In My Arms: Choices can change lives. by Shkodra Nora

Author:Shkodra, Nora [Shkodra, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Ava Brown
Published: 2015-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 What Is Happening To Me?

I was standing on the sidewalk outside my house with Adam, Jacob and Liz. The sun was shining, and we were chatting away.

“We should totally have a water fight!” Adam suggested as he flicked his hair.

“Yeah, that would be fun!” Liz cheered as she tossed her long blonde hair out of her face.

It all seemed so perfect, yet so fake, as if they were being forced to smile and act happy.

“Yeah, that’s an awesome idea. Amber, can you go and see if we have any water balloons?” Jacob asked as he batted his eyelashes.

“Why me?” I moaned, leaning against the wall of our front garden.

“Because, you know where everything is kept?” he replied, causing me to sigh and trudge back into the house in search of some balloons.

I opened the door to the basement and found a packet of them down there. I smiled happily to myself and walked out of the basement. I locked the door behind me and went outside.

“I found a …” I started however I stopped mid-sentence. The sun that was there just moments before had vanished, only to be replaced by dull, grey clouds. A gasp escaped from my mouth as I looked down at the sidewalk.

There were three shadowy figures, their faces masked. Each of them had a person in their grasp, with a knife to their throats. The faces of my loved ones were plastered in fear. My whole being was screaming at me to help them; however I was rooted to the spot, my limbs paralysed. I stared at them as a malicious laugh erupted in my eardrums. I had heard that laugh before.

Jacob, Adam, Liz, my heart ached for them.

The figures smiled, sending shivers through my whole body. I still couldn’t move. I watched them dig the knives deeper, slicing their throats open, blood pouring out. I screamed, and right before my eyes, they vanished from the spot. I was able to move then, but it was too late, they were gone.

‘It’s not real.’

The thoughts came to me as I thrashed around in my bed, screaming.

In an instant the lights in my room went on, which was blinding due to its suddenness. My mother rushed to me and embraced me in her arms, followed by my father and brother who stood nearby.

“Sshh, baby. It’s okay, it was just a dream,” Mum cooed softly as she rocked me back and forth.

I was soaked in sweat, shivering in my mother’s arms; her body heat was not warming me up.

“Jacob, go and get her a glass of water, and a sleeping pill,” she ordered him.

My doctor advised me to use a sleeping pill after waking up from a bad dream. Especially if I was screaming.

As my mother whispered reassuring words into my ear, my father stood there, staring helplessly. He was never as good as Mum with emotional

In My Arms by Nora Shkodra

stuff. Seconds later, Jacob walked back into my room with a cup of water and a pill.

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