One day, one day that changed the rest of my life and the rest of the world forever, Hi my name is Claire Fields and this is my story….
Everything seemed to be going great in my life, I had recently graduated from high-school, my 19th birthday was less than a month away, I was preparing to start college and finally move out of my parents house, Not only that but I had an excellent job as a secretary at a law office which was going to look good on my sheets when I started Law School…I lived in Greenwich Village , NYC with my mother and father who I loved dearly…The everything fell apart…The wonderful life I had built for myself fell apart in only a matter of hours…
June 26th 2007
"Claire! CLAIRE! CLAIRE GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED! Your going to be late for work again!" My mom screamed desperately trying to get me out of bed.
"I'm already awake!" I yelled from underneath my blanket, I of coarse was lying, Bet Eh.. Anything to shut her up.
I looked at the clock and groaned , Its already 8 o'clock, I'm going to be late again…
I got up quickly and rushed to complete my morning activities…I quickly brushed my long brown hair, Brushed my teeth and washed my face,
"No time for breakfast today" I told my mom as I quickly rushed to get out of the house
"Well if you would wake up on time" She retorted with a joking tone
"Where's dad?" I asked
"Oh the station called him into work today, Those riots that have been on the news recently have caused a lot of commotion" She said with an annoyed tone
"That sucks, At least he will get a huge ass paycheck!" I said
"Claire Fields! Watch your mouth!" My mother said in that normal angry voice mothers do
I laughed "Sorry, I'll see you after work"
"Don't be late, I want to have a family dinner tonight" She said, knowing I most likely will be late
I wish I would have kissed her, told her I loved her and held her tight….Because this would be the last time I ever saw my mother
As I walked out of the house I caught a quick glimpse of the headlines "PARIS HILTON OUT OF JAIL!"
but then I read the scrolling bar at the bottom, it was listing cities that had reported "rioting" there were numerous major U.S. Cities and a couple of cities from around the world…London..Los Angeles…Madrid….I waited to watch for the N's "New York City" finally scrolled across the bottom..
"Damn it, Now I'm really going to be late" I cursed under my breath as I left my house..
As I walked down the stairs of my apartment building I realized something just wasn't right about today…I brushed it off at first but the closer I got to the Exit, The stronger the feeling got…
I quickly rushed out of the front door and down the sidewalk trying to get to the subway as fast as possible
"RING! RING! RING!" The phone nearly gave me a heart attack , I fumbled with my purse and finally found my phone
"Hello" I said in an annoyed voice
"Hey its Judy, Where the hell are you? We should have been on the train already?" Judy said in a very pissed off tone
Judy was my best friend of many years, She lived only a block away and quicidently worked across the street from the law office I worked at, Since we lived so close and worked in the same area we usually met at the Station and rode the train to work together
"I know I know, I'm running late , I'm on my way now" I said knowing We'd both be late now
"Well hurry up, They just shut down all trains headed for Harlem or the upper East Side, I want to get on the train before they shut down anymore and were even later for work" Judy said
"Shut Down? Why did they shut them down?" I said in a worried voice
"I dunno, Probably construction or something. Who cares anyway as long as they don't shut down the trains heading for Midtown, Now hurry up!" Judy said in a stern voice
"Your right, I'll be there in a sec" I said in a nervous voice
As I closed my phone I couldn't get the fact that the trains had shut down out of my mind, I knew something was wrong…"Maybe I'm just being paranoid" I said silently to myself
Moments later my phone started to buzz loudly again, Annoyed I fumbled to get my phone, assuming it was Judy again I started to curse and said to myself "Damn't Judy I'll be there in a minute!"
But when I looked at my phone I realized it was my dad, it was strange for him to be calling me while he was at work, he never does that
"Hey dad" I said as I answered the phone
"Claire….(Static) …..Stay at ….(Static)….Don't leave…..(Static)….."The voice was obviously my father but something was wrong , he seemed panicked
"What? Daddy your cutting out" I said in a worried voice
"Stay away….(static)…East Side and….(static)…Its dangerous" I was desperately trying to figure out what he was saying
"Dangerous? What's dangerous? Your still cutting out, Where are you?" I said now panicking a bit
"I'm ….(static)….in the …(Static)….er East Side….Stay…(Static)" He said cutting put even worse than before
"Daddy I cant understand you! What the hell is going on?" I screamed into the phone
"I'm sorry I cant be there to protect you sweetie, I love you" He said in the first clear sentence
"Protect me from what?!?" I said panicking even more, But there was no answer
"Daddy! What's going on!?! Protect me from what!?!" I screamed so loudly into the phone that it could have woken up sleeping beauty, But again there was no response, I stood there in silence for a moment before my phone beeped, I looked at the screen
It said "CALL LOST" in bright blue letters…"What's going on" I thought
I thought maybe it was just a misunderstanding, I probably just confused the words cause the phone was cutting out so badly, There was probably nothing wrong at all and I was just blowing it out of proportion in my head
After finally convincing myself everything was okay I continued to make my way to the station to meet Judy…But I just couldn't stop thinking about my dad
"Why would he call during work? What did I need to stay away from? Why did he sound so panicked?" I thought to myself as I walked down the steps to the subway
As I entered the station I saw Judy pacing the floor obviously angry about how later I was..
"Claire! There you are! Where the hell have you been?!" She said in an angry voice
"I'm so sorry…my dad called me and he…..never mind… What matters is I'm here now, Lets go" I said trying to change the subject
As we boarded the train to Mid-Town I saw on a flashing board that all trains to and from the Upper West Side and surrounding areas had been diverted as well
"That's strange" I said to Judy
"Whatever, Lets go before this one gets diverted to" Judy said in an attempt to rush me
As the train left the station I got an overwhelming feeling of fear, "Something's wrong" I thought
"ATTENTION PASSENGERS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION ALL TRAINS ARE NOW BEING HALTED AT THE NEAREST STATION WERE SORRY FOR THIS INCONVIENCE"
To be continued….