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Staring At The Ceiling

Chapter Four “I Must Find Out!”

Ami suddenly woke up. She checked the clock. It was 4 A.M. She was feeling a bit thirsty, so she went to the kitchen for a glass of cold milk. She was on her way back when she heard something; something very, very low. Sleepy as she was, she didn’t care much; the girl was just about to close the door to her room, but she heard it again. This time she really wanted to find out what it was. Quiet! It stopped. She didn’t want to turn on the lights, as it would have blinded her. Suddenly, the strange noises started again, this time constantly. They were so low that Ami couldn’t tell were they were coming from. She went in the hall and looked around without a certain target. She finally figured out the source. The strange noises were coming from Yumi’s room. Extremely curious, Ami slowly opened the door. Yumi was whispering something through her sleep. The girl carefully walked over to her friend’s bed. She stood there looking at the sleeping girl who was saying something, mostly gibberish. But Ami distinctly heard the word “bull-skin” over and over again. Other than that, she understood nothing. And suddenly… “No…not you…anyone else…I don’t want to kill you! AMI!” “YUMI, WAKE UP!” Ami shouted shaking her and waking her up. Yumi did not fully realize she was awake and tried to break away from Ami’s embrace. “Yumi, it’s me” the girl said while holding her tighter. “Don’t be afraid. It was only a dream. You’re awake now. It’s all gone.” Yumi finally saw her friend’s face and started to cry on her shoulder, while Ami was hugging her and trying to calm her down. “There, there; it’s all over. You’re awake now and no one can hurt you.” At last, the purple-haired girl ceased her crying and started to take deep breaths to relax. “What’s with all these bad dreams, Yumi?” Ami started. “Just what are you watching on TV?” Yumi fully came back to her senses. She was now wide awake. “I barely watched TV these days and you know it.” “Well then, why do you have these sleeping troubles?” “I…I just don’t know…I…wait! Wait a minute! I think I know what it is. Ami, remember the song on that CD, the one I told you that I liked?” “Stairway To Heaven?” “Exactly. There is something about that song… something I cannot put my finger on. But I know that these nightmares and that song are somehow connected.” “How come? It’s just a song.” “No, it’s not” Yumi said with a low voice. “It’s something else. Remember how I told you I liked it even though it was the same as all the other songs? There is something in that certain song, something mysterious. Ami, that song has something deep in it. I can’t really explain, but, in my dream, I could clearly hear it in my head.” “Yumi…you’re scaring me” Ami said with a worried voice. “That song…those words…are not what they seem.” “Yumi…please stop” Ami said with a shivering voice as a tear came crawling down from her eye. But Yumi wasn’t even looking. “Its message…its message is not at all obvious, but that song says something else. It is like it’s calling for me. A voice is trying to tell me something. I just have to listen.” “No more, Yumi…” “I just have to listen carefully.” “Yumi…stop…” “Something is communicating…” “Yumi…” “I must find out!” “STOP IT!” Ami burst into tears. In that moment, Yumi realized that she freaked the girl out. “I’m sorry, Ami, I’m so sorry” Yumi said as she held her shaking friend tight. “I didn’t mean to…” Ami was crying in Yumi’s embrace and was terrified. Yumi didn’t realize it, but, when she told that story, her voice turned from worried into low, seriously frightful, almost devilish. This sudden change, the fact that the lights were still off, the story itself, even the strange look in Yumi’s eyes, all these factors scared poor Ami until she couldn’t take it. Now, she was trying to calm down in Yumi’s arms. “Yumi…” “Yes, Ami?” “May I sleep with you tonight?” “Of course, Ami. Anything you want.” “And promise me something.” “Anything.” “Never play that song again.” “But, Ami…” “Please. For me?” “Alright, Ami, I promise I will never play it again.”

As soon as Yumi woke up the next day, she went straight to the CD player, put her ultra-headphones on and played Stairway To Heaven. She was using her headphones partly to hear better, partly so Ami, who was preparing breakfast, wouldn’t hear her. If she wanted to find out more about the song she had to break the promise she made the night before. Just as she pressed play, she immediately shut it off and practically jumped right back in bed pretending to sleep, as she hears Ami’s footsteps and then the door handle. “Yumi, are you awake?” She opened up the curtains to let the sun shine the room up. As always, Yumi covered her face with the blanket. “Come on, Ami, just five more minutes…” “It’s a really beautiful day, Yumi; just feel the fresh air.” Saying this, Ami opened the window and summer’s scent came tumbling inside. “Come, Yumi, I made you breakfast.” Saying this, she was gone as quickly as she came in. “I’ll never have a chance to listen to that song with Ami around. There must be another way. But I can’t think of one on an empty stomach.” She got dressed, washed her face, brushed her teeth and joined Ami for a delicious meal. “You know, Ami, I’m really gonna miss London” Yumi said after breakfast. “But I thought you hated London; after all, you got sick because of the bad weather here and we had to postpone the trip back home.” “Yeah, I know. But it turned out alright in the end, didn’t it? After I got better, I really had a great time here.” “Yeah, me too. These were some really nice summer days, weren’t they? Tell me, what will you miss the most?” Yumi did not answer. At this point she wanted to change the subject. “By the way, Ami, I’m sorry for last night. I didn’t mean to scare you like that.” “Yeah, you got me really frightened; but, you know how I am, I get scared out of anything. Don’t worry, Yumi, after I got up this morning, I thought things over and I realized I was just plain silly.” “So, will you let me listen to Stairway again?” Yumi’s face lit up. “I know I promised, but…I wanna find out more about this song.” “Well, Yumi, you know a promise is a promise, but it’s only a song after all. However, I’ll only let you break the promise you made on two conditions. First, no more nightmares! I don’t wanna have to wake you up and calm you down again.” Ami didn’t want to admit it, but she had this inexplicable warm feeling inside when her friend started crying in her arms, when she truly felt that Yumi needed her to feel better, to drive away her fears. Usually she was the one who always found comfort in Yumi’s embrace whenever she was sad or worried. Now she understood how Yumi felt when this was happening. “Agreed. And what’s the second condition?” “The second condition is…I want to take part in this too” Ami said with a smirk on her face. “What do you mean?” “I want to help you in your research. Anything that you find out about the song, I want to know. I want to solve this thing along side you. Is it a deal?” “Alright, Ami, it’s a deal.”

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Staring At The Ceiling

Chapter Four “I Must Find Out!”

Ami suddenly woke up. She checked the clock. It was 4 A.M. She was feeling a bit thirsty, so she went to the kitchen for a glass of cold milk. She was on her way back when she heard something; something very, very low. Sleepy as she was, she didn’t care much; the girl was just about to close the door to her room, but she heard it again. This time she really wanted to find out what it was. Quiet! It stopped. She didn’t want to turn on the lights, as it would have blinded her. Suddenly, the strange noises started again, this time constantly. They were so low that Ami couldn’t tell were they were coming from. She went in the hall and looked around without a certain target. She finally figured out the source. The strange noises were coming from Yumi’s room. Extremely curious, Ami slowly opened the door. Yumi was whispering something through her sleep. The girl carefully walked over to her friend’s bed. She stood there looking at the sleeping girl who was saying something, mostly gibberish. But Ami distinctly heard the word “bull-skin” over and over again. Other than that, she understood nothing. And suddenly… “No…not you…anyone else…I don’t want to kill you! AMI!” “YUMI, WAKE UP!” Ami shouted shaking her and waking her up. Yumi did not fully realize she was awake and tried to break away from Ami’s embrace. “Yumi, it’s me” the girl said while holding her tighter. “Don’t be afraid. It was only a dream. You’re awake now. It’s all gone.” Yumi finally saw her friend’s face and started to cry on her shoulder, while Ami was hugging her and trying to calm her down. “There, there; it’s all over. You’re awake now and no one can hurt you.” At last, the purple-haired girl ceased her crying and started to take deep breaths to relax. “What’s with all these bad dreams, Yumi?” Ami started. “Just what are you watching on TV?” Yumi fully came back to her senses. She was now wide awake. “I barely watched TV these days and you know it.” “Well then, why do you have these sleeping troubles?” “I…I just don’t know…I…wait! Wait a minute! I think I know what it is. Ami, remember the song on that CD, the one I told you that I liked?” “Stairway To Heaven?” “Exactly. There is something about that song… something I cannot put my finger on. But I know that these nightmares and that song are somehow connected.” “How come? It’s just a song.” “No, it’s not” Yumi said with a low voice. “It’s something else. Remember how I told you I liked it even though it was the same as all the other songs? There is something in that certain song, something mysterious. Ami, that song has something deep in it. I can’t really explain, but, in my dream, I could clearly hear it in my head.” “Yumi…you’re scaring me” Ami said with a worried voice. “That song…those words…are not what they seem.” “Yumi…please stop” Ami said with a shivering voice as a tear came crawling down from her eye. But Yumi wasn’t even looking. “Its message…its message is not at all obvious, but that song says something else. It is like it’s calling for me. A voice is trying to tell me something. I just have to listen.” “No more, Yumi…” “I just have to listen carefully.” “Yumi…stop…” “Something is communicating…” “Yumi…” “I must find out!” “STOP IT!” Ami burst into tears. In that moment, Yumi realized that she freaked the girl out. “I’m sorry, Ami, I’m so sorry” Yumi said as she held her shaking friend tight. “I didn’t mean to…” Ami was crying in Yumi’s embrace and was terrified. Yumi didn’t realize it, but, when she told that story, her voice turned from worried into low, seriously frightful, almost devilish. This sudden change, the fact that the lights were still off, the story itself, even the strange look in Yumi’s eyes, all these factors scared poor Ami until she couldn’t take it. Now, she was trying to calm down in Yumi’s arms. “Yumi…” “Yes, Ami?” “May I sleep with you tonight?” “Of course, Ami. Anything you want.” “And promise me something.” “Anything.” “Never play that song again.” “But, Ami…” “Please. For me?” “Alright, Ami, I promise I will never play it again.”

As soon as Yumi woke up the next day, she went straight to the CD player, put her ultra-headphones on and played Stairway To Heaven. She was using her headphones partly to hear better, partly so Ami, who was preparing breakfast, wouldn’t hear her. If she wanted to find out more about the song she had to break the promise she made the night before. Just as she pressed play, she immediately shut it off and practically jumped right back in bed pretending to sleep, as she hears Ami’s footsteps and then the door handle. “Yumi, are you awake?” She opened up the curtains to let the sun shine the room up. As always, Yumi covered her face with the blanket. “Come on, Ami, just five more minutes…” “It’s a really beautiful day, Yumi; just feel the fresh air.” Saying this, Ami opened the window and summer’s scent came tumbling inside. “Come, Yumi, I made you breakfast.” Saying this, she was gone as quickly as she came in. “I’ll never have a chance to listen to that song with Ami around. There must be another way. But I can’t think of one on an empty stomach.” She got dressed, washed her face, brushed her teeth and joined Ami for a delicious meal. “You know, Ami, I’m really gonna miss London” Yumi said after breakfast. “But I thought you hated London; after all, you got sick because of the bad weather here and we had to postpone the trip back home.” “Yeah, I know. But it turned out alright in the end, didn’t it? After I got better, I really had a great time here.” “Yeah, me too. These were some really nice summer days, weren’t they? Tell me, what will you miss the most?” Yumi did not answer. At this point she wanted to change the subject. “By the way, Ami, I’m sorry for last night. I didn’t mean to scare you like that.” “Yeah, you got me really frightened; but, you know how I am, I get scared out of anything. Don’t worry, Yumi, after I got up this morning, I thought things over and I realized I was just plain silly.” “So, will you let me listen to Stairway again?” Yumi’s face lit up. “I know I promised, but…I wanna find out more about this song.” “Well, Yumi, you know a promise is a promise, but it’s only a song after all. However, I’ll only let you break the promise you made on two conditions. First, no more nightmares! I don’t wanna have to wake you up and calm you down again.” Ami didn’t want to admit it, but she had this inexplicable warm feeling inside when her friend started crying in her arms, when she truly felt that Yumi needed her to feel better, to drive away her fears. Usually she was the one who always found comfort in Yumi’s embrace whenever she was sad or worried. Now she understood how Yumi felt when this was happening. “Agreed. And what’s the second condition?” “The second condition is…I want to take part in this too” Ami said with a smirk on her face. “What do you mean?” “I want to help you in your research. Anything that you find out about the song, I want to know. I want to solve this thing along side you. Is it a deal?” “Alright, Ami, it’s a deal.”