Haunted Elevator

A/N: This is another story or should I say another venting of emotions based on real life. Here’s the situation, I’m on a vacation with 11 friends. I went to relax and relieve stress. But as you all can guess, it went all the other way around. Oh, the category of Angst/Romance is correct. Read and you’ll know why. It has nothing to do with a real haunted elevator. Although the place we were at was famous for suicides. Believe me, I almost added myself to the list of deceased… (they have real high buildings there) Enough of my ranting…

                “Michael’s with Kim,” Vincent told me when I asked about their whereabouts. I felt a tinge of uneasiness. I don’t know why. Yes, I’ve had a crush on Kim before but that was two years ago. We’re very close friends now. She takes me as a teddy bear or something… you know, to hug. And she has no idea how it drives me crazy... But she HAS been turning to Michael more these days… okay, I admit that I’m jealous and I felt used. It was like she preferred another and not me. Like she did not trust me anymore… and well, I guess I couldn’t take it. It was almost 2 a.m. and I was a little worried.

                I looked out of the window and saw that the mist was very thick. I grabbed Vincent’s jacket and went out again. Before the rest could ask where I was going, I was out of the door. The hotel corridor was empty. And thank goodness for carpets. If not, I’m sure my footsteps would have echoed all the way and it was scary. I just kept staring straight ahead; it was as if the corridor was endless…

                On the way to the elevators, I had a long moment to think. My girlfriend had broken up with me recently and though we had patched things up, the trust was gone. The feelings and emotions were still there. But trust is missing. Gone… so I was insecure about my feelings towards Kim. So I came on this vacation. Just to figure everything out and to go to the theme park to shout my head off…

                But now, I had a headache and I decided to go to Coffee Bean to get a hot latte or something. I have all my emotions jumbled up. I didn’t feel at all threatened if Michael was going to court Kim. I was just afraid of the pressure that he would give Kim. Kim had just recently broken up with her boyfriend, Jay, who is also on the same trip with us. Jay was the Casanova; he had a way with girls and didn’t think twice when Kim asked for a break up. And now Jay’s most probably somewhere in the arcade on one of those dancing machines to mesmerize the people looking. Yeah, he can dance.

                And well, Kim is still deep in the hole. She can’t forget Jay. And Jay’s already moving on with other girls. And this has made Kim very sad. She too had come to relax. And although she’s older than me, I felt the need to protect her. I can feel that she’s very fragile and the fact that Jay had hurt her so much made me hurt like hell too… I would have given him a piece of my mind but it was none of my business. I could only watch. Then again, I’ve always been watching ever since I could remember. I never did belong… I could only stand at the side and watch.

                When I reached the hallway where the elevators were, I thought I heard Kim’s voice. I guess I was hallucinating with all the emotions in my head so I just ignored it. I pressed the down button and the last elevator at the end opened. Walking towards it, I thought it was funny as the door was starting to close. I took a look inside and I was frozen.

                I stood there, frozen and although the doors only took 4 seconds to close, it was like a slow-motion movie for me. There inside I saw Kim against the elevator wall, Michael’s back was against me, one hand on the close button, at the same time blocking Kim from going out of the elevator. Kim saw me and I don’t know if it was the look of shock or surprise or help. I just stood there. When the doors finally closed, I slapped myself just to check if I was dreaming. I took a step forward and found that I was slightly floating. I went towards the nearest fire exit and walked all the way down the 10 floors to the lobby…

                I collapsed at the 1st floor, leaning against the wall. My head was throbbing and I needed to cut. But I couldn’t find anything. After leaning there for about 10 minutes, I walked out to the lobby and went out the glass doors. Stepping out into the cold air helped my head a little. I walked down the hill and found myself near the car park. And all of a sudden I remembered Sau Chuang saying that there was a ‘mamak’ stall in there. So I went in and looked. But when I came to the 1st floor, it was dark and there were few cars. So I got freaked out a little and decided to go back to the hotel room.

                And of all the elevators to open their doors, the last one opened. I was thinking whether or not should I take the stairs again. But I finally stepped into the elevator and closed the door and my eyes. I stood at the farthest corner where Kim and Michael were standing. I didn’t open my eyes until the elevator door opened. And when it did, I saw Michael staring back at me.

                Shit.

A/N: This is not the end. I’m already back from the trip. But I’m still at lost of what to do… I’m still haunted my the image of the elevator though I know I should not be as I feel that I’m betraying my girlfriend… what should I do? I’ll post up what happened next if you’re interested…