Scarlet Carnations: A Short Story

I walked the path that made my way back home, but the forest surrounding me and the guard is unfamiliar. It’s all thanks to my new transfer from my previous home. He has an average Asian face. He’s wearing a white buttoned-up trench coat, the collar folded. Accompanied by black pants that matched his shoes.

I slowed down, so I could study him better, but when I did this he slowed down. He began to analyze me as though I had become a threat but a fork appeared in the gravel. The sign we passed 30 minutes ago reappeared, it was still pointing in three directions. A sign marked the Gravel Road, and I stepped in front of it, reading the different places. “You’re supposed to turn here like how we turned left when we began walking, remember?”

I leaned back and turned my head so I could see him. Yet, he tensed when our eyes met and he glared at me, so I leaned forward so I was standing up straight and turned to the right and began to follow the path. I could see some Scarlet Carnations as we walked away from the sign.

We walked in silence until we approached a black metal gate. On the right of it, I saw two black boxes. One had

Go to the testing room. We’re already late!” Edgar said. “Edgar! Sam won’t get better if you yell at him.” He glared at the receptionist. I walked to the door that opened into the testing room. Inside was a confined space with thousands of buttons. The intercom came on and a woman’s voice greeted me. It was soft but it sounded like she practiced this a couple of times. “Good Mourning. I am Nurse Ann and I’ll be your test instructor today. I see here on your file that you have symptoms of Tourettes Syndrome.” She continued with disorders, but it occurred to me that she knew everything about me as though she raised me herself. I looked around to block out her voice, but I can’t find anything. “SHUT UP!” I yelled at her as I backed up into a corner.“It’s gone. WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!! I can’t hear the noise