23th December 2008
Rainy
Dear Diary,
Today was a bad day especially since I need to visit the dentist to have my teeth checked right before Christmas Eve.
Even though I’m 16 now but, I still have the fear of entering the overly clean dentist office where the smell of rubbing alcohol lingered in the air. For some reason, I found that it does smell exactly like old people.
The room was filled with the high pitch noise of the drills as they were rotating at extremely high speed. What worse is that, those drills will be used on you later on. It was definitely scary!
I couldn’t remember what was done to me all the while when I was lying down there still, like a corpse. It’s more like I do not wish to remember what happen. Perhaps my mind does not want to get scarred so it did not record down this scary experience.
Of course, I wasn’t alone as I know that Darwin was right outside, waiting for me.
The exit of the dentist office seems like the staircase to the heaven where freedom is await for me
I pushed open the glass door, hoping to give a surprise to Darwin. But he was not there.
I looked around. Nothing was there except the rows of empty chairs and the reception desk was packing up.
“Where could he be?” I thought to myself.
I was the impatient type, so I called him instead since I don’t really like suspense and I rather get the information quick and accurate.
No matter how many times I called, there is no one picking up. I was worried as he promised me that he will be the first one I meet once I leave the dentist office.
Tons of questions and doubt flow into my minds, telling me whether he lying or he got into an accident.
I took the second option, as there is no way he could lie to me especially since he promised.
I ran out of the building.
What greeted me was the splashing sound of the rain, as if that there is someone dropping water balloon down from the roof. It was loud and I never expect that it’s would rain as heavy as this.
I couldn’t know what to do, maybe Darwin got caught in the rain and he was late as usual. Or maybe he fell while coming here since it was raining.
“Maybe he fell and he nearly got knocked down by a car since it was a heavy rain…”
“Maybe he got knocked down by a car and was lying somewhere…”
I couldn’t stop thinking of it. Images of him getting into more serious accidents start to surface to my mind one by one.
I can’t stop myself from feeling anxious about him. The next thing I did was to run out to search for him.
The next thing I remember was that I had run for hours under the heavy storm. My clothes were soaked down to my skin as the merciless rain slapped onto my body.
Passerbies were helpful as they offered me their umbrellas, but it was too late as I was already this wet.
Nothing feels worse than feeling this cold and lonely. My hearing was numbed by the heavy yet synchronized pitter patter noise.
Maybe this is what a Christmas should be, cold and lonely.
However, I wasn’t rewarded by finding him. He was nowhere to be found. Feeling disappointed, I headed home with my clothes soaked and my messy hair which stuck stubbornly onto my forehead.
In the noisy environment, the pleasant melody of my ringtone echoed through the house.
I picked up the phone.
“Sorry I was a little busy earlier…”
It was Darwin and hearing his words relieved me from all the anxious I felt earlier. He was safe at least.
I couldn’t know what to reply as I was both mentally and physically exhausted.
“It’s okay…” I replied automatically without any thinking.
“Tomorrow is Christmas Eve right?” He added
“Yup…” I replied happily as he was about to ask me out on this holy day.
“How about meeting at our usual spot tomorrow at 4pm? Of course surprise me with your best attire” he added
He was definitely asking me out! I was so happy since this is the first time someone asked me out during Christmas Eve.
The conversation ended but my enthusiasm for tomorrow hasn’t.
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