Delirium

Sixteen~the Girl who cried Gabriel

"Are you sure your okay on your own?" Mom asked worriedly.

For the third time I said "yes, Ella's coming to help with our science project so it's not like I'm going to be completely alone"

She smiled "Okay dear, please take some of Dr Mac's pills"

"I will" I lied. I don't want to touch those pills, taking one is basically admitting that I'm mentally unstable. She kissed my goodbye and left the house, the sound of the car faded the further down the road she went until it was completely unheard.

My phone beeped.

Ella: Will be at yours in thirty babe ;)

Thirty minutes to clean my room. Placing the dishes in the sink I ran upstairs to clean my room. It took a lot of time and effort to get rid of rubbish, I was half way cleaning out my closet when everything went black.

I couldn't see my arm, my room dimmed, only but the moonlight shining through the blinds. The power had gone out. I manoeuvred my way through my room trying to find the door, the torche should be in the kitchen.

The sounded of heavy breathing was what stopped me. Footsteps clicked on the wooden floor, my body tingled, the hairs on my neck rose and my heart thumped fast. I could hear it pumping in my ears.

It's your imagination Lara.

I slowly crept along the hall, tracing my hands against the wall until I reached the steps. The footsteps grew louder until they came to a halt behind me. You know that feeling you get when you know someone's behind you and they're watching you? I felt that.

"It's just a hallucination" I told my eyes. But this hallucination felt so real.

Someone chuckled and they were oh so very close "Is it Lara?"

I knew that voice.

Cold hands touched my shoulders, my body tipped forwards and my hands left the railing. I was falling in slow motion and I could hit the ground soon, I would tumble down and hit the ground head first.
The shock of what happened caused me to black out before I hit the floor at the bottom of the stairs.

He pushed me.

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"All she has in a few cuts and bruises, You are lucky your friend found you when she did, you were unconscious for a long time"

I just nodded my head but that caused a great aching in my temples.

"Thank you" mom smiled at the nurse, she nodded her head and left the room.

"Can I go home now" I asked wearily.

"Absolutely not" Ella said sternly.

I hate hospitals with a burning and twisted passion. I had a phobia of needles at a high extent, the smell and look of a hospital made me nauseous and made me feel as though as I was getting worse rather than better.

"What happened again Ella?" Mom asked.

"I came over and probably stood there knocking for a good twenty minutes, she wasn't answering so I used the spare key under the Matt and I found her at the bottom of the steps knocked out" Ella explained.

"How did you fall down? Were you dizzy? Did you miss a step?"

I was about to tell her that someone pushed me and I knew who it was but the door create open and he walked in.
My muscles tensed as I looked at him worriedly.

"I came to see how she was doing" he smiled. How dare he smile when he knows what he's done.

"You pushed me" I mumbled.

Mom's smile faded "What?"

"It was him, he pushed me down the stairs" I said louder than I did before.

Gabriel looked stunned and confused "I beg your pardon?"

"Gabriel was with me at work he couldn't and he wouldn't have"

"It was him, I heard his voice. I don't know how he came into the house but he pushed me, why does no one believe that someone's trying to kill me?" I was frustrated, I actually wanted to scream. When Nikki and Cassie said someone was trying to kill me I thought I was just dreaming but first I get ran over and now I get pushed down the stairs? It must be true. It couldn't have been a coincidence.

"I'm so sorry Gabriel. She doesn't know what she's talking about, she's been diagnosed as mentally ill and-"

The tears came gushing. A river flowing down my cheeks, I felt like I was behind a glass wall where no on could hear my cries or screams and I hated it. No one was listening to me. "I'm not ill"

Mom shook her head and glared, Gabriel looked at me sympathetically. I merely slid deeper into the bed and turned my back to them, even Ella didn't say a word and I didn't want her too. From the corner of the room two figures stood looking sad and sorry; those figures were Nikki and Cassie.

"We came back again Lara" Cassie smiled sadly.
No one else heard their voices, just me.

"We came to take you with us" Nikki held out her hand towards the bed.

They think I'm giving up?

I shook my head and mumbled softly so mom, Gabriel and Ella wouldn't hear me "I'm going to find who ever did this to you and who ever wants to do it to me. I don't want to leave"

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Do you believe Gabe pushed Lara down the stairs?!!!!