The stars scattered and the moon was clear.I was on the way home without any burden, after all, tomorrow was Saturday.Sniffing the scent of the air, I could distinguish that was the osmanthus fragrance. The road light broke down and I couldn’t see everything clearly. But suddenly, I heard a sound from the corner.
“Hey, young man, come here.” There came afaint voice of an old woman, I could tell.
Wondering what happened, I hesitated to come up but halted at the spot.
“Come here, please, Paul. I have somethingto tell you.” The sound turned up again, weakly.
How could this person know my name? Suspecting the identity of her, I walked up and found that in the corner stood a small old woman.
“I tell you, don’t go out tomorrow. Or something serious will happen.” Said she in a mysterious way.
What? Threaten? Maybe she just wanted to get money from me. Trade money for safety, only idiots would do this.
I turned back and didn’t take it into heart.
However, I had a strange dream the details of which I could not recall clearly. But unfortunately, I got up late in the morning and realized that I would be late for the date with my friend, Kevin.He was the best friend who I played with since I was six. It seemed that he was doomed to lead a miserable life because his parents died young and left him alone. My family liked this little boy and helped him sometimes but we neverconsidered him as an orphan. That may be the reason why we became best friends.
“What the fuck!” I complained about the wrong alarm and dialed Kevin’s number.
“Hello, this is Kevin speaking.”
“ Kevin, I’m Paul. I’m afraid that I willbe late for our date.”
“Never mind. I’m still stuck on the road.You can take your time.”
“Good heavens!”
I hasted to the café. Surprised, I was the first one to come. I ordered a cup of coffee and waited on my seat. Sighing with the feeling that the traffic problem became more and more serious, I didn’t notice the waitress was approaching.
“Your coffee, sir.”
“Thank you.” I was about to reach out my hand to take over my coffee, but I didn’t take well and it poured on my trousers.
“I’m sorry, sir. I will serve you another cup.”
“It’s my fault, I pay for it.”
“Thank you, sir.”
I waited here out-of-mind until 11o’clock.Unexpectedly, Kevin didn’t show up and even didn’t give me a call. I phoned him for three times but no one answered. Using up all my patience, I called for the waiter and paid the bill. Then I left the café with my wallet lying on the table.
On my way home, I was still wondering may be something happened to Kevin. All at once, my mobile phone rang.
“Hello? Who’s that?”
“Hello, is that Mr. Paul?”
“Yes. What’s the matter?”
“This is LA police station. Your friend Kevin suffered a car accident. Please come to LA first hospital if you are free now.”
“Ok, I will go. Thank you, sir.”
“You are welcome.”
Car accident? The same thing happened to this poor son. May he was not badly hurt. Worrying about his situation and praying to god for his safety, I sped up. Even myself could hear the boom of my engine.
Finally, I arrived at the hospital and found his ward.
“His situation is not that bad and he will recover in one month. But I suppose his brain was hit and he must accept further examination.” The doctor said.
“Ok, thank you.” I bowed to the doctor.
“He’s awake now and you can talk to him.”
“Ok, I will”
I stepped into the ward and saw him with some bandages. But I could see clearly that he was in a bad mood.
“I don’t want to see you. Get out!”
“Are you crazy?”
“If you didn’t come up with this date, this would not happen!”
“What? You agreed with me at that time andnow you just blame me!”
“I don’t care, I just know it’s all your fault. Get out; I want to have a rest.
“Ok, ok, I will see you next day.”
“No, I will never see you any more. You arenot my best friend any longer.”
He pressed the nurse bell and the nurseurged me to get out of the ward. I stared at him and turned back angrily.
I drove home sullenly and realized something was strange.
夜晚星辰点点，月光很亮。我欢快地迈着脚步往家走，毕竟明天就是星期六了。空气中弥漫着桂花的香味。因为路灯坏掉了，周围的景物不太清晰。此时突然从角落里传来一个声音。
“你好，年轻，到这里来。”我听出来是一个虚弱的老妇人的声音。
不确定会发生什么，我顿在原地犹豫着没有上前。
“请到这里来，保罗，我有事要告诉你。”声音又再次虚弱地响起。
整个人是怎么知道我的名字的？因为好奇她的身份，我走上前去，发现一个瘦小的老妇人站在角落里。
“我告诉你，明天千万不要出去，否则会有不好的事情发生。”她用一种神秘的声音说。
这是什么？威胁？或者她只是想从我这儿得到钱财。用钱来交易安全，只有傻瓜才会这么做。
我转身离开，并没有把她的话放在心上。
然而，那天晚上我做了一个奇怪的梦。第二天起来的时候梦的细节我就想不来了。但是不走运的是，我第二摊早上起晚了并且意识到我错过了与我的朋友，凯文得到约会时间。自从我六岁开始，我们就是好朋友了。对于凯文来说，他的命运似乎比较悲惨因为他的父母早逝只留他一人，我们家都很喜欢凯文并且经常帮助他 但是我们从来没有把他当做孤儿。或者这就是我们成为好朋友的原因。
“真该死！”我抱怨着坏事的闹钟一边给凯文打电话。
“你好，我是凯文。”
“不用担心，我现在还堵在路上呢，不着急。“
”谢天谢地。“
我冲到咖啡屋，让我感到惊讶的是，我居然是第一个到的人，我点了一北咖啡坐在座位上耐心等待。因为堵车越来越严重我不断地叹气，显然没有意识到侍者向我走来。
”你的咖啡，先生。“
”谢谢“我正打算伸手接我的咖啡，但是因为没拿好咖啡倒在了我的裤子上。
”对不起，先生，我重新给您续一杯。
"是我的错，我来付钱吧。“
”谢谢你 先生“
我心不在焉的等到了11点钟，出乎意料的是，凯文一直没有出现也没有给我打电话。我给他打了三个电话却没有人接。后来等的实在不耐烦了，我叫了侍者，付了钱。出去的时候将钱包落在了咖啡馆的桌子上。
回家的路上，我一直在想凯文是不是有什么事情，突然我都饿手机响了。
”你好，请问哪位？“
”你好，请问是保罗先生吗？“
”是的，什么事？“
“我们是洛杉矶警察局，你的朋友凯文遭遇了车祸，如果您现在没事的话请上来洛杉矶医院。”
车祸？ 和他父母一样的事情发生在了凯文身上。或许他伤的不重。一边担心他的处境一边向上帝祷告保佑他的安全，我加快速度赶往医院，甚至我自己都能听到汽车引擎的声音。
最终，我到了医院找到他的病房。
“他的处境没有那么糟糕，并且一个月只能应该就会恢复。但是因为他的大脑被撞到了所以他必须接受进一步的检查。”医生说。
“好的，谢谢你” 我向医生弯腰致谢。
“他现在醒了，你可以和他讲讲话。”
“好的，我会的。”
我走进病房看见他用绷带裹着，但是很明显，我能感觉到他现在情绪不好。
“我不想见你，出去！”
“你疯了吗？”
“什么，你和我约定了时间，但是现在却责怪我？”
“我不管我只知道都是你的错，出去，我想休息了！”
“好吧，我明天再来看你。”
“不，我再也不想见到你，你不再是我的好朋友了。”
他按了护士铃，护士要求我出去。我盯着他愤怒的转身离开了。
我郁闷地开车回家并且意识到事情有些不对头。