text: Enzo A. Almario It's Not Me A Story Full of Mystery 
   
   
   Chapter 1 - A very bad dream  
   
  I was catching my breath after what my eyes just saw and decided to run into my room as fast as I can. I saw the whole thing how my best friend was killed. I cannot think of what to do next and I still do not know if the guy who killed my best friend knew that I was there watching.  
  I decided to call the emergency hotline 911 but I cannot find my phone. I might have dropped it out there. I do not know and I do not have the courage to look for it anymore.  
  I am scared as hell right now.  
  It is like I do not have the strength to move at the moment but I need to. The killer might be here somewhere looking for me.  
  I cannot relax. 
  I let out a deep quiet sigh and grabbed my keys and wallet before I opened the door.  
  I was shaking so much and breathing really hard.  
  I peeked out of my door to check the hallway.  
  My room is at the ninth floor and the elevator is way far from my room.  
  I closed my eyes to help me relax a little bit but it did not.  
  As I opened my eyes, I ran as fast as I can to reach the elevator. 
  I pressed the button of the elevator but unfortunately, the elevator is still at the ground floor.  
  I pressed it again and again until it reached the ninth floor where I am. 
  I was relieved when I entered the elevator knowing that I am safe already.  
  I pressed the ground floor 3 times and the button that closes the door.  
  I focused on the floor number that is flashed above the floor buttons on my right side.  
  My eyes widened as the door opened again. 
  Meaning there is someone who pressed the button outside the elevator. 
  The door opened and my heart started to thump a bit faster now.  
  No one was there. 
  No one pressed the button.  
  I reached for the button that closes the door quickly.  
  I was happy that the door closed on my first press which caused me to let out a loud sigh. 
  I was standing at the center of the elevator as hard as a rock like if I moved a bit, someone is going to stab me. 
  It is true, that is what I am feeling and I know that I will freak out if I do not get out of here right now.  
  I need to get out of here and ask for help.  
  My best friend is surely as cold as ice right now.  
  Tears fell from my eyes knowing that my most trusted person is murdered. 
  I don’t want to believe in what I have just witnessed. 
  No no. This is just a bad dream a very bad dream. 
  I snapped out of my thoughts when the door opened. 
  A man was standing in front of me. 
  “Miss, are you okay?” The man sounds concerned 
  I just closed my eyes and felt that tears streamed down my face. 
  I am so tired.  
  All I want to do right now is go to the police station to tell them that my best friend is upstairs, cold as ice. 
  “Argh!” The man screamed in agony 
  I opened my eyes slowly to check what happened to the man and I was breathing hard again. 
  I screamed when I saw the man in front of me fell down inside the elevator and saw a big axe on his back. 
  I ran towards the big automatic glass door of the condominium. When all of a sudden, someone grabbed my foot and fell down. 
  I know this will be the ending of my life. I will be stabbed to death too. 
  I was shocked that the man holding my foot is wearing a big bloody mask. It scared the shit out of me 
  I felt so weak that time but gave all of my might to kick his chest. 
  He fell back and was surely hurt. 
  I stood up and ran towards the automatic glass door. I ran as fast as I can into my car. 
  When I reached my car, I freaked out because my car key is not in my pocket. I kept looking for it. This is not happening! This cannot be fucking happening! I cannot lose my car key! I need to get the fuck out of here now! 
  I heard footsteps on the other side of my car. I was shaking too much and fell on the ground. 
  Footsteps approaching me was all I heard. 
  Yeah.  
  This is really it.  
  My death, my fate. 
  The man with the bloody mask is now standing in front of me holding a big axe that is on the back of the man he killed on the elevator. 
  “Please. Don’t kill me. Have mercy.” I said while crying. 
  He raised his axe and threw it to me. 
  “Nooooooo!!!” 
  I woke up with the sun’s ray touching my skin and tears streaming down my cheeks. 
  I felt so exhausted because of my dream and still cannot breathe normally. 
  I knew it! Everything was just a dream. A very bad dream. 
  What the? Where am I? This room seems familiar. This place is familiar. 
  I rolled over my bed and checked out the alarm clock beside me. It’s already ten o’clock in the morning so I decided to take a warm shower first before checking out where the hell am I at. 
  I wore the same attire since I don’t know where I really am. 
  I went outside the room then my dream flashed on my mind again and fell on the ground which made me scream at the top of my lungs. 
  “Oh my! What’s happening to you my Laura?” A familiar voice said in a very loud voice 
  Then everything went black. 
  “Wake up my Laura. Please wake up.” A woman said while shaking me 
  “Ugh. What happened? W-who are… Mom is that you?” I weakly said 
  “Yes my Laura. Sit up straight honey and drink some water.” 
  “Why am I here? Wha-what happened?” 
  “You fainted early today honey. You really should not skip meals Laura.” 
  “N-no. What am I doing here? This place is familiar. Why are we here? Why am I with you?” 
  “Me and your dad decided to move here at Oregon again for good.” 
  “What?!? How about my graduation? I need to be there! Where is my phone? I need to call Sherri and Jack right now!” 
  “Calm down honey. You need to take a rest first. Okay? Do not think too much. All you need to do is to calm down, relax and take a rest. Please? For mom?” 
  “Okay fine. Just give me my phone back. I need to tell Sherri, Jack and my friends!” 
  “Okay then. Just make sure that you would not stress yourself out. I almost forgot. You need to take this medicine. To lessen your nightmares” 
  “Thanks.” 
  I really cannot believe that we are here at Oregon again. After 10 or 11 years? Ugh. I dunno’ what happened. I do not even remember how I got here from New York. Ugh! This is not happening. Grr… 
  I went to my room still feeling a lil’ bit weak and sat on my bed. I checked out my phone and looked for Sherri’s number. 
  Into my surprise, Sherri’s number is not on my contacts and only my boyfriend’s number, my number, my dad’s number, my mom’s number and my brother’s number are saved on it. Shit. Did someone just touched my phone?!? Urgh. I wish I am still dreaming and all of these were part of my nightmare but it is not. I know I am already in reality. This is really happening. 
  I decided to take a bath into my old comfort room to relax. 
  While I was lying on the warm water of the bathtub, I keep on cursing my parents for deciding for me. I am already 18 years old. I can decide for myself! But still, I have so much respect for my parents. But this thing is way different. I am a thousand miles away from New York, from my condominium, from Sherri, from Jack and from everything. I hate it! 
  After taking a bath, I wore my violet lingerie that my boyfriend Jack gave me. Then blow-dried my hair. Still thinking why did they decided to live here again and what made them think of living here again. This is all shit. 
  I threw the medicine my mom gave me. I do not believe that it will help me from my nightmares. I am not a child anymore that they can easily fool. Urgh! 
  I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW! 
  After a couple of hours of cursing my parents and throwing things everywhere, I felt sleepy and weak again. So I decided to take a rest at around 2am and wished that I won’t have another nightmare. 
  “Where the hell are you going?!? We are both into this you bitch!” A familiar voice of a man shouting behind me 
   
   
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