Novel & Cerita All In A Day

All the details I'd been ignoring were now dancing vividly in the eyes of my mind. Johnny loved basketball. Zoe always had balms and ointments in her drawer prepared for him. I was terrified of any ball-related sports, so I'd never set foot on a basketball court. Johnny and I had the same thermos. My thermos was filled with water from a random drinking fountain in the school, while his was filled with energy drinks. Zoe would bring two sets of breakfast every morning. Mine was always plain, but Johnny would have different breakfasts every day for the whole week.

I could feel her staring intently at me and urging me on. “Dial 999,” she repeated, her tone soft but commanding, a mix of a songstress and a sergeant major. “Do not give in to weakness. Fight it. If not for you, for those who care about you. Your time is not through. Be brave…” My finger joints screamed in pain, or maybe it was me, as I managed to get the screen up and key in those three digits. It rang twice, and a voice answered. I was incoherent at this stage, my body slumping onto the cold stone, bile and rain saturating my clothes. I heard my voice slurred and unintelligible. I can only guess they traced my call from the phone.

Alone and all theirs. ***

ABUJA, NIGERIA. The day Amani dreaded has arrived in full force which makes her think whether the twenty one days really did happen or she was just dreaming but it was no dream when she woke up and saw Mika'il's new babban riga sitting on the couch in their room where she's neatly kept it the night before. She wanted to wake up from whatever nightmare that she has going on but no, the reality hit her just as hard in the face like it did when she heard the news. She can't even point out the reason why she needs to wake up, she wants to sleep the whole day.

Ana - (Next Day) Ana woke up with a heavy headache. He cursed herself for getting drunk yesterday. If her father or brother get to know about this she will be doomed. Her father advised her to not to drink or go clubbing in weekdays. Ana remembered it clearly. She had promised him that but she couldn't keep the promise. But what could she do yesterday was a day that she despised the most in her life. Meeting Arjun after 4 years was something that Ana never expected and it made her go crazy. With a throbbing headache ana got up from her bed and went to the kitchen to make some breakfast. That's when he heard a 'bang' sound. She had no idea who it was. Who will visit this early in the morning.

But before things could go further, their desire was already leaving for his office, not bothering to even look at them. Man Hae, like every time, was already so done with their “eyestalk”, and headed back to her table, not forgetting to greet back every one passing by, with a warm “seeming” smile, coming straight from the brain rather than heart, cause why not, after all, she is not at a place to be cold or ignore any one of those which she has to work with, and why involve heart when they are not at all at someplace for her to do so. And with this all, the normal, just normal day of CLAD started, with everyone being drowned; some in the figure, and some in facts

Day one was over. And somehow, against all odds, it was perfect.

Before ‘both. Hair wet. Shower. First one in 66 days without phone. On counter. “Donuts,” Adrian said. 61 BPM. Walking over. To us. All of us. “Day 1 rules. We get donuts. And we don’t set alarms. And we don’t answer phones. And we don’t say ‘court.’ Ever again. Deal?” “Deal,” Alex said. “Deal,” Ivy said. Copying. “Deal,” Isla said. Copying.

One day at a time. Starting with tomorrow.

Only Frank was roaring with rage in the group chat. [You pieces of trash are going to get what’s coming to you! If you’ve got the guts, come to the funeral home right now and face me. Come see for yourselves if the person lying here is Luanne or not!]