Lies Written by the Stars

A Daydream

Chapter 2: A Daydream

ELLE'S POV  

"You are such a hypocrite." I heard a voice say as I try to open my eyes and look wherever that sound is coming from.

And there I saw him, slowly walking towards me. His hands filled with dry bloods. I can't utter a single word. My eyes widened and tears started to cloud my vision as he reached his bloody hands to my face, holding me. I squirmed, scared, quiet... and again, as I look to his face... All I can see is the unbearable smile of nothingness as he painted my face in red. 

I gasped. Looking around and panicking. "Don't. Please stop." I cried to him.

"Elle, Elle, it's Liz." I heard. "Shh. It's okay Elle, I'm here." Liz? I look at her; my friend.

"Breathe." she said.

And just like a kid, I exhaled. Doing what I was asked to do. "You are at the hospital. Someone on the party found you passed out by the rooftop and was kind enough to bring you here.”

Found me by the rooftop? "Who...? Is it a man?" I asked, puzzled. 

Liz stared at me weirdly. "Yeah, how did you know? Did Jean did or say anything to you? Did he hurt you?" She is upset.

I can hear it in her voice. But, Jean? That is impossible. I am pretty sure it was not him. Jean has always been a pushover when it comes to girls, but he is not that kind of a person.

"Elle." Liz emphasized.

If Jean found me there, wasn't there supposed to be a trace of blood in my body? I look at myself. Clean. Neat.

"Elle. Hello? Do you have a concussion? Please tell me because I can't take another second of being ignored or I might just give you one myself." Liz sarcastically remarked.

So I looked at her and smiled. "Oh sorry, I thought a broken radio was playing in the background-ow! Hey! I'm a patient, remember?" I exclaimed as I soothe the arm she just punched.

"Yeah and you are about to get into coma if you don't tell me what is really going on." Liz threatened.

I let out a small laugh and tried to remember what happened last night.

Sighing as I start to tell her. "Well, you know I was going to a party right?" I asked her.

"Yeah, that acquaintance stuff for graduating students?" She asked.

"Yeah well, kind of. Not for graduating students though because we are not graduating students yet right? In which you should have known if you only went with me. But of course, you had to say no because according to you and I quote it's not your thing unquote”. I pouted, rolling my eyes at her.

"Whatever." She said.

I sighed as I tried to continue my story.

"Well after going to a party where I expected to have friends and clearly being disappointed because I was left alone to fend for myself among with their unwelcome insults." I breathed.

As I recall the memories that night, I can't help but feel an ache in my chest. It happened again. I should've known. How stupid can I be?

"And you know expecting to have my "best friend" to be by my side, yeah don't look at me like that.” I said as Liz glared at me. “It's Riza. You are my true friend. I don't believe in that best friend s**t anymore. Anyway, you see... she was with them, acting as if she doesn’t see me." I smiled.

Liz just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. What a b***h.

"So knowing I wasn't welcome to the party and not wanting to suffocate myself to a place I am clearly not appreciated..." I trailed. 

"What? You ran off to the rooftop and slept? Wearing a white sparkly gown? Nice." I threw the pillow at Liz using my right arm.

"Shut up. I did not!" I glared.

“Then what did you do?" Liz asked impatiently.

"Well, I went to grab some food and drinks by the buffet." I blushed and looked sideways.

Not until I hear Liz starting to laugh.

"What?" I snapped, crossing my arms; glaring at her.

"You are... telling me... you were ignored... by your friends... so what you did is stuff your face with food in a corner and oh some drinks for that matter?" She said in between laughs.

"Well yeah, what am I supposed to do, sulk?” I asked defensively. "At least the food was good. And didn't we meet because of food? Stop laughing already!"

I can't believe that this girl became my friend.

Liz raised both of her hand grinning. "Okay. Okay, point taken. So how did you end up peacefully sleeping on the rooftop? Because Jean said he found you like a sleeping beauty near the rooftop railings. Shining beneath the stars..." She asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Really?" I asked.

"I mean no, he did not say you were shining beneath the stars. You were just there, passed out. Were you drunk that much?" Liz asked again.

"No, Liz. You know I do not get drunk easily. Did Jean tell you anything else? Was there anything weird at all? Did I look scared?" I blurted.

All the questions I've been having since the moment I woke up. Was he there? His smile. I closed my eyes, as I try to remove his face from my memory. His bloody face.

"No Elle, he said you look perfectly fine. He is thinking you went out there to get away from people considering… what happened and that he felt responsible for whatever it is that is happening..." Liz explained and I scoffed.

"Responsible? Bullshit. I'm taking all the blame for whatever it is that happened between us. Seriously, Liz I thought they were my friends… I thought we would have forgiven each other already. We have talked about it. It was over. And now, here they go again. I was just slowly starting to pick up my broken pieces. And I..." Tears start to cloud my vision.

"f*****g tears." I wiped the pouring tears in my eyes.

I hate crying. They don't deserve my tears.

"I am sorry Liz… I know I should not be crying over them." Liz made her way over me and hugged me.

"Damn right you shouldn't. But it’s okay to be hurt Elle. You are human. Probably one of the strongest one I've ever known." She said as she caressed my back, calming me down.

"We'll talk about this when you are ready okay? You just need to rest first." I nod.

Feeling exhausted. Liz helped me settle down in bed.

"Liz? How about my parents?" I asked her.

Liz held placed her hand in heart, feigning hurt and said.

"I'm hurt. Who are you searching for? I'm your mom and dad throughout the whole week remember?"

 I giggled.

I love this girl. I am lucky to be her friend. She understands me and I could not ask for anything else; after all, quality over quantity.

Although I talk to my mom about anything, I just do not know how to explain everything that has happened yet. I need time to process things. My dad works abroad so I don't want him to worry either. They are both my greatest teacher in life but sometimes I just have to figure out things on my own and I know they will understand that.

If I ever do figure it out.

Letting out an exhausted sigh, I hugged my pillow hard. I hope I will find my answers soon. Because, this year would not get any better without those answers.

Liz's parents are out of own so I think they are not aware of the events that have happened. We are going back to her place later as if nothing happened. I just have to take care of myself now and rest, so I could recover quickly and everybody will be back to normal again. I think.

So here I am, laying in a comfortable bed with the light shining through the window pane, a friend watching over me.

The complete opposite of what I witnessed last night. I know I did not tell about it to Liz. But how can I explain that to her? There was no trace of him with me.

Was it just a nightmare? I wish it was.

But he felt so real and so true at the same time.