Short Story: Pitch
Black is The Colour of My Life.
It
was a dark, rainy day. Lina was walking alone along the road. She was sad and
crying. Suddenly, a men appeared out of nowhere. He looked alien-ish and quite
scary. She cried even more as the man approaches. Unexpectedly, the man kissed
her. She asked with her sobbing eyes annoyed, “Dude, why did you kiss me?” He
replied, “I’m sorry, but you look like my late wife.” Feeling extra annoyed,
Lina said, “That’s not a reason to kiss a random women and this is weird!” And
she walked away wiping her tears off her hazel-coloured eyes. The man didn’t
gave up, instead he started to chase after her. As the man clasped Lina from
behind, bewildered Lina asked, “Why are you doing this? You are going to regret
this!” She said that and turned around to face him simultaneously.
He
was petrified as he saw Lina’s eyes pouring blood. As he tried not to scream
his heart out, he realised some odd changes in her face and hair. She was
turning into MEDUSA! The next thing Lina knows, the man fell unconsciously on
the street. As Lina smirked and started to make her move, a luxurious car
slowed down by her. Unexpectedly, a voluptuous women stepped out of the car and
started to snap some pictures of the scene. “Ring! Ring” She heard a familiar
sound. It was the alarm. She woke up with a discombobulated mind, thinking of
the delirious dream she had. Next thing she knows, she ended up in front of the
dream interpreter’s doorsteps. After she explained everything about the dream,
the dream interpreter looked at her as if she was a bedlamite. In a joking
manner, he said, “Are you really sure it was a dream?” Lina was confused than
ever.
“CUT!!” The director shrilled,
sitting cozily in his chair. Lina got out from the shooting set and walk
towards her seat that was written ‘Medusa’ on it. As she flapped her hands in
the air to cool her down, the director offered her a drink. She gleefully
accepted the drink. A strange feeling grows in her heart, as if it was going to
burst. It was love! Sure it seemed that way. Love for the most successful,
caring and altruistic man she had ever seen. “Wait a minute! Why am I feeling
all woozy?” a small voice inside her head asked her. She started to waver.
There was no one around except for the director, who was miles away from her.
Unless he’s Mister Fantastic from the Fantastic Four, there is no way he could
catch me before I fall off the chair. “That’s it! I’m going to taste the
floor!” Whoosh. Out of nowhere, a helping hand came to catch her just before
she fall off the chair. She looked up and it was her co-actor, Matthew. He looked
rather attractive without his alien-ish make up. He gently bought her to a
room, kindly settled her on the couch to rest and left.
She slowly fluttered open her eyes.
It was not a familiar sight. Bright light blared through the side window.
“Where on earth am I?” she sighed. The place smelled like chocolate chip
cookies, which she liked. She gently got up from the velvet-coloured couch and
searched for her belongings. No sign of them, not even her precious smartphone.
She felt as if the world is crashing down on her. “That’s it. I’m lost and
doomed. I’m probably dead!” she whined. She kept on whining, thinking of the
worst possibilities. All of a sudden, she heard small footsteps coming down the
stairs. She stopped whining and turned her gaze towards the stairs. An adorable
small boy came down the stairs and stopped abruptly in front of her. Eating his
chocolate chip cookie and holding his Captain America action figure, the boy
asked plainly, “Who are you? What are you doing in my house?” She asked the
little boy, “I’m Melina and are there any adults in here, your mom perhaps?”
Taking a bite of his chocolate chip cookie, the little boy called out his mom.
His mom, quite a humble-looking
lady, rushed out of the kitchen. Looking surprised, the lady said with such a
pleasant voice, “Beautiful Melina dear, how you have been? It’s a shame really
that we are living right next to each other but, I barely see you!” Melina went
speechless, because she had no memory of this humble lady who claims to be her
neighbour. With an awkward smile, she nodded. The neighbour lady disappeared
into the kitchen. Melina spaced out and snapped back to reality when the lady
reappeared with a tray in her hand, filled with teapot, teacups, and some
chocolate chip cookies. She could really use some tea right now. And cookies
too! Sipping her tea, Melina explained everything from feeling woozy after a
drink at the shooting studio up till her gaining consciousness in the couch
where they are sitting right now.
After
listening thoughtfully to Melina, the neighbour lady said, “Well, I don’t know
either how did you ended up here but as I told you, your house is right next to
mine and I think it’s better for you to make a move because your husband will
be coming home anytime now.” She said that in one breath. Melina politely got
up from couch and made her move. Upon reaching the front door of her, claimed
to be neighbour’s house, she paused and felt as if something was wrong. She
looked down her fingers and spotted a shiny pink diamond ring, “Wait! I’m
married?” With a moaning sound, she fell unconscious on the floor, again. And
this time she really did tasted the floor. Dust and dirt.
“Poor girl, the anti-ageing pill is
affecting her memory,” It was the neighbour lady. That was the last thing
Melina heard and everything went pitch black.
