Away from home

"The weather of August,

still hits different. Why is it called a romantic season when all I

can see is misery in my path? My parents, they never cared about my

decisions." These were all those thoughts I had on my mind that time. I

was sitting on the night bus. Just two hours are left and I will be

18, not a very big problem I guess." I muttered to myself. I eventually

started looking around the whole bus as I didn't notice when I came in

hastily. There were not many passengers that time, only a few ones.

Some of them were sleeping and some were actually very creepy. "Hard

day maybe they had" I told myself while adjusting in that firm seat

again.

The bus stopped at

the last station. Everyone came down from it and disappeared in the

dark making their ways home. I was very desperate at that moment

because the city I needed to go was like 10 to 12 hours away from

there. So I booked a cab, as I knew today I needed to stay somewhere.

Maybe they will call it off as I will be soon 18. I have money with me

so there will be no problem.

It was 10:40pm already.

I started looking out here and there for that car. Usually I used to

memorize the no. plates. The thing I needed to do was to find that same

one. There were no cars in that road. It was very disturbing standing

there all alone. And the best part was that when all those haunted

videos started flashing in my eyes which I used to watch while eating

popcorn. But after some time out of nowhere a car stopped in my left

side. I really didn't hear it coming but the no. was matched with it so I

didn't think anything else. I had already convinced him about me being

18 after a short time but in return he had given me the most

horrifying glare I had ever seen. It was dark and you can say because

of that I was only able to see his eyes and half of his upper face. I

didn't mind much because I was desperate of any of my move, so I

quietly sat in the back seat.

I know that I am the

most careless person in my whole town. But sleeping in that suspicious

car was the worst thing I ever felt till now. When I woke up it was

already 11:45pm, so I started looking outside as I was never been out

for this late, let all alone myself. It was raining and all I could see

outside was trees on my both side of the road. The raindrops in the

car window were racing with each other making me concentrate more in

them. But suddenly I remembered that I needed to find a place to stay

tonight. "How can I forget about this? What the hell is wrong with me?"

I blurted it out. And just after that my eyes fell on the rear mirror.

I shivered down to hell when I saw him looking at me with the

creepiest and mean look, like he was plotting something. I looked away

in my phone to distract myself, so I decided to look at the map of that

location. I really start panicking inside when I saw that there was no

place to stay in that area and I was sure that this road was very

uncommon in use as it's a long way to the city. This place has its own

creepy legend which I never followed. The moment I looked down in my

phone again, the car stopped. I saw the mirror, but this time he was

facing the right side in the window. I moved my head in that direction.

All my senses come alive; I mean I was so glad and blessed that moment

that my eyes had start to felt heavy with tears. There was a house,

not a house but a very big place or you can say for me a place to stay

one night. I had already given the payment online so I just came out of

that suffocating car and took a deep breath. I came further and

further to that house to actually see what is written in that board.

"Paying guest..." I read it out loud. I was very happy by the fact that

I didn't need the help of anyone in my family. "Wow I learned to help

myself, without anyone's help" I yelp. "By the way thank you...?" I

looked behind to thank him. But he was already gone. Like the way he

came at first. I didn't mind that much as I was busy being happy. But

that happiness didn't turn the way I want it to be.

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