Snowy Death
The sun set
giving up bright hold on our area of earth. The moon started to
slowly climb the sky's invisible stairs. The stars twinkled
cheerfully on the dark, never ending stage they were so carefully
placed on.
I looked down to the ground not able to stand the
sky's overwhelming beauty. The ground was laced with snow. Perfect
flakes of ice. I hate perfect. Because nobody really is.
The snow
carefully roofed my mothers gravestone. I came here almost everyday.
I was able to rest somewhat here. When I just sat here in silence.
The whispers of the dead were comforting.
It's impossible to
sleep at home. Or to sleep at all. It's too lonely. Too quiet a
place filled to the ceiling of memories, good ones and bad ones and
every type in-between.
I sighed as the alarm on my watch
sounded, signalling it was 10 PM. Time to go. I would here all night
if I didn't have an alarm. Time flew when you sat with the dead,
who no longer had a sense of time.
I told my now silent mother I
would be back in a couple days, then gathered my things and slowly
left the marble stone behind me.
The gleam of the streetlight
struck my blood red corvette blurring its speeding figure. I drove
home in silence. The streets were near empty, just like every night
which left me to drive at the speed of 140 km/hr.
I'm a very
skilled driver. Went into my fare share of competitions of all sorts.
But that's over now. That part of me is gone. My mother took part
of me to the grave with her. The happy part. She was my only friend
besides my dog Mace. He is pitch black with a single white ear and
white tip on his tail. I have to say without Mace I don't think I
would even bother coming back to this empty place.
My alarm went of at 6:00 AM signalling it was time to
get ready for school. Mace jumped off my lap. He had settled down
about 20 minutes ago. I had been throwing and playing tug-o-war with
him for over an hour prior to that. Like I said I don't sleep much
at home or otherwise.
I got out of the chair stretching my legs
and the rest of me.
"Upstairs Mace," I said. He barked as if
in agreement before racing up the stairs ahead of me.
After getting
out of the shower I slid on a pair of black jeans and a navy blue
t-shirt. I slipped on a pair of black Etnies and slid on my black
driving jacket, it was comfortable. I whistled for Mace. He raced up
and licked my outstretched hand before bounding down the stairs, I
just followed.
The kitchen was pretty big for a house that
housed 2 people not including Lily our maid, who now happened to be
my 'guardian'. My mother had left everything behind for me in her
will. I owned the house, her old car, I inherited all her money. I
had everything. So when I walked into the kitchen I hadn't been
surprised to see Lily standing by the stove cooking up some
breakfast. Eggs and bacon I think. She lived in this house with me
and always had the meals ready when needed. She was nice, I guess.
She nodded at me when I walked in and bent down to scratch Mace's
ears. He liked that.
I filled up Mace's food and water dishes
before grabbing a piece of bacon. It was probably the first thing I
had eaten in a day or two. She smiled, happy to see me eating
something. I glanced at the clock. It was 7:30. I sat down on the
couch and closed my eyes. I wasn't sleeping but was in a sense
meditating. I sat there for a while motionless. I opened my eyes when
Mace licked my fingers.
Looking at my watch I saw it was time to
go. 8:04. I stood up before walking over to the door and grabbing my
keys to slip into my coat pocket. My cell phone followed as well as
my wallet.
I bent down and scratched Mace's ears.
"Bye
Mace. I'll be home right after school today. It's Thursday
remember." I kissed his nose and stood back up. With one last
ruffle I opened the door and walked out.
School was the
same. The Preps all smiling and giggling. The Jocks showing off. The
Geeks studying and looking at their books. The Goths and Emos sat
unmoving. And the Loners like me wondering aimlessly. Then there was
just tables and desks full of friends of people chatting. They were
all the people who didn't belong in a group, normal people. I had
no friends. I had no group. I was a loner, even before mom died. My
status had just grown since then. I had been upped from Loner to
Freak because I was always in a zombie like trance at school. I never
ate lunch anymore. I glared at people through tired, now naturally
black rimmed eyes.
When the final bell rang I
gathered my books and walked to my locker, shoving them in and
grabbing my keys. I walked briskly to my car and sped off for home.
My corvette looking like a blur of blood.
When
I walked in the house Mace jumped at me. A small smile traced my
lips. Mace licked my face before getting down. I grabbed Mace's
leash before snapping it onto his leather collar. I opened the door
back up and Mace all but walked down the drive way. He was always
like this. He enjoyed being outside.
We walked all
the way to the centennial park. It was pretty sheltered in snow. I
grabbed a frisbee from my jacket and unhooked Mace from the leash
placing it beside me. I threw it and just as it was released from my
grip the wind picked up. It carried the red frisbee all the way out
onto the busy road. I almost screamed. I saw Mace still going for it
and I raced as fast as my feet could take my after him. His name
rolled out of my mouth over and over again, desperately trying to
call him back. But trying was never enough.
Mace
died on impact. A blue minivan had hit him. The man said he had tried
to stop but he hadn't been able to stop in time. I had leaned down
and cried into Mace's cooling body.
"Why was
everyone I loved being taken from me?" I cried. The man just kept
apologizing over and over again. Traffic had backed up and people
started yelling. I picked Mace's still body up and walked home. I
was emotionless. Lily had heard me come in and came to see me,
wondering why I was so early. I usually wasn't home for at least
another 2 hours. When she saw Mace in my arms she cried. I put Mace's
limp body on the couch and grabbed my keys speeding off into the
dying day. When I finally arrived at the cemetery, my tears had run
out. I reached my mothers grave and sat down and sobbed some more.
That night the weather was below freezing and that night I joined my
mother in her eternal rest.
A/N okay people let my know what you think of this story. !!R&R
