Dark Lines

Away from The Entity

1/March/2021

Hello Peter,

I hope you’re doing well, I really want to see you, you have became so close to me, but unfortunately I don’t know if you feel the same, I mean as friends of course, even that I’m not sure of, you could be ignoring my letters, or you maybe in a relationship, or you just are annoyed about this, my letters and me.

Please if you are annoyed, don’t tell me, don’t send me mean letters, just don’t reply at all, I won’t mind, I just don’t want to know that you hate me, or dislike me at least.

Yesterday the door bell rang, I went to see who is it through the peephole, but it was so dirty, I couldn’t see a thing, then my brother looked through it, it was perfectly fine, because he saw clearly and it was my mom, how weird is that, right?

I think I’m being silly so often these days, I hope I don’t go insane, you know, I’m still young and I want to live a couple of days like a normal girl, when all of this is over, if you are feeling a little off too, I advise you to meditate and drink green tea, I heard that they help a lot.

Take care Peter!

-ENAJ-

He finished reading with the last sip of tea, that’s how long he took to read it, just to read it with a clear mind, and let it all sink in, he was confused and surprised about the peephole story that she told, what are the odds?, her too? she also experienced a weird thing concerning the peephole, as well as other previous extraordinary events as she mentioned in the letter.

Therefore, he isn’t alone, maybe it’s happening in every house too, that made him feel better a bit, and he is convinced now that it is some minor incidents or even hallucinations, but they are all normal, and mainly caused by the lockdown, the loneliness and the negative thoughts.

All in all, Peter felt good about this letter, although the first sentences were heartbreaking and filled him with guilt, but then he lightened up, knowing that she is feeling what he is feeling, and she was kind enough to suggest a couple of things that would help in his case, “what a good friend!”, he said.

At 10:44 p.m., he washed his plate, after eating his dinner, and je closed the windows and the curtains, searched for a decent program, and found an under the sea documentary, so he muted it, preferring to enjoy the scenes and let them talk instead, then started meditating for ten minutes, and made himself a cup if green tea.

After one hour, Peter felt superb, and super relaxed, as if he is now pure, and clear of toxins, he is now free of those dark thoughts, and of any type of anxiety or fear, peace is all what conquer his heart and mind now. Then he was eager to go sleep peacefully and hug his silky pillow, with the soft blanket touching his face.

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Peter woke up at 9:11 a.m., the rays of the sun was invading his room through the white curtains, so he was very motivated, and got up immediately, to shower, exercise, and make a cup of coffee to drink at on his balcony. He saw a dove standing on the railings, it was a white dove, so he guessed that it’s a good sign, a peace sign.

After sometime, he went inside and played the symphony of swan lake, and turned the volume up a bit, without disturbing the neighbors, although they would appreciate his taste in music. Then he prepared some lasagna with veggies, and made Crystal some food.

Crystal seems tired today, she haven’t moved around the house much, she hardly got off the couch, and he threw her the ball but she threw it back once, then gave up. He supposed that she might be bored, or just isn’t in the mood, or maybe has a minor ache, but if she gets worse or this lasted for some additional days, he would definitely take her to a vet.

He checked the mail box for the letters, but there were none. Then he went inside, and headed to the balcony to smoke a cigarette, he kept smoking for fifteen minutes, then he noticed a lightning strikes, so he went back inside, and closed the door with the curtains, as he was doing so, the thunder hits. One hour it’s sunny, warm and a perfect spring day, then the next hour it’s like that, rainy, gloomy and dark.

Crystal was scared of the heavy droplets on the rain harshly hitting the window, and the sudden white flash that is visible through the curtains, then the traumatizing sound.

He prepared dinner for the two of them, and turned on the television to get their minds off the weather, and for distracting Crystal before she go crazy, so he finally finds a program that is showing the touristic sites of Italy, he turned up the volume and relaxed under the blanket with Crystal, before heading to sleep two hours later.

3/March/2021

Hello Peter,

The weather was horrible yesterday, wasn’t it?, I spend it under my bed, then got on top if it and covered myself entirely with my blanket.

Today I was in the mood of sipping hot chocolate on my balcony, but suddenly a raven hit the wall, and fell on my balcony, I grabbed him and figured out that he was injured, but I managed to take care of him, he is fine now, a couple of days more and he will fly like he used to do.

The neighborhood is quieter than normal today, I’m not complaining, silence is a symphony to my heart. I’m thinking of enrolling in college, when of this is over, I will try to act smart around dad, and convince him to let me do so, I will have a much healthier lifestyle then, I’m sure.

-ENAJ-

Peter was feeling some weird vibes at the beginning of the letter, for ravens are signs if omen as some says, but was glad of Jane’s sweet behavior of taking him and curing his injury. “You go girl!”, he said when he read that she is planning to register in college, even if her dad didn’t agree, he is ready to help her in convincing him, he had some other things he like to say to him too, but in a polite way of course. The girl wants to be normal and happy, she wants what she deserves to take without even asking for it, so she will.

At 3:07 in the afternoon, he had his lunch in the kitchen, while Crystal beside him but on the floor getting her face covered with her lunch, then went to his room, and tried some outfit that would make him look cool when he get out and live normally. He does that more often now, out of boredom and to keep himself connected to the outside world, sticking to the hope at the end of the journey.

Peter heard some noises from outside, so he went to the balcony, and he saw all the neighbors on their balconies too, some were playing on the instruments and some wear singing, at first they were being spontaneous, then they created a harmonies altogether, and then they performed some famous tunes, till they were as much songs as there usually is in a playlist, they preformed about six songs now.

It was 7:05 p m. now, and they are still going, the vibes are amazing, and there were more people joining them, and many people are recording all of this astonishing scene, then they started to move there phones left and right while turning on the flash, Peter felt taken away, it was breathtaking.

Although he didn’t know how to play any instruments, nor did he knew how to sing, but just observing this, and admiring it is sufficient to take him on a ride full of love and magic, it just feels like he is surrounded by his family members, one pain, one heart and will vet through this together, hand in hand, with support and appreciation to their efforts. Just like how they used to be close to one another, and celebrate their good news together, now they will be close by their hearts, and sticking together in those bad and tough times.

At 11:22 p.m. Peter has already ate his dinner after the concert was over, now he is sitting in his living room, with the curtains closed, and there wasn’t a sound of any creature outside. He watched some random reality show, then went to sleep, but decided to finish the book while laying on his bed first.

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Crystal was pretty hyper today, Peter was glad to see that, she is perfectly normal again, he wanted to keep her in that mood, so he played with her several games that one could play with his pet, and it was time for breakfast, so he prepared it, while keeping her in his sight in the kitchen, then decided to eat it with her on the balcony with peace.

At 2:45 p.m. Peter was getting some work done on his laptop, and checked all the mails, what he found he did, and there was an okay amount of them, but Peter still did them with joy and focus while drinking his coffee.

After he finished all of them, he had lunch with an action movie on the television, during which he kept making silly faces for Crystal and did some sound effects, as well as intense reactions, to keep Crystal company and making both of them enjoy their times, and having good laughs.

He was running in the corridor, heading towards the bathroom, after having dinner with a huge cup of mango juice. Then he noticed something behind the corner, he walked slowly forward, so he could have a clear vision, a grown woman was dangling upside down from his attic. With face that was covered with her dark red frizzy hair mixed with some grey strands, that also covered nearly her whole body, where a light yellow and worn dress was visible with her dangling hands that had weird writings on, and her long black nails.

Her hands were moving forward and backward, then she suddenly brought her hands to her chest and turned around, so she is facing Peter, her pitch black eyes peeked through her hair strands, then she quickly crawled back to the attic and left the door open, with marks from her claws on the wall while she was trying to crawl up.

Then Peter quickly stepped back, then ran to the living room with his heart nearly jumping out of his chest, and he closed the doors of the living room, which had thought that this would keep Crystal and him safe till sometime.

Luckily, there was a bottle of water on the table, so he drunk it all at once, but kept some drops to splash his face with, then he sat down with Crystal by his side, he kept thinking and thinking while being constantly interrupted by fear and anxiety, he still tried to find an explanation, and understand what he had saw, he knew that a hallucination is for a couple of seconds and wouldn’t contain such details, while he exhausted himself with thinking, he fell asleep on the couch.

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The next morning, the first thing Peter did, is ordering some sleeping pills, so he could sleep in his room across this hallway, without horrible thoughts crossing his mind, and he ordered some pills for hallucinations as well.

Then he decided to take a look over there, he opened the door of the living room, then took a peek over the attic, there was nothing, so he quickly ran and closed the door of the attic then keeping it shut it with a nail, all that he did while having an anxiety attack, with his hands shivering all the time, and dropping the nail several times, as well as accidentally hitting his finger with the hammer instead of hitting the nail.

After that, he felt relieved a bot, so he drank more water and made his breakfast, with a huge cup of coffee, and put some music, then opened the curtains with the balcony door, because he felt that he would suffocate otherwise.

After two hours, the pills arrived, but he did the usual security measure, asking who is it till the other person answered then he looked at the peephole just to make sure, and open the door. He took the pills of hallucination after searching online what is the normal amount to intake, and made another cup of coffee to stay awake and concentrating.

Peter had heard constant knocks on the door of the attic for the past half an hour, and he was almost going crazy, so he put his earphones or one of the earphones that was able to use, and took a sleeping pill afterwards.

Three hours later he woke up, he took off the earphone, and there was silence, no knocks are heard, nothing. He took a deep breath, and thanked god then made his lunch and had it on the balcony, in case if there will be another knocks, he didn’t want to take the chance of risking his mental health again.

It’ bedtime now, he thought about the idea of either sleeping in the living room, or staying awake all night. But he wanted to put this to an end, plus he had nailed the door shut, so nothing to fear, so he took both pills, walked with Crystal all the way to his room, and suddenly Crystal went crazy when they passed the attic, they say that cats sense bad spirits or things like that, but her behavior and the noise she made, made him more anxious, plus he feared that the women would react to that, so he quickly entered his room with her, shut the door, kept the lights on, and thanks to those pills it took him only ten minutes to fall asleep like a baby.

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