A bite at the cherry episode 9

⚜️⚜️ A BITE AT THE CHERRY. ⚜️⚜️

{ BlackBurn Academy: Blood Thirst }

Written ✍️: Cisca. H.

CHAPTER NINE:

I didn’t notice I was crying until she touched my cheeks.
“Is that’s tears?” She asked with a frown.

I wiped the tears off my cheeks with the back of my palms, faking a smile on my face.
“No, it’s tears of joy.”

She chuckled. “A tears of joy that you’re having a sleepless nights? What kind of f*cking tears of joy is that? ”

” No, a tears of joy that you care so much about me.”

“Awwn, that’s so sweet of you, Elise. Now get going to the clinic, will you? ”

” Why are you always pushy? ”

” I’m only playing concerned, or else you say I don’t help matters at all. Now I am, can you shut up and get going? ”

I chuckled, ” Fine, I’m going. ”

There was a serious fight outside the locker room.
As Flo and I stepped out, we saw as student crowded.

Noises of both the students and the punches could be heard.
“What’s going on?” Flo asked.

“Let’s go check it out. ”

I was supposed to be heading to the clinic but here I am, watching the fantastic fight between our two best football players.

And honestly, I was greatly enjoying the scene while I should be in the clinic explaining the hell about my f*cking dreams.

I was raising my legs high just to see the scene so clear, and when I got tired of stretching myself, I sneaked to the front.

Now, I’m watching a real life WWE championsh¡p game.

Scott smarcked Peter to the ground punching him on the nose.
Peter held him, rolling over that he was now on Scott, sending some hot blows on his face, he stood up.

Scott sluggishly stood up too, when he tried to hit Peter, he held his hand, kicking him by the stomach.
Scott almost stumble but held himself.

Another blasting kick was coming from Peter which pushed Scott to my direction, landing on me with his elbow hitting my nose.

Everything was quiet or maybe it’s because I was trying to sort out my head. All I know was that I was having trouble seeing straight.

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The nurse office smelled funny when I woke up. I tried sitting up but my head was swimming and pounding so badly I decided that staying still was my best option.

I looked around.

“Why am I here? And seriously why does it smell so weird in here?”

“Elise? Are you up? “Flo’s voice sounded from behind the curtain

“Yeah.” She pulled it back with a smile on her face.

“How are you feeling?” She asked taking a seat on the bed.

” Like hell. What happened? ” I asked. I watch her face change drastically from shocked before taking some sort of dark expression.

“Uh oh.” I thought.

“You don’t remember?” I shook my head.

“No.”

“Well those stupid jerks came barging in the hallway in a huge fight, making you fall. You hit your head pretty hærd, are you sure you’re not feeling wozy or anything? ”

Ignoring her concern I asked who was fighting.

“I was Pete and Scott.”

“You’re saying that our school star football players were fighting? ” She nodded.

” I’m lucky to be alive. ” I explained.

” Yeah, Dionne had to break them up because he feared for your poor pathetic life.”

“Ha ha, very funny. It makes me feel so good in,side that you care. “I rolled my eyes.

” I know, you should feel honored. No, but seriously I’m going to get the nurse to make sure she gives you some serious medical attention on your sleepless nights.”

It didn’t take long the nurse entered to exam me and see if I was okay.
She opened my both eyes pointing touch light to it.

“You look very dull just as Flo explained. Can I ask you a question?”

I nodded.

“Sleepless nights?”

I nodded again.

” Bad dreams too? Like the weird nightmares?”

“How do you know? Flo told you?”

“No, you told me, just now.” She stood up, ” I’ll call someone to take you home. While I do that, someone needs to see you. ”

” Who? ”

” Your boyfriend, I guess. “She smiled, walking away.

Later, Dionne entered, smiling.
I forced myself to smile as he same to sit beside me.

“How are you feeling?” He asked.

“A little better. Flo told me what you did, thank you. ”

He smiled,” it’s nothing. ”

” What about Pete and Scott? ”

” They’re in the principal’s office. You don’t have to worry about them, he’ll handle it himself. ”

He helped me walk to mom’s car, we waved until we couldn’t see each other again.
The ride back home was quiet, from the corner of my eyes I saw mom stare at me then she’ll look away.

“He’s cute.”

“Who? Dionne?”

She nodded. “Who’s he? Your new boyfriend?”

“Mom he’s…”

“Oh, Elise, you never told me you have a boyfriend.”

“Mom, Dionne is not my boyfriend.” I sternly said.

I don’t know why everyone keeps thinking he’s my boyfriend. For damn sake, he’s not.
I don’t like him, I don’t think I do. He’s just a cool guy, oh yeah, but I don’t fancy him. Okay?

“But you two were…”

“Friends.. still friends if I may say. Mom, Dionne has a girlfriend and it’s Lora. There’s nothing going on between us and there will never be a thing going on between us. ”

” He loves you, it’s in his eyes. ”

“But I don’t love him.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. Guess that’s just the way my heart wants it.”

“Elise.. ”

” Mom can we not talk about him now? Please. ”

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” The nurse said you’ve been having sleepless nights, is it true? ” Mom asked.

I nodded. I never knew that nurse was such a talkative. I wished it was Flo who had told her, I would be preparing on how to strangle her by tomorrow morning.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Now this is a good reason why I never told mom most of my problems.
She’d never let me rest with her questions and concerns that always gets things worst.

“It’s not the sleepless nights you think,mom, it’s just those kinds when you have a bad dream.”

” You have nightmares?”

” Just twice.”

” Since when?”

” Four days ago.”

” What?”

” Mom, like I said, it’s just twice.” Guess that calmed her down.

” Okay. So, what’s in this dream?”

“There’s this figure,” I started. “He’s always in black, I’ve never gotten the chance to see what he looks like. Even at broad daylight, I still can’t get what he his like. In my first dream, one minute he was standing across my window and the next he’s in my room. I was scared and when I asked who he was, he said ‘he’s a friend. ‘”

Mom said nothing but listened and I was happy that she was actually listening to what I was saying.

“In my second dream,” I continued. “that was yester night, this time, it was different. I was in Bay Hills. Everything, everywhere was on blood, even the students, I was the only survival.”

” What about Flo and Lora? ” Mom asked.

” They both died too. This same figure killed them. And I couldn’t do anything, I couldn’t save them, nothing. I did nothing but watched them die. What if this is telling me something, something that will happen in the future? ” I sighed.

” You remember the one aunty Tessy had when she was in college? “Mom nodded. ” What if that’s the same I’m having? We can’t just neglect it, you know that. ”

” I know, sweetie, I know. ”

” What are we gonna do? I’m scared of closing my eyes because I think he will come if I do. We don’t know who’s next. ”

” All we have to do is to keep this to ourselves. Exposing it will only make them think we are crazy or something. We need a proof, before we tell anyone. And the figure mentioning about being your friend, I guess you have to be very careful. ”

I never thought of those words since he told me that, but I guess I need to start thinking about that now.

“But,” mom asked after a while. “Don’t you think this monster is something worst than a killer? ”

Sure he is.

How can a human kill such a thousand students in a second without a weapon?
Even Jackie Chan can’t do that even if he wants to.

“You think this figure is an animal?” I guessed.

“Somehow my instincts tells me that it’s not, somehow it keeps telling me that it’s more of it. ”

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“Somehow my instincts tells me that it’s not, somehow it keeps telling me that it’s more of it. ”

Now guys, what’s your own instincts telling you?