Twisted Reality

No nothing [8]

Demi's POV:

'Ring Ring'

I groaned in bed and squinted my eyes at the daylight piercing through the curtains.

'Ring ring'

"Fuck" I mumble to myself. I slam my hand on the bed side cabinet and search for my phone. I grab it and pick up without even checking who's calling.
"Hello?" I questioned in a groggy, raspy voice. "Hey Dem, you sound tired, you still up for today?" I heard the soft Scottish accent reply on the other side of the phone.
I immediately sat up in my bed and my eyeballs practically fell out of their sockets. I take the phone away from my ear and check the time. 12:37pm. "Y-yeah of course I'm up for it, what time are we going again?" "Two, text me you address and I'll be at your place by 2" she replied. "Cool, okay, that's great, see you at 2" I said and hung up the phone call.
I rolled myself out of bed as quickly as I can. I didn't even see Alex before she left for school. I start to remember what happened last night and why I managed to sleep in for almost a whole day this morning. I get showered, get dressed and try to put make up over my tear stained face and by this time it's already 1:45pm. I shove on a pair of brown ankle boots and shove a packet of gum into my handbag. I almost shit myself when I heard the knock on my door. I swing the door open and see Cat standing there looking absolutely amazing as per. "Hey there, you look great" she said in a joyful tone. I smiled and replied, "no compliments, this isn't a date" she put on a pretend shocked expression and punched me in the shoulder. I exit my house and locked the door behind me and climbed into the passenger seat of Cats car. Most of the car journey was quiet but it wasn't an uncomfortable kind of quiet. We arrived at our destination and it looked great. It was kind of a posh looking coffee shop and through the window it looked kind of empty. Maybe because it was a weekday, I'm not complaining because I am not in the mood to be harassed by fans or paparazzi today, especially with the rumours that will appear if people see me in public with my ex girlfriend. I guess my fans already knew that I had a curious past as private photos have been leaked online but, that was in the past. I don't like girls like that anymore, I think. I felt Cat nudge me on my shoulder pulling me out of my thoughts, "Earth to Demi, what do you want to drink?" She laughed at me. "I'll take whatever you're having, just as long as its non alcoholic and warm." "You got it, go take a seat and I'll find you." She replied. I did as I was instructed and chose the comfy sofa seats, obviously, who in the right mind wouldn't? In a matter of only a few minutes Cat sat down on the sofa in front of me. I widened my eyes, "That was very quick, I'm impressed" I said. "Yep well Demi, speed isn't the only thing I can impress you by I can assure you." She winked. I blushed and covered my face with my hands and heard her burst into a fit of laughter which caused me to join. We finally settled down and I exhaled, "Still as good as before" I assured her whilst a final few giggles escaped my mouth. We both sat in silence for about a minute before she broke it. "So.. This boyfriend of yours, how is he, tell me about him" she questioned. I inhaled and thought about my words before I let them free. "Depends on who you're questioning about as I'm not sure boyfriend is the word anymore" I said sounding hurt. I didn't want to look into her eyes but I could definitely see that hers were focused on mine and that was undeniable. "You can still talk to me, what happened?" She asked seeming generally concerned. That's one of the many things I love about Cat, you have those peoples that claim they are always there for you and that you can always talk to them and they never mean it. But Cat, she's so genuine and she will always be there to listen to my shit. "Do you really want to listen to my boring sob story I mean cmon now" I asked. "I will always be eager to hear your boring sob stories Dem" she replied and stood up from her sofa and came over to mine, she budged me over and sat next to me and faced me. I hesitated but continued anyway. "Well long story short I called him to check on him because he's away for business for a few weeks and then.. I heard a woman laughing in the background and then I heard her kissing him, it then resorted in me throwing my phone at a wall and drowning my tears in a full bottle of vodka." She looked more angry then I ever was at the whole situation, rage growing in her eyes but also a dash of sympathy. She placed her hands on my thighs and it send chills down my spine. She began to stare into my eyes and rub soothing circles with her thumbs. "You listen to me, if that asshole has been playing or cheating on you he doesn't deserve even a shred of your love, you deserve someone who doesn't think you're just a toy for them Dem, at the time being I think you should wait till' he gets home and then show him just how fucking angry you truly are." I smiled at how much she cared and put my hands on top of hers. "What would I have ever done without you Cat?" I replied. "You tell me but it's already 5 o'clock and we've been here for almost 3 hours" she laughed. "Shit, I should be making my way back, Alex will be finished school and wondering where I am." I worried. "Hey hey hey, hold your horses. Who's Alex?" I froze. I forgot how long it's been since I saw or heard from Cat, I hadn't seen her since I was 18 then I adopted a bit later. She has missed so much. She didn't even know I had a daughter. "It's- it's my daughter" I stuttered. Cat looked confused, but not a bad confused, I saw a grin appearing on her face. "So when can I meet her, is she Wilmers? I bet she's tiny when did this even happen?" She fired several questions and I didn't know how to reply to any of them. "Cat calm down. She's not tiny, she's 17, well she's tiny for her age. You can meet her today? And I know what you're thinking and the answer is I didn't sleep around, she's adopted. I took her in when she was 7." She looked absolutely gobsmacked. "Well let's get you home I'm so excited!" And with that she dragged me out of the store and she was practically sprinting to the car.

Alex's POV:

I skipped school today, I was still trying to wrap my brain around what happened last night. Hopefully my mom doesn't find out I skipped or she will go crazy, what am I thinking, of course she will find out. It's already 5:45pm and its already dark, it's winter what do I expect? I overheard my mom talking on the phone yesterday that she was going out today, fuck knows who with but I don't care but she's probably still out. I decided to take a trek to Savannahs house since we had to practice for our music assignment. I decide to plug in my headphones, it makes me feel so much safer whilst walking in the dark. Whenever I walk alone in the dark I always feel like I'm being followed and tonight that feeling is making me feel more queasy than usual. I see the underpass ahead and decide to sprint through it because I'm terrified of them. Why the heck is there ice inside an underpass, it's icier in here than outside and that's hard to beat. Obviously I was overthinking it too much because I'd then fell right backwards and hit my head on the concrete. I saw a tall figure appear entering the underpass, from what I could see from my now starry vision. I can barely see a thing from the dizziness and panic that is overtaking my ability to think straight. He began making his way over to me and my panic raised above 100 in the space of a few seconds. I gave all my energy in me to get up onto my feet and flee from the unknown man. My vision was getting worse but adrenaline forced me to sprint out of the underpass and to run in whichever direction my legs took me. I ran.
And ran and continued to do so, through side streets and across roads. I turned my head behind me to see if the man was still in sight as I continued to run. I couldn't see him but continued to sprint. As I turned my head back to the front I was instantly blinded by lights piercing through my eye sockets.

All I could feel was a shooting pain in my ribs and my down my spine as I struggled to catch even the slightest bit of oxygen. My vision was swaying and I was then facing the sky looking at the beautiful stars in the night sky.

Everything around me shadowed different shades of black and the sound of screams and horns echoed through my ear drums. Next thing I know everything was black.
No sound.

No vision.

No nothing.