The Premonition

I just could not concentrate. The slightest movement would throw me off my work. It was way past my work time and the stock of files on my desk just kept piling on. The 'tick-toc' coming from the wall clock felt like a time bomb, about to burst! And it actually did. The first 'burst' came from my boss's office. He was shouting at one of my colleagues and I knew in no time I would be standing in that room. I could feel the unpleasantness spread in my cubicle. The noises coming from the photocopy machines stopped. The droplets of water of my now luke cold water slipping down the side of the glass started making me nervous. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead sliding down the side of my visage.  The vibration of my phone made me jump in my seat and the screen flashed yet another missed call from my mother who I figured would be the second one to chide me for not telling her about my whereabouts. I'm not your regular stay at home kind of person and the constant outings made my mother paranoid and hence the calls, every hour, once my usual office hours are over. I was concentrating hard to put all the details I could in an SMS to my mother. Curse these phones for a word limit. The screaming stopped and for a moment so did my heart. I heard my boss call my name.

The 5 second walk to his office felt like an hour. I was already having a bad day and was ready for any punch he had to throw my way. Apparently the man was being shouted at because he made me stay up late for work that was not so important. Great! I cursed under my breath, packed my things and left. I was feeling a bit uneasy walking through the empty hallway of the office and what baffled me further was the uncanny breeze making my hair brush against my forehead within these closed 4 walls. Feeling as though someone was following me I came to an abrupt stop and quickly turned to find that the glass door that I had earlier locked, opening slowly and then slam shut with a violent jerk. Scared out of my wits I mindlessly began to press the elevator’s button wanting to get out of the building more than ever. Impatiently, I kept stealing glances at the elevator’s light that was moving at a painfully slow rate to reach the parking level. Watching that horror movie last night did not help my state as I stared at the elevator’s doors open, silently praying that there is no surprise waiting for me on the other side. I was partially relieved when I found myself standing in a vacant parking lot and my anxiousness grew as I approached my car. I suddenly came to a stop when an eerie breeze made the hair from my back fall on my shoulder as though someone rushed past by me. Immediately I dashed towards my car and heaved a sigh of relieve once I was seated in it with the seat belt on. Too scared to call mom because post her 7 missed calls, the message I was to send was still in my 'drafts' - I called my dad instead.

It was late so I wasn't expecting much traffic. I put the key in the ignition and the engine growled three times, 'feel again' by The Script was playing on my system. I set the back view mirror when it happened. On turning back my face turned as white as snow not being able to believe what sat in front of my eyes. Scared out of my wits I sat there frozen! I started to reach for the door handle but was paralyzed with my hand jammed in one place. My heart began to pump hard as if it would pop right out of my chest when the figure with the hollow eyes slowly began to scratch its long nails down my back. My 10:45 alarm went off and my phone began to violently vibrate. My eyes jerked open a second later to find my hands on the steering wheel and heavily breathing I realized that I had fallen asleep in my car. I turned around to check for reassurance and let out a breath I didn't know I was even holding and on turning my back my gaze fell upon the clock which read 10:44 when my car door creaked open. My eyes widened. My breathed hitched. I went numb.