Living Nightmare

Smoke bellowed out of the open windows. I stared in disbelief as I heard the sirens approaching. How could this have happened ? What caused it? Everything was gone, all of my life's work was gone. I sat on my knees in the wet grass staring at the smoke and fire. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. Looking away from the flames I saw a gentlemen in a fire hat and gear. " you ok miss? " his voice seemed to echo at me. I simply nodded and turmed my head back to the house. "Everything is gone...everything" I whispered almost to myself. That is when I felt another hand on my shoulder . This time it was one of the paramedics. She had short blond hair and blue eyes. "Come on over here hun. Lets take a look at ya" she said softly as she helped me to my rather wobbly feet. " why don't you come sit on the edge and let me look at that cut" she said helping me sit on the bumper of the ambalance. "What cut..." I started to stammer when I felt a rathet cool liquid slide down my face past my right eye and then down my cheek. I started to wonder what happened. All I seemed to remeber was watching the smoke rise out the windiws. I didnt even remeber walking outside or knowing how the fire started. "..your name sweetie" the female paramedic said looking at me. "What is your name sweetir" she repeated. As I just sat there thinking. I couldnt remeber my name. "Um..i don't know" I stammered thinking really hard. "I'm not sure..i dont even remeber getting outside. I just know that this is my house and everything I ever worked for is in there..." I trailes off watxhing the water from the hosea battle the flames. It then hit me..my dog. "My dog ...where is my dog?" I screamed starting to panic. "My dog..." I yelled again before everything started to go black. It seemed like minutes before the light came rushing in to my eyes again. I was in my bed but that didnt seem right. There was a fire and a cut. I threw the blankets back and rushed to the mirror hanging on the back of my door. Everything was fine. I looked around and sighed. It was only a nightmare. I looked back at the bed to see a pair of brown eyes looking at me. " Hey baby girl" I cooed as the blue pit jumped off the bed. " its ok momma had a bad dream" I said as I reached down a stroked my girl behind her ears. I walked towards the door and opened it. Only to be almost knocked over by my dog barreling past me. "Oy Daisy.. Calm down you silly girl" I yelled as I heard Daisy slid across the hard wood at the bottom of the stairs. Rolling my eyes I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. "How did you sleep?" A voice called as I entened the room. "Another nightmare. This one was about a fire" I stammered as I walked to tbe fridge. I pulled open the door and grabbed the carton of milk. Setting it down on the counter I looked in the dimly lit frigde for something to eat. The carton of eggs seemed to jump at me but eggs didnt sound good. I looked for another minute then closed the door. I opened the cupboard and pulled down a small plasic cup and poured the cold milk into it. "You okay?" The voice said as I looked up to see a rather handsome man. His emerald eyes shined every time I looked into them. His jet black hair was always short and neatly trimmed. "Ya I'm good hun" I said softly as I felt the butterflies dance in my belly. The hair on my arms seems to raise a little too. " how did I ever find you" I said looking at him. " well I seemed to recall you standing on a corner and I found you. I asked if you were lost and you said no i want to have a great..." He didnt get to finish as I threw a towel at his head laughing. " you are a dork" I yelled as he ran at me. Letting out a playful scream I heard Daisy start to bark at us. "Its ok girl" I said as Luke grabbed me around my waist and threw my over his shoulder. Daisy let out almost a howl as Luke let me down. "Daisy you know I wont hurt your momma" Luke said laughing almost as hard at I was. "Jazz you work today? If so arent you going to be late?" Luke said looking at the clock on the wall. I froze and thought of what day it was. "f**k" I yelled as I raced out of the room. I did work today, I had switched with my best friend and coworker so she could go to her sisters baby shower. Well something like that. " s**t s**t shit..." I yelled mostly to myself as I hurried around throwing clothes on and rushing the the bathroom to do my hair. After about ten minutes I ran down the stairs and almost tripped on the last step because of how fast I was going. "Be careful driving to work. Love ya" I heard Luke yell from the livingroom. "Let Daisy out to go potty before you leave. See you in the morning" I yelles back as I ran out the door. I grabbed my car door to realize it was locked and I forgot my keys. I ran to the door and banged on it. " oh home so early" Luke teased as he grabbed my keys off the wall and waved them in front of my face. "Very funny Luke " I said as I snatched the keys then gave him a peck on the cheek. Rushing back to the car I unlocked it and drove off. *About twelve hours later* Yawning I pulled back into the drive. There were no lights on in the house so I knew Luke was gone. I walked up to the house and turned my key in the door. Daisy starter barking as the door opened up. "Hey beautiful" I cooed at her as I walked in. Slipping off my shoes I stepped into a puddle. "Damn it Luke" I mumbled as I pulled my soaking wet sock off my foot. "Come on girl lets go outside" I stammered as I walked to the back door. Daisy my a great dog and normally didnt have accidents in the house. Unless someone forgot to take her out. Opening the glass door Daisy raced outside and squated almost immediately. "Poor baby" I said as Daisy did her business and then came back inside. See I worked at the hospital as a reseptionist. I was one of the people you would ask where a person's room was. As I was thinking about my day I grabbed some chips put of the cabinet. I walked into the livingroom and sat down. Daisy came and out her block head on my knee giving me those brown puppy dog eyes. "You silly but go lay down" I said to her gently pushing her head off my knee. After sitting for a few minutes I heard something in the kitchen. Glancing at the time I thought it was too early for Luke to be home. I stood up as Daisy let out a low growl. She normally didnt growl for anything. I grabbed her collar and walked into the kitchen. There by the sink was a man with a mask on. He turned and saw me as I let out a scream and let Daisy go. Daisy charged forward snarling at the man. She bit into his arm and the man let out a scream. I ran from the room and had to think fast. The only weapon that Luke and I owned was the kitchen knives. I never thought I would need a gun and I had never even shot one. My father had some when I was growing up but they were put up and I never went shooting with him. Times like this I wish I did. Daisy could still be heard growling and barking as I reached for thr house phone in my room. The door was shut tight as I fubled the phone in my hands. I dailed 911 and listened. "911 what's your emergancy" a female operators voice rang out. "Theres someone in my house...please I need help" I almost whispered as I felt my hear begin to race. "What is your address ?" She asked and I told her before hearing the door rattle. "Daisy!" I screamed out as the door stopped rattling. I started to smell smoke and I began to panic. I was trapped in my room as I saw smoke start to raise from under the door. I looked around and began to open my window. I didnt have anything to brake the screen so I ran over to the door. I felt it and the warms was bellowing off it. I really began to panic. My house was going to burn with me in it. My mind raced as I thought about what could have happened to Daisy. "Daisy run girl run" I screamed hoping she could escape. Then I remebered that I had Luke's metal softball bat in the closet. I raced over hoping he didnt move it. Grabbing the cold metal I closed my eyes as I swung at the window. The glass shattered and I grabbed my sheets and threw it over the window. I took a step and felt a sharp pain in the foot but I didnt care. The screen was open now and I pulled it away as I looked out. It was about a ten foot drop but I knew I had to jump. I then saw Daisy running out of the house and down the street some. I closed my eyes and jumped. This was turning into my nightmare. It was as if my nightmare was turning into reality except this time I wasnt going to wake up in my bed. This time I would have to live it out. But unlike my nightmare I knew who I was. I was Jasmine and this was my house. My dog was Daisy and she was okay from what I had seen. This time I could answer the question " what is your name". My name is Jasmine Kirk and I'm living my Nightmare.