That fateful night - Chapter One

The clock hit 9 and the alarm went of, giving out a sound that he dread the most. The sound that signaled to him that it was time to wake up and face his demons again. A new day had arrived and what it held for him was not something he wanted to face. But, despite of his distaste for what was to come, destiny had made it impossible to avoid. For a brief moment he felt like Alice, tumbling down a rabbit hole that had no end, worse still not a guarantee of what was ahead at the end. His mind went to explore the possibilities that lay ahead, yet none could be found. Maybe it was because he was to afraid to think of them. Sort of the same situation that most find themselves in. Many times the question of life that can never be answered smiles at us all in our faces. Answers to them however elude us and maybe its because we are just to afraid to realise them. Maybe we just want to go on without knowing, just to ensure that the spice of this live is not forgotten or neglected. Finally he gathered all his energy that had not been taken away by sleep, and woke up. He went to his small brown table and lifted his box of cigarettes. Knowing that it was harming his health, he still took a stick and hoped that it would numb his tauts and keep him going for the whole day. Walking toward the balcony at a slow pace he stared out onto the open and lit his cigarette. As he puffed away, he could only feel hate and anger at the sad wings of destiny. To him it was unfair as to where life had taken him, to a place that he did not want to be, to a choice that he did not want to make. A mind split in two, and filled with doubt and confusion plagued him, eating away at his dreams and his will to keep going on. What was beckoning was a dark cloud and the fate of his future could only be saved by one person, and that was him. Time kept moving on without an ounce of symphaty. It moved so fast that not a single moment could be savoured. On one hand he liked it that way, the faster it ended the faster he could get over it and continue on his journey, and on the other he was in fear of the coming hours and begged mercy from the ever unforgiving entity we call time.

His mind, lost in its wanderings was suddenly awakened again by his phone. It rang loud and clear, as he went towards it to pick it up, he realised it was her. Nothing in the world was ever good enough to compare her with. To him it was the beauty that radiated from her that gave him hope of a better tomorrow. A world that was being torn apart by war and greed held no surprises for him anymore and it seemed like a never ending story. Every morning he would have his coffee and log onto CNN and read about all the things that he hated in the human race. All the things that seem to take away the beauty that he believed resided in us all. It was amazing he taught, the human mind was capable of such beautiful dreams and such terrifying nightmares all at the same time. As the phone rang in his hand, he pondered the choice that lay before him. He could pick it up and speak to her, or he could not and be alone with his tauts for a little longer. But he decided to answer it anyway. To him, he knew that this would be the last day he could speak with her without worrying about the distance or the cost of it all, today was the last day she would be close to him. For tomorrow, the future had placed vast oceans between him and her, for tomorrow the world was against him. She greeted him with a shiver in her voice, maybe it was fear or sadness that had engulfed her emotions or maybe it was both. He felt that he had to be strong. He was challenged by emotion to break down and submit to the sadness that clouded his heart, but he realised that being strong for her would bring about a better outcome. Their conversation lasted for at least an hour, they spoke of various topics that related to the coming hours. Neither of them wanted to face it, but both of them knew they had to. While they were talking, the both of them were recollecting of the past. Thinking of their times together. They knew speaking about it would make things harder for both parties, so they stayed quiet and wandered away and took a stroll down memory lane. To them of all the great discoveries they had made in their lives, the one that they knew would change everything was their love. An emotion that seemed to fuel their hopes and dreams and give them a strong push ahead. Unfortunately the wind in their sails brought them here. A point where their individual paths would now have to go in different directions. What laid ahead? Would change consume them? No answers came about to settle their minds, in time, they would find out.