Preface
'Fuck me.' I mumbled under my breath as large droplets of water fell from the dark sky. 'Today just isn't your day is it Taylor.' I said to myself, shivering as a cold night breeze swept over my sodden form. 'No rain 'till Sunday my arse.' Today has been terrible from start to finish.
First of all I had to get up at five thirty in the morning to go to university. Before entering my physics lecture I decided that a coffee might be my best option, so I proceeded to a small cafe where I was served the worst coffee in the history of the universe (I'm pretty sure my taste buds will never recover). After my physics lecture, which is a few levels above the ground floor of the building in which it is located, I managed to fall down three flights of stairs (that's what I get for trying to not be a lazy sod) and sprained both my right wrist and right ankle.
Despite my already battered body I decided to go to the gym and managed to drop twenty kilos on my left foot. I still went to work though, I needed/wanted the money and it was a very long shift. I left work at ten thirty, managed to miss my train out of the godforsaken city and then I had to wait around for another thirty minutes until the next one came.
Thankfully the train ride was uneventful, (especially since my day seemed to be gradually getting worse and worse) and I arrived at my destination at around twelve thirty. I was so excited that after a twenty minute drive I would finally be able to retreat to my lovely, warm bed (and read for a few hours, because sleep was for the weak). Alas it was not meant to be for my beloved old car had finally passed to the other side, (of course I may have been a tad more colourful with my description of the event at the time) and then my damn roommate was not answering the phone.
And now here I was, walking down the dark road in dark clothing without an umbrella. I sighed and hitched my bag up higher on my left shoulder. I would have run home if I wasn't so sore, or if I wasn't worried I'd trip over and give myself a concussion. At least my bag is water proof, I thought, trying to keep my panicky thoughts at bay. What if someone knifes me, or mugs me, or tries to run me over! Shut up, puppies are cute, think of puppies. I argued with myself as I walked down the almost deserted road.
Two beams of lights were approaching me from ahead, the car seemed to be a fair size as the lights were quite a distance from the road beneath it, I noted as the car was a mere ten metres away by now. I shielded my eyes as the lights began to blind me. I felt my heart flutter when the car began to drift across the lane. Shit, shit, shit... I turned to run out of the way of the oncoming vehicle, which must have been doing at least 70 kilometres per hour, but I didn't have time to move any further. I felt the bull bar of the car connect with my ribs and heard a sickening crunch oooh that's gunna hurt when the shock wears off, I thought as I was thrown through the air, just missing the barb wire fence that was running near the roadside, and into a large dam.
At least it was a soft landing, I thought bitterly as I began sinking into the water, doing many tumble turns as I went. How the hell am I alive? How am I even conscious right now? Is this a good enough excuse not to hand in my project tomorrow? Random questions began buzzing through my head, most not really making any sense in this situation. I wonder if there's chocolate cake in the fridge at home, I bet Emily at it all. Why the fuck am I still sinking!?
Regaining a little bit of brain function, I pushed all of my panicky and unimportant thoughts back into their little box and, since I had no idea where was up and where was down, I chose a random direction and began to swim. how deep is this dam, I wondered as my lungs began to burn. I was just beginning to make out a faint light in the direction I was swimming, probably from the head lights of the car. They say you shouldn't go to the bright light, but I guess this is the exception to the rule.
When my head finally breached the surface I gulped down some air, before quickly being reminded of my broken ribs by the shooting pain in my side, maybe it's just a fracture, I thought hopefully. The sky was a beautiful shade of blue, without a cloud to be seen, I sighed, enjoying the sight before my senses kicked in and I went into full panic mode. What the hell! No wonder I had to swim for so long, I went the wrong way! Did I swim to China?! Am I dead?! No I can't be dead, am I in a coma? I took a few calming breathes. Ok, first things first, get out of the water, swimming can't be good my ribs. I looked around me, realising for the first time that I couldn't see anything but water. "Oh for fucks sake."
A/N: Hey guys, this is just a preface, so the actual chapters should be longer. Please rate and review :)
p.s I will post spoiler warnings at the start of every chapter.