A siren. I heard the blare of sirens. It was so annoyingly loud that I couldn’t sleep.
Groggy and dizzy, I pushed myself up. I walked to open the curtain and looked down at the street.
My face was so wet that I used my sleeve to wipe them off.
Broken glass and parts of vehicles were scattered. Some engines were still smoking.
It was a mess as multiple vehicles crashed into one another, forming wrinkles on their painted metals.
I grabbed the back of my head and felt the thick wetness of my curly black hair.
The pain was killing me. I had drunk too much before I slept.
… When did I sleep?
I shrugged before I walked towards the stairs and went down. My wet hand took hold of the railing. I slipped.
I tumbled and tumbled before stopping once I reached the bottom.
The pain in my head worsens. I looked back and saw the bloody mess I spilled.
Still, I stood up and went outside. It was less messy to see from this viewpoint.
The street was devoid of people, so I turned my head to see the only people.
Two cops standing close to each other.
One was jotting something in his small notebook while the other watched him write.
I went to them.
“What happened?”
They both looked at me with indifferent faces.
The police returned to jotting on his notebook. “Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.”
“He will be fined for causing a traffic jam. Tell us if you find him.” The other said before looking back at the notepad.
I went over their shoulder and read what he jotted down.
Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.
Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.
Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.
Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.
Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man driving on a busy street.
“What does he look like?”
“Tried to pull over a crazy drunk man with curly black hair driving on a busy street.”
“The man with a bloody head will be fined for causing a traffic jam. Tell us if you find him.”
“I see. I don’t know anyone who fits the description.”
“Just tell us if you find him. He will be fined for causing a traffic jam.”
I turned around to go back inside.
As I walked, my head swiveled, and saw the noisy blare coming from a vehicle cop.
Inside were two sleeping people wearing police uniforms with red stains.
I went back inside and stepped through the thick red liquid carefully, not to slip down the stairs again.
I walked closer to my bed tainted in red, lifted the mattress, and tucked myself in.
The blaring and the pain kept me awake.