Delirium

Four~Behind closed eyelids

I woke up in a white room. I thought I was alone but there was a woman beside me, she smiled sadly and cupped my hands in hers. Her black hair contrasted to my blonde but they were straight but slightly curly, i inherited my father's tired hazel eyes and his flawless skin.

"Mommy" I smiled weakly at her. My mother sat beside and scooted a little closer.

"I'm here baby, I'll always be here" she whispered. Okay so my mother wasn't the best mother in the world to other people but to me she does everything she can, being a single parents was difficult.

With her being an assistant to one of the highest business men in town; Mr Fryer, she has to travel around with him most of the time. Some times I'm lucky and he tells her he doesn't need her that particular day and she gets to be with me but most of the time she gets a call saying he needs to be in Canada by tomorrow and the flight leaves Florida at six.

As for my no good father, I hated him. He left us high and dry, I woke up one morning asking for daddy and my mother bent down to my level and said in the smallest voice 'Daddy's gone away for a little while, he might not come back'

That Ruined everything. I blamed myself for his abandonment, that I was annoying him and I was never the perfect daughter and I forgot what it was like to be happy. It messed with my head, I got this idea that people would leave me with a click of my fingers. I became a sad soul, that is before I became closer to Nikki, Cassie and Ella when I started primary.

"Is Ella okay?" I asked worriedly. Ella was the only person I had left, I couldn't lose her too.

"You can ask me your self short cake" came a small giggle. She stumbled Into the door way wearing a big wide grin and a light blue hospital dress like mine. The hickie was still visible on her neck, I forgot all about that no good love bite.

"You're okay" I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Course I am, death was a no, no for me" she laughed.

My mother placed a hand on Ella's shoulders gently and smiled. Mom was a mother figure to Ella after her real mother died of lung cancer last year and her father went insane. Yes he was fit to be her guardian but he never really...cared for her.

"Has your father come to visit Ella?" She asked softly.

Ella's eyes dropped to the floor and her lips pursed. No, that was the answer, it was no. He hasn't come to see how she was after she nearly died "Um....no, I called and left a voicemail last night. He hasn't gotten back to me"

"Would you like to stay with us for a couple days?" Mom offered.

Ella shook her head, get sad smile was what broke me the most. She really was a fighter "I think I'll be fine to go home"

Mom nodded "Call me or Lara if you change your mind okay honey?"

"Okay thanks Miss Stone" she said. Mom left us to go down to the Cafe to get something to eat.

"Second time being in a hospital huh" She sighed "So 'Miss I was trapped in a house with three dead bodies' what happened?" Ella asked. She picked up a cherry from my food tray and popped it into her mouth.

"I don't remember" I can't remember. All I remember were the lights going out at the party and nothing else, it was all just one big haze of blurriness.

"Really? I found Lewis during all the commotion and he told me you might be outside but you weren't. Then Jack screamed 'Someone's still in there!' And we realised it was you, we all looked through the window and saw this person in front of you holding a fucking knife" she drew in a breath and released it slowly "I'm telling you Jack looked pissed off, banging on the door trying to get you out. Don't get me wrong we were all trying to get you out but he was so determined, and then we saw you faint out of no where and you were lying unconscious on the floor when an ambulance came"

"All that happened?" I asked skeptically.

She nodded and sucked on another cherry "Do you remember his face"

I shook my head "No but every time I think of him I feel all cold and tingly"

"Same"

"Agreed on no parties unless crucial?"

"Totally one hundred percent agreed"

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I was released from the hospital late at night and when mom and I got home, all I wanted to do was sleep. We weren't well off but we were comfortable in our little six bedroomed White House in this small little village of Greywater
I wandered into the foyer of our house and kicked off my shoes. The kitchen was beside me and I was debating whether to have a small midnight snack or go straight to bed.

"You should really rest" Mom said sweetly.

I nodded "Yeah, goodnight"

"Goodnight, I'll be up in a bit. I just need to send this email to Frank" and she disappeared behind the living room door.

Frank Aka Mr Fryer.

I trampled on the steps, dragging my feet and making me way towards the dimly lit hallway. This was a déjà moment, at the party when I went upstairs to look for...I can't even remember but it made me shiver. What ever it was I guess I should just forget about it. Pushing the door only to release a cold draft, I stripped my clothing and put on a large Tee with shorts and slipped into the warm covers, see buying a heating mattress has its advantages.

But I couldn't sleep, The wind would bang against the window and the floor would creak like someone was stepping on it. My body began to tingle, as if was in my room with me that someone was looming over my bed watching me sleep.

"Someone is watching you sleep"

It's voice caused my body to tense, I gripped the covers and pulled them over my head thinking I would get some kind of protection. Blankets won't protect me this time.

"I want to see your beautiful Face Lara" its voice was husky and deep; he was a male. Its just your imagination Lara, ignore it.

It was when a cold hands began pulling down the covers from my face and brushing my cheek gently that I cried out.

"Mom!" I yelled loudly.

"Hey hey, what's the matter?" My moms soothing voice asked me. She was leaning over my bed and her eyes Shon with worry.

I took a deep breath out "N-nothing"

"I just came to get the laptop because mine won't turn on. Don't worry sweetie your fine, I'm just downstairs"

She was just down stairs, its alight Lara. There's nothing to be afraid of.

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