Black Skye

Chapter 1 -

Chapter 1

My name is Skye Black and I died a day after my 18th birthday. I would think that is considered extremely unlucky. So my gravestone should say 24.08.1996-25.08.2014, but no one knows I died, because I woke up the next day in someone's room alive, how do I know I died well you kinda just stop fighting it after all the struggle and blackness and warmth starts to surround you, it creeps up on you slowly taking you away and you let it, so I'm going to tell you how I died.

I took the bus to a local café I worked at, the journey normally takes 45 minutes but I was still sitting in the bus, I was already late damn it. I searched my bag for the phone and called the owner to tell her I was going to be late, because there was an accident on the road and traffic was a bitch, of course I didn't put it that way. I would have been fired straight away, she hated it when I swore. 30 minutes later I was running into the café and putting my apron on. I could feel someone starring at me, but decided to shake it off, and go back to getting the orders.
I loved summers but the heat was too much for this living in England where it mostly rains this is the warmest summer I remember in a long time, it was boiling, my clothes where sticking to me like second skin, I was happy I had the late shift on Monday which means I would be finishing around 7 and because I was late I got to do an extra hour. Damn traffic. I had 2 hours left, which wasn't so bad when I thought of the shower I would get at home. What wasn't helping me was the fact my hangover started to kick in, did I really have to drink so much. I smiled at the thought of last night as I tried to put the pieces together, I remember kissing a stranger, and some girl buying me a drink, and having an awesome time with my friends, mostly the part where my best friend pushed me into the pool. Scarlet was a crazy person, but in a good way, we got into trouble to many times. My mom thinks she's bad influence but it's mostly me initiating the things that get us into trouble. I guess I'm similar to my dad than anything else, we both have chocolate brown hair, and blue eyes but I regularly dye my hair cold blonde hair, well it's kind of silver than blonde..

"Excuse me " I hear the voice say to me breaking me out of my thoughts. "Did you take the order?" I can hear a deep voice say again but this time giving me shivers, what is wrong with me. I glance up, seeing a guy my age or a little bit older with a beanie and a hoodie, who wears a hoodie in the summer, seriously? I can feel him staring at me and giving me once over spotting my name tag, "Skye, it's Skye right?" He takes me out of my trance again "Erm, yeah sorry, what did you order?" I hear him take a deep breath, and see him watching me with an annoyed look "I said I would have an espresso and a blueberry muffin" "Right, I'll get to it right away, sorry my mind is somewhere else today" I reply, as I turn around I can hear him mumble "yeah sure it is" under his breath, I pack the muffin and make the coffee and hand it to him, and say "that would be 4.50" he hands me a 5 pound note, I was ready to give him his change when he says "keep the change" to me and walks away in a rush.
I've had a few more customers without making them angry or spacing out on them I glance at the clock and see it's already 7pm and people started to clear out, there was only one person left a guy in his twenties, he had a black suit, brown hair and a folder, I decided to walk up to him. "Would you like anything else,sir?" It took him a while to look up from the folder and the paperwork he had all over the table. "Tea would be nice" i hear him respond. I walk back starting making the tea when Katherine comes out from her office "Skye, can you come to my office when you finish with that" "yeah, I'll be there in a minute" . I walk over to the guy and put the tea on the table next to the pile and walk quickly into Katherine office, I take a seat in one of the plush chairs and wait for her to speak. "You can go home early, Skye. But I was going to ask you if you still want to work here if you go to university, we could set up a plan for you and have you working part time, what do you think?" I look at her in shock, I didn't expect that I thought she was going to fire me with the tone she used earlier "that would be great I could see what my schedule would be at uni and I'll bring it to you, and thank you for letting me go earlier today, I appreciate it" I get up and leave her office and walk through the dark corridor into the back room where the lockers are, I open my locker and get my apron of with my name tag and put it onto a hanger and place it back into the locker, I grab my bag and leave through the back door.
The cool breeze hitting me in the face, as I walk through the door, I decided to walk through the park and get some photographs of the lake. My feet started to hit the gravel as I walked of the main path, you could only hear my footsteps hitting the ground and the trees making sound as the wind blew through them, as I got closer to the lake I scanned the area to see if anyone was here, it was just me and the moonlight but I had this weird feeling in my stomach and I couldn't place it. I took my camera out and started taking shots of the moonlight hitting the water when I was satisfied with the shots I put the camera back into my bag. I looked back at the lake again and felt someone starring at me, I could feel the gaze from behind me, it slowly turned around and started walking backwards as I saw a figure in the woods coming closer and closer , I walk back again and feel the water from the lake surround my feet, I stare back at the figure trying to place where I have seen this person before, but I can't. "What do you want?" I ask while he comes closer and closer to me, he stopes a few feet before me and smiles at me creepily without answering my question, I back away a little bit more into the water, considering swimming away to the other side if he tries anything, but the next thing I know I'm thrown into the water, and feeling cold hands around my neck pushing me under, I claw at his hands trying to let him let go, but his grip just tightens around my neck pushing me deeper into the water, I can see his face, the way his eyes are glistening in the moonlight above us and the way his hair is framing his face, he looks young. I keep trying to fight him kicking and thrashing around but it's not helping. Blackness starts to surround me, and warmth is spreading though my body as I can feel the peace creep through me.