The crisp fall air lapped my face like a little puppy licking a boy. The air felt like a little leather whip was hitting my face constantly, giving me burns. But of course I knew it was windburn. I was sitting up in my favorite tree. I looked into the distance and saw the brown, red, and yellow leaves coming down from their trees and bushes. This time of the year was usually my favorite. Fall was my favorite because of the beauty and the colors. But not this year. I will always look back as long as I live and see the tragedy that happened this fall. Never again will I love fall.
Now I look at fall and see disaster, tragedy, and horror. I look into the distance and think of her. I think of what she meant to me. She had loved me and I had loved her. I look again into the distance and remember what happened exactly one week ago. It was a wonderful, crisp, fall afternoon. I just got out of my last hour in school, science class. One of my favorite hours I will admit. As a junior in high school, it was a little tricky though. Anyway, I was walking out of the classroom, down the hall, to my locker. I opened it and there was a loud screech.
Trummaged through my stuff quickly throwing my stuff into the new backpack my mom had bought me the in September as a “back to school gift she had called. I quickly slammed my locker closed and started to jog down the halls. I was in a big hurry to get outside and meet my girlfriend Anna. I got outside and quickly looked around at all the benches and tables. There was a few people sitting here and there but I could not find Anna. I kept looking around but still, no Anna. I felt a tap on my shoulder and quickly spun around. It was Anna. She was in dark blue skinny jeans, along with a light blue sweatshirt.
Her brown hair blew in the wind and her blue eyes met with mine. Complete beauty flooded my entire vision. “Hey Nick,” she said with gentleness along with some excitement. “Anna, l’m glad you met me,” I said with a little bit of nervousness. “Of course Nick why wouldn’t I? ” she replied. “We better get going before we run out of time. ” On the way walking to her house, we talked about school, life, and our plans for later tonight. It was around 8:00 at night and getting dark. We had planned to stop at her house so she could grab her camera, change into new clothes, and get some food for us to eat.
Then we were going to head to the outdoor movie theatre and watch some movies. We kept walking, talking, and flirting for about 25 minuets until we walked into her neighborhood. We walked through the neighborhood and finally we made it to her house. Her house was a normal sized house, with big red shutters and grey walls. The house looked a little run down, and there was vines running down the walls. “Hey ill be right back,” she said as she walked in the house. I sat there for her and waited. It had been 10 minuets since she went in and I wondered where she was. I was sitting under her single porch light getting bit up by mosquitos.
Sitting there I was thinking about what I was going to do tomorrow for my school science project. We had to make a robot that could pop a balloon. It had now been 20 minuets since she had gone inside. I decieded to go in and see what was going on. I got up and walked up to the door. I opened it and there was a loud screech. I stepped into the hallway and looked around. “Anna? ” I yelled. I was getting kind of nervous. Where was she? “Anna! Where are you! ” I screamed. Where was anna? Was she lost? I had this weird feeling that she was not ok. “Anna! ” I yelled for a third time. I ran around her house franticly yelling her name over and over.
There was still no answer. I ran down the hallway to where her room was. I opened the door. There was blood everywhere. Her bed. Her Floor. Her rug. “Anna! I cried. I sprinted around her room looking under her covers, under her bed, in her closet, everywhere. My hands were drenched in warm, sticky blood. “Anna! ” I wailed. I fell to my knees. I was sobbing uncontrollably. I called 911 and kept looking for her body. My whole body was covered in blood. I looked through the whole house. I was sobbing. Why did I let this happen? || should have come in with her. Everything after that was a blur.
Sitting up in my tree, remembering what happened a week ago, I couldn’t keep myself from crying. Anna’s funeral was today. I didn’t bother going. They never found her dead body. She was claimed to be murdered, even though no one knew for sure. Sitting up there in my tree, I forgot reality until I heard a voice behind me. ” Hi,” a familiar voice said behind me. There was a sense of gentleness in the voice. I spun around. It was her. It was Anna. “No. No. No. No. ” I stuttered. I fell back against the trunk of the tree. “No! ” | sceamed. I started sobbing. “No, this is not real,” | stuttered between sobs.
I kept crying and crying and stared in horror at Anna. This could not be happening. This isn’t real. This is all a big dream. I could barley hear her but Anna started to talk. “Nick I don’t expect you to understand but you need to listen. You are probably wondering why this is happening. ” “You were dead Anna! I was covered in… your blood,” I screamed at her. I was so angry and confused. I didn’t know why this was happening. Anna was dead. Her blood was all over me. She went missing. How could she not be dead? “Nick, I need you to listen. I was never dead. That blood wasn’t mine. ” She said calmly. “Not your blood?
Then who’s was it Anna? You’re a monster! ” I yelled at her as I kept backing up until I hit the trunk of the tree. “I faked my death Nick. I know this may sound horrible to you, but if you lived my life you would want to disappear as well. Listen, I hated my parents, my school, and my life. So, I decided to fake my death and disappear. I never wanted to return. But I had to come say bye to you,” she muttered. I wanted to rip her head off. She hated life huh. She hated me! She was a monster. She left me! loved her and she left me! “So you hated me. I tried so hard to be a good boyfriend and now I look back and it is a waste of time.
Why didn’t you just tell me? ” I cried to her. “I’m sorry this had to happen Nick. I just wanted to say bye. I didn’t mean to be the enemy. I loved you Nick. But I hated my life,” she started to cry. “You didn’t have to fake your death! You could have had therapy or something! ” | tried to hold back more sobs. “I’m sorry Nick. I must go. ” She turned her back and started to leave. “Wait! ” I yelled I climbed down the stairs I had built and landed hard on the ground. I ran around the corner and tried to find Anna. I looked but she was not in sight. She was gone.
