Dory - Bernard J. (best books under 200 pages txt) 📗

Dory stepped away from her office in the third floor of the castle to rest her eyes and to feel the weather this afternoon. She adopted this habit after her return to the castle. She felt she needed to remind herself that she was not that superior to other people. There were greater thing in this world than living sucking monster at night. In her mind, she made the right call every time and she saved one life each time by doing this. She contemplated the sunset, the trees moving to the rhythm of the wind, and the green screen she could perceive with her red eyes. The birds did not pass unnoticed as well as big wild animals in this little forest. She concentrated hard enough to see a mother bird defended its children against a snake. The snake was the predator and predator did not always get their prey. Through her eyes she imagined her corpse on the ground living the normal specie to grow and to flourish. She might as well start doing it while she was alive. Her ten folding times pain stuck with her everyday from the moment she regained her way again during this eternity life. Life had meaning once more especially with her niece Jessica, her sister left in her care. She smiled. Her therapy worked every time and she would walk back to her office (Description). Dory entered the room and startled the moment she stepped in. Jessica stood in front of the window. Focus on the development of an event, she did not bother to look behind her shoulder.

"I lost another friend again aunty. To time. It is not fair. Is it wrong to want death? I meet countless great person every five decade. They touch my life or I touch theirs. At the end, They are gone and I am still here." Jessica, Dory niece started to question her worth like any other immortals and at her age she had right to the answers. Dory could not remember the last she saw Jessica in her office all grown up. The little girl she had the chance to raise had become a woman and her curiosity came with the age. Jessica was 30 years old for her appearance, but in reality she was 105 years old. Flawless skin, nice tint, Black hair, big grey eyes, flat nose, curvy mouth, long figure, and an amazing body. She worked out everyday and had a club to encourage everyone in town. Her passion was letters and she liked to read. Dory found her many times over in her office reading around the corner her books and more. She did it too at the library for children where she helped people in the town with their kids. She could find answers for everything, except for what she was. Jessica counted a century already but her immortal maturity just begun.

"No honey, but for us, we die at the time of our choosing. I am sorry about your friend. You will remember her always. Did you add her to your journal?" Dory tried to comfort her niece with some advices and this time she worried. Jessica kept watching the people mourned her and sent her to the other side. Sadness covered her face, and her need for answers kicked in.

"Of course and they will always be with me." Jessica turned around with her frustrated face toward Dory. She was putting order in her papers and she felt Jessica blood thrust for the first time. She quickly directed her attention to her. Jessica was not supposed to express her blood thirst. Dory looked at her and she saw her sister. Her eyebrows folded, her mouth tightened and her face cracked a little. "I wanna know why aunty. Why can we live that long? Why do we have to suffer that much? Why are we choose to live this life? Aunty it is time to tell me, don't you think?"

"Well, I suppose." Dory sighed hard and let the papers fell on the desk without concern of their importance. Her niece represented all for her, so she needs to trust her making the right decision after she knew the truth. "The truth, I did not agree with your mother to turn you into this being. Despite the fact you came to us dead. I refuse to give you this life."

The surprise in Jessica face was not unexpected and her frozen reaction in front of the desk and her aunty considered normal. Dory went to her book dorm and pressed on the cover. This key book left an opening with two albums, old album. She reached them, pulled them and show them to Jessica. She had not moved an inch for three long minutes. Life stopped for her the moment her aunty told her a truth she was unaware.

"What are those?" Jessica advanced slowly to grab one.

"This album is my Life and this album is yours. I am going to tell you who we are through my story. I hope you listen. Not everything will make sense at first." Dory unfolded her album and flipped the first page. The first picture appeared the school group in the year she attended high school with her best friend Gabrielle. The picture that followed was both of them in hugging for the end of their high school year, the last time they were together and happy.

"Who is she?" Jessica asked quickly pointing her to Dory in the picture.

"That is Gabrielle, she was my best friend. She was one of us at the beginning." Dory did not want to affect her judgement but Jessica asked for the truth. So she must be ready to hear the ugly ones as well.

"What happened?"

"I…killed...her to save someone." Dory memories rushed through her heads with a speed that her mind could only stay at that moment in time where her life changed for the first time. Jessica noticed the unnecessary pause and tried to wake her up, but at the contact of their hand, their minds synchronized and Dory memories flowed through her. Jessica found herself in Dory life in the day of her last school day.

In <...> town, each year, each June, at this point in time, between day 10 to 15, the town got crowdy and the street counted the right numbers of students and children from school. Children succeeded, grew, and changed class. Life continued yet some succeeded, grew, and moved on into reality. Dory and Gabrielle were ones of many who would meet reality after their last class at the Elementary high school. Happy, sure of themselves, and jumping of joy for their new short freedom. At that time, The same night of this day, everyone was getting ready to go to the parade. This parade usually fell in the same day school doors closed until August or September. The people celebrated the day of their savior, their hero, and some even say their God. The girls had plan to go with their boyfriends, but the guys screwed up in the last party they went. The girls heard about their excursion and their resolution was clear. So the girls dropped them hard before the whole school. Now, as usual, Dory and Gabrielle, inseparable as always, would attend the parade together without the boys.

"So do you know what you are going to put?" Gabrielle demanded Dory watching her thinking out loud.

"I will find something. Do not worry. I only hope we could find some boys to keep us company. It was always fun to have them close." Dory deduced answering to Gabrielle who at her turn was thinking.

"Yeah, it was great to have them around. Well, their loss. Anyway, the day is long we might find some new guys." Gabrielle just finished her sentence when a convertible red parked close to them on the street in front of Mrs. Delaine Coffeeshop. This Coffeeshop united everyone in town because it was the only one Coffeeshop that attracted even ants before, while, and after brewing. Marcus got down of the car and looked at Dory. Impossible to miss her, the beauty of her soul reflected out of her body.
"Hi. How are you?" Marcus caught Dory attention with a simple greeting and she heard him before he could finish.

"Hi, I am fine thank you." Dory smiled to him and aligned her fallen string hair behind her ears. She blushed as Marcus got close enough to hold her.

"Listen, we are new in town and we are visiting. We are thinking maybe you girls might help us better. What do you think?" for some reason, Dory could not refuse him his demands and Marcus got more attractive as their conversation grew.

"Maybe you guys should come to the parade later. The perfect moment for meeting the town will be there tonight." Gabrielle interrupted them in their connection and Marcus glimpsed at Master to see if everything would be fine to join the parade.

"Definitely, it might be much easier to meet the people in town. Where do you live now?" Dory peeked at Marcus with enthusiasm wishing for more than just a simple greeting from this sensible and handsome man.

"Would you girls mind accompanying us? It would be a great time to have some friends in town. You girls are fantastic. Accepting us will be more a pleasure for us than for you. What do you say?"

"Absolutely. We will be waiting for you at the end of the street down the church. Our house is at the end of the depth of the community. Do not be late." Gabrielle armed Dory and their back do the talking for them. Except it was impossible for them not look back at the guys.

Marcus and Master turned their car around and went on direction of the town castle, while the girls went down to the street close the church. A right turn and they walked to their house door. Dory picked up the mail and Gabrielle disappeared behind her door. Dory glimpsed behind her feeling the eyes of someone watching her, but the sensation faded as soon as she turned. She did not give that much importance and got into her house without much effort.

Dory and Jessica gasped together and released each other from their minds.

"I had no idea