Daifi Fatima Zahrae, Fes

The Secret Party

I was walking alone in the streets and suddenly I saw people running and screaming as if there was a ghost or a typhoon coming from behind. At first, I started running blindly without recognizing the reason behind all this fear. I stopped for a while to see what was happening, but to my surprise, I found nothing. All I saw was people running and wearing masks to protect themselves from what I could only conclude as an invisible ghost. So I started running again and screaming as I gradually felt suffocated. Suddenly, I heard the voice of my mother calling me “Sara wake up”. I stared at her and then I hugged her because I could not realize what was happening because I thought that everything was real, but fortunately, it was just a dream.

The next day, I was having lunch with my parents when we heard news on TV that were hard to believe. They said that there is a very dangerous virus spreading too fast among people called COVID-19 and that people should stay at home for an indefinite time in order to protect themselves. At first, I could not believe what I had heard because I could not imagine myself staying at home twenty-four hours at home, and worst of all, because of this virus I will not be able to attend my best friend’s party that was organized for the end of this week. Thus, I walked upstairs to my room, and I called my best friend Anna to tell her about this virus.

Anna was very sad because she had already organized everything for her party to be the best party of the year. That is why we started thinking about a solution that could help us go outside secretly. So I suggested that we can call our friends and arrange a place where we can gather to make the party and have fun, some of our friends did not accept the idea, but others were very satisfied because we thought that this was just a rumor since the virus was found in China.

The next day, I was sitting at the table with my parents and I pretended that I am tired, so I kissed them and I told them that I am going to watch a movie in my room, but in fact, I was going to prepare myself for the secret party. Thus, I wore my red dress, my black heels, and I put my makeup on, and I waited for my parents to go to their room so that I can go out safely. My boyfriend was waiting for me in the next street in his car, I kissed him and he drove the car until we reached the place of the party.

I found almost all our friends there and absolutely all of them were coming secretly without the permission of their parents because if they told them about the party, they will absolutely reject because our parents do not understand us and they think that everything they say is true and everything we say is a mistake. That is why we forgot about our parents and we just had a fun time together and we played many games. However, we agreed that we have to reach home before midnight in order not to be in trouble so that our parents will not notice our absence and especially me. My mother used to come at night to kiss my head and see if I am sleeping well.

After we finished our party, my boyfriend drove me home, and I tried my best to open the door without making any sound so that my mother will not hear me because her sleep is not deep like my father, she can easily hear sounds at night. When I reached my room, I quickly took off my clothes, and I slept deeply because I was exhausted.

In the morning, I felt suffocated and I heard my mother waking me up again, but this time I was not dreaming, and the feeling was true. I could not wake up and I thought that this is just because of the party, but suddenly my condition was getting worst and my temperature was getting high. My mother gave me some medicaments and I felt better and everything was going great, I kissed my mother to thank her and I drove downstairs to sit next to my father and watch TV with him. But, after fourteen days, I had the same symptoms of the day after the party, so I thought it was just a simple fever, but this time my condition was getting worst. That is why my father called the ambulance to come and drive me to the hospital, and the shock was that they found that I have the Coronavirus that is why, they decided to check my parents as well, and unfortunately they had a coronavirus too. I could not believe what I have heard and especially because I knew that I was the one behind my parents’ illness. That is why I decided to tell them about the secret party, and they understood the situation but I cannot deny that they were angry at me because I did not take the warning of the news seriously. Unfortunately, when I was in the hospital, I heard that my best friend Anna died because of this coronavirus because her condition was very dangerous and her body could not handle the virus.

I could not forgive myself because I was the one who suggested making that party and I was the one behind the contamination of my parents too. T b he lesson I learned from this experience is that our parents are wiser and know better than we do and that we should take such things seriously in order not to hurt ourselves and other people as well.