It was like any other day in Mayfield, nobody had expected what transpired that day and if they did, they definitely had a wild imagination. For one, I wasn't sure what was happening until it was already over. Monsters? Vampires? Zombies? I didn't know what to call them, but they scared the hell out of me.

People were being carried off in the skies by these hideous monsters with raven black wings. They had human bodies, but they were anything but human. Their eyes were golden black and their skin as black as coal.

We were hiding in the bathroom listening to the screams of others being hunted down by these monsters.

"I really should've just stayed in bed," I said to myself.

If only I hadn't gotten out of bed and found any reason to not come to college today.

I ran everything that happened since this morning back in my head.

I was preparing breakfast for my mom while waiting for the caregiver to arrive, and the smile on my face just wouldn't go down. Something good was going to happen today, something I've waited for the longest time.

He's going to confess today! I screamed internally with joy.

Arthur and I have been friends since high school and now that we are in college he is finally going to confess. I couldn't contain my excitement, I was humming a song as I cooked, while bobbing my head side to side.

I heard my phone ringing, so I picked it up from the dining table. It was Sasha, my best friend and the one who made today possible. She had convinced Arthur to gather his courage and finally ask me out.

"Linda, are you ready for today?" she asked over the phone.

"Of course I am!" I replied, but as I looked down on my stained apron I realized. I still needed to get dressed.

"Well not really, I still need to dress up."

The food was almost done and there was still time before college, so I had plenty of time.

"Then get ready, he's going to be there any minute," she said with a sense of urgency.

"Okay okay," I hung up the phone and quickly finished preparing breakfast.

Then after taking a bath, I picked out what clothes I wanted to wear. It took a while, but I decided on black jeans and a pink t-shirt that went under a white jacket, although it wasn't cold outside it wasn't warm either so the jacket felt like a good idea.

After that, I sat down in front of the mirror to fix myself some makeup. I was trying to rush, so I didn't do anything too obvious, just a bit of touch up and some light lipstick, along with the eyeliner. I still wasn't sure if I had done too much or too little.

I went downstairs and despite being a bit hungry I decided against eating breakfast today. I wasn't sure how far things were going to go inside the car, but I didn't want to ruin it with an eggy breath, just thinking about it was repulsive.

He was going to pick me up for college and confess to me before we got there. It might not be the most romantic way, but considering it was him, someone who's always been shy, I think that's more than enough. Besides inside the car we would have nobody to disturb us.

I could hear the roaring of his car pulling up outside our house and sure enough when I looked through the window he was there.

In the next few seconds I got a call from him, I picked it up.

"Arthur!" I yelled not being able to hide my excitement.

"I m-mean Arthur, I'll be outside in a minute," without even letting him say anything I hung up.

My heart was pounding like crazy and blood was rushing straight into my head. I wasn't sure how I was going to hide the grin on my face when I went outside. I slapped my cheeks and lightly bit my tongue. Taking a deep breath I called Rose, mom's caregiver, she picked up.

"I'm on my way to your house Linda," she said.

I wasn't sure how long it would take her to reach here, but I just wanted to go out now.

"Actually I'm heading off to college right now, mom will be alone in the house, take care of her for me okay," I said, there was silence on the other end for a few seconds before she replied.

"Don't worry, I've been taking care of her for three years. I would love nothing more than for you to depend on me a bit more."

I wasn't too sure what she meant by those words, but all I heard at that moment was 'don't worry'.

"Okay then, bye," hanging up the phone I made my way outside.

I could see him waiting for me leaning onto his car. The moment I left the house our eyes met for a brief moment before both of us shied away.

As I approached him my heart pounded faster and faster. It felt as if my heart would give in any moment now. In that heat I couldn't speak even one word and just entered the car as he held the door open. After he got inside, we drove off immediately. Maybe talking away from home and a bit of fresh breeze was going to help.

I sat there waiting for him to say something. I even noticed his attempts to form words in his mouth but every time he just gave up even before trying, and said nothing at all.

"Hey, Arthur" I said, I wasn't even sure what I was going to say, I just wanted his attention.

He slowed down the car as he turned to face me before completely stopping it. His face was as red as a beat.

"Linda, actually I wanted to say something," he said.

I could feel his shallow breaths and his hesitation was quite visible through his nervous lips. He wanted to approach me but somehow neither of us knew how to do it, despite being the shy one he was the one to break the ice. I saw him leaning in for me, then I did too.

We leaned in towards each other and as I felt his lips brush onto mine, I felt a sudden change in my body, my heart felt soothed and my mind went numb, the blood in my body rushed to my head and all I could feel was his warmth on my lips. I felt as if the warmth of his body had wrapped around me, and as quickly it had started it was over just as quick.

He leaned back into his seat still looking at me, both of our minds dazed and unsure of what we had just done.

"Linda, do I really need to ask?" he said, gasping for breath.

Even if I knew what he wanted to say, I needed to hear it from him.

"Yes," I replied.

He gave me a tired smile, his hands once again resting on the steering wheel.

"I love you Linda, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.

I tugged on his shirt and leaned forward planting a brief kiss on his cheeks.

"I was waiting for this, you idiot." At that moment I smiled the brightest I've ever smiled.

"So?" he asked.

"Yes I will," I replied.

By the time we reached the campus, we must've mapped each other's lips inside our minds. I could still feel the force of his skin pressing onto me. I was still in a daze as if everything that had happened was just a dream, I couldn't believe it!

We had decided to go on a date after classes were over, although he had persisted in making me take the whole day off, I couldn't possibly do that. Not because I loved to study or anything like that, but simply because of the condition at home. My father was long gone and what we survived on was his insurance money, even my college fee was paid from it.

"I really wanted to go," I said to myself walking through the college corridors.

As I walked down the hallway I couldn't believe all this was happening, I daydreamed about things I wanted to do with him.

There came a point when my train of thoughts was broken, not by some noise but the absolute silence around me. I looked around and found myself alone, as if everyone else was hiding somewhere trying to play a prank on me. For a moment I thought maybe I accidentally forgot a holiday and came to school.

"Hello?" I called out, the words echoed throughout the place.

Around this time the hallway was often filled with the high pitch laughter and chatter of the students either walking from one class to another or simply roaming the campus trying to avoid getting caught skipping lectures. Silence was an unknown territory for this place; it felt unnatural and somewhat creepy.

"Where is everyone?" I asked myself.

I started walking in the direction of my first class wondering if anyone was in there, if nobody was actually around I wanted to make sure before leaving.

As I pushed open my class door, I felt something flowing around my shoes. It was bright and thick with a crimson red glow.

Inside the room there was something I never would have imagined. A sea of blood with bodies piled over each other. Some cut in half, the others crashed onto the floor, guts and brains were smeared all over the place, even the white walls had been painted deep red, the deep red bones seemed unreal.

No, this couldn't be real, Nonononono...

I took a deep breath and backed away, slowly walking towards the exit.

This was a dream all I needed to do was walk away.

This isn't real I told myself, how could it be?

Simply walk away from it, if you didn't see it, it didn't happen. Just like when a tree doesn't make noise as it falls when there's no one around to listen to it. Maybe if I just walked away. I fed on lies. I told myself, it wasn't simple hysteria, I had reason to believe it was all just a lie. I remembered the face of my mother and her nonsense babble.

Mom has schizophrenia, maybe I do too?

I was at a point where having a mental disorder seemed more likely than what was right in front of my eyes. But I didn't care about it at all. Just walk through the exit and forget about it all.

Maybe I can go on a date with Arthur then. I told myself.

A few steps away from the exit, my hopes were shattered.

I saw it, it came down flying from somewhere.

It had the body of a human, it's eyes golden brown, it's skin as dark as coal. It even had just as ominous winds on it's back and with a goat's face with huge horns it looked like the incarnation of a devil.

I wasn't sure what was happening anymore, I froze in fear unsure if the beast would move from the slightest hint of movement. It looked straight at me and screeched like an air horn. I felt the need to plug my ears, but I didn't want to risk moving at all. But as it started charging in my direction I felt someone grabbing my hands and rushing me to the side. They led me to the end of the hallway where we entered the ground floor's girl's toilet.

"Linda, Linda," I felt a tight slap on my face before I could even make any sense of the situation.

'Wa-wai-wait, "I grabbed onto the person's shoulders bursting into tears before my knees gave in, and I fell on the ground.

" Linda, it's me Sasha," as I heard her name I looked up and sure enough it was her.

I wasn't sure what had happened to me, but I felt so much better knowing she was here.

"Thank you, " I said, grabbing her hands tightly. I burst into tears once again.