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Millie was the average kind
of bookworm who collects books and what do you think she reads them; she
never misses an edition of her favourite anime magazines.
Even she was the so-called bookworm in their group of friends she is still
just like all the students, not very smart but still responsible. She is a
first year college student and she lives in the dorm in their school at
the province. Dorm is really the last thing in her mind because she wants
to be with her family, she had doesn’t really have a choice because the
school is far from their house and it will take almost 5 hours to get to
there school. Well that was the bad news but the good news is her best
friend is Emily is using the dorm also, and the coincidence is there even
in the same room. There many things they surpass together like the hard
examinations, the boring hours of student life, the cruel life in college
and there the latest is passing the 1st year in college considering there
both taking the same course. Yeah they did a great job in life even in
hard times and especially in joyful times, they were almost inseparable.
They even knew the hobbies of each other very well.
Millie has a hobby of sitting down at their desk and reading her favorite
books because she is a bookworm, so she gets absorbed in her books easily
not minding what is she suppose to be doing during that time. While Emily
has no permanent hobby and sometimes she just chats with other students in
the dorm or if there is money she goes out with Millie and their barkada.
One time Millie was sitting n her usual place reading a psychology book.
She was very focused in what she was reading that she didn’t notice what
time is it already. When suddenly “ Millie!” “Ahhhh!… Emily stop that you
scared me, can’t you do anything else, you know this is the only time I
get relaxed.” Emily laughed because she really had scared Millie that she
jumped out from her seat. This happens almost everyday that’s why Millie
gets really annoyed when this happens but she did get used to this, so
sometimes she doesn’t mind Emily when she knows it is her.
One night when they where about to go to sleep, Millie called Emily,
“Millie I’m just going to go to the library to borrow something” “Wait
isn’t the library already closed?“” I know but I still might still catch
the librarian ”. Emily didn’t really want to stop Millie because her
friend’s hobby was like her life already so without any hesitation she
didn’t stop her and so Millie went out already.
Suddenly Emily remembered that it was already 9:00 and that the lights at
the corridors will be turned 9:30, so Emily looked outside hoping that
Millie hadn’t got that far yet. But when she went out Millie was already
out of sight, so she just hoped that Millie will made it here before 9:30
because it seems that she was really in a hurry. Well Millie was really
walking in a fast pace but she didn’t actually knew what time is it, she’s
just hoping that she would catch the sleepy head librarian.
While running Millie felt deaf of the unusual silence because all she
hears is tapping of her foot on the ground and the fast beating of her
heart trying to catch up with her breathe. She was really exhausted
because she needs to run down stairs as silently fast as she could. It was
really pure luck that no one passed by that hour because if she got caught
her hope of borrowing that book for their thesis would be turn to ashes.
As she got nearer to the library, about just one corner away, she slowed
down a bit to catch her breath because she can rarely breath anymore so
she stop by on the wall looking down with her hands on her knees. She
looked down trying to calm herself. Then she looked forward again and she
walked in her usual pace. While she walked she looked around the
classrooms wondering if someone is fool enough to stay in this weary hours
of the night.
Mentioning the word fool in her mind, she remembered Emily and she said in
her mind, “Maybe if Emily was just with me, we will surely have a race to
the library. I really hope I have asked her to come with me …… this sucks!
The silence is really boring; everything seems to be quiet and the
hassling job I’m gong to do just because of too much reading. Huh! I just
hope no one will pass the thesis tomorrow…. wait what I’m thinking I’m
such a fool thinking that. I’m just going to do it even just the half of
it. Millie think positive, Millie think positive, Millie think positive, I
could do this, I could do this… I hope so!” Silence is in the air again
and her feet were all that was making all the noise. While walking midway
to the corner she felt a light hand tap her from behind but she didn’t see
it because she was focused on her way, so she looked back. When she looked
back all she sees is the dark window at the end and the clean floors and
no one was at sight. “Who was that? Is there a ghost here?…. wait I think
I knew who this is.” , she continued on her way towards the library
whistling. Then a few steps forward she felt that tap again on her back
but it was just too fast that she didn’t saw the actual person who had
done it. “ I know it is you… Emily am I right? I know you sometimes make
fun of me but now I know every trick under your sleeve so you can’t repeat
what you’ve done already.”
No one replied and so she continued her way. Few steps forward she looked
back hoping she would catch Emily in action but still nothing was there.
Then she shouts again “ You know It is just time you come out because I
was just thinking of you few minutes ago that I should have asked you to
come with me, so why just come here and we will walk together… because for
your information your not scaring me, even a bit…. That will not work
Emily this is just child’s play, you know hide and seek.” Because no one
replied again felt irritated. “ Playing tough huh! Then let’s see who
could withstand the fight, just wait when I get first to our room I will
lock the door and you will be soo sorry that next time I will be the one
playing the pranks on you!” Few walks later she felt it again but this
time she was much more irritated that she clench her fists towards the
ground and she crossed her arms on her chest. “ This is enough Emily I’m
going to find you now because what I’m doing is a very serious matter and
if I don’t pass this will be all your fault!” So she stared at the corner
waiting for Emily to come out.
Millie was really getting impatient then she saw a lady wearing a white
sleeping dress that is looking down and seems to carrying something in he
arms came around the corner in very slow pace“ Finally you came out, then
you are the one doing that huh! Just wait till I get your hands on you
jerk! You have caused me enough trouble, do you know that?” The lady comes
closer but she’s still looking down. “Wait a minute are you really a
student here ha?” Millie was starting to have some suspicion that the lady
is not a student because it seems unusual to see a student this time of a
night walking so calmly like her that seems to not minding what trouble
she had caused her.
As she comes closer she hears sobs, “ What do I hear? Is that sobs coming
from her then maybe she feeling a bit down tonight that is why she decided
to take a walk…maybe I shouldn’t have scold her for doing it maybe she’s
just trying to cheer up herself.” Because she felt pity for her, she
looked down to show how sorry is she for the student. When she had looked
down she noticed something unusual about the lady, “wait a minute
something seems to be missing. Ah! I know her feet are missing but where
are they it seems impossible for it to be under her dress because she is
floating. Ahhhhhhhhh!”
Because of fear she trembled on her feet and she tried to stand up but it
seems that her feet are frozen on the ground so she moves her hands
backward but she felt something at her back is blocking her way so she
leaned back to see what was it. When she looked back she saw that it was a
fresh, broken, bloody arm with its bones showing off and it’s blood all
over floor. She removed her bloody hands from the floor and she looked
towards the lady if she is still there, but when she looked she saw the
lady was still there and she came much more faster that before but still
she couldn’t move her feet from the ground so she leaned back to see if
someone was there or even a janitor to help her because she’s really stuck
in fear.
She checked again if the lady was there then she was surprised to see that
the lady was already in front of her looking down on her with her red eyes
then she noticed that she was carrying something in her arms, a small
bloody fetus, and when she looked up few droplets of blood fell on her
forehead and she freaked out and she ran back using the other long way
around. When she reached the door she kicked it loudly then Emily opened
the door. Millie rushed inside the room with fear and she almost fell
down. “Millie you’re just in time I was kind of worried for you because I
forgot to remind you that the lights in the corridors are going to be turn
off by 9:30.” “ Millie the…re… was… some…” “ Calm down first would you, I
can’t understand you and what did you did there is blood all over your
hands. Did you killed someone and why are you very exhausted what
happened?” Millie gasped her breath “ Killed me, how can you come up with
I will never kill anyone and besides I have no enemies here.” “Then please
start explaining young lady you’ve got me worried and when you came back
you’re all bloody!” “ then please stop talking like my mother.” “ Ok but
explain from the start.””
This is what happened, I was walking in the corridor when I start feeling
taps on my shoulder but when I look back no one was there. At first I
thought it was you following me- “ me following you, I was here the whole
time waiting for you. “ then it means you are not the lady scaring me and
disguising and in the corridor following me” ”Yes, and where shall I get
that costume and how will I catch you, you were walking so fast that I
even didn’t saw you outside just when you went out.” “ so if it wasn’t you
then who is it?” “ I don’t know maybe someone else.” “ Impossible then it
means what I saw was a white lady” “ Wait what did you said a white lady
come on this is a joke right” Millie frowned. “ Ok that’s enough you’ve
give me enough fright let’s go to sleep” Emily lied down on her bed and
she covered herself with the blanket. “ I don’t want to sleep yet Emily.”
“ Sleep now or else.” “ Ok, alright “ so Millie went to the bathroom to
wash herself. In her mind: “ that was really creepy hew! I don’t want that
to happen again but wait if what I saw was a white lady then what is that
arm doing there. Maybe it’s just fake but wait, wait there no one else in
the corridor then how did it get there?”. After that she felt a cold
breeze run around the room that caused her to feel cold.
THE END
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