2 I Tried To Warn Her

When I was little, I used to tell stories about how I had gone to places I've never even seen before. I heard most of this from my grandmother, since I was young, I don't remember much. She told me once I told a story of me seeing the Atlantic Ocean, "but you've never been there before." She would say. It was a vivid memory, I was in the Atlantic, staring at the water. I couldn't believe how peaceful it was. And how quiet it was,,, down at the floor. My grandmother told my mother about this, she doubted me and said I was just imagining things. My grandmother believes that I am one of the "special children" that remembers past lives, I was so young at the time, I never understood.

Oh and did I tell you I had a best friend? Her name was Jesse, she babysat me for a while. And we became the best of friends. She was like my second mother.

One day, we were at the park. Just a normal day, like any other, we were having fun. When,,,,, I told her something, that made her so mad. She never came to see me or talked to me for ten years.

"Hey Jesse?-" I say, "yes," she said smiling at me. "I saw something..." I say, trembling. "What did you see,,?" Her smile turned to a worried look. "I saw this man, his name was,,, Tammy- he was mad at you, because you said you were leaving him-" I started to tear up, "and then he started to grab at your face and he pushed you onto the ground-" her eyes turned from worry to confusion and back to worry again. "And— and then he poured gasoline all over you and then he put a match to your face,, you were screaming and yelling and-!!!!" "THATS ENOUGH!" Jesse yelled at me, she was angry and horrified. "Lets get you home!" She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the car. She left me at my mother and grandmothers house and left, and never looked back.

Ten years later, Christmas Is near.

Jesse had come to visit us, she especially came for me. We hugged and we were finally happy again. Jesse was talking to my mother in the kitchen, they were talking about someone named,,,, TAMMY- that name sounded familiar,,, but why? "Are you sure you don't want to come live with us? Tammy sounds like he's getting out of hand." My mother said, "no, it's all good. Plus, I wouldn't want to start any trouble." Jesse implies. "Okay, if you say so." My mother says, and then she walks out of the kitchen.

When everything was over, Jesse left and she told me, she promised to come back next year.

A few days after Christmas, my mother found a post on Facebook. It said,,, "Women burned to ash by lover" and.... it was Jesse. Mother told me about what happened,,, I was devastated. Then,,, I remembered that day,, the vision I had. I break down and tears start to fall from my eyes,,, "I TRIED TO WARN HER!!!" I screamed to my mother. "What do you mean?" I looked at her. And then I looked away.