Chapter Twelve – Dark
Dark. Everything is so dark. All I see is black.
I can't hear.
I can't smell.
Can't touch or taste.
I'm not breathing. Am I dead?
I remember jumping from the cliff, plunging into the murky, dark depths of the sea.
That's it. I must be dead.
I see three white blurs in the black of my vision. I squint, trying to focus.
As the blurs come closer, I realise that they are figures, dressed in white. I still cannot make them out.
Slowly, oh-so-slowly, the three figures finally take shape. It's my family.
This proves that I am dead. I am, once again, with my parents and sister.
I sigh with relief. I start to breathe again.
Not really breathing, just in my mind.
I look at my family again, after this long, long time apart.
Shining out from the dark, my family smiles at me.
Leah, her hair cut short with a long fringe, grins at me with her hands in her pockets. She's wearing a pair of white jeans and a white t-shirt.
Dad is sporting his signature baseball cap, but it's white. He has on white slacks, a big white parka, and his eyes twinkle, just as I remember they did.
Finally, mum. There is my mum, beautiful as ever. Her hair has grown out again, and she wears a white blouse and white shirt.
They all smile at me and hug me.
'We've missed you,' they say.
'I've missed you, too,' I say. I smile.
I am finally with my family.
I don't care that I've died.
It meant I could be with Dad, Mum and Leah again.
That makes me feel alive.
A.N. ~ Ahahahaha!
Did you think it was over? No such luck!
Lena: Well, at least Seth is happy, but what about Kyla?
Wait for the next chapter to find out, Lena!
Just until next time,
Ja matta!
Jerri xoxo
and Lena xoxox
