My eyes are closed.
But i am awake.
I am alive.
But i don’t move.
I don’t breath.
I don’t speak.
Maybe he won’t see me.
I try not to cry.
I keep my face hidden.
I play dead.
But not everyone around me.
Not seth, My boyfriend.
He lies lifeless besides me.
Not Mia, My cousin.
Whose terror struck face is frozen,
As it had been since the bullet hit her.
I hold my breath as he passes me.
I close my eyes,
And i pray.
A tear escapes my eye.
My heart stops when he slows where i am crammed under the dirty gum covered bus seat.
I shut my eyes tighter and don’t move a inch.
Finally he moves on to the back of the bus.
I open my eyes slightly.
I catch sight of Tara.
She has her phone.
She is alive.
She is calling the police.
But she is stupid as well.
He sees her.
I close my eyes.
Then i hear the loud bang of the bullet.
Following her ear piercing scream.
Now they are all dead.
I don’t see his smile,
But more of sense it.
It sends chills down my back.
He turns.
He is leaving.
I’m going to live.
Then my phone goes off.
He stops dead.
I curse myself for not turning it off.
I’m going to die.
Oh my god.
I am going to die.
I don’t fight the tears that rush down my face.
He stops on my row.
He is right in front of me.
Looking down at me.
I’m done.
All because of this dumb phone.
Seths blood covers me
I thought hopefully from a distance it would look like my own.
But not up close.
I wait for the bullet.
I wait for the pain.
I wait for the end.
I wait.
And wait.
And wait.
Nothing.
Nothing happens.
I calm down a little when a shoe slams down right next to me causing me to scream.
I am going to die.
I turn around and face my killer.
Then the sharp sound of the bullet rings throw the bus.
And it all goes black.