Wow, I like this one a lot. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
“I’m very
sorry to tell you this, but you’re going to die tomorrow.” The words kept
repeating themselves in Amber’s head.
“W-what? Why?”
had been her response.
“We don’t
know when or how, but you were injected with a powerful virus that kills its
victims in a matter of days. When we tried to remove it, it didn’t work,” her
doctor had said sadly.
Well, it was
the day she was going to die. Amber had heard about this virus but had written
it off as a myth. It now came back to haunt her. She didn’t really know what to
do, so she just started her day. While she was getting ready, something donned
on her. She hadn’t used any of her three lies yet. Then she decided three
things: she was going to use all three lies today, she wasn’t going to tell
anyoneabout her death, and she was going to live her last day to its fullest.
Amber and
her mother usually chatted over breakfast and this morning, Amber made them
both a special breakfast. When her mother asked why, Amber just said, “Oh, I had
some extra time this morning and I felt like making this, so…yeah.” My first lie.
On her way
to work, she stopped at Starbucks and got her favorite drink and a cake pop.
Then she thought, Hey, why am I going to
work? It won’t matter if they fire me anyway. I’m going to have some fun!
She phoned
her best friend, “Hey Lauren!”
“Hi!”
“Do you want to hang out this
morning? I was thinking that we could walk around the mall and then have lunch.
I can even pick you up.”
“Sure, I can be ready in about 15
minutes.”
“Cool, see you then.”
The rest of Amber’s morning was
spent in distracted bliss. Then Lauren asked why she wasn’t at work, “Did you
get the day off?”
“Uh, yeah, I realized that we hadn’t
hung out in a while, so I called this morning and they let me.” My second lie.
After she dropped Lauren off, she
called her sister. Hailey was already married and had rambunctious three-year-old
twin boys who loved their aunt. Amber wanted to see them one last time. Hailey
said that they were free that afternoon and that they could meet her at a
playground. They had a wonderful time: they played tag, Amber pushed them on
the swings, and then they played tag again.
Amber realized that it was almost
evening and her time was running out. The
doctor never said when today I might die, it could be really soon. I need to
get home to see Dad!
When she got home, her dad was
about to go work on his Jeep.
“Hey Dad, would you mind if I
helped you out today, I don’t have anything else to do this afternoon.”
“Sure, quick and go change, I’ll be
in the garage when you’re ready.”
A few hours later, as she was washing
up for dinner, Amber started trembling. It
could happen any moment now. When she came out of the bathroom, her mom immediately
noticed her shaking and pale face. “Sweetheart, what’s wrong?”
Amber couldn’t stand it anymore,
and with tears rolling onto her cheeks, she shouted, “I’m going to die today!”
She ran to her mom who hugged her failing body. “The doctor said I had a deadly
virus and that this is my last day.”
Her mom gasped and also started
crying. Her dad walked in with a confused expression on his face, and her mom
related to him the dreadful news. They all broke down in tears in the middle of
the kitchen floor. After a few minutes, Amber stopped crying, feeling better
after telling her parents. But that didn’t last long, for now she felt weak and
dizzy. Still shaky, she laid down in her parent’s arms, “Bye Mom and Dad. I
love you. And don’t worry, I-I’m not af-fraid.” She smiled. She knew that they
knew that was not true, but maybe it would make them feel better. Amber felt
herself falling into darkness, and her last thought before being pulled into
the abyss of death was, My third lie.
Amber sat up with a start, her
heart pounding, and cold sweat covering her body. She then slowly lay back down
to catch her breath. Whew, it was just a
dream.
