Chapter 2: The Funeral
Later that day, after their deaths, all their friends came at the hospital. Rosa's
parents refused to go in the morgue as they couldn't see Rosa's face cut in
halves. Celeste and all her friends went in there, they were first scared to see
her face but Celeste slowly removed the cloth from face. To see her cut in
halves, they felt even more uncomfortable and pain. Celeste put her head on
Avin's shoulder and started crying. Celeste saw the Black Bride standing next
to her body, she pointed at it and shouted:
"Celeste Grace! look at your friend…keep this in mind that now I' m coming
for you!"
"What?" she asked as she was confused
"What is it Celeste?" Avin asked
"This lady… she disappeared"
The Black Bride vanished in air, surprisingly no one saw her.
"Huh?...which lady?" he asked
"No…nothing, I must be assuming things" she thought
Later in church, they sang chorus, suddenly Celeste heard a voice from the
coffin. It was Rosa' s voice, it screamed:
"Help me Celeste! Help me!"
Celeste worriedly and hopelessly opened the coffin. People tried to stop her but
she didn't listen. She ended up opening it and saw Rosa lying dead.
"I'm sorry...but Rosa called me for help…I swear I heard her" she apologized
"Celeste…it's okay…you're just hearing thing in grief" Avin thought
She thought he was right so she sat down on a chair next to Avin.
When they buried her, Celeste realized that it was the same place from her
dream. She told Avin about it but he said it must be a coincidence. Everybody
left but Celeste stayed.
"Lets go Celeste" Avin uttered
"No I want to stay a little longer…you go I'll be alright" she said
"Then I'll stay with you" he said
"No, I want to be alone with her…please if you'll don't mind" she requested
"If you say so…" he said and left
She was staring at her grave when she heard her voice again, she was again
calling her for help. She thought she was hearing things again so she tried to
walk away. But a hand came from the grave and grabbed her leg. She screamed
for help, luckily Avin was there, he helped her and the hand went back into the
grave but left scars on her leg.
"Avin did you see that!?" she asked
"No, I didn't… maybe it was just a hallucination" he thought
"My assumption?!...there're are scars on my leg…it had such long claws and it
looked like a person's hand" she argued
"Alright…lets go to a doctor" he suggested
Then both went to psychiatrist, he said that she was only having hallucinations,
they are common in these situations. She asked about the scars, he said that she
could her hurt herself unconsciously. She thought maybe that was the truth. The
doctor gave her pills and both went home.
On their way home, Celeste was looking through the window. Avin knew she
was upset so he tried to cheer her up as:
"Hi! what's with the sad face? Cheer up! Lets eat ice cream"
"Do you think I'm crazy too?" she asked
"What?! No!...why would I think that?"
"Because I'm talking nonsense and acting crazy" she sighed
"Hey! It can happen to anyone, that doesn't mean you're crazy and besides even
if you're you go crazy, I'll still marry you…" he joked and smiled.
She smiled back at him.
"You still glad we met?" she asked
"Always!" he answered
He made her even more happy, then she happily started looking through the
window. Surprisingly, she saw familiar doll in the doll shop and quickly asked
Avin to stop the car. He stopped the car and both went in the doll shop.