October

October

Jennifer stopped running through the forest after doing so for what

seemed like eternity. She had no idea where she was, why she was here, or who

was chasing her. All she knew was that running for so long of a time made her

very hungry. Desperately, she looked around for something to eat, and her eyes

settled on a tall apple tree. Jennifer picked a couple and ate them as she

leaned against a maple tree while watching mother nature take its course.

She could see the sun was setting through the bright red leaves of the

forest trees. It was a cold October evening - so cold that she could see the

white puffs of steam coming out of her mouth. Soon it would be nighttime. That

meant that the temperature would fall so dramatically that she might get

hypothermia. Thus, she gathered up numerous dead brown leaves among the forest

floor and pushed them all over her body as she lay down on the cold black dirt.

Jennifer became worried that "the man" or one of his "best friends"

would find her. What would she do? She began searching for something sharp -

like a twig or a stone. Her hand enclosed on a smooth metal oval-shaped rock.

Then, she remembered that it was a swiss army knife which she stole from the

house as she made her escape. After shrugging off practicing how to use the

knife, Jennifer concluded that when the time came, she would know how to use it.

Being thoroughly exhausted did not ameliorate her survival instinct. She began

to become indifferent to her anxieties and needs. Finally, the silent sinister

hand of sleep had stricken her.

She dreamed about the past; how she got here. She relived all the major

milestones that happened in her life. She dreamt that when she was in high

school, her mother got into a car accident and died, in October. She dreamt her

father exploding and being constantly angry, in October. She dreamt of after not

being able to deal with her father, dropping out of school, in October. She

dreamt of running away from home, in October. She dreamt of the termination of

her career as a lounge singer after being signed by a major record company, in

October. She dreamt of her first album staying at the number one slot for eight

weeks, after being released in October.

After she became such a big star, Jennifer decided to make up with her

father. She went to her former home frequently to visit her father.