She kicks away her heels and drops on the couch beside me face flat on the cushion "I'm so tired and frustrated" Ronnie's life long dream had been to work in the innovative side of the tech department, she had pitched her ides severally to her boss Derek but he had refused her joining the tech department and had offered to buy her ideas on the condition that she never stops being his secretary "well that's what we get for being too good at our jobs" I say half joking. Ronnie had tried to sell out her ideas to other companies but Derek wouldn't let her saying that she was in breach of the company policy Clause 8.8 that workers couldn't share their ideas to other companies while working for N/A Innovation Inc. She had to pay for her mother's medical bills, her student loans and her brother's college tuition, so she couldn't leave the company without a plan. "Life's not fair!" she shouts. She plans to leave when she saves enough to start her own company and pursue her dream. "go take a bath, you'll feel better" " yes I think ill feel better after a refreshing hot bath. Then we'll watch a movie, romance, comedy anything to take us away from reality" she looks at me for approval I nod "then its settled well have movie night" she says walking into the other room "ill make popcorn" I shout "ok" she shouts back. I'm happy I met Ronnie she's like the sister I never had, we bonded well and it seamed like we had known each other for forever.
Ronnie comes out with a towel wrapped round her chest and hair, "I know we haven't seen lately because of the frequent business trips with my boss but I wanted to ask how have you been" "good" I reply "and your nightmares?" I pause at the sour subject, ever since my mom died I've been having these weird dreams but I didn't take it serious because I thought it was the trauma effect of loosing a loved one accoding to what my therapist had said, but recently these dreams had become worse but I didn't want to tell Ronnie, she would worry and at some point might even tell Dr Petras or my therapist. "I'm hardly having them" I lie, she gives me a long stare before she walks back into her room. I release the breath I was holding, Ronnie's really observant it was really hard to hide things around her. I arrange the plush pillows on the floor, I walk to the kitchen grabbing the bowl of popcorn and setting it on the counter, I quickly open the fridge scanning through its contents since I knew a bowl of popcorn couldn't satisfy us throughout the movie, I finally settle on a bag of chips, Doritos and two cans of drinks. I Ronnie's door open "can I choose today's movie" I hear her say as I shuffle through the fridge for a bottle of water, I smile one thing we had in common was our love for food "no!" I look over the counter to see her pouting "but you've picked movies for three consecutive movie nights, I deserve a say" she says protesting "please" she says looking at me with puppy dog eyes. I sigh finally giving in "ok" I was going to regret this, she finally turns off the lights with a smile to her face.
Few minutes later I'm wrapped in a blanket shivering not from cold but from fear, Ronnie was passed out beside me in deep slumber, safe to say I hated her, few minutes ago she was reassuring me that she would watch the whole movie even till the cast movie names appear, I was silly for falling for her persuasive words all over again. I had a knack for being invested in things till the end which included this horror movie. Finally the movie comes to an end, I look over my shoulder, how could the movie end with the spirit never being exorcised, I quickly move to turn on the lights, checking the time I rush to wake Ronnie up she slaps my hand away "leave me alone," she says swatting my hands away "Ronnie its 1:45, wake up and get your ass to bed" I would have left her to sleep in the living room but I was too scared to walk back to my room alone "I saw a text message from your boss" her body jerks up with speed, her hands going to her mouth to clean the little drool at the side of her mouth, she grabs her phone scanning through the contents "you lair!" a smile comes to my face "Is the movie over?" she pouts, I roll my eyes "I really wanted to watch that movie" "what's the use of suggesting movie night if you wouldn't even stay twenty minutes into the movie" I ask "bonding time duh" I sigh, I turn off the TV "lets just go to bed, tomorrows work and I have to see my boss ugly face" she yawns "you mean handsome" "well I wish he was ugly, his face just like his personality, at least ladies would think twice before fawning over him" I smile "tomorrow is Saturday, I finally say" getting up I follow closely behind her I quickly entered my room mouthing a good night which she responds back to.
"Iris" I hear my name being whispered, maybe it is my imagination, I open my eyes, I am in a dark forest, the fog is thick making it hard for me to see through the tress, where was I? "Iris" that is my mothers voice "Mom?" "Iris" I hear my name being called once again, I try to trace the source but it seamed like the voice was coming from everywhere, "mom where are you?" I run trying to find her but I end up running to a cliff, I stop myself, my legs almost giving way to falling off the cliff, "Iris" the voice intensifies, but it isn't my mothers voice anymore, so many voices calling my name, they are in my head, I am going crazy, I couldn't take the voices, they kept calling me "no I don't want to go" I cry out "I don't want to follow you" my body slowly drops to the floor as I use my hands to cover my ear but they're already in my head, suddenly everywhere goes silent, the hairs on my body stand, fear grips me, I turn round scanning my surroundings, I find myself walking upward towards a hill, I can see a castle up on the hill "Iris run" I hear my mothers voice once again "Iris run!" she screams I begin running away from the castle, I hear a loud growl, I feel its anger, its lets out a loud roar, adrenaline pumps through my body, my legs carrying me with speed I never thought I had, I make the mistake of turning back, I spot its red eyes, they were menacing today, I could feel that it liked the chase, I was the prey and it was the predator. My legs stumble and I end up falling, I could feel heavy breaths behind me I freeze my body unable to move, I slowly turn "please" I sob begging, am I kidding myself who was I to think I could reason with a beast. Its red eyes trained on me, its huge figure approached me, I slowly back away, my back hitting a tree trunk, I could only ever see its eyes which were blood red, the remaining of his body either shadowed or in a black hood. His hands grab my legs, pulling me towards him "found you" it says.