Chris Wakes Up by Platt Sean & Wright David

Author:Platt, Sean & Wright, David [Platt, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, zombies, Short Story, thriller
Publisher: Collective Inkwell
Published: 2011-12-10T08:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER TWO

Yesterday morning…

Thursday, October 25

Noella reluctantly woke to reality.

She far preferred her dream world to this one. In her dreams, her dad was still alive, and she didn’t have to live with her Aunt Josie and Josie’s jerky boyfriend, Randy. At times, her dreams seemed solely designed to remind her how much of a nightmare her reality had become.

She opened her eyes to the sliver of light spilling through her parted curtains, and thought of her father, Thomas.

It had been 10 years today since his eyes closed forever, yet on mornings like this, in the lingering aftermath of the dreams, 10 years ago seemed like yesterday, and the wounds of grief still fresh.

Noella faced the window, trying to work up the courage to start her day. Though she got six hours of sleep, it felt more like four. Her head was throbbing, again, and she was feeling groggy. Today was gonna be a long day. She reached for her bottle of pills, palmed one into her mouth, and then took a sip of water from the water bottle on her nightstand.

A pill a day keeps the voices away.

She lay back down, figuring she had about 10 minutes before she needed to start getting ready. Josie didn’t have to be to work for another hour, so Noella had time to maybe catch a catnap.

She was debating whether or not it was better to just get up, or catch a few more Z’s, and have to go through the whole waking up thing all over again. A knock on the door bolted her upright in bed. She could practically smell the oh gross of Randy’s Old Spice on the other side.

He pounded on the door again, then yelled, “You ready yet? I’ve gotta get to work. I’m taking you to school, and we’re outta’ here in five.”

Noella’s feet hit the carpet. What? Nobody told me! She opened the door and poked her head into the hallway where Randy was standing, dressed in his uniform and ready to go.

“I thought Aunt Josie was taking me to school, today. How am I supposed to shower and get ready in five minutes?!”

“Nope, she’s come down with something and is laid up in bed, so now you get to ride with me in the cruiser.”

Great.

Just what she needed: to be driven to school with her aunt’s boyfriend in the police cruiser, again. Last time he dropped her off, she tried to keep her head down and sneak out of the car unnoticed. Randy, being the big jerk he was, waited until she was halfway out of the car and “accidentally” blurted the siren. Right in front of all the kids hanging out in front of the school. They all looked, pointed, and laughed. It was so humiliating! Given her history, and the events from two years earlier, the last thing Noella needed was to be brought to school in a cop car. It reminded people of the things she hoped they’d someday forget if she could manage to fly under the radar long enough.

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