The Moonlight (Part 1)

Story by Ramadhyta Trisetya

In the moonlight, I can see his eyes is glowing as blue as the ocean. He is looking right toward me, anger but lonely, miserable. I can't take my eyes off him. It's like there's something in his eyes that sucking my life. I'm sorry, he said as he took my necklace from my neck. And he's gone like I blink my eyes. I wish I'm not crying, but I am. I wish it's not painful, but I am.

"Hayley, wake up, breakfast ready!" shout my dad from downstairs.

"Yeah dad, I'll be there in a minute" shout me as I wake up from my bed.

Same dream again. I didn't understand when it started and what it’s want by show me this dream. I think I had dreamed it since a week ago, since I moved in to this house. Someone said once, a dream came out with many reasons. First, maybe it's because our mind, whatever on your mind before you go to bed will become your dream. He was look like Alex, my best friend, but their eye’s was definitely different. Alex eye's was grey but 'he' had such a magnificent blue eyes. He’s definitely not Alex. I did think about him, Alex, but not blue eyes Alex. How can I think Alex that way? And why Alex took my necklace and said sorry? It doesn't make sense. I don't get it.

But honestly, the painful was real. Every time I woke up, I always ended up with crying, my heart beat so fast and I felt like something was stab me right into my heart. I felt like 'he' was very important to me but ended up with betray me. But actually, by taking my necklace, why I felt like being betray? That’s weird… By the way, my name is Hayley Cristal. I am 17 years old over 11 month and 29 days. So that's mean, tomorrow will be my 'sweet' seventeen birthday. For some other people it will be some kind of 'sweet' I think, but not for Hayley Cristal.

Had a beautiful birthday party with family and friends, had some amazing birthday presents from everyone, become a princess for a day, that won't happen to me. I was just moved in about a week ago, so I don't really had a friend who will give me a present and celebrate my 'sweet' seventeen birthday, even I still have dad and Alex with me. But it's not enough, it's different. So I expected nothing for tomorrow.

"Dad... Did you see my necklace? I think I drop it somewhere... I can't find it anywhere, can you help me?"

"Here you go... You drop it in the bathroom. Don't be so careless about it! It's very important!"

"Yeah I'm sorry, this won't happen again, I promise..." I took the necklace from him and put it on my neck.

"There's no AGAIN! What if someone else who find it and stole it?! What will you do?! Crying?! Or buy another one because that necklace just an old stuff?!" he grab my hand when I tried to stop the conversation by leaving him.

"I apologize! It's very important to me too dad! This was mom's necklace, because of this I can carry on and living in this miserable world! This is my life! You never understand anything about me..." I let go of his hand and walk out into the front door. He’s grab my hand again.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

"None of your business dad...! Let go of me!" I'm trying to pull my hand from his arm.

"You're not going anywhere! Go to your room!"

"I'm not a little kid anymore dad! I'm going!" I pull my hand and tried to walk out, suddenly he grab my hand again.

"I said go to your room right now!" he pulled my hand until I hit the book shelf.

That was really hurt, not my wound but my heart. I’m pretty sure. If mom still here, she will never ever done the same thing as my dad do to me right now. She will never hurt me like he did. This time was the very first time that my dad becoming such a cruel person like that. He never did anything that will hurt me. He was always took a very good care of me. But today, I think he had so much trouble in his mind, because he looked a little bit off today.

"I really hate you dad! Mom will never do this to me! Never like you! It's rather you who got in to that car accident than her! I hate you so much dad!" I walk into my room with wounded body and heart. When I walk into my room suddenly I remember about something “One thing dad, I got a scholarship, I think I will never take it because I have you beside me. But by seeing what happen today, I think I’ll take it, so you don’t have to be worried anymore about the necklace, because started from today, I give it to you!” I took off my necklace and put it on the table.

“Hayley I’m sorry…” before he can say his word, I’m already hit the door close so badly in front of his eyes and immediately lock it. “Okay you can mad at me but don’t take off this necklace from your neck okay? Please come out, just wear necklace don’t mind me, please Hayley, I’m begging you, Hayley?”

I’m really mad right now. I can’t think clear right now. I’m just 17, in a couple hours. I can’t pretend to be an adult by being such a good girl anymore. I had enough. I not a living doll who will do anything my dad say so. I’m a person too. I have my own mind, my own will, and my own hope. While my dad keep talking and begging me to wear the necklace, I’m trying to reach the branch of the tree in front of my window. Got it! I reach it and try to put my leg into it. Don’t crack please… Thanks god I got the trunk. Okay, last step, jump to the ground.

It’s not that high, but it’s still scary for me. I’m scared if I will be landing with my head first then end up in the hospital because brain concussion. If that happen, I’ll be the stupidest person in the world and maybe I’ll be in the newspaper with title ‘A Girl Who Tried to Runaway Ended Up in Hospital Because She Landing with Her Face First When She Tried to Jump from The Tree’ funny huh?! But I must do it, it’s about my pride. I can’t come back there and swallow my own word. Okay then, I’ll count until three and jump, that the deal.

“Okay, one… two…” before I finish counting, my foot slipped and I’ll fall into the ground with my face first like I worried at the first place. “No…!” suddenly my body stopped in a very short distance before I hit the ground. Not too long, finally my body hit the ground but that’s not hurt like I expected from the first place. Am I flying? Really?! Am I crazy? Maybe it’s because my head was hit the book shelf to hard, right? It doesn’t make sense, there nothing like that will happen in the real world, right? Am I still dreaming?! I pinch my hand, to make sure if the pain was really, if I’m not dreaming. And, it… hurt. Really?! While I tried to make everything make sense, suddenly my phone ringing.

 ‘Hey… How are you? I’m in town, let’s meet up…’

Alex?! Good timing! I was so confused with what happen to me right now. I think he can help me find out all this weirdo things. He will definitely help me to be a ‘healthy’ person again. Because I think I’m going crazy.

‘Good timing! Where are you? I’ll meet you there. Actually I have some crazy thing to talk about. I think I’m going crazy Alex…’

‘If you are going crazy, you should definitely go to hospital not me Hayley… Hahaha I’m at the red café, you know that?’

‘Funny, I’m serious… Okay I’ll be there in a minute’

‘Okay be careful…’