Chapter 1: Dear Me
Babe?
Babe?
Ugh..dammit..what happened..
Where am I and who’s calling me babe..
My head is killing me..
She slowly opens her eyes and a dark shadow leans over her, it traces its fingers from her jaw line to her cleavege. It almost seems as if its savouring her soft skin, her steady breath..
She rises slowly and a sharp pain suddenly makes itself aware in her lower back. She winces and the shadow backs away as if electrocuted..
“Don’t move sweeteness..it’ll only get worse..”
“Who are you?” “Where am I?”
“You’re in the worst place you could ever be, your mind..”
“Is that supposed to scare me?”
“It should..I wonder, what does scare you?”
She leans in to the shadow and smiles at it..
“Me”
“And Cut!!” , “Thats a wrap!”
“Good job guys”
*Applause*
“Whew..that was brutal..”
“Oh come on, you were perfect”
“You’re just saying that..”
“I’m serious babe”
“We’re not rehearsing anymore, cut the crap Aiden”
“Haha..fine..see you tomorrow?”
“Yup, this time, don’t touch me”
“Not making any promises”
As she leaves the theatre, Kamiella, 17, makes her way home after a rehearsal. Being on the big screen as well as getting as much attention as possible always appealed to her. Now she was working towards making those dreams a reality..
As she walks home around 6pm, headphones on, peaceful lofi music playing, she feels at peace..this is the only time she can truly breathe.
Being a 17 year old, as well as the oldest child and only girl in her family, its fair to say she feels overwhelmed at times. With her 18th birthday coming up, anxiety is pounding at her door. She bites her bottom lip softly as she recalls it.
She finally arrives home and as soon as she opens the door, her brothers pounce on her, she tickles them and showers them with kisses. She pecks her mom on her cheek and takes in the aroma coming from her cooking. Her body relaxes and she smiles at her mom. She sees her dad’s coat isn’t by its usual place meaning he’s not back yet. She heads upstairs to shower, change and go through her schoolwork.
After a while, just before dinner, she decides to scroll social media, as she’s scrolling happily, a message notification makes her go pale..
@Alex15: Hey..
“No”
Ping!
“No”
Ping!
“N-no”
PING
“Fuck! I said no!”
PING
“No! Dammit why!?”
She throws her phone across the room and as she slowly goes insane, the phone starts vibrating. She slowly and cautiously makes her way to it..
@Alex15 CALLING*
“Shit..”
