Touch Me. Victory Storm
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Название: Touch Me
Автор: Victory Storm
Издательство: Tektime S.r.l.s.
Жанр: Детская проза
isbn: 9788835430711
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- What do you mean by that?
- For years you have asked to be beautiful, to have a boyfriend, to have friends, to graduate... You have often been granted, but you have been self-sabotaging because you did not believe enough in your abilities. You had few but good opportunities to change, but you always turned away. Well, this time it's not going to happen, because what you want is going to come at you so hard that you won't be able to run away.
- Should I be afraid? I asked, trying to hide the rising anxiety that was twisting my stomach.
- I don't think you will die in the accident.
- What accident? Kira, Alice and I shouted in unison.
- It doesn't say it.
- Grandma, you can't scare me by telling me about an accident and then not say anything else.
- You're the one who wanted to change!
- Yes, change, not kill someone or break my neck somewhere! I exploded, already seeing myself behind bars or in a wheelchair all my life.
- I don't think anything like that will happen, but...
- But?
- Someone is going to get hurt, that's for sure. It's obvious, my grandmother explained with a shrug. I hated how tactless she was in some situations.
- Please, ma'am, the cards must say something else!
- Oh yes, they do! Felicity, keep studying like that and you'll graduate without any problems! You'll have an internship too, where you can show your talent.
- But what does it matter about my degree and my internship now? I got angry.
- It matters to me. Since I'm paying for your education! Of all the damn brains here, you're the only one who can fulfill my dream of having a granddaughter graduate. I've invested a lot in you and will continue to do so, if you promise me that you will work hard.
- If I don't die first at least.
- You won't. The cards say you'll have two cats later.
- Perfect... Old maid and cat lady!
- It's a prejudice without foundation.
- Is there any way to avoid this accident? Kira tried, determined not to give up.
- Of course there is!
- And which one? exclaimed my two friends in chorus, full of hope.
- Don't cross the street until you've checked it's clear, don't take candy from strangers, don't walk on rooftops...
- Yes, but apart from that? Alice became impatient with all these obvious facts.
- Start living and savoring every moment.”
3
FELICITY
“ - Please stop checking that horoscope every three seconds! said an exasperated Alice as she put on her shoes and jacket.
- Just one more minute, I replied irritably, going to read the second horoscope.
- Have you seen what time it is at least?
I looked up.
- Shit! I screamed as I realized I only had twenty minutes left before my economics class. And I was still in my pajamas!
- You're wasting your life with these shitty horoscopes,” Alice continued as she picked up her books and left the room.
I huffed nervously.
It had been two weeks since my grandmother told me I would have an accident.
From that day on, I relied on horoscopes and read at least five a day to be safe, before running to class.
But that morning, I had gotten up late and read about a Saturn-Mars squaring that alerted me and made me waste time.
I hurriedly got dressed without taking a shower.
I grabbed my laptop and headed outside.
The college was a fifteen-minute walk away, so I walked quickly, but without taking my eyes off my phone screen, to finish reading the horoscopes.
I was almost there when I read the last one: “Due to Saturn squaring, watch out for accidents”.
Accidents !
That word literally paralyzed me.
I couldn't breathe and my legs began to shake with fear.
I looked down at my feet and saw that I was standing on a patch of ice that had formed from a water leak and the icy wind that had been blowing all night.
So this would be my accident? Slipping on the ice and falling and breaking God knows what?
Determined to save myself from this prophecy, I walked slowly, when a noise suddenly caught my attention.
I turned around and realized that I had stopped in the middle of the road, right in the path of a motorcycle that was coming towards me at full speed.
I stood still, my heart pounding, unable to react to the inevitable crash, as the surprised driver slammed on the brakes, but the ice prevented the tires from sticking.
Now close to the impact, he only had to steer violently to avoid me, leaning to one side to the point of losing control of the vehicle, which ended up against a lamppost, and that the boy fell to the ground and rolled for several meters before stopping.
Oh my God! What have I done? I've... I've killed a man!
Despite the fear that had short-circuited my brain, I felt a surge of adrenaline that sent me running toward the biker lying motionless on the ground.
I was near him in a few seconds.
I touched him and tried to look at his face, but it was hidden by the helmet.
I slowly lifted the broken visor and saw two eyes as black as the leather suit he was wearing.
They were groggy but looking at me, even though it was clear that this boy was almost unconscious.
I immediately called an ambulance and tried to talk to him, but I saw blood dripping from a large tear in the sleeve of his leather jacket.
“ Are you hurt, are you okay? Can you hear me? What is your name? I repeated this several times, trying to keep him awake.
- Ryo, he murmured with difficulty after a moment.