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Dulces Sueños (Sweet Dreams) | An original romance & suspense story by @ilazramusic | First Chapter, First Part: "Don't Fall Asleep" |

ilazraPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago10 min read

First chapter, first part: "Don't fall asleep"

For a better reading experience, you can play the song in the video that I put at the end of the post

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Hi, my name is Lolah Yordanov, a beautiful girl of twenty years and three months old, I've always been a person with a lot of energy although by the eternal dark circles around my eyes, my broken voice and my notorious daily heaviness you may think that I'm kidding. I've always loved to go out to dance or walk and enjoy the nightlife in the city, but I have a small problem...

This is my story.

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"Wake up please, wake up; damn Lolah wake up!"

sudden silence

— WAKE UP! — I heard those words on the edge of my ear.

I opened my eyes really fast, I felt that my heart was going to burst out of my chest and there, lying in my bed I knew that the game was starting once again... another day, another challenge.

2:00 o' clock in the morning marked that old clock that was hanging on the wall.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock" — it sounded really disturbing and creepy.

I remember that day I couldn't —and didn't want to— fall asleep again because another nightmare made me woke up and made me feel my soul so cold and scared that the little energy that I could grab to get out of bed and go to the kitchen led me to prepare me three cups of coffee; I preferred to deal with tachycardia than with him again.

Although, thinking about it, let's go to the beginning of this day, You won't understand for the moment what I mean unless I tell you everything from the beginning.

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— Alright! Today I felt it's a good day to go for a walk — I said to myself with enough energy and good mood.

I grabbed my white sneakers, my black leggins, my black crop-top and a red plaid shirt opened to the buttons of the waist, tug and tied inside the leggins, a black coffee without sugar to get enough energy and my favorite book (which I had already read about six times but I always picked it up and start to read it again), I was ready.

— Hey Lolah! Good Morning! How you doing? — I heard a voice with a lot of energy in my building's hallway.

It was my neighbor David; he's my next door neighbor, I think he likes me or feels some kind of attraction for me because he's always waiting and looking in his door, I usually see his shadow behind the door or even sometimes he stops the door of his apartment when he hears that I'm at home until I open my door to say good morning, good afternoon, etc.

— Hi Dave, I'm really relaxed, a little bit exhausted, like usual, although today I'll go for a walk because it's being days since I don't go out and I think I need a bit of fresh air — I said while smiling kindly.

— Excuse me if I'm being rude, but can I go out with you today? — He asked as he grabbed his jean jacket.

— No, sorry, but I'm in a hurry — I answered quickly and left.

The streets were beautiful that day, the sun was shinier and brighter than ever, the sky was so beautifully blue and a slight discoloration could be seen in it because the clouds, that day didn't come out so dense. I walked to my favorite park where I always sit and read while I listening to music, I really didn't know what song to play because my mood at that time wasn't the best, I had a break up on a relation a few months ago but I really didn't want to start a funeral mood in that early hours in the morning.

I looked at my watch and it was 8:23 am, it took around 5 and 10 minutes to get to the park.

As usual I sat reading on a wooden bench in the middle of the park, because that is one of my favorite places despite being so close to a playground. I heard the laughter of the children, the angry mothers scolding them for running away, you know, the usual.

— You're going to hurt yourself, fuck! — I heard a lady yelling at the child.

And indeed, he fell and the kid started crying; I must admit it, that child did cry in a very noisy way, however, I ignored it because I turned on my Ipod and click play to a good house song to enter in the mood.

— Are you having fun? — I heard like a whisper from a person I felt on my back.

I turned and there was nobody.

I think it was just my imagination — I said, thinking aloud.

— Now you're going to ignore me all day, right? — I heard the same voice again, but this time a little more firmly and with an ironic tone.

I took off my headphones to see if someone was trolling me or I was just getting so far and so deep into the book that I was starting to lose my mind. Yes... it must be that.

— Lolah, come and play, come and sleep for a while. I want to see you — "he" said...

I was silent at once, very uncomfortably... my heart stopped for a moment and I swallowed a lump in my throat, I became cold with fear and my hands started to tremble.

— I didn't hear anything, I'll continue with what I was doing — I said slightly frightened, thinking aloud.

"Please not now, not so early" — I thought.

A shiver was felt from the top of my head to the tip of my toes, I felt that I was beginning to sweat because I knew that things were going to start getting tense; Damn, Why it had to be so early! I was already happy that I had not yet a sudden encounter with "him".

But after that I didn't hear it again for a while, I was able to continue with my day, I even got to page sixty of my book and went to eat an ice-cream, I was able to calm down a bit.

That voice came from a "person" whom I have called Viktor. I hated that name so much that it was just the perfect one for "him".


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Viktor always wears a black suit with a red bowtie, but a shade of red that seems to have been bathed in blood to give it that degradation that makes it look like a gloomy redwine. Very tall, about a meter and ninety centimeters, I estimate, strong arms with very large and dominant hands, athlete's frame and a face which I never manage to detail with precision, or at least not at all because in some opportunities I've managed to see his eyes...

Yellow eyes like gold, always shining on those stormy nights where "he" plays with my desperation. His comfort zone is my subconscious, he lives inside my mind and I only get to "see" him when I go to sleep. Although this "casual encounter" with him doesn't happen to me all the time... it only happens when I sleep very deeply.

His voice could be considered as that of a baritone with a dark birght even more serious than it should have, very deep, mocking and stormy. He's always smiling and his teeth are damn perfect because the silhouette of that smile always adorns my deepest nightmares where I usually suffer on a scale that depends on how much lack of sleep I've accumulated...

I could never forget that damn smile.

You don't know how horrible it's to hear him whispering "Lolah, I came to play, are we going to have fun today?" Like a sadistic hunter stalking his victim preparing to deliver the death blow. The problem is that he never murders me; He always tortures me in very particular ways and makes me feel every damn wound in the depths of my being and knows when I can or can't wake up easily, it's just a damn monster. The pain is indescribable and in addition it's so real, that I think when I wake up I can't feel anything anymore, my skin doesn't feel anything from that point on.
6 hours later

— Well, today I had an excellent day, although I'm too exhausted, I think I'll sit back and watch TV, let's see if there's something good to watch this time — I said loudly with a rather heavy voice.

— Did you miss me? — I heard a voice from the kitchen.

— Viktor, please, not today, have mercy on me, I want to rest, please — I said with a broken voice.

— Depends, today I'm in the mood to play, don't you? — he asked laughing loudly.

— Bah! today I'm not so sleepy, you can't do anything to me tonight — I said with a little confidence and firmness.

— We'll see, here I'll wait for you, my dear! — he exclaimed with a Machiavellian tone.

I began to feel heavy my eyelids...

But no...

I couldn't sleep.

"Don't fall asleep... don't fall asleep... please Lolah, don't fall asleep!" — I thought.

My eyes couldn't stand anymore, I should sleep.

— You don't...
Sudden silence

I opened my eyes and I was in my room, it was illuminated with a small lamp that I always have on the shelf next to my bed, apparently everything was fine.

— What a relief — I said out loud and sighed.

— It was a quick dream, what a relief — I said with a faint voice.

But when I grabbed my blanket I felt something move in my bed...

I didn't want to turn around, I kept repeating every moment that I didn't turn around, that I just ignored everything I felt and I remained silent for a moment.
Total silence

The noise of the neighbors wasn't heard; There were many things that makes me feel that something isn't well. I couldn't feel even the people walking in the floors of the building or on the sidewalks of my avenue nor the cars, nothing... I kept thinking for a moment and felt as if I wasn't at home although everything looked in order and there was nothing out of place.

And although my house was normal and as I had left it before going to sleep, I knew something was wrong and I don't know why I came up with the incredibly stupid idea of ​​turning around.
Sudden silence and suddenly...

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— Until you finally turn around, I missed you baby, hahaha!

— NOOOOOOOO! HELP M...!
Sudden silence and a sound of liquid spilling all over the floor....


For a better reading experience give play to the next video before starting to read

This video doesn't belong to me nor is it my own.

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Will be continued...

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