Highways and Diners


Killing Him was the best thing I've ever done!

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Where am I?

It was too see dark to anything, I was lying on a cold hard surface.

I sat up rubbing my head, gosh do I need some aspirin!

It all suddenly rushed back, Nessa, Sophie Him,

Wait!

Am I dead?

I took a clearer adaption to my surroundings, I wasn't in that creepy old place anymore, I was on some sort of a road?!

I quickly covered my eyes from a bright shining light that was rapidly approaching me, It honked loudly, it was a car! I looked around noticing I was on a HIGHWAY!

The car past but missed me by an inches, Why the hell am I on a highway!?

"Excuse Me? Ma'am please make your way over to me and be careful" a woman shouted from across the road, I realized I couldn't see very well without my glasses so I had to guess which direction her voice was coming from.

I reached her grabbing on to her arms, that was by far the most terrifying thing I've ever done, walking across a busy highway half blind!

"It's ok, you're safe now" She soothed me.

She sat me down in her car and covered me in a blanket,

"Do you mind me asking why you were standing in the middle of a highway!?" She questioned,

I could feel my face quivering as tears streamed down my cheeks, I was humiliated by how confused I was,

"I,I, I'm sorry" I cried "It's just my sister/best friend recently died because of a car crash and I just got demitted from hospital, at first we could communicate but then this crazy dude thought she should suffer so they fought for a long time, she eventually defeated him but died (kinda) again, but she channeled all my energy so she came back to life and I died and then I just woke up in the middle of the road!" I sobbed.

She looked at me as if I was crazy,

"I'm Sorry" I apologised "I probably sound like a lunatic!"

"Don't worry hun, it's been a long night" she assured me handing me a tissue to wipe away my tears.

She hopped into the driver's seat and began to drive, asking me a few questions every couple of minutes.

"So what's your name?"

"Veronica"

"How old are you"

I honestly don't think she believed me when I told her I was 20 but I guess she just went along with everything I said.

The questioning went on for a small bit longer but I was tired so I just stopped answering them.

Everything was silent for awhile so I passed the time by looking out the window,

NO! WHY HERE!? WHY DID I WAKE UP HERE!?

As I looked out the window at the familiar highway I knew I had been here before! I quickly realized that... this was the bridge that the crash was on... this is the bridge that caused Nessa to lose her life.

"Honey what's wrong?!" the lady asked concerned,

I began to breath extremely heavily, my mind was racing, I could see black circles forming in front of my eyes, tears rushed down my face.

Was this what it felt like to have a panic attack?

I think she pulled over the car but then again it's all really blurry in my mind.

She jumped out of the car rushing to my door, when she opened it she tried to comfort me, it obviously didn't work. I mean what could calm me down being on the bridge/highway that caused my sister to lose her life!

By now my vision was completely gone, my head was throbbing, all I knew was that I was in an emotional state and it would take a lot more than comforting to help me.

But the question that was stuck to my mind was, Why did I wake up on this particular highway? Was I brought back here for a reason?

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I opened my eyes to see I was in an unfamiliar bedroom. I think it's a hotel? I slowly made my way to the bathroom to clean myself up.

I showered and brushed my teeth as I regained the memories from the previous dramatic hours.

I sat down on the bed covering my face with my hands and began to sob.

I heard a knock on my door, I started to panic!

"One second!" I shouted, running to the bathroom.

When I looked in the mirror I was shocked by how puffy and swollen my eyes were, they hurt from not wearing my glasses and I could see the redness from a mile off.

There was another knock but this time louder,

"Veronica, Honey are you alright in there?" the nice lady asked,

"Um yeah, I swear I'll be ready just give me a second.

When I opened the door I was taken back by the lady hugging me, I don't know if it was cause I've been hugging ghosts lately or what but it was just so occured! I didn't wanna hug back, I felt rude, but I felt as if there was no love left in me to give.

"Oh, I'm sorry hun, please excuse me, I come from a hugging type family" She apologized.

"It's ok, I-I'm just not used to everything right now" I confronted.

"Well Veronica I need to formally introduce myself, I'm Linda, born and raised in Texas, now living in California cause my job dragged me out here!" She laughed

I just smiled occurredly,

"Veronica may I ask you why you keep looking in weird directions?"

"Yeah um, you see I need glasses to see, when I was with Sophie I could see fine but I think that was because I was on the other side and you know magic and that kinda stuff"

She looked at me blankly, I seriously gotta stop talking about all this supernatural stuff.

"Why didn't you tell me? Right come on!" She said starting to pull me out of the room,

"Where are you taking me!?" I asked worried

"To an optician, oh hun please don't be scared of me, I wanna help you" she explained.

After going through what I've gone through you have to be extremely careful with who you trust, and I felt this lady was truly trying to help.

When we arrived at the optician we sat in the waiting room,

"Veronica it's ok there's no need to be scared" she assured me,

I didn't notice I had been non stop shaking in my chair, All my emotions were crumpled up at the moment and I didn't know how to feel.

"Veronica Merrell!?" The eye doctor called.

After being tested Linda ordered me some frames,

"Your lenses will take several hours to be intact because there is currently a waiting line, for the meantime we have a spare pack of your prescription contacts available?" the receptionist explained.

Just then my stomach gurgled, I didn't realise how hungry I was,

"Don't worry we'll have plenty of time to get you food then we'll collect your glasses" she whispered nicely to me.

"Yes can we have the temporary contacts please?" Linda asked.

I entered the bathroom to insert the contacts. My eyes have never been so relieved in my life, they felt so fresh, everything was crystal clear again!


We went outside in search of a restaurant, The swoosh of cold frosty wind slammed my lungs as I inhaled a breath of fresh air, "why is it so cold?" I questioned,

"Well Hun it's the slap bam middle of winter" she laughed wrapping her coat around my freezing body,

"WINTER!?" I shouted extremely confused, "But it was summer when I got out of hospital!"

"Veronica, When I picked you up on the highway last night, do you know where you were before hand?" She asked concerned,

I knew if I answered her question by saying the other side I'd sound cracked.

"Not exactly" I replied, honestly it wasn't a complete lie, I mean I don't know exactly where I was.

She looked worried but mostly concerned, "Well for now let's just get you fed" she gazed around but the only place close enough was a gas station fast food diner. I seriously didn't care where I ate I was just starving!

The waft of greasy fry-up and syrup pancakes wafted up my nose as I entered the diner, it was old fashioned but in a cool way. The chairs were red with a white triangle facing downwards on them, the floor was black and white checkered, plain white metal tables and old posters glued to the wall.

It hit me that I haven't eaten anything proper since the hospital which was during the summer... and now it's winter!

"Sorry it's nothing fancy but can it do?" Linda asked,

"Seriously I don't mind as long as I can eat something" I said thankfully.

We sat down at a table, the place was empty enough, other than a few truck drivers stopping off for a snack it was just us.

"Veronica I need to run to the restroom real quick, feel free to order while I'm gone" Linda said running off to the bathroom.

By now my stomach was clenching with hunger! I searched the menu for something nice, honestly I just wanted to order everything I was that hungry!

I was distracted by a young deep but soft manly voice, "Excuse me ma'am? Would you like to order?

I turned my head to make contact and as soon as we did our eyes locked, he was the most incredibly good looking person I've ever seen! His wavy short brown hair swayed in the draft, He had soft hazel chestnutty eyes, his muscley arms showing through the staff uniform.

"H-H-Hi" I stuttered awkwardly

"H-Hi" he replied equally as awkwardly,

We gazed into each other's eyes for several more seconds until he repeated "Would you like to order?".

My throat was dry, I didn't realise how nervous I was, I mean come on this was just a boy!...but a really cute one!

"Erm... Yeah can I have 'CHEEEZE PLEEEZE' with a side of Nachos" I requested shyly,

"Sure, any drink?"

"I'll have a diet cola"

When he left I was tempted to take out my phone and text Nessa about the cute boy I just met... but then I remembered... Nessa's gone.

(A/N: Hey guys sorry that I've been inactive its just this chapter was rly hard to write, I was gonna split it up into parts but then I decided I should post a long chapter! Anyway please tell me what you think so far)

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