Split Mind

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I'm woken up by the sound of a leaking faucet and i rub my eyes only to face a dark room. I slowly cralwed out of bed and started moving to the kitchen, with my feet getting colder by the minute since im not wearing shoes touching the cold tiles with my bare feet. The sound of dripping water got louder as i got closer to kitchen. When I made the turn to the kitchen from the hallway i faced my front door instead of my kitchen sink as it should be and the sound of dripping water stopped leaving the room too quiet. The distance between me and the door seemed to grow longer the more i tried to move my legs to open the door. I took in a deep breath and told myself i was just imagining it. I closed my eyes and reached out and felt the door knob in my head and turned. I open my eyes and there is a Policeman standing infront of it and only the light that came from the top of his car was lighting the surroundings and the policeman seemed to be talking but i couldn't quite make out what he was saying. He looked sad and i didn't know why, to my surprise nor could i sympathise with him. I walk past him to get hint of what he might be talking about or need help with. As i step past him a stretcher covered with a cloth passed by me with two little figures i could see present underneath it. As i was still processing the information another stretcher but instead of a cloth this one had a closed body bag. Now my head is spinning trying to piece things together to figure out what exactly is happening. Yet another stretcher runs past me and this time the body bag was not closed entirely. What i saw made me immediately drop to my knees. It felt as if someone had reached into chest and roughly searched for my heart causing immense pain during the act and they squeezed my heart until it exploded all over my chest leaving my superior and inferior vena cava connected to nothing.

I tried breathing to calm myself but soon found myself hyperventilating. The Policeman touched my arm with that simple touch it felt as if i was coming up for air from being under water and my hearing became so much better to only hear the Policeman say " Im really sorry miss but they're all dead".

I jolted awake feeling like my air supply was about to be cut off if remained asleep any second longer. My eyes roamed my surroundings to find an explanation for the sudden suffocation.

It was just a dream but I dont remember what it was about all i know is it was intense.

My neck is felt stiff and i moved my head around to relieve it. I guess thats what i get for sleeping in a car seat. i open the car door to to give my whole body a stretch.

After stretching my arms and legs. I took a few deep breaths but my head felt clouded.

I took my phone to check the time. its 05:30am and i still got a good one hour and half left before my kids wake up. We haven't received any more warnings since the last one and im just hoping that was the last one.

After the sandstorm we drove around for a while looking for a place to set up camp. After a while we saw a service station and settled for the woods behind it. I found it too risky to sleep at the service station i knew anybody and everybody could see it and it is basically welcome to everyone. We set up camp,we lit a fire and then i handed everyone a can of spaghetti with tomato sauce. After a while the kids fell asleep infront of the fire and i carried them into the back seat and covered them with a blanket, i quickly closed the door not wanting any smoke to get in. Me and Cory got to talking about everything and he was still evasive about what happened when he got into his house. We didn't have much in common, he was a 3 years older than and listened to everything i had to say and i him. It felt nice to be talking to someone. The only other people i ever spoke to were my kids and its just not the same with them as it is with my peers.

The conversation got awkward after i laughed at him for using the phrase 'to be quite frank'. Its not the phrase that is funny its just that I'd never actually heard it in real life i thought only people in the television used it. It just took by surprise and before i knew it i was laughing.

As the conversation was getting slower i decided it was time to sleep not really knowing what time it actually was.

Both me and cory had two sleeping place options as there was two sleeping bags and one tent.

I really didn't wanna sleep out here alone. There was no way i was going to sleep with him and let my kids sleep in the car alone. Didn't want all of us sleeping in the car itd be too stuffy. So when i asked where he would prefer to sleep i gave him a pleading look so he would look at things from my perspective. He chose to sleep in the car . After awhile of me explaining why he couldn't and him insisting he gave me a devilish grin and broke out into a laugh i wouldn't mind hearing for the rest of my life.

I decided to get myself cleaned up. Not really knowing what i looked like was starting to bother me.

I took things id need and put them in a plastic bag.

i tip toed around the tent Cory was sleeping in and made my way to the service station bathroom the only place i knew with running water.

When i got a good look in the mirror i understood why Cory was hesitant to go with us yesterday. Even i wouldn't want to go anywhere with me looking the way im looking.

I took off all of my clothes and drycleaned myself flinching here and there because of the cold water.

i put on some leggings and tank top.

I felt a thousand times better.

I put my whole head under a faucet trying to get as much sand out as i could. I really hope noone walks in because what im doing doesnt look sexy at all. I walked over to the hand dryer bent over trying not to get any water on me and put my head under it. My hair dried after what felt like forever with my neck telling me to give up.

i combed and put my hair into a bun and headed back not knowing how long that took i hurried.