The sound of the alarm ringing, while sending vibrations shuffling the phone on the nightstand. Amelia automatically winces at the noise that was her daily despair, causing her to groan in response. Her eyes which were once sealed, started to open by the slight light which penetrated it's way inside the room through the gaps of the blinds. The sound of stifled groans emitted around the room as Amelia released the stiffness in her body after a five hour sleep that was shortened due to binging of childhood movies. An exaggerated yawn escapes her mouth when bones in her body click as she stretches excessively in bed.
Her eyelids fluttered in the sunlight while her pupils dilated in order to adapt to the rays of light. Amelia's left arm lazily reaches towards the nightstand grabbing her phone to check the time with her visually impaired eyes. Amelia's eyes widen in realisation has alarm bells go off in her head, her focus diverts to the time on the phone showing the time is 08:25.
"Shit!" Amelia's voice croaks out in a sharp tone. She leaped out of her bed tangling her legs to the duvet causing her to hit straight on the wooden flooring. A painful cry takes the form of words. "Fu'aahh my life" A sudden adrenaline takes over, erasing the pain as she pulls her body up, dragging it to the bathroom.
~30 mins later~
"I'm so freaking late" a scream/cry for help exits Amelia's mouth as she tumbles her way down the stairs. At the same moment Amelia's mum walked towards the staircase which is placed in front of the house door.
"What on earth are you doing?" A confused glaze falling on to her. "I'm late" Amelia panicked trying to keep herself together. She wasn't scared of being late to school but she was scared of her homeroom teacher who takes delight in handing out hours worth of detention, like a person giving out candy on Halloween.
"Amelia, it's Saturday. Where are you going so early?" The woman that had given birth her laughed out with a slight curiosity. Time felt as though it had stopped, no movements or noises were heard in the house. The only sound that had kept Amelia slightly sane was the sound of the grand clocks ticking, however, Amelia's sanity was running thin as she wanted to curl up on the floor while having a meltdown.
Amelia's conscious decided to finally take over, making her stand up straight. " I knew that" she said placing her hair behind her ears. The shame had sunk in as she turned around and made her way back up to her room. Her mother's laughter could be heard echoing around the house which had ignited the curiosity of her father.
Knowing the curiosity of her father, Amelia ran back to her room, making sure not to slam the door, not wanting to receive more attention then she already had. Not wanting to face the embarrassment of her parents and her immature brother making her the laughing stock for the next 10 years she procrastinated whether she should get back into to bed and hibernate for the next 20 years or whether she should prepare for the humiliation by going on a run.
After finally deciding out which way would be the best way to postpone the humiliation, Amelia changed her clothes to gym trousers and a baggy black top, she grabbed her earphones and phone making her way to exit the house. While walking down the stairs she shouted "Mum I'm going for a run" and rushed out the door before any comments could meet her ears.
The forest at the back of the house had a short path towards Amelia's closest friends house, Amelia and her friends had used that path many times during their childhood that the map of the forest was engraved in their heads. Amelia made her way to the path entrance placing her earphones in listening to Lewis Capaldi 'someone you loved'. His voice could speak to souls and helped connect people to emotions they never realised were even there.
Running through the forest brought back past memories of her childhood, yet those memories brought back a strange feeling that she could never figure out. They were a bit blurry but she still had some recollection of her memories. Five minutes had passed and Amelia had stopped running and was moving on a slower pace as she tries to breathe air back into her lungs. Amelia's pace starts to move slower as the wind seemed to be against her as it slams against her body. Suddenly, a warm sensation filled Amelia, causing her heart to beat faster and her hand to start sweating. Before she could take another step Amelia's body had froze, as though her foot was stuck in the mud. The wind slammed once again against her body causing her to gasp out to nothing. The sound of her heart pounding seemed to echo around her, turning the music into a noise in the background.
People talk of having a flight or fight response but Amelia had neither. When her body had decided to unfreeze, she still couldn't seem to control her legs to move, instead her right hand reached towards her earphone, letting it dangle.
The sound of leaves crumpling on the ground were clear. Amelia's eyes rolled to the corner as though she could see a blur like figure walking towards her. The sound of the leaves crumpling moved closer, causing Amelia to snap back to reality and the sense of danger flooded her entire being. Her legs automatically started out in a sprint and heightening all her senses.
Amelia thought of how she wanted to die, but she never knew her own idiocy of running through the forest alone would be it. Her parents had always warned her to not enter the forest alone, yet here she way. If she survives, she wants to apologise for not listening but knows that she would not actually do it.
