My short story

Nu ska ni få läsa min novell som jag skrev i England. Vill bara först berätta, att den är inte färdigt bearbetad, jag skrev den på en dag, det är min första story ever (om man inte räknar med dem jag skrev när jag var typ 6-7 år), och jag skulle kunna göra den mycket bättre. Orsaken till att jag inte gör det är att den här delen kommer vara med i min längre berättelse (i alla fall ungefär), så jag kommer bearbeta den då istället. Ni får gärna säga vad ni tycker i alla fall. Enjoy!

Just playing

- And when you jumped at the end, it was perfect! The jury loved you!

This was the sixth time Rebecca said that. I had been on audition for a dance school in Stockholm today, and now my friend Rebecca and I were on the ferry on our way back home to Finland. I have to admit, that my audition went really well. Maybe even my best performance. Rebecca seemed to love telling me that, over and over again.

          We left our nice, little cabin to go outside since the weather was wonderful; the sun was shining high in the blue, cloudless sky, and it was very warm, although we were at sea. When we walked in the dark corridor, talking about our perfect day, we heard an awful noise. It sounded like somebody had pushed someone else through the wall. We looked at each other, and the expression on Rebecca's face told me that she was at least as scared as I was. Terror-stricken we crept towards the sound, curious and adventurous as we were.

          The noise came from one of the cabins, and very quietly, we approached the door.

- Do you understand?! If somebody finds out, we're both dead!

We looked at each other again, and now Rebecca's face was filled with even more terror. I think I saw some tears in her eyes, too. Suddenly, her eyes got wide open.

- The door is open, she whispered.

I slowly turned around, and she was right. You could see a small opening between the door and the frame. My heart was beating faster then ever before, when I very carefully opened the door.

          Rebecca followed close on my heels as I slowly walked into the dirty cabin. We could hear someone breathing heavily quite near us now, it sounded like someone was trying to say something.

- Don't try to throw the blame on someone else! I know exactly what happened and it's completely your fault! Now you have to pay for it and you'll do exactly what I tell you to do! Understand?!

I couldn't stand it anymore. I had to know what was going on. I glanced at Rebecca and then we continued into the room where the noise came from. There we found a giant man pressing another man against the wall, holding a knife against his neck. I screamed in terror when I realised that the red stain on the carpet was blood. The horrible man let go of the man when he heard us (me), turned around and in one second, his furious face expression had become a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

- Oh hello girls, don't look so frightened. We're just playing!

Suddenly I realised that we were in great danger. What had we done?!

- Ehm, we're sorry, I stammered, and then I dragged Rebecca with me out of the cabin.

          We ran to our own cabin, where we fell down on the bed and started crying. We sat there, hugging each other, for quite a while before we were able to talk. Rebecca was the first one to say something.

- What was that about?

- I can always imagine... But one thing's for sure; they weren't playing. 

I shuddered when I thought of all the things that man might have meant.

- What do we do now? Rebecca whispered.

I was silent before I answered.

- Forget this. We'll go outside to celebrate my audition.

We smiled at each other and started once again walking towards the deck.

          When we came to the door I told Rebecca that she could go outside while I bought some chocolate. Then I went to the tax free shop and bought white chocolate with blueberries, Rebecca's favourite.

          I couldn't fins Rebecca anywhere when I came outside. Then I heard her screaming my name...

- Rebeccaaaaaa!!!

I fell to the ground. I couldn't believe what I just had seen. The man with the knife had thrown Rebecca overboard. Please wake me up from this nightmare! I lay there unable to move. Inside my head I saw all the awesome memories I had with Rebecca... All the great things we had done, everything we had gone through together... The day we met in second grade... Our trip to Greece two years earlier... When we stood under that tree, swearing that we'd always be together...

          That's when I woke up. We would always be together. Not even death could tear us apart.

          I felt calmer than ever before as I walked to the edge, climbed up the railing and jumped.

The end!