The suddenness of the cold wind doesn't come as a shock to me. With the sun falling behind the mountains and the moon rising on the other side, the temperature starts to lower. Looking down at my phone I notice that it's only 6:30. While putting my phone back into my pocket, I pull up my scarf and cross the road.
Slowing down I look around at the houses; most of the lights were out, though some lights were left on, with shadows of people doing whatever they do. Looking away I walk down the sidewalk turning the corner one last time. With my house in sight, I walk faster, wanting to get out of the cold and dark. As soon as I get to the door I check to see if it was open and, as I suspected, it was unlocked; My dad must have come home from work early. After opening the door I'm greeted by my dog, Frisbee, wagging his tail and lightly barking.
Closing the door, I drop my backpack onto a chair and walk to the kitchen, Frisbee hot on my tail. He went sat in the middle of the kitchen, looking up at me, waiting for food. I open the cabinet and grab a bowl then set it on the floor. Keeping the cabinet open, I bend down and grab the dog food. I stand up, closing the cabinet with the bag of dog food under my arm, and set the food on the ground. I open the dog food and pour it into the bowl. Frisbee starts eating it before I finish pouring it into his bowl. Afterwards, I close the bag and set it to the side.
Sitting down, on the floor, I begin to pet Frisbee's back. He sticks his tongue out and starts to lick my palm; I smile and let him continue for a few minutes. Standing up I grab the T.V remote and turn on the T.V. There's a static with an annoying buzz as it takes a minute for the news to come on. They were talking about another missing person, last seen two days ago.
"Another one gone." I mumble to myself.
I change the channel to another show and set down the remote. Looking down I notice a perfectly made sandwich right in front of me, 'that wasn't there a minute ago'. I stare at it for a minute then pick it up; my dad must have made it earlier and I just didn't see it when I walked in. I've been extremely distracted lately for reasons I don't even know. I smile and take a bite, it's turkey and cheese on white bread, he really outdid himself this time. Finishing up the sandwich, I take off my shoes and walk to the couch but then sigh as I remember that I forgot the remote. I grab it and walk back to the couch then fall back into it tiredly.
Frisbee soon comes over to me and lays his head on my lap. I smile and pet his head softly. Looking out the window I notice that it's raining pretty hard. I listen to the loud pounding of the rain mixed with the screams of the wind. A few minutes into the storm there's a boom of thunder. I turn up the T.V to block out the sounds outside. The show comes to an end and I turn back on the news. Another person gone.
"Dad! Did you hear about the missing people?" I yell to him upstairs.
"Yeah! I want you to keep your phone on you, okay? Just in case!" He yelled down.
I sighed and checked my phone making sure the sound was on. Once I made sure it was I went back to watching the news. The storm outside went on for about three more hours. It started slowing down once the news was over. I stood up patting Frisbee once more. Stretching, I turned off the T.V and started heading up stairs. I heard Frisbee whimpering right behind me, wanting to sleep as well. I smile and open the door to my room.
"Come on Frisbee." I wait until he walks in before closing the door behind him.
I take off my shirt, throwing it to the side, grabbing my pajama shirt off my desk chair. My room is not that big, only 100 square feet, my closet takes up most of the room. I sigh and throw on my pajama shirt making sure to button it up. I climb into my bed slowly.
I smile softly and watch as Frisbee gets comfortable.
"At least you can get comfy," I lean back against the pillows. "Maybe it's a dog thing."
Shrugging my shoulders, I reach up and turn off the lamp. I move down lower on the bed, rolling over as I try to sleep. My thoughts grow louder and consume my mind. Sighing in frustration I sit up and run a hand through my hair.
"Ugh," I groan as I lay back down. "Why can't I sleep?"
I pick up my phone and turn it on. I squint my eyes, letting them adjust to the brightness. As soon as they adjust I look at the time and roll my eyes. It's past one in the morning, again. I unlock my phone and open the contacts straight away. Scrolling through, I stop on the person's name and click on it. I stare at the number for a few minutes, wondering if she's awake. I laugh to myself and shake my head knowing she's awake. I finally press the call button and wait patiently as it rings.
"Hello?" Her voice comes through calm and collected.
"Angela, you up studying again?" I hum smiling.
"Oh come on Bella, you know I have to keep up the good grades. Besides my parents would have my head." She laughed quietly into the phone.
"Why are you up Bella? You are usually never up this early!" She asks after she stops laughing.
"Oh I just wanted to talk to my best friend." I snicker hearing her groan loudly. "But really, I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd call and talk to you. You are very entertaining."
I shift up against the headboard and cross my legs. I look over at Frisbee and see he's fast asleep.
"Bella are you having nightmares again?" Her voice is dry and hollow, like a robot, as she becomes very serious.
"Yeah I am, but it's nothing to worry about." I sigh looking up at the ceiling.
"Hm I don't believe you but I'm not going to push it," She paused for a second as if listening for something, "Look I have to go but please Bella, take care of yourself. We don't want a recap of what happened when you and Edward broke up now do we?" She sighed lightly.
"Yeah yeah I know. Bye Angela." I smiled to myself as she mumbled out a bye then hung up.
After staring at my phone for a few seconds, I sigh and plug it in setting it on the desk. I watch as the glow from the screen lights up the room then shuts off. I sit in the darkness listening to the sound of my breathing. Everything was quiet, I could hear my heart beating steadily in my chest. My breath coming out in even waves. It was peaceful and calm.
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