The girl met on the road - Short story

in hive-161155 •  19 hours ago 

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It was a chilly dark night, when I was riding my motor bicycle to one of my best friends whom I haven't seen in a long time. The road I traveling was a deserted and darkened one, as there was no one nearby the road. The only sounds I heard were my motorcycle and chirping of crickets. While I was riding, I saw a girl dressed in white, standing near the road looking away.

With curiosity filled in mind, I stopped my bicycle near her and asked,
"What are doing here? Are you lost?".

She was still looking away without any reply. After a moment of silence, I asked her,
"Where do you want to go? If you want to go somewhere, you can come with me. Don't stay alone here ".

At that moment, she turned her face towards me with a beautiful smile. I noticed that she was a girl around her twenties and had a pale face. She replied,
"There is a small junction on this road. Can you take me over there?".

She was pointing on the same direction I was going.

I said, "Sure, I can bring you there,you can sit". She sat on my backseat but I felt that she was heavier than she looks. But anyway, I started my motorcycle and continued my ride.We rode for a moment with an awkward silence. She was holding me from my shoulder while we were riding, and all of sudden I felt that her hands were chilly like ice and it gave a shiver down over my spine. I asked her " Are you okay?" and she said "I'm fine".

With time, we reached the junction she mentioned earlier.I stopped the motorcycle to get her off.She got off the motorcycle and without looking at my face she said "Thank you" with a deeper voice than before.Suddenly she started to step towards a grove near the junction.

Her sudden change in behavior unsettled my thoughts on her, therefore I thought it's a good idea to follow her.I began to follow her in to the grove. My heart started to pound hard as I discovered I am in a cemetery inside the grove.I looked around and I couldn't see her anywhere. With heavy legs,I decided to turn back, as it was a not good place stay for a long time.

I hopped on to my motorcycle and burned the rubber to run away from that eerie place. After a moment, the stormy thoughts on my mind after the dreadful experience subsided as I have fled from that place.Later, I was able to arrive my friend's house and told the whole story to him.

His face started to turn pale and he said,
"The girl you met...... She died exactly 10 years ago for today.She was going on a motorcycle with her boyfriend and it crashed the exact spot you picked her up".

~ THE END~
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