| As a preface, I am writing this for myself, have been carrying it around for a while now and its time to get it out lol............. it does contain beasty eventually This is going to be a Loooooong story. A love story too Locking the car she glances around her. There is not another person in sight and she gives a thankful sigh. Taking another breath she notices how wonderful the cool crisp air tastes and how the ground looks as if littered with a million crystals as the sun strengthens to shine down over the dew covered grass.She mentally runs throught the checklist....water, phone, book, blanket, smokes,chocolate,sunglasses and unzipping the backpack she slips in her keys. She closes it back up and slips it on to her back. Looking down at her watch she sees that its 6.30am and she better get going.Stepping into the cool darkness of the forest snaps her in to a totally different world. She had been looking forward to visiting the rainforest and mountains again for a long long few months. How can life rollercoaster from great to grim on a daily occurance and ANYONE expect to stay sane! The stress of the last months had dragged her down into a deeper depression than she had felt in ages, she knew that getting away was the only way she was going to face going back to work tomorrow. "ENOUGH!!" she silently screams at herself. "No work, no home,no ex, no parents, no human beings, no nothing here now but me and 10 hours of freedom and ME time!" realising she said the last statement out loud, she turns around and smiles when she remembers hers was the only car in the park and she is 100% totally alone. Her smile widens and she turns back to the track and begins to follow its path deeper into the woods, heading for her favorite place in the world. Soon she is lost in her thoughts, confident that though a while since she has walked this track,her feet know whereto go. She drifts with her random thoughts and sometimes frowns and sometimes smiles. She unconsciously begins to think about all those worries that she had banished back at the carpark finding they once again competing for attention and filling her mind with deafening chatter.Tears of frustration spring to her eyes and she takes deep filling breath, throws her head back and screams "F*CK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of her lungs to the universe. Silence surrounds her for a heartbeat, then off to the left she hears the crashing of a startled animal as it flees from her scream. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean you!" she calls to the no doubt terrified animal. Chuckling she turns around and realises that she is no longer on the path. Turning around again she looks back to where she came from and sees nothing but bushland. Was she that consumed by the voices that she stumbled off the track without even noticing? How long had she been tramping through the bush without noticing and not running in to a tree or worse off a cliff she wonders. Looks down at her watch and see's it is now 9.23 am and 3 hours since she left the car.Taking a deep breath again she lets it out slowly and controlled and fights to stay calm. "Remember that you are the one that never gets lost" she tells herself and starts to inspect her surrounding more closely. Ahead it looks like the land slopes upwards and she thinks the best thing would be to get high up and have a look around, so she sets off in that direction. Twenty minutes later she stops for a sip of water. Looking around she spies a fallen branch and soon makes it her seat. Taking off the backpack and unzipping it, she begins to feel around inside for the water bottle. Her hand touches her smokes and she pulls them out and lights one taking a deep drag of the deliciously poisonous smoke, gotta give that up too she thinks as she goes back to finding the water bottle. She feels the mobile and her heart beats faster as she looks to see if she has reception and can call for help. The phone blinks 'No Service' and she tries pointing it in different directions but its no use. Taking another drag of her cigarette, she finally reaches the water and takes a few deep sips. Suddenly she is overcome by the feeling she is being watched. She slowly screws the lid back on the water and places it back in the bag. Sitting up again she takes a drag on the smoke and tries to feel out the intruder. She senses it is beside and behind her about 5 meters away and its presence doesnt feel threatening. It may be just a kangaroo she thinks and casually continues smoking her cigarette until it is finished. Dropping it on the ground she steps deliberately on to it and crushes it out. She bends down and picks up her smokes and phone and puts them back in the backpack then stands as she slips it back on to her shoulders. The intruder moves in the undergrowth and she hears the snap of a twig. Her head swings in the direction of the sound but she can see nothing but the forest in the dappled sunlight. Fear starts creeping up her legs but she resists the urge to tear headlong away from the creature watching her and remains looking at the spot the noise came from. Peering harder into the gloom she tries to spy her watcher. She can see nothing but the trees and bushes and tries to feel again for any malicious intent but feels only curiosity from whatever it is. She steps over the log and continues to make her way up the mountain. Her ears, eyes and mind now 100% focused on her surroundings.TO BE CONTINUED.........Chapter two to follow after some sleep Nite all! *hugs* |
