"Hello?! What else are we waiting for? Let's go already!" Pearl exclaimed and approached Tamitha. "I can't wait to see the Strokes!" She added before suddenly grabbing Tamitha's arm with her icy hand and pulled her away from where she's standing, but her body felt heavy; heavily glued to her place.
Tamitha can't stomach the fact that this horrible thing has done something to her best friend, yet here she was pretending as if she's entirely clueless. However, Tamitha knew better. She cannot just lash out at this person now. So, she swallowed a big lump in her throat and gave her best smile.
"Yeah, I cannot believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually looking forward to how this will turn out."
She tried to break free from Pearl's grasped by acting as if she's trying to look for the twins, which was just behind them. Both had their serious face on making them more looked attractive, catching every girls' attention.
They got in easily, Pearl might have pulled out some strings to excuse themselves from falling in those endless lines. They gave them a blue led bracelet as their pass and the meet and greet hall pass. An usher escorted them to their place, Tamitha thanked the usher before settling down.
The place is an open area, and it's piling up with fans and other civilians, blasting the band's song while waiting for the event to start. The stage was enormous, filled with sound systems, instruments, and even lightings. Tamitha seemed to adore the place because of its good execution. This was her very first time attending this kind of event, and she's kind of bummed out that her real best friend was not here to enjoy this moment with her.
She sighed, showing her breath in the air. Suddenly she felt cold, so she rubbed her hands together to produce some heat.
"I'm starving!" Pearl blurted.
Hearing that, Tamitha suddenly felt her stomach growled. "What do you want? I'll get us something to eat." She half-shouted because of the loud sound resonating the whole place. This is one of the reasons Tamitha hates attending big events. She fished out her wallet to her bag and stood up from her seat, preparing to leave.
"Let me do it."
Pollux coldly stated while blocking Tamitha's way that caught her off guard. In the end, Tamitha lets the boys buy them something.
The aura between her and the Pearl she's with right now seemed suffocating. Tamitha can't find the right words, she's afraid that she might slip up. She cleared her throat and tried speaking.
"Hey, we saw Debra earlier..." Tamitha started.
"Who?"
"Debra. Your friend?"
"Oh. What about her?" Tamitha noticed Pearl can't look at her directly in the eyes. Something changed. "H-Hey, are you alright?" Tamitha asked.
"Yeah, why would I not be?" Pearl scoffed, still trying to avoid eye contact.
Her eyebrows furrowed, wondering what's going with this person. She doesn't know whether she's just being suspicious or that Pearl is acting weird right now.
Suddenly, the mood changed the moment the concert started. Pearl stood up from her seat and excitedly cheer for the band that just entered the stage.
"What's good, Northcrest people?!" The band greeted. The crowd immediately went wild, thrilled to finally see their idols. Some even cried out of happiness. The whole place was vivacious all against Tamitha's liking.
The band started playing their second song for the night; it seemed like the crowd grew more excited; shouting the band's name the moment they heard the intro of the song. Tamitha scouted the place, everyone's getting all wild ignoring the coldness the breeze brought tonight.
She hugged herself as she looked around, searching for the twins from the sea of people. She's already starving and she can't keep up with the energy the crowd giving off.
"Some people think they're always right~"
The band sang. Most of the people joined in singing the song too. However, in Pearl's place, she was not singing at all, she was just jumping up and down dancing along with the song.
"Others are quiet and uptight
Others, they seem so very nice-nice-nice-nice, oh
Inside they might feel sad and wrong, oh, no~"
Tamitha liked the song. It caught her attention, so she stood up from her seat to get a better look at the band.
"Twenty-nine different attributes,
Only seven that you like, oh-oh
Twenty ways to see the world, oh
And twenty ways to start a fight, oh~"
She felt something cold on her cheeks, so she immediately looked at the person responsible for that. Pollux placed a cold cola on her cheek, just like what Castor did to her before.
"Thanks." She smiled sweetly as she grabbed the cola from him.
Castor gave her a corndog with a napkin placed at the stick which she found sweet. "Thank you, C." She brought her attention back to the band, actually enjoying the song.
"Oh, don't, don't, don't get up
I can't see the sunshine
I'll be waiting for you, baby
'Cause I'm through
Sit me down
Shut me up
I'll calm down
And I'll get along with you~"
"Oh, shit!" She heard the person at her side hissed.
"Oh my gosh, Pollux!" Tamitha shrieked, catching Pearl and Castor's attention too. They immediately shifted their gaze at Pollux, who's trying to wipe off the residue of his cola on his jacket.
"You're so stupid!" Tamitha teased boisterously, laughing at Pollux, who got sprayed by his cola drink. Her laugh was contagious that made Pearl and Castor laughed at him too.
Castor let out a devious laugh, and that didn't escape from Pollux's hearing. He glared at him, but his brother just gave him an innocent smile.
"Oh, men don't notice what they got
Oh, women think of that a lot
One thousand ways to please your man, oh
Not even one requires a plan, I know~"
"Shut up," Pollux stated heavily, sending a shiver to Tamitha. Then something hit her...
"Oh, don't, don't, don't get up
I can't see the sunshine
Oh, I'll be waiting for you, baby
'Cause I'm through
Sit me down
Shut me up
I'll calm down
And I'll get along with you~"
Tamitha got dizzy recalling this scenario from her dream. That's right, she dreamt about this. Another dream happened in real life. She grabbed her head, as her feet wobble, and feeling lethargic. The twins immediately noticed it, and they were quick to act and caught Tamitha.
"Tammy? Tammy? You good?" Castor asked.
The twins guided her back to her seat, gave her water to drink. Pollux removed her beanie to tie her brown hair. Pearl approached them and fan Tamitha.
Suddenly, a vision came to her, exacerbating the pain. "AHH!" Tamitha clamored in pain. Her friends immediately panicked, not knowing what to do.
As she tightly closed her eyes; she saw herself at someplace lurking around. The place looked very familiar to her. A place with different paintings and it looked like a storage room because of the white linens covering the furnitures. The place looked untouched for a long time because of the spider webs from all over the places it also smelled fusty.
Inaudible voices overlapped Tamitha's vision.Her sight became blurry but she noticed something... She squinted her eyes to adjust her eyes from the darkness, as if it would make a difference.
"Anika. Come on, baby. Listen to my voice."
"Tammy! What's going on?!"
"Tamitha! Someone help us, please! "
The three called; hoping Tamitha could tell them what's going on with her, but neither Tamitha knew what's happening right now. She's completely clueless and in pain.
She looked at Pollux as if she's asking for his help. Fear registered in Pollux's hazel brown eyes. He felt hopeless for not being able to do something for Tamitha. All of them shouted desperate for help, scared for Tamitha. While others were too busy enjoying the concert in this breezy Saturday night.
She can't wrap this around her head, everything for her is confusing. A tear escaped from her eye, she breathed deeply, suddenly, everything went black.