ETERNO

I woke up at 2:14am. I stared at the watch.

"Mamma!"

"Oh, sweetie, why are you up at 2am? "

"I dunno. I FEEL... I dunno naathin'. I dun feel good."

I started sobbing.

"Lie down, Kat, I'll help you to sleep. And happy birthday, hun."

Mamma hugged me tight and caressed my cheeks.

I turned five.

"Mamma, I dun wanna slweep"

I shaked my little two ponies vigorously.

"Hun, do you want to attend your 5th birthday party with eye bags?"

Mamma was getting angry.

I lied down and closed my eyes.

12 hours later

"Where's my li'l Katielina?"

"Huhhhhh papaaaaa!"

I ran like an emu from my bedroom to the drawing room. Dad was back my almost 2pm from his work!!!

"Pap.... Wat's dat?"

"What, baby?"

"Papa some nombwers (numbers in childish ascent)"

"What numbers?"

As soon as I looked up at my Dad's eyes, I saw a number.

07062013

"Nwothing", I ignored.

Dad gave me a huge box as my birthday giffy.

I hugged him tight, and tore the wrapper. There was a white box twice my size. One could easily put me and my duplicate into it without suffocating us.

I climbed on the nearby table to look into the box. There was another same box, a little shorter then the previous one. I kept on opening boxes after boxes, finally found my real gift.

Huh! What a tiresome job. I tore the last box. There was a panda ~ a soft toy, much of my size. I wrapped my arm around it. I was so excited and submerged in the happiness of that panda, I didn't notice that everything had changed since the midnight.

I suddenly felt drowsy and went blackout!

When I woke up, I realised I was lying upon the bed. I shot up straight.

"Hun, are you okay?"

Mamma's eyes met mine.

14082034

Oh, what are these numbers?

I was literally confused. I managed to get ready for the party and avoided eye contact with people.

I went to sleep at 12am sharp.

That day onwards, any soul's eyes meets me, I see numbers.

I wasn't sure what these were until I was 13.

It was 7th July 2013, I and Dad were on a cab heading towards home from a blissful birthday party of his colleague's daughter.

Dark night with no street lights, the cab driver drove us slowly and safely. Suddenly a monster truck emerges from nowhere and rushed towards us. Frightened, I grabbed my Dad's coat and BOOM!

I was taken to hospital, driver was injured and dad was no more.

That was it! 7th July 2013 or 07062013.

Those numbers are not just a mere number. It was the death day!

I could see when a person would die.

I could see wh–when a would leave this world.

Why me, oh!?