Parts Of A Dream

Just as the couple in the movie were supposed to 'kiss and live happily ever after' the lights go on. We weren't expecting that, and since we were on edge the whole day we kinda gave out a tiny scream. Now we being: me, Fa6ma and Nawal.

As Fa6ma went over the DVD player to get the CD, I tried to find the case under the chair where Nawal was sitting, I felt her turn and look over her shoulder, she saw someone that I couldn't see, and then waved at that person, Which she then turned around and said "freak" positive that, that person couldn't hear us. That's when I realized she was talking about 6aiba.

6aiba is the same age as I am. And she's always seemed as a nice but lonely girl who just wanted a friend. So with me feeling guilty and heartbroken every time I saw her, made me go and talk to her, and suggest we 'hang out' sometime.
And after my sweet naïve suggestion -that seemed like a great idea at the time- she became my stalker.
I don't know why, but I was always on guard when I was either talking to her or we were in the same room together, and she was always in my line of sight where I could keep an eye on her.
You see the reason why I do this is that whenever she talks to me, she always gave hints that she was unstable. Either she was or maybe I'm just hallucinating because I simply don't trust her.

My hand is still moving under the chair and I feel something solid, I kept touching it, trying to figure out what it was. I finally think it must be it, since it felt solid and square like. As I stand to give Fa6ma the box, 6aiba seems to have found what she was looking for, and waved very enthusiastically. I casually wave back and give her a smile.
"I don't understand why you tolerate her. If she's bothering you, tell her to F%$@ off!" said Fa6ma to me in a low voice.
"Yeah. Min shino 5ayfa? etha gamat et thaygich goleelaha. What's she gonna do?
Kill you?"(Yeah. What are you afraid of? If she's bothering you, tell her. What's she gonna do?kill you?) joined Nawal. I guess they finally reached the end of their ropes with 6aiba being everywhere I am.
"Shko intaw? Is she stalking you? NO. She's stalking me" (Why do you care? Is she stalking you? NO. She's stalking me.) I said defensively not waiting for their answer to my question.

As we close the TV, DVD and the lights. We head for the door, where 6aiba is waiting for us.
"Hi 6aiba" I say casually when we get close enough she could hear me when we spoke.
"Hi Sarah. Shlonich?" (Hi Sarah. How are you?) Asked 6aiba. Even though she didn't have to since she just saw me four hours ago.
"Zaina, intay shlonich?" (I'm ok. How are you?)I asked back.
"Tamam." (Good.) She replied with a wide smile.
"Hi Nawal. Hi Fa6…ma" 6aiba greeted them, but the only reply she got was a smile –which was from Nawal- and complete silence –which was from Fa6ma-.
"They're a little tired. You know with everything going on" quiet honestly I'm still in shock with the thing that's been killing all the young girls in our town. I already lost my best friend and Fa6mas sister. Manal, if you look closely into Nawals and Fa6mas eyes you can see that they've been crying, but if you look into my eyes you'd see that I haven't shed a tear. I don't know why, maybe because I'm in denial or still in a state of shock.

As 6aiba was telling me that she understood that it must be hard. We heard a very unique roar, and we all went pale from the sound, for we knew what that sound came from. It.
Now I don't know what 'it' actually is, and it seemed nobody knew what it was. I always heard people say 'it' whenever they were talking about it. So I guess it caught on, and they named the monster 'it'. I don't agree with the name. I mean how original the name 'it' is. Very creative.

When I heard the roar, I felt something inside start to happen. I guess I was still in denial and shock because I started to shake. Not from fear or sadness, but from anger.
I mean I was pissed! I don't know where all that pent up anger was hiding but I guess it finally decided to come out.

I think because of Nawal and Fa6mas curiosity and my anger made us all run to go to 'it' in full running mode at the same time, with 6aiba a little close behind.

You could take two ways to get to 'it' you could go up some stairs and stuff –which was longer but much safer- or you could go on the ground where you go into a maze of turns –very much faster but very dangerous-. So I guess you know which way we took. The long one with the stairs, but to our dismay as we went half through the run we found that the stair handles were cut off and that the stair floor had some holes put through them. Half way there Fa6ma sees an opening and jumps to the ground and kept going. One thing you have to know about Fa6ma is that she has no patience.

Even though I am the youngest of the bunch, I am still the most protective. So after making sure that she was alright. I made a promise to myself that after seeing 'it' or doing whatever we are going to do, that I will kill her for almost giving me a heart attack.While I'm still keeping an eye on Fa6ma. I can hear 6aiba trying to keep up with us.
And when I look over to see where Fa6ma was, I find that she has disappeared. That's when my stomach drops with fear for her.
"Wain ra7at Fa6ma?"(Where's Fa6ma?) I ask Nawal with fear evident in my voice.
"She had to take a different route so that she would get there before us" replied Nawal.
"And why would she want that?" I screamed at her.

As Nawal was going to answer me, we heard a scream. A more feminine scream. And then we knew that Fa6ma just met 'it'.We try to run faster. My heart is beating so hard from fear of what I'm thinking that I feel like my chest is going to explode, and my lung is so expanded that I don't think there's room for more. 6aiba is still behind me and Nawal is next to me. I've never seen her run like this before, but I don't have time to think about that, my cousin is probably dying twenty eight feet away from me.

I hear something behind me, and when I look back I see 6aiba smiling like it was charismas eve.
"Ma sima3t. Shino giltay?"(I didn't hear you. What did you say?) I ask her.
"La t5afeen 3alaiha. This is a good thing."(Don't worry about her. This is a good thing.) She replies cheerfully.

We're a couple of feet from where 'it' and Fa6ma are. And I stop to stare at 6aiba who stopped too and bent over to catch her breath, while I continued to stare at her. I could hear Nawals foot steps and saying something to Fa6ma then running to help her. All the while I stood to keep looking at 6aiba.
"What do you mean it's a good thing?" now I'm really thinking that I'm right. She is a psycho.
"I mean this is what they.. we wanted. That this is revolution. That the world is changing for the better. It's cleansing itself by taking the bad out." She said to me like this all made sense and I now know that she has lost her mind.
"So you're saying it's like taking out the trash?"
"Exactly! So you understand why this is happening, right?" she said taking a step towards me.
I take three steps back and slap her hand away from my hand. By the time I took my third step I saw 'it' holding Fa6ma and throwing Nawal right behind me. I see 6aiba going to help 'it', so I grab her hand from letting her taking another step. She turns around and looks at me with such a scary face that I thought of letting go of her hand. "Let go of my hand Sarah." I was seriously thinking of letting go but then I heard Nawal scream for me to help Fa6ma. I looked over to see her, and I find out that 'it' just had its dinner.

I never thought that I could be madder then I was back then. Then out of the blue 6aiba started to pull her hand away, and I pulled her to me and held both her hands. She kept on pulling until she slipped on something. Probably sand and we fell to the ground with me on top.And then out of nowhere she punches me. And I was thinking the bitch! And then we started fighting in front of 'it' which looks disgusting by the way.

Of course after some time I was going to become on top, but that didn't stop me from anything I kept punching and kicking and scratching. Then I stopped. With my hands put on her hand while sitting on her I looked over at Nawal. Where she was doing god knows what.
"Was that you?" I ask her.
"No it wasn't" she said with a little questioning in her voice.
That's when I felt shaking from under me. I look down and I see the bitch trying not to laugh out loud.
"What's so funny?" I ask her angrily.When I look at my left I see some girl come out from under the ground.
"Erika knows how I feel. Don't you Erika?" and there I was thinking could she be vaguer?
"ERIKA!" screams Nawal while running to Erika.
And I'm just siting there trying to figure out who the hell Erika is.


THE END?