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