Unlocking the curse

The Call

Evelyn's POV

Entering the house, I mumbled an almost inaudible ‘Hi’ and went straight to my room. It was 5:30 by the time I changed into my shorts and a very loose t shirt. I wanted to forget everything that had happened after 4 pm. I can’t live my life as long as these nightmares control me.  I have to tell everyone tomorrow, at least Luke,the next time I see him.

‘Why don’t you search about it in the internet?’ My subconscious asked me.

‘What will I search for? Recurring nightmares? A ghost man on streets? You are sometimes out ofyour mind, subconscious.’ I replied back

‘If what the ghost man said was real, if actually there is a story behind it, then you can search about it.’

My subconscious is sometimes genius. I took my laptop and typed ancient castles. There were many results. I needed to think of a more specific identity… Think Evelyn, think. Something you noticed about the castle.

 I was interrupted by a knock at my door. It was my dad. I gave him the balance money and went back to thinking.

Something about the castle… The castle was gold brown in colour with red touches. I guess it had something moulded on its door. A circular mould. I never get to see it. By the time I would be drowning.

‘EVEYLN LISA JACOBS… STOP THIKING ABOUT IT’ I can hear Alex’s voice in my head. Wow that women has a strong effect on my brain.

‘You should listen to her.’ My subconscious supported her.

‘Weren’t you the one who told me to search about it? Traitor!!’ I asked my subconscious. I got no reply. I decided to divert my mind by watching ‘How I met your mother’.

10 Episodes later. The time was 9 pm. I was lying on my bed.  I had to go down for dinner soon. But I didn’t want to move. My phone on the night stand went off, indicating that I got a message. I opened my phone to find a message from a blocked number.

Blocked ID – Hey Evelyn, Its Luke. I have to talk to you about something serious.

Why is Luke using a blocked ID? Various possibilities were running in my brain. Is he breaking up with me? Is he cheating on me? Does he know about my nightmares? I was so scared to reply him back.

Evelyn – Yeah, what’s it Luke?

Waiting for his reply was driving me crazy. Once when I got, I made my heart strong and checked it.

Blocked ID – You know, we have been in a relationship since 1 year. And suddenly I feel this isn’t enough.

That’s it. My heart stopped beating. I forgot how to breathe. I knew this was coming. It’s going to be worse without him. With these nightmares and him breaking...

*One message from Blocked ID* I opened it immediately.

Blocked ID – I have wanted to tell you this since a long time. And I don’t know how I am going to break this to you.

He planned on breaking up with me a very long time ago. What did I do? Is he cheating on me? I couldn’t hold my tears anymore. I heard my doorbell ring. I couldn’t stop crying.

*One message from Blocked ID*

Blocked ID – I am in love with you, Evelyn Lisa Jacob.

I was frozen. Did he... Did he just message me that he loves me? He loves me?? I checked the message again. My phone started to ring. It was from the same Blocked ID.

“Hey Evelyn” I heard Luke’s voice. I know he has a Cheshire cat smile plastered on his face. But something is different. I can feel it. “About the message, I should have called you, Evelyn” He has never called me ‘Evelyn’

My bedroom door swung open, and there Luke was standing with his arms folded to his chest. My eyes widened. What the...??

“I guess, I should have informed you before coming. I tried your phone and it was busy.” The Luke who was standing in front of me told me.

If Luke is standing here, whom I am talking to? My heart started beating fast.

“Who is this?” My voice was in a whisper.

I heard Luke’s laughter slowly changing to a rusty, hoarse one. My eyes widened, my heart stopped.

I heard the phone line cut off.

Luke removed his jacket and came to my side in a swift second. “Are you okay, babe? You look like you were talking to a ghost.” He chuckled.

Only if he knew the truth. “It was a wrong number.” I said the first thing that came up my mind. He just nodded his head in response. My phone went off indicating I got a text. My heart was beating like crazy. It could be the ghost.

“Aren’t you going to get that?” Luke’s voice brought me back to reality.

I just nodded. I opened my phone to receive a text message from Alex... Phew... I let out a huge relieving sigh. “Alex just texted me that she likes Jude.”

“Well that’s obvio. Everyone knows it.” Luke said in ‘duh’ tone.

“But this is the first time she said it out loud.”

“Ahh... Girl talk... I don’t want to know.” He said backing up a little. I smiled at his reflex action. He is so innocent. He makes me forget everything. He is my escape.

“Come here” I told him. He scooted close to me. I leaned in as he did the same. I felt his lips hover over mine. He is teasing me. I pulled him closer by his shirt collar. His lips smashed into mine. He let out a groan indicating he didn’t expect it. He pulled me on his lap. I wrapped my legs around his torso. My fingers found the way to his hair while his hands were on my waist. He asked for an entrance and I let him. A moan escaped out as he deepened the kiss.

I am not going to stop him. I nearly got a heart attack from the call. I need this to forget everything. Forget the nightmare, forget the call.

I started working on his shirt. Luke smiled into the kiss. I removed his shirt and threw it on the floor. He knows I am not ready. He broke our kiss, panting.  We looked at each other; I am so in love with this guy.I pushed him so that he was lying on his back. I kissed him once again with all the unsaid love. He kissed me back with the same passion. This kiss was not like the other ones we have shared. There was no hunger, no haste. There was love, only love.

As they say, ‘All good things come to an end’, there was a knock at my door. We broke the kiss immediately.

“Hun, dinner is ready. Both of you come down soon.” My mom said from the other side of the door. Her tone told me she knew what we were doing.

I could see a light tint of pink on Luke’s cheeks. I bet I am as red as a tomato. What would have happened if my mom opened the door?  I couldn’t even imagine. I got off from Luke, embarrassed. Luke took his shirt from the floor. “Will you help me in buttoning up?” He asked on purpose. I started from the bottom. As I finished the last button, Luke kissed me one more time. It was for a brief second but meant a lot.

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