Part: 5

Zinnia POV:

I woke up and and flung my arms out to stretch, only to hit empty air. Groggily, I glanced about, noticing that not only was I alone, but that I was in my bed. When did I get here? I thought, my mind feeling hazy. Thinking back to when I could have possibly fallen asleep during the movie, I realized that Viaje must have carried me here. Getting up, I continued to stretch and yawn, but froze midway. Why is it still dark outside? I thought. Through muddled thoughts, I inspected my surroundings when my gaze fell upon the bathroom door. It was closed with a dull and yellowed luminescent glow that seeped out through the cracks. Feeling more at ease, I turned back towards the window. Furrowing my brow, something didn’t feel quit right. That’s when I noticed it… Although the streetlights were on, it casted ominous shadows in between the areas where the light couldn’t reach and within those shadows, stood at least two or three people and each and everyone of them were staring directly at me.

I wanted to scream, but no sound came out. Someone touched my arm and my eyes shot open. “Honey?” Viaje stared at me from across the table. “You alright?”

Befuddled by the scene before me, I studied my surroundings. “Wasn’t I just in…” my words lost as I dropped the spoonful of cereal back into the bowl, my appetite lost. When did I get here? Am I dreaming?

Viaje reached over and touched my hand, “I know you Don’t want too…” He said with a struggled expression on his face, as if he wasn’t sure how to say it. “…but we really should see a doctor.” Pulling his hand back and up in the air defensively, he hurriedly rushed on as if afraid of what I was going to say next. His gestures really confused me… Why is he acting this way? “You may be stressed…” He continued on “…from what happened last week and…”

I blinked in surprise, cutting him off. “Last week?”

“Y-yes…” He scratched his head with a helpless expression on his face. “I wanted to take you, but you kept refusing… remember?” He shook his head “…Even so… I think we should at least make sure you and the baby are alright.”

I nodded my head and touched my stomach. Not having any recollection, I felt very worried that I may have stressed myself out to the point of blacking out. I’m sure due to the pregnancy, weird stuff like this may continue to happen. I did research and seeing that a lot of pregnant women had crazy stories to tell, I wasn’t too alarmed by this, although nothing could prepare me for the experience.