Scared
1135 Words
Chapter 34
Sophie POV
Next day
Waking up this morning with my body aching as if I was ganged beaten in my sleep, I groan tiredly as I toss on the bed. I try to stand up from the bed, but I feel my body paralyzed for seconds, so I just lay on the bed and stare at the ceiling.
Memories of yesterday night came flooding my mind, and I feel my heart wrenches as fear grips me. I don't know what has been wrong with me for the last few days, but I don't think it was all just my illusion. I really saw that.
The sound of the footsteps drawing closer from outside pulls my attention, and the door finally opens, revealing the drained Zara.
"Are you ok?" I ask her as I watch her slump on the chair, but she only sighs deeply as she reclines on the chair.
"I'm not fine, Sophie. I'm missing Jeffrey," She whines before she buries her face between her palms, and I roll my eyes at her. How come she's still missing him even after what he did to her? She must be stupid.
"You should call him then," I smirk at her, and she rolls her eyes as she raises her gaze to look at me.
"You are being mean, Sophie. I am heartbroken, aren't you supposed to comfort me?" She pouts her lips, and I smirk at her.
"Sorry, I don't comfort annoying people," I reply to her, and she huffs.
"Whatever!" She rolls her eyes, an awkward silence creeps in afterward. Staring into space, too many questions flood my mind. Why have I been seeing things, I can't even fathom why.
"Zara... Do grim reapers exist?" I find myself asking as I tilt my head to look at her, but she only giggles.
"Grim reapers? Are you kidding me? I told you to stop watching too many horror movies, and books too. How can you even think of that? I mean, those creatures aren't even existing," She chuckles again, and I slowly nod my head, trying to convince myself that it was just my illusion, but hold on, Xander messaged me yesterday. He told me it was dangerous and that I should go out of the bus, this only means that it was real. I wasn't hallucinating.
"Are you ok? Did you something suspicious?" She raises her eyebrows, as she leans forward, but I quickly shake my head. How am I supposed to tell her that I saw a grim reaper? Will she even believe me? She would think that I've lost it.
"Aren't you going to the office today?" She suddenly asks me, bringing me out of my train of thought.
"No, I will take a day off today," I reply to her, and she nods her head.
"Since you are at home today, why don't we talk about something sweet? I recently started writing a book, you would really love to hear the story, I promise," She squeaks as she stands up from the chair and comes to sit with me on the bed. Did I forget to tell you that Zara is an aspiring writer?
"Not now, please. I just woke up," I roll my eyes at her before I drag myself from the bed, and head into the bathroom.
Staring at my reflection in the mirror, I feel my heart hammer hard against my chest. It now feels like the creature is following me around everywhere I go. Even though I'm the only one in the bathroom, I still feel like it's here with me.
Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind and convincing myself that it was nothing, I set to brush my teeth, after which I had a quick bath and headed back into the room to get dressed. I finally walk out of the room to the dining, where Zara already took care of the breakfast.
"I made your favorite. Come here and eat, my princess," She smiles at me as she pulls out the chair for me, and I know why she's doing this. She wants me to listen to the story she has to narrate. Well, not that I have a choice, anyway.
"Thank you," I smile at her as I watch her serve my food, and soon, we started eating.
"Why don't we talk about the book now?" She utters after she gulps down some water, and I just nod my head for her to go ahead, not that she would listen to me even if I say that I don't want to listen to her story, anyway.
"That's my baby. You will love it, and I promise..." She pauses and wipes her mouth with the napkin on the table before she reclines on the chair, and I know that I'm in for a long talk this morning.
"It's actually a book about grim reapers..." My heart wavers fearfully once I hear that name, but I try not to panic.
"It's just a story, don't be scared," I assure myself as I gulp down nothing nervously.
"The male lead of the book is a grim reaper, but disguising himself as a human because of the girl he was madly in love with. He was on a mission to kill the girl since she was the next person in the book of death, but his emotions set in, and he found himself crazy over her," She giggles at the end of her last statement.
"In no time, the two became the best couples, but the realm of grim reapers was against their relationship, and was after the girl's life, determined to take her life, but the male lead was there for our female lead..." She pauses and shakes her head.
"I haven't concluded it yet. Do you have any idea what I should do next?" She pouts her lips, but my mind was long gone as many thoughts flood my mind. Could it be that Xander is a grim reaper that was sent to kill me and he fell in love with me? Could it be that she just narrated my story? What the heck is happening now?
"Are you ok?" I jerk back to reality when she touches my hand, and I gulp down the lump that forms in my throat. Fear grips me as the thoughts wouldn't leave me the hell alone.
"Xander is not a grim reaper. It's not possible. He is a human," I mutter as my body trembles, the more I try not to think about this, the more I have every reason to, especially thinking of him telling me yesterday to leave the bus because it was dangerous. Is he hiding something from me? Is he not a human, or is this just a coincidence?
- Writer
