.

-You know, you’re the one that creeps everyone out with the way you walk!! Pfft, asshole. - I went back to my car for a nap, it was still early and I couldn’t stand my dad back at home.

“Sweet dreams are made of this, who would have thought to disappear.

Travel the world and the seven seas, everybody is looking for something.

Some of them want to use you, some of them want to be used by you”…

I heard the song on a background. Still sleepy but I could see it was a bit clearly, the sun was coming out. But it was dark enough for me to get another hit without been seen. I took my lighter and bong and just when I was about to I heard something hitting the back of my car. “Tap tap” –What the hell? - I said to myself. I got out and started searching to see but nothing, just the woods and the library not that far to the other side. When I was getting back inside the car I hear the same sound “tap tap tap”. I got out again but saw nothing. –Hello? Who’s there? C’mon Billy if it’s you stop that ok? You got me!- But Billy wasn’t there. Besides he’s not much of a pranker. But where could that sound come from?  There was no one near, no body! “tap tap” It started to sound more clear as I got closer to my car. I see something shiny on the top of my car. I got closer and smelled it. –Ugh, what the hell is that!?= then I touched it, and I saw the redness on my fingers, it was blood! Blood! But who’s? From where did it come from?  I looked up to see if I could catch something. I saw that from the branch of the tree something was hanging. –What the hell? Is that… Holy shit is that human flesh?! - I couldn’t believe what I saw! Someone had hang a piece of flesh on a branch of a tree, but why? Scared of what I just witness I turned back and bumped with someone, a bit taller than me. I couldn’t see his or her face, but it grabbed me and without hesitating took out a knife.