Light in the darkness
Light in the darkness
(Disclaimer: I own no rights to Casualty)
Niamh walked down the road trying to find any evidence that it was summer time at all. It was the summer holidays but in true British style it was raining, the raindrops beat against her umbrella as she adjusted it to try and keep her hair dry but she managed to step in a deep puddle and got her jeans totally drenched. She swore loudly attracting dirty looks from people passing her by.
The rain was getting heavier so she ran into the local café to wait until the rain subsided and try to dry off her jeans a bit.She walker into the café and the smell of greasy fry up hit her. She wrinkled her nose in disgust. She had always hated that smell and this place constantly reeked of it. She went to the counter and ordered a cup of tea. She took at seat by the window and watched the rain pour down the pane.
A stout man stumbled down the road slurring his words as she narrowly avoided walking into a lamppost. After ten minutes he had found his car and after a further twenty he had managed to put the keys in the lock and actually get in. He took another swig of the flask of whiskey and shivered as it went down his throat
"Aah that's the stuff!" he slurred and started up the car accelerating off at an alarmingly fast pace.
Niamh stared into her lukewarm cup of tea and sighed. The fluorescent mug did nothing to cheer her mood and she felt as gloomy as the sky outside. She winced as she touched the bruise on her face. "That would smart for a while yet" she thought. She knew people stared at her but she held her head high and just smiled politely. She could see it in the waitress's eyes when she had bought that cup of tea. The look of suspicion in her eyes but like most people she didn't care enough to get involved and the moment just flickered out of her mind just like all the others who knew Niamh. A tear fell down Niamh's face and she brushed it aside angrily. She could almost hear his voice now "What are you crying about this time. Pull yourself together and grow up. No wonder no one cares about you. No one wants a weak cry baby like you around. You're worthless and pathetic…" Those cruel words had burned deep into her soul and she was so lost in thought she did even hear the car accelerate closer to the café. It wasn't until the car crashed into the café wall and everyone was thrown aside and hit by the falling bricks that she snapped back into reality. She looked up at the collapsing celing and the image swan before her. She tried to stay conscious but soon the pain overwhelmed her and she drifted off into the darkness.