Chapter 21: Halloween Continued. ...

It was Glorious.

The sea. I went near it...as I had wanted to do every single day since I came.

The wind roared.

The waves came foaming, the howling wind dried off the foam, the sand that hitched a ride on wind passed by me hovering just above the ground. ...looking like a golden cloud than a yellow rock.

I screamed,I giggled, I sang. ...I talked to the waves and they roared at me back. I made foot prints on the sand and took pictures of them.

I walked with the wind and aganist the wind. It tried to blow me off and send me flying....and when that didn't work, it tried blinding me.

But ah! I was ready for that though!

Everytime It tried to get sand it to my eye, I gave it my back.

So it got the whole of me but my eyes!

Yup! My shoes,my jacket, my pants! Thankfully not my hair though!

I don't know how much time passed there.

I just remember deciding to leave when I could no longer feel my fingers from the cold.

On my way out I found a tennis ball. I bet

some dog will find it there some day.

I went to the park and through the park to one of the campuses of my university as I had found that road last week as well.

My legs were sore and my hands were frozen then. I thought I should go get the bus...we will be required to wear a mask on bus though...so I tried looking for a bathroom at the campus.

I went in to one of the buildings-there was not a soul in sight. The automatic doors opened for me though so I went past 3 big hallway doors and yet found nothing.

That was when I remembered that although noone was around, there were cameras everywhere- watching my each and every move. But I wasn't here to do mischief. ..my mask had to be washed...I needed a bathroom-that was all.

I finally found one- just behind the first big hallway door. But it was men's bathroom. I looked around for another- but there was none- so I got in there.

Look now- if this was a cheesy romantic story, I would have been found by the main lead in that bathroom. He would have taken a picture of me, blackmailed me with them, made me his errand girl until due to so much time spent together, we would both get used to eachother and think it be love.

He should have found me even earlier than this!

He should have found me on the beach and should have taken a few cute pictures of me on the beach- while I remained oblivious to everything but the sea and the wind.

He would have offered me his coat when I was shaking from the cold...we could have gone to grab food together.

No! Even earlier.

He would have seen me falling in the mud and laugh so loud that my face would redden from embarrasment. And we would have annoyed eachother till we fall in love.

He would have found me sneaking out the backdoor of our village, running on those empty streets...like a ghost....called me a creep and I would ask him what he was doing there himself and call him a creep as well.

NO NO NO.

Even Earlier!

He should have been in the lift I take to my office and we would have silently stood side by side while giggling on the inside.

Maybe He should have bumped in to me the very first day of class. ..or Maybe I should have bumped into him the very first day of my arrival!

Annnnny way. ....none of that happened.

So. ...perhaps this is not a romantic story...

but who am I to say so-now.

Where were we ?

Yes. The men's bathroom. Yeah I went in there and washed my mask. and my face as well. Then I went to the bus stand to find no bus and no one waiting for bus. ..and thus decided to go jogging backhome.

I went back to the park and started jogging up hill!

I took a new road back again. ..as I often did. ...for the very thrill of it. ..of course. ...

and as it was only 5 pm. ..I thought to myself,I could make it back home before it got dark. ..

The next thing I know. ..IT WAS DARK ALL OF A SUDDEN!

The streets I thought were cute and romantic at the day time were now quiet and spooky,the lights were flickering and I no longer felt okay about the turns I was talking!

I started running frantically. ...while trying to look calm and composed and totally not lost at all incase anyone was watching me.

It is the FREAKING Halloween afternoon!

All horror stories about Halloween I once laughed at started running through my mind and I glanced around a lot and looked behind me every five minutes.

Then I reached a certain primary school. ..which I had never seen before. ..and thus took out my google maps fingers crossed it would work. ...

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