I didn’t sleep throughout the night, my eyes hurt badly, I need to rest but anytime I close my eyes I always draft to a weird nightmare, a nightmare I have to scream myself out of it, a dark shadowy nightmare. Last night, I did some thoughts, I wanted to go see the school counselor but came up with a conclusion of not seeing her, she won’t believe me and if matters get worse she starts to think I’m crazy.
I sat on the bed slowly closing my eyes and then widely opening them. "Do do sleep Rachel, do not sleep." I gently tap my cheek. I have been repeating those words throughout the night. Just two more hours then classes will start and I won’t have to struggle to keep myself awake. My eyes began to slowly close and once again I widely open them.
"Do not sleep Rachel, do not," I muttered as I slowly closed my eyes.
In a few hours, I jolted awake, hyperventilating, I can’t believe I slept off. I turned around and grabbed my phone "Oh shit!" I muttered once I looked at the time, I’m an hour late for class. I quickly stood up and rushed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Once I took a shower, I wore a patchwork blouse with blue jeans, and a white canvas. I grabbed my phone, ear pods, and bag. Walking towards the door I waved at Alice "Bye Alice." I said before slamming the door shut.
After a whole week of wherever she went Alice is finally back. She said she spent the week at her friend's house, I think she prefers it to the hostel, well I don’t blame her cause this hostel is kinda boring and terrifying.
Once I arrived at the lecture hall, I let out a breath and then walked into the room.
"I’m so sorry sir, I didn’t mean to be late," I said walking towards a chair
"Never interrupted my class like that again Miss Miller." He crossed his arm.
I rolled my eyes "Sorry sir."
"Shall we continue students?" He asked before he continued what he was doing.
I hate it whenever class gets over and the lecturer leaves us with an assignment. I haven’t even finished my other paperwork and here is another extra. This is a total bummer, seriously now I have to go to the library and research this. Once class was over, I grabbed my bag, and walking out of the class, I bumped into someone.
"I’m sorry I didn’t see you there." He said
"It’s okay."
He moved aside and I walked out of class.
Walking out of the class, a strong wind blew which was refreshing, exactly what I needed right now. I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, turning around I saw Amy walking in my direction, as our eyes met, she waved at me.
"Hello, friend!" She smiled once she approached me.
"Did you attend class today?" I asked
"No, I didn’t, I had a lot to do."
"A lot to do! Huh! Says the girl that was lecturing me about how college is so important." I rolled my eyes
"I never said something." She put a hand on her hip
"Yes you did, you literally told me that I should pay attention in class and blah blah blah blah blah." I scoffed "Anyways, I’m going to the library cause apparently we can’t have a whole week without the history professor giving us a damn assignment, and guess what this assignment is about"
"Uhm…I don’t know" She shrugged
"We are supposed to write an article on some random, actually not on some random thing but write about the school and its dumb history." I infuriated
"Why are you so angry?"
"I don’t know, I’m just tired and stressed and exhausted…I’m just so…you know what just forget about it."
"Okay but don’t worry all this stress will come to an end soon." She smiled
"Stop being weird okay"
"I’m not being weird, just trust me, everything will be fine and soon all worries will be over."
I raised an eyebrow "Okay."
What is wrong with her today, she seems to be enthusiastic about something.
"Are you coming to the library with me?" I asked
"No!" She instantly responded
"Why not?"
"I have to help my nana with something."
"Okay, I will be on my way."
I just hate going to the library for research, study and worse, assignments, it always takes me forever to complete one single work.
Once I arrived at the library, I walked towards the librarian, I have no idea where things are kept and with what happened to me the last time I came here, I prefer to just get this thing over it as fast as I can.
"Hi! I’m looking for the historical section can you please tell me where it is?" I asked the librarian once I approached her
"It’s by the left, you will see a sign written on the base." She responded
"Thanks." Walking three steps away from her, I turned around and walked back "Hi! Can you please tell me where the ICT facility is?"
"Down the hall by the right, you will see a sign there." She responded
"Thanks." I smiled.
When I approached the ICT facility room, I was glad to see I wasn’t the only one there, there were two more students excluding me.
I sat on a wooden chair and brought out my notepad. I can’t believe that this kind of computer still exists, I don’t know the actual name of the desktop but I know it’s from the 1900s, especially with the wires that were all over it.
"Let’s get this history thing over with." I whiffed
I looked at the desktop wondering how to turn it on, seriously this isn’t the 1990s why on earth will someone have this kind of computer in a library?
I looked around "Excuse me." I waved my hand at a girl sited five feet away from me "Excuse me!" I said again before she turned around
"Can you please help me turn on the computer?" I asked
She rolled her eyes, from the look on her face, I knew she was pissed off but in my defense, I didn’t mean to disturb her. She stood up and pressed a small button on the computer before it turned on.
"Thanks." I smiled at her
She rolled her eyes "Anytime."
Once the computer turned on, I began my research. I typed the school’s name and it appeared in seconds. I still wonder why this is a part of my academic assessment, to be honest, who cares about some random college history? I jotted down a few points for the article, this is so boring I’m pretty sure the lecturer isn’t gonna read this through, I just started writing the first paragraph and I’m already getting bored.
"Scrolling, scrolling," I muttered while scrolling through and whispering out random names it displayed.
"Jana joe 1957-1982" I muttered as I used the mouse to tap on her profile. I read a little bit about her, turns out she decided to drop out of school for an unknown reason. I read a few things about her and then continued to scroll down, I froze when I saw something
"Amy wise 1967-1988" I viewed the photo on it but it wasn’t very clear mainly because the picture is very old. I decided to zoom in and when I did, the face was a bit clear, she looked exactly like Amy.