I wake up in a bed within an old cabin along with a lit fireplace.I quiver not knowing whether to move or not,I eventually decide to wait for the person who brought me here.I turn my head towards a window only to see rain and lightning though because of the light I assume it's morning.
I sit there for another five or ten minutes staring at the ceiling thinking of what to say to the person with the green eyes.I then hear the muffled sound of crunching leaves followed shortly by the door opening and the sound of someone dropping firewood.
I hear them speaking but can't understand a word they're saying. when i finally start adjusting to sudden drop in temperature due to the rain they have already started taking off their water soaked clothes my whole body hurts while I watch as the stranger take off their hoodie only to reveal the owner of the green eyes that I had loved so much.it is her,
Peridot my best friend who went missing eight years ago,the same person I thought had tried to kill me but in reality actually saved my life.
I stare in Disbelief as she starts taking off her drenched hoodie only for her to notice my non-stop staring.I immediately shake myself out of trance and try to sit up resulting in giving me a tight pain and making me fall to my side.
Peridot immediately puts down her things and comes to my aid. "Whoa careful ,you're still not fully healed enough to start moving like that" her voice sounded anxious as she helped me up and began to help me stand. again however,my legs and my whole body hurt but not as much as that night after the fall."you okay?" Peridot's voice is weary as if trying to calm my nerves.
"y-yeah i just need to get adjusted to this pain that's all..."i'm trembling as I'm trying to take bigger less hesitant steps
"How long was I out knocked out for?" I ask with Peridot's arm wrapped around my waist trying to hold me up.
"Around three days. Why do you ask?"Peridot turns her head towards me and my mind goes blank only to remember what she just said,
"Three days!holy- hope and faith will never let me hear the end of this!"I immediately force myself out from the support of Peridot's arm and I try to gather my belongings only for Peridot to grasp a hold of my arm forcing me to turn around to see a sense of concern in her eyes.
"Is everything okay P.D?"Peridot's voice ranged from concern to sadness.
To be fair i haven't seen her in eight years and I haven't been up for an hour and I'm already rushing out the door.
"I-I'm sorry"I'm guessing my sudden apology made her confused next thing I know I'm on ground with my arms wrapped around Peridot crying.
"I-i-I'm sorry! I'm so so so sorry!" I whisper as Peridot and I sit their on the cold wooden floor with me sobbing into her,after Peridot had disappeared i didn't really open up to anyone but my close-close friends.I usually kept all my emotions in and rarely broke like this.I'm guessing Peridot felt the same way and slowly lifted her arms to hug back.
"Where were you!? Where were you too be gone for eight years!?"I say as my arms wrap tighter around her."Honestly,that's a story for another day P.D."
Peridot stops talking and I feel her hands fall onto my tear flushed cheeks and her lifting my head to see her bright smile again after eight years of missing it.
"All that matters is that you're safe.Speaking of which,What were you doing out in these woods especially in a storm like that?!"Peridot looks at me with those deep Emerald green eyes filled with concern.
I have known Peridot for years and yet after so many years she seems so...different. Something about the way shes so secretive irks me in a way i can't describe. I think that it Could be that when we were younger she would tell me everything, tell me about her day, about her mood, But now as I sit here laying on the ground with Peridot still kneeling in front of me,hands on my shoulders,I realize that i may not see her for god knows how long. I want to cry knowing this but I don't and just as things couldn't get worse,I've been missing for three days and no one knows where i am except for Me and Peridot.
"well..... im guessing I should take you home..."Peridot's voice sounds upbeat but we both know she doesn't feel okay but i don't say anything that could upset her
"y-yeah i guess, Hope and Faith are probably starting to get worried..."
"and besides you have more important thing to do, right Peridot?" Peridot's eyes are dull from lack of sleep and her right eye has a dark circle around it, it's a bruise but the question is who or what gave it to her?
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