Valentine for Summer

”You
e going to die, ” the Gypsy stated matter-of-factly.

Summer scowled at the fortune teller, the woman was holding Summers hand and pretending to read the lines there while the Gypsys other hand was extended, palm up. She gave her customer a bored look as if Summer was too slow to react to the hand gesture.

”…Oh, you want more money? ” Summer asked with raised eyebrows and an incredulous tone. The woman nodded vigorously. Her dark eyes shone under the dim candlelight inside her ominous tent.

Summer found it ridiculous! She walked into this circus tent willingly knowing that it was a scam because she couldn resist it, she thought it would be fun to hear about the many men that were interested in her since they were non-existent.

Summer mirrored the womans gesture extending her other hand, palm up, ”Give me back my money, ” she said tentatively.

The Gipsys face contorted; she looked like she could be the reason behind the prophecys fulfilment right this instant, and to Summers pure horror, she was suddenly full of fear for her life thinking she might actually die in this circus tent today.

”Ha..haha, just kidding~ ” Summer laughed awkwardly then held the Gypsys wrinkled hand with both of her hands, ”How about I give you more money, and you give me a different reading, ha? ” She pleaded.

Scam or not, Summer wanted to hear the Gypsy saying something else to her!

The fortune teller stared with empty eyes and said absolutely nothing. Hah whatever, Summer reached a hand inside her pocket and placed paper money in the womans still-extended free hand. The old lady looked, sounded, and now behaved like a greedy crow. The womans eyes didn even flicker to see the number on that money bill.

”Looks like theres still hope for you, ” the fortune teller finally said.

Summers mood immediately perked up.

”Your jinx is overlapping with the great fortune of finding ones true love, it seems like your Mr. Right is the only path leading to your survival, you MUST seek the man that has been trying to make you realize that he is interested in you, and you have exactly 30 days left to live so you need to coax your stars in his direction, otherwise… ” The Gipsys many bead bracelets made a rattling sound as she showed Summer a slit-throat gesture with her hand, ”Consider yourself warned, ”

Summer was back to scowling.

”No one has been hitting on me… ”

”Thats not true, ” the woman argued stubbornly. ”You are just slow in the brain, ”

Summers mouth fell open, not only was the crow a scammer and a thief but also she was incredibly rude! The crows narrow eyes became wide all of a sudden as if something evil possessed her.

”Okay! Thank you~ ” Summer was about to scramble up to her feet when words started pouring out of the Gypsys mouth.

”Open up your eyes, true love is somewhere close to you, ” The Gipsy suddenly threw her head back then her arms flew up and started shaking violently, ”Around the corner! Around the corner! ” She sang out like a crazy person.

Summer flinched backward as fear tugged at the corners of her heart, but as if somebody pressed the off button inside the fortune-teller, she was back to normal a second before Summer was about to run for her life. The Gipsy glared at a frightened Summer with very wide eyes, ”Finding out who he is and pursuing him in addition to accepting his advances is your ONLY chance of surviving, you hear me? If you ended up dying, things would get VERY complicated for you, ”

Summer blinked twice, Huh? Maybe those candles around the tent were spiced up with something, after all, the tent did smell funny. Summer sneakily reached inside her purse and took out her handkerchief then placed it on her nose and pretended to sneeze. If I died, things would get very complicated for me? As if! Summer thought inwardly.

The Gipsys bead bracelets rattled again as she shooed Summer out of her tent with her hands, ”You have been warned! ”

”I-I am warned, thoroughly warned, bye now! ”

Summer pushed herself with one hand and was up on her two feet with the stealth of a ninja, she half ran out of the tent with her other hand pressing the handkerchief on her nose, she was holding her breath inside her lungs.

”Haah…Haah, ”

Summer panted with her hands pressed against her knees after leaving enough space between the crazy womans tent and herself. She was quickly back to making a run for it as she couldn wait to go back to the safety of her home.

***

”… Welp, Im dead then, ” Summer threw both of her arms up in the air in the middle of the