Chapter Two : A dream so true
The paramedics insisted on sending me to the hospital for further observations, but I refused as I felt better already. Then, when I was outside the house, I noticed nearly the whole neighbourhood was there. Val, Mark, Jacelyn, and Darren were among the sea of faces. I panicked as I saw my crush – Liam. He looked curious and didn’t know what was happening. Shit, can I just for one day, have less attention from everyone in Rose? It’s like there’s a spotlight under me now, and it sucks.
When Val spotted me through the crowd, she ran to me in opened arms, her 3 siblings following her too. “Oh, Terra! How can you be so silly! I told you many times to take your inhaler!” She scolded in a teasingly way. “Val, you sound like my mum!” We both laughed. Val then looked a t the corner of her eye and whispered in my ear, “Oh my gosh! Terra, Liam’s there!” My cheeks blushed. “I know, Val! I don’t know what to do!” “Don’t panic, I got it.” I smiled. She knew me so well.
Val casually walked in Liam’s direction, and acting shocked, waved at him. “Hey, Liam!” He did not react for at least 2 minutes, before saying “hi”. “You’re Valerie Sands, right?” “Yep! Oh, so, wad cha’ doing here?” Making friendly speech to boys, so typical of Val. “I don’t really know. Just checking out the commotion.” Liam looked as if he knew nothing of the place he was standing on. I sighed in defeat. “Okay but do you wanna know what happened?” “Sure, of course I want to.” Val whispered to him in the ear, at times looking at me, and Liam followed her gaze. Oh my god! Do I look like a mess? I ruffled my hair. Neat, I think. My tank top was still in shape, FBTs were okay. Slippers were sloppy, but who cares about that.
Liam nodded and walked towards me. Claustrophobia struck me like an ant bite. Liam, Rose High’s hottest and cutest boy, that every damn girl has dreamed of dating him for the past 3 years, is actually walking towards me, wanting to comfort me. Shockness and the joy in my heart overwhelms in my heart that I thought I might have another seizure.
“Hey,”He waved at me and showed his perfectly white teeth. Say gorgeous in my one second, Liam would appear in my mind. “I’m Liam Hamilton.” He put out his hand to shake my hand. I guessed my hand, that tend to feel cold, was warm and nice in his hand. I didn’t want to let go. Liam seem to feel the same way, and it made me blush even more. How embarrassing! “I’m Terra Fang.” I smiled, trying to be as pretty as possible. “Ha ha.” He chuckled. My heart skipped a beat, did I hear Liam laugh? Oh my god. “Are you okay?” I jumped right back from my delusion. “Heard from Valerie that you had a major asthma attack, well?” He pat my shoulder. I nearly died, from Love disorder. “W-w-we-wwell.” I clumsily stuttered. He laughed gently again, as if he liked my “disorder”. “Great,” He sincerely smiled. “See you in school, then.” He slid something into my palm and went to Val, waving bye. My heart beated too fast; euphoria was all over around me. Val went to my side, looking worried. “Terra! Are you sure you’re alright? You’re all white!” I didn’t notice that at all and I felt freezingly cold and sweaty.
“Terra!”I screamed back in focus. “Yah?!” My eyes turned to Val. She laughed. “How was it?” She put her arm around my shoulder and led me to the house and slowly the crowd dispersed.
Night, during dinner, I ate blankly and kepy dropping my food. Dad and Mum ate silently. Dad then said, “Anyone wants ice cream?” Mum and I shook our heads at the same time, Dad went to the freezer and took out a huge tub of chocolate and picked himself a spoon. To ease away the silence, I started the conversation. “Mum,” “Hmm?” Her mouth full with rice. “I had a weird dream when I was knocked out.” She did not look me at the face, but stared at her finished plate. “And, well, to be honest, it was a dream where I saw my -” Mum unexpectedly banged her fist on the table, shaking the utensils. She looked up intot he ceiling, her eyes were red and dry. Her mouth was puckered into an angry frown. She screamed, “GO AWAY, TESSA! YOU’RE EVIL AND DISGUSTING! STOP INFLUENCING MY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER! GET AWAY AND STAY AWAY!” It’s as if she was cursing my twin sister, her daughter. I was immediately frozen . Dad ran to her side, threw the empty tub into the sink and calmed her down. He brought her back to their room, leaving me alone in the quiet living room. I took out the love letter Liam gave me. It wasn’t really a love letter, I guess. He wrote there,
“Dear Stranger Terra,
Can we be friends?
My number – 97680236(:
Love you ♥ Liam.”
It was kind of amusing, this was written in this sort of business-like cards and had prepared the word – stranger, purposely cancelling to write my name in his neat handwriting. Liam was really prepared in this sort of stuff, figures. But, it was so cool of him to ask to be my friend. I wonder how many of these cards he has given out already, it makes me seem such a fool. Can’t he just say that he wants to be friends? I shouldn’t push my luck, anyway.
I ran to my room, jumping onto my bed. My room was especially neat because of my mum obsessive nature of making things tidy. However, that cursing my mum sweared, seriously changed my mindset of how pure she was. I lay on my tummy with the phone on my side. Should I call him? Should I? Then, after a few minutes, the phone vibrated and rang. I quickly picked it up.
“Hello?”
“May I speak to Terra?”
“Terra here.”
“Oh hey, Terra!It’s Liam.”
My blood flowed to my cheek. My jaw slowly opened.
“Liam?! How did you get my number?” I accidentally let my feelings slip, making my tone seem shocked and upset.
“Chill chill, from Valerie, of course.”
Val, you bitch.
“Oh okay, didn’t expect you to call me.” I lied, I knew deep down in my heart, every sense of love was yearning that Liam would take the first “move”.
“Ha ha, I know. Anyway, Happy Valentine’s Day.”
“Happy V day to you too!” I replied joyously.
“Ha ha ha.”
Oh my god, I love his laugh so much.
Then,
“Um, Terra?”
“Yeah?”
“I think you’re really cool.”
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god!
“I think you’re cool too.” And hot and cute.
“No,no.I’m such an idoit.”
“Why, Liam?” I felt worried. “You’re not at all.”
“Oh, you wouldn’t understand.” He seemed to be reluctant to say it, but wanted to let it out.
“Tell me, Liam.”
My voice mesmerised him, and he started spilling.
“I,i had a girlfriend, Melissa Berry, she wasn’t the most nicest girl I have been with. No, She was the meanest girl I hanged out with. She took advantage of me and showed me off to her bitchy girlfriends. I didn’t like that at all, it was like I was a stupid amazing toy taken off a shelf.” He sighed. I didn’t realised that Liam was so troubled. He seemed carefree under his infectious smiles.
“Then, one night, I couldn’t take it anymore. She was blubbering about people she disliked which were a whole bunch. I didn’t give a damn at all! Yet, she continued and continued. She was so mean, cursing people which she just judged by looks. You know, Kerry Nelson? The mathematics guy?”
“Yeah, that guy.” I didn’t dare say “that nerd”.
“Yeah, she kept insulting him, and I couldn’t take it. I broke up with her that night. She was never dumped before, such a spoiled brat she was.”
I realised he said, “was”. Oh no.
“She jumped off her apartment, suicide.” He said monotonously, and was silent, expecting me to hang up.
All I said was, “poor thing”. Honestly shocked.
“I’m such a jerk. Now, her bloody rich parents are trying to sue me. How lame is that?” His voice was sure already, that I could be trusted. I was happy.
“What the hell! How can they do that? It’s not even your fault!” I flared up a little.
He laughed unexpectedly.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nuthin’. It’s just cool to have a girlfriend that understands.”
OH MY GOD?! Girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend?! Calm down, maybe it’s just a normal term for him. Anyway, I only knew him that well for just a few hours.
Act casual.
“Oh, it’s okay. I will love to be your understanding girlfriend, ha ha.”
He laughed his heartbreaking chuckle.
“I will love that too..”
We talked through the whole night. Nothing described how I felt. Amazingly awesome he was. Not only was he hot and cute, he was kind and concerned, and he was mine, surprising isn’ it? We were together.
“Love you, Tes –ra.”
“I love you, Liam.”
As I tried to hide my happiness by sleeping, I couldn’t. It happened so quick, unbelievably quick. I wanted this to last forever, and ever. This euphoria that keeps circulating in and out of my body, it felt wonderful. Slowly, sleep drifted over me.
I had a dream.I saw myself walking in the hallway, hand in hand with Liam.I was happy that everyone was envious of Liam and I.We were the centre of attention. All the girls I hated, glared in shockness. All the boys stared in admiration.Especially, Loraine Zee. I grinned in triumph. Liam looked at me, he tried to kiss me but I didn’t want to rush things, so I stopped him. He still smiled and walked me to class. We went to Geography together. I didn’t know where Val was, but I guiltily didn’t care. We were together through the whole school day, we knew there were eyes on our backs. The day ended with Gym, and one part of the training, I fell on Liam, my face near to his warm lips. I blushed a deep red and everyone laughed, but I was not embarrassed at all. Gym ended and Liam brought me home. Now, I realised I actually, I honestly didn’t know if it was me who was with Liam. Only because I recognised my same hairstyle, a ponytail, from behind. I didn’t manage to see myself and I was scared. Maybe I was burned and I had ugly scars all over my face. Or I became pimple-face. I awaited horror as “I” turned beside to give Liam a peck on the cheek, I saw it all when I looked at the side mirror of Liam’s car.
“I” had dark brown hair, small nose, thin lips and clear blue eyes.
That’s wasn’t me, that was Tessa, my so-called twin.
She was the one with Liam, while, I realised I was sitting at the back row, behind Liam and “I”, looking at “myself”; tears dropped as my heart was torn apart. She kissed him, my boyfriend. I ran out of the car, out into the empty road. I hit the tar road with my bare fists, blood scarred my arms. Suddenly, repeated honking was heard from the inner part of the road. Strong headlights blurred my vision. I could see red and blue coming towards me fast, then just a strong hard hit and impact against my fragile body, I was flung around like a boomerang, but was never coming back.
My dream became a nightmare, a seemingly true nightmare. Tessa was real.
hey(: , isit nice? ;D i hope so . I wrote this ytd and now working on chapter 3 : Dead. :D
now , just letting u all know wht chap 3 is all about, now TESSA has her turn in her say; about her life. Don't worry she is alive, but separated from her twin sis(:
Love ya!
