I am not her - Unwanted Listening (7.)

She closed her eyes right after she took the pill. She curled into a ball on the grey and purple sofa. The last thing she perceived before she fell asleep were the voices of Melissa and Michael.

"What exactly was wrong with her?" The man's voice sounded concerned, or was it just Anna's imagination? There was the sound of the refrigerator closing, and then there was a moment of silence, broken only by Melissa.

"Anna was in a car accident," she said, her voice somewhat annoyed, but why did what suddenly happen? Anna was so tired, but also so confused, that she didn't even have the strength to think deeply about it. All she wanted was sleep.

"Baby, what's wrong?" Heavy footsteps echoed through the room. Anna's heart stopped for one beat at that moment, something she didn't understand. After all, she hated Michael and she couldn't care less that he was sleeping and dating her best friend.

"Nothing, it's just that I shouldn't have left her alone. I should have figured out sooner that it was Friday and it was going to be crowded." Anna, hearing that sentence from Mel, felt so tempted to open her eyes and tell her that she could and would handle it all, but her actions were prevented by Michael.

"I, on the other hand, think your friend handled it with complete ease." There was a silence where only the ticking of the clock on the wall and the hum of the refrigerator could be heard. "Seriously, don't look at me like that. I knew she had something wrong with her leg until the last minute," he continued. There was a substantial note in his voice that he would have liked to talk about something else, which Anna would have welcomed.

"How did you get on with the doctor?" He tried to change the subject, which Anna thought was not a good one.

"I'm not dying yet, don't worry! "Melissa snapped. Immediately afterward, there was a click of heels.

Ouch, it probably went very badly at the doctor's Anna decided from the tone her friend used. A strange feeling of helplessness swept through Anna's body. She retreated into herself for a moment but was still able to take in her surroundings. A man's voice to be exact, and still the sound of heels.

"Baby, I told you we'd get it on together and I'm not letting you go." The footsteps stopped abruptly and the heavy footsteps sounded again, accompanied by a male whisper that Anna was already trying her best not to listen to. She curled further into a ball, or at least as much as her leg would allow, and pressed her eyelids more tightly together.

Anna opened her eyes wide. Where am I? she thought while quickly raising herself on her elbows and looking around. I fell asleep! She figured it out in a flash, but what the hell happened? Why am I sleeping here? Anna felt like her brain had been completely scrambled, and that only happens when...For God's sake, she choked out softly. As she did so, she sank back down onto the grey pillow, which now made her feel a slight pain in the back of her neck, but that was the last thing on her mind right now. For her mind was slowly but surely beginning to wake up, and with it the memories of yesterday.

No, that didn't happen! He didn't show up yesterday! And he's certainly not with Melissa! It must have been a nightmare, Anna convinced her mind while running a hand through her hair.