My bed won't stop squeaking. Well more like Nicole won't stop tossing and turning it was annoying. I had a problem sleeping in new places. And now I had to deal with this too? I looked at the top bunk. Nicole appeared sound asleep so i couldn't bother her. I got of the bed and headed for my locker. They really needed to oil the stuff here. The locker was extremely noisy. But I managed to get out two juice boxes without waking the whole dormitory.
I sat on my bed, plunged the straw into where it goes and took a sip.
'Can't sleep?'
'God!' I almost spat my drink out.
'Nicole it's only you. You almost gave me a heart attack you know?' Clutching my chest and breathing like I had run a marathon, I looked up to a wide eyed Nicole.
'Sorry I'm having trouble sleeping myself' she said smiling sheepishly.
'Is that why you keep tossing and turning?'
'I'm sorry if I'm keeping you awake'
'No, it's okay. Apple and Eve?' I offered her the other juice box.
'Yeah thanks' she smiled and took it off my hands.
she climbed down from the top bunk and sat by me. We sat there in silence. I soon finished my juice and sat there fiddling with the box. one was never enough for me.
'So Nicole?'
"Mhmm'
'What do you think about when you can't sleep?'
'A lot of things about my past. It's made me restless.'
'Is it that bad?'
'........'
'It's okay if you don't want to talk about it.' I said looking down.
'I'm sorry' she apologised 'it's just that it's really gruesome'
'I understand'
'It's why I'm here. To set things right. what about you though?'
'I think of my mother. She's in an asylum'
'I'm sorry' she apologized again.
'It's okay. Good night '
'Good night.'
Waking up at 4 am was torture. Waiting in line to take a piss and bath was just insane. This life was insane
I looked around for Nicole but couldn't find her. I really needed to pee. But the line was moving so slow.
I closed my eyes and started to count to ten. 1,2,3,4............. That was when we heard it. It was a piercing scream.
We all ignored it because we assumed it to be a girl overreacting over seeing a roach or something.
But then the girl run out heading towards our group. It was funny at first. She couldn't stop crying and shaking all over. Until she had the energy to point at the last door where she'd come from.
The girl's eyes spelled fear. Her eyes fell pleadingly on me before she collapsed. At first we had to prod ourselves to go and check it out. Being the girls we are, no one dared to.
They'd rushed the girl to the infirmary. And we all stood around the bathroom talking and murmuring. No one had still got the courage to go see what was in that last stall.
I still hadn't found Nicole. I asked around but since we were new here, no one seemed to know her. I forgot all about needing to pee and rushed out of the bathroom in search of her.
I found her in the dorm eating rice krispies straight from the box.
'You know? adding milk makes it more delicious. Stop killing yourself '
I said from the door way.
She looked up and smiled
'hey Grace how are you?'
She was fully dressed. (And may I say with a radiant smile)
'I'm fine. I can see you're not doing bad yourself '
'I'm okay' she answered with her mouthful. Clearly ignoring my advice
'I tried waking you up this morning but you were as dead as a log' she snorted the last word.o couldn't help but chuckle along with her.
'They've found what's in the last stall!' We heard someone exclaim. The owner of the voice barged into our dorm. It was Doris. 'What was it' was the question on everyone's lips. Apparently Doris decided to take us on a ride.
'So we were all stood gathered in front of the bathroom wondering what it could possibly be.'
'Go on' someone probed.
'Mrs Johnson walked in on us with Miss Claudia, our head of security. And she asked all of us to scatter. We ignored it and stood there still.'
'Miss Claudia walked slowly into the bathroom towards the last stall with her gun. You should have seen it. It was so cool like a James bond movie'
'Who still watches James Bond?' Nana Afua asked rhetorically
'Please allow her.' I piped
'Thank you' Doris smiled and continued. 'She kicked the door open and pointed her gun into the stall.' 'What did she find?' Nana Afua and I asked in unison. Doris started to cry.
'A dead body....'
Hi! It's me again. And again I know this chapter is short too.
I know the first 2 chapters are a bit cliche. But I promise it won't be like this forever.
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