Wake up, Madison!
BY KAYLA STRATHEARN
A
group of friends were out
celebrating their high school
graduation. The ceremony, for all its tedious repetition, had been the most exciting moment of their lives. The dinner
after with their parents was also exciting because it was their first as high
school graduates. Madison went with
her friend Michael and Alex to the party while Gillian and Liz went in their
car. The house belonged to a rich
schoolmate and his parents who were
out for the weekend. It was a big three
story with gorgeous columns. Currently
dressed in a collage of trash littering
every surface.
was sitting on the patio of a cafe. Michael and Alex were next to her and
she had her backpack. Her attire didn't
look familiar
to her, and nor did her surroundings.
Then, all at once she forgot that
thought. Everything was normal and
fine. She was a college now and this
was their normal hangout spot. Gillian
and Liz came and joined them. Madison still couldn't shake the feeling that
things were not right so she excused
herself.
They stayed for a few hours and
partied with the rest of their graduated
class. It was safe to say that by then,
they shouldn't have
She made it
been driving. Michael
“She
as back to the apartlost the coin toss and
the tree rushed to ment, struggling to
was driving too fast
remember which key.
down the country road,
catch them from Upstairs, again she
the trees blurring tofelt like she was in a
their fall.”
gether behind the winstrangers'
home.
dows. Madison saw the
Things
were
not
curve first, but by the time she could
right. Then again something came and
say anything it was too late. They went
comforted her, persuading her to forget
through the guardrail, sailing down the
that feeling. Later that night, her
hill. She screamed as the tree rushed to
roommates Gillian and Liz, went to go
catch them from their fall. That's when
clubbing. They invited Michael and
darkness fell. Next thing she knew, she
Alex. It was a blast. That is, until she
screamed
was hit with the feeling so hard she
passed out.
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