CHAPTER SEVEN
1528 Words
?Look the new me is really still the real me
I swear you gotta feel me before they try and kill me
They gotta make some choices they runnin' out of options
'Cause I've been goin' off and they don't know when it's stoppin'
And when you get to toppin', I see that you've been learnin'
And when I take you shoppin', you spend it like you earned it
And when you popped off on your ex he deserved it
I thought you were the one from the jump that confirmed it
TrapMoneyBenny
I buy you but you love some Henny
From the block like you Jenny
I know you special, girl, 'cause I know too many.........?
Everyone was cheering at the top of their voices as Zach A.K.A 'man w***e of Forks High/the richest kid in school' sang like he was powering on vibes hidden beneath the earth's surface.
Laura Micheals, a girl with fiery red hair screamed at the top of her voice as she cheered for him ,Mrs Williamson wasted no time in fixing her with a glare, she mellowed down at once and quietly slipped out of Mrs Williamson's sight.
Zach was cool and all but I just couldn't bring myself to be like that for him.
I mean he be like "you're so special, there 're a couple words I can't spell without 'u' "
The hell with that.
I sighed and tried to relax but just couldn't, it felt like jumbled memories were being thrown about in my head,I placed my head on the head rest of the seat and shut my eyes for a brief second.
As I opened my eyes I realized I was no longer in the auditorium but somewhere else,somewhere with thick mists and fogs which seemed so thick that a knife could cut through, I stood where I was and waited for the fog to dissipate but it didn't, I strained my eyes as I tried to see through but there was nothing, nothing at all.
But then the atmospheric temperature began rising and the fog began to dissipate and at that moment I could see, before me stood the medieval building I had seen in my dream, balls of think flames seemed to be bubbling from it,I stood there staring at the burning building not knowing what to do,the thick black smoke puffing out of the fire got into my eyes and forced me to shut them,suddenly I began to hear the distant sounds of clapping and cheering,I held onto the sound and it pulled me closer and closer till my eyes flew open.
I tried to steady my breathing when I realized I was back in the auditorium, I tried to hide my panic but couldn't, I mean how could I?
First nightmares and now I'm spacing out and seeing crazy stuff in my head.
"Oh God". I breath quietly as I hurried my face in my palm.
"Everything alright Grey?". I heard Zain saying.
I had almost forgotten he was seated beside me,I took a deep breath and forced back the tears that had threatened to spill before I lifted my head to face him.
With a tight smile I said
"Yeah, everything's good".
My voice barely came out though, and I was certain my eyes spelt that everything was far from good.
He nodded nonetheless and returned his attention to Hanna Bills who was now standing on the podium getting ready to begin,I took a breath and tried to keep my attention on her as she began singing :
?Home is behind
The world ahead
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
All shall fade.....?
(Edge Of Night
album: Misty Mountains: Songs Inspired By The
Hobbit And Lord Of The Rings)
The words may have been short but they somehow managed to sink into my head, soon enough I felt overwhelmed with fear and I began to panic as I recalled those blasted words edged into my mind.
Everything you fear will surely attain strength and before your very eyes they will appear.....
A large lump of unease had risen to my throat ,my heart was pounding against my chest painfully, adrenaline kicked in and I felt sweat slid down the side of my neck.
Suddenly I felt like throwing up, my head felt faint and my eyes were glued to the podium where Hanna bills had been a short while ago,I had never expected that the rehearsals would go from stuffs like 'Drake : in my feelings ' to Peter Hollens : edge of night', I felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff at night, standing a step away from death.
"You really don't want to tell me what's wrong do you?". Zain said from beside me.
I shook my head and said :
"Wrong?, why would you think something's wrong?".
"You look like you've seen a ghost". He said simply.
I swallowed and took a deep breath.
"Lucky me I guess". I said trying to seem cool.
He stared at me thoughtfully before he nodded and said :
"Of course Grey,lucky you".
With that he ended the talk and the next thing I knew he was was standing up and was headed for the podium, I had no idea he would be rehearsing,the whole aud seemed to go crazy as he stepped on the podium and took the mic,even Mrs Williamson seemed thrilled.
I watched his every move like the creep that I had become, he smiled a little, just a little, I would have missed it had I not been paying so much attention to him, he waved at the crowd and they roared with cheers, girls screamed,boys hailed, what I didn't understand was why?
He cleared his throat a little before he began singing in his deep but calm voice that silenced everyone in the auditorium, the cheering subsided at once as his voice traveled through out the building,like his aura his voice was almost cold and domineering , I,like everyone else was compelled to gawk at him as he sang the words :
?Hello darkness my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again........?
His voice sank into my head and I heard nothing else but my heartbeats and his voice.
?..........Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seed while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brains,
Still remains within the sound of silence..........."
He paused slightly and I felt my breath cut off,I felt my breathing would somehow disturb the sound of silence that had fallen over the whole place.
?.......In restless dreams I walked alone,
Narrow streets of cobble stone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash. Of a neon light,
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw,
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share,
And no one dared disturb the sound of silence..... ?
My heart was racing in my chest and I couldn't seem to figure out how to breath, the lyrics of the song clutched my soul as it connected to me enigmatically, it seemed to describe my recent predicaments that I so much wanted to understand,I felt tears well up in my eyes as I stared at him till his image became blurry.
?.........Fools say I do not know,
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arm that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed in well of silence
And the people bowed and prayed,
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway wall,
Tenement halls whispered the sound of silence ?
(Sound of silence : into the Badlands cast).
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An almost painful silence followed,it was killing me, I was almost certain my heart would leap out of my chest any moment now, I waited for what seemed like forever for something to break the torturous silence.
I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry, heck I wanted to just express what's been up with me lately and if it meant be screaming it out to the entire aid I would, suppressed sobs choked me leaving me breathless.
He had this effect on me ,one which I couldn't understand nor describe, it was overwhelming, it was bothersome and it was exhausting, I needed to get out of here else I'd lose the thin thread of sanity I was holding onto.
I jerked up at once and rushed out,I earned myself some suspicious glances but I couldnt care at the moment,I rushed out without looking back.
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