Reservoir
"Jesse, you wouldn't lie to me, would you?" I asked.
He chuckled. "I don't see why I would."
I sighed "I can tell. You were acting...I don't know. Different."
I watched him drive. I studied his features. The hedgehog's brow was furrowed, showing his confusion.
"Maybe it's just that hike. I mean, it's not normal for you to act that way."
His eyes widened. "Nothing's wrong."
I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah," I sighed. "Nothing's wrong."
We arrived at my house. I let myself out of Jesse's truck.
"I'll see you later," I told him.
I trudged up the sidewalk to my house, leaning on the door. It was late, but I couldn't go to bed yet. I watched Jesse drive off. I went to my room and collapsed on my bed.
My vision became blurry. The sound of a metal bell ringing began to loop in my ears every six seconds. I had a terrible dream, in which I was trapped in a cage, being dragged through the streets. I kept trying to escape, even though I knew I wasn't going to. My vision began to get more blurry as the sound of faint screaming started to play in my ears. I woke up with a start. I realized that what was playing in my ears was my own screaming. I was trapped in my own nightmare. I wanted so badly to wake up, to escape, to not be here.
The sound of metal scraping against a hard metallic floor joined in. The screaming and the metallic sounds stayed. Then it just became my own screams repeating on loop. Then there was nothing, darkness.
He chuckled. "I don't see why I would."
I sighed "I can tell. You were acting...I don't know. Different."
I watched him drive. I studied his features. The hedgehog's brow was furrowed, showing his confusion.
"Maybe it's just that hike. I mean, it's not normal for you to act that way."
His eyes widened. "Nothing's wrong."
I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah," I sighed. "Nothing's wrong."
We arrived at my house. I let myself out of Jesse's truck.
"I'll see you later," I told him.
I trudged up the sidewalk to my house, leaning on the door. It was late, but I couldn't go to bed yet. I watched Jesse drive off. I went to my room and collapsed on my bed.
My vision became blurry. The sound of a metal bell ringing began to loop in my ears every six seconds. I had a terrible dream, in which I was trapped in a cage, being dragged through the streets. I kept trying to escape, even though I knew I wasn't going to. My vision began to get more blurry as the sound of faint screaming started to play in my ears. I woke up with a start. I realized that what was playing in my ears was my own screaming. I was trapped in my own nightmare. I wanted so badly to wake up, to escape, to not be here.
The sound of metal scraping against a hard metallic floor joined in. The screaming and the metallic sounds stayed. Then it just became my own screams repeating on loop. Then there was nothing, darkness.