SongbirdA Story by Katie .G.The songbird is what started it all. The songbird is what ended it all.I love it, I hate it. From beginning to end, and even in the middle he was there. (collection of short stories #1 )“You have two paths to choose from”, an old man said, “You can go up or down.”
I looked at him with puzzled eyes, and I immediately knew it was a dream. I’ve been having the same dream ever since I could remember. “Which one would you choose”, I asked. “Where ever the wind blows”, he said. That was a lot of help, I thought sarcastically, there was no wind blowing. I looked at the two stairs. First, I looked at the stairs leading up into the sky. Then, I looked at the stairs leading down into the ground. “There’s no wind”, I said. I felt sun shine hit my face. I thought I was burning, until I found out where I was. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I was in my bed and my curtains were pulled back. It was a nice sunny day and the sun was blazing hot. I got out of bed and looked into the mirror. When I looked into the mirror I seen a girl who had brown eyes, auburn hair, and freckles. A girl who was tall, slender, and looked about 18 years old, but was really 14. I looked at my room and it looked like a bomb went off..I heard my parents fighting from down stairs which wasn’t really a shock for me. My parents were always fighting about something. I was guessing it was because they were real opposites. My dad was a hippie and my mom was one of those smart, boring people. But that never really bother me. I walked down stairs with my guitar slung over my shoulder. My mom tells me I’m just like my father but I never did drugs or anything like that. But my thought I had. But I still wasn’t expecting this. were saying and I didn’t care what they were fighting about. My mom just looked at me and said “Get out.” “What”, I said. “You heard me”, she said “get out.” I looked at her kind of dumb founded. “Why”, I asked. “Relax man”, my dad said “She doesn’t have to go.” My mom ignored him and literally kicked me out before me or my dad could say anything else. I heard my parents fighting from inside the house, but I just kept on walking. I knew there was no place I could really go. As I was walking I felt this cool breeze. I thought that was weird because it was a really warm day. I looked up at the trees but they making any wind. Suddenly I heard this soft whistling sound. I looked up at the trees and seen this bird humming a tune. I was being paranoid again and I felt stupid because I was getting scared of nothing. I looked up again and the bird was gone, but the I still heard that same tune. I thought I was going mad and started running down the street but that tune would not get out of my head. I ran until I found an alley way and when I did I sat down and held the top of my head in both hands. I eventually fell asleep and started dreaming. I was running through the forest. I was running away from something and I tripped on something and fell on my face. I looked up and seen the two stairs again but this time the down stairs one was pulling me down. I tried grabbing on to a tree stump sticking out of the ground. When I thought was done for I seen an angel, it seemed to be coming towards me with arms wide open and it was shaking me saying “Wake up, wake up.” I screamed and my eyes fluttered open. This guy with blonde hair was hovering over me. I heard him saying something but I couldn’t make it out. He had his knee dug into my stomach so it made it hard to breathe. I think I muttered something like “Can’t breathe.” He immediately got off and I started gasping for air. I could finally breathe again. I looked at the blond guy and immediately I thought he looked like a pretty boy. He had long, blonde, curly hair and hazel eyes. He was one of those tall, dark, and hansom kind of guy. This man was the key to my dreams, my future, my band, and...He thought I was a guy. Damn that song bird. © 2012 Katie .G.Reviews
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