I hear it, I hear his voice calling out my name. I was sober at this point, but I was unable to move, exhausted and completely drained. I was aware I'm lying on the floor and it's dark but there's light outside casting dim light from the windows.
The floor is dusty and each time I breathe dust get unsettled. After a few minutes of struggle and flipped over from lying on my face down to facing the ceiling, and everything is spinning. and this locked place has no fresh air and no sound of the living. I'm sure I heard my name? Again the question kept ringing in my head why am I here?
A few minutes passed by and I kept thinking about Allan, he is someone I'm trying to desperately forget. Yet he comes in my dreams, how pathetic.
"Nora, why are lying down on the floor, get up." it sounded like Allan, and I got a shiver. His voice sounded just like when we were in Mr. Finn's house, when I was stuck in that nightmare. It's been ages since he called me like that. Why would he be here, no no where am I ???
On the other end of the party Zuv starts to dance with Crystal and ends up drinking as she speaks her bond with the bride. Word by words she becomes closer to Zuv compared to before when he was just a guy she found interesting, Zuv enjoys his time with Crystal, and doesn't not checking up on Nora thinking that she has already slept and the door were secure. They both slept in the open air as with warm bedspread talking the night away. and around 3am his phone kept buzzing.
Nora was skeptical about why Allan was here, she slowly closed eyes as if she had fallen asleep. The voice was far away from her from the hallway but she couldn't makeout much about the layout as she turned up side. She waited, and there was no noise. That became more suspicious, how much ever had happened between Allan and Nora he would never let her keep lying on the floor. second by second she grew restless, being to scared to open her eyes. she finally decided to count 10 and at the end of it she decided to open her eyes.
10, she breathes shallowly, 9 she could feel her heart speeding, 8 she tells herself maybe it's nothing, 7 It might me someone sounding like Allan, 6 I'm in love so I'm misunderstanding, 5 her heart beat slows down, 4 her body relaxes, 3 I'm not heavy like before, 2 I just need to open my eyes , and finally 1
"I know you are awake!" Allan's voice was much closer as if it was right next to my face and this time wasn't soothing or gentle I opened my eyes startled.
It was Allan holding my hand and he had a worried look on his face,
"Maybe we should call a doctor.", Allan squeezes my hand as he spoke looking at the other side and I was sleeping on his lap.
Woah! what's happening why are here and where is here anyway?
I woke up holding my head in the other hand and sat with bright bulb staring at my eyes.
"What's going on?" I asked.
Zuv hugged from behind and spoke,
"Thank god, you are alright!"
"Huh?, yes" I paused thinking it was all a drunken mistake. Still I need explanation. aren't they being dramatic for a drunken friend.
"Here have some water" Crystal stepped in, cold faced Crystal also looks worried.
"What happened? You guys look worried." I asked.
"Nora that's what we wanted to ask. Why are you here and what happened." Zuv steps to the front.
I'm still that dusty place.
"Well I heard someone calling I followed them here I think? I'm not sure where we are." I tried to be vague not wanting to mention about unwanted details.
"Are you stupid, why would you follow someone here. You should have been careful" Zuv got worried.
"It's my fault I should have warned you about the house when you guys were living so close." Crystal spoke looking down on the floor.
"Yeah the house, it's weird I felt creeped out so I closed my eyes and when I opened my eyes you were all here. So I don't know much about what happened. You guys worry too much" I replied.
"You don't remember? Nora you were trying to kill yourself with that knife. If we even a minute late you would have been in great danger. You got lucky Allan came here and kept looking for you" Zuv spoke with a harsh tone. Crystal tried to pull him back,
"I will take Zuv for now, everyone is stressed out. And I have to prepare for the wedding. Take care and leave soon." Crystal took Zuv.
"I should have stayed with her," Zuv whispers holding back tears.
"It's not your fault" Crystal takes him away.
Now that it's just us and the had cleared I saw the knife with little blood on the floor and I can feel a little pain near my throat and my hand still kept safely by him. Haven't heard him talk since then,
"Let's go?" I asked even though I wasn't able digest the fact that I tried to kill myself because of a house.
"It was me isn't it? The one you saw calling." He asked even his voice sounded different things keep happening and yet we feel so distant. I didn't want to admit but what's the point in hiding,
"Yes, I was drunk I just followed." I spoke hesitantly.
"Please wear the ring, I couldn't find you this time, you had left the ring on the table. The dimension is destroyed but the ring has special powers, we still need to wear it." Allan stood up holding hand softly.
"OK" that's all I could say, scared to put pride over life. Love too much to hate seeing him sad.
We left the place, I didn't even look at it I just focused on our hands.