This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
About a year ago...
The date was October 4th 2005, almost my birthday (being the 9th) i was on top of the world! going through my senior year of High school, having a wonderful relationship with my beloved Mangod Taylor. at exactly 9:30 i said goodnight to Taylor on the phone and went to say goodnight to my mom in the livingroom. i spotted a candle out of the corner of my eye in the livingroom allong with my mom half asleep on the couch. I said goodnight and had no idea of what the night had instore for me.
i was awoken at 1AM Oct 5th by fire alarms, my head dizzy from inhaleing smoke for god knows how long. i got up quickly and tried to leave my room but smacked into the door. once out i saw my mom freaking out at a giant corner of our livingroom engulfed in flames. i had to snap her outta it and make my way outside with her. once outside we realized it would suck to have the fire department show up and see me only in a pair of skimpy undies and topless. we broke inside through the basement and i grabbed a shirt from the laundry. we heard one of our cats crying out in fear. we tried to call her but she wouldnt come down. we ran back outside and when we made it to the front yard, the front windows blew out with a very loud smash. i had to run down our street to a fire box and pull the alarm. i also ran to our neighbors house (my friend Jill..not the assholes in the house across the street from us)
once their they called the fire department and about a half an hour to the whole house up in flames later they finally show up and it takes them till at least 6 to put it out...
i havent talked much about it untill now. all i wanted to do was be with my boyfriend and not go to school. Jill kept me company though. we almost punched some guy in the face for "walking his dog" at 3:30 AM he came over down my dead end street and sat on the stone wall with us watching it like our best friend... (PUNCH!)
Sadly i lost EVERY UTENA NOVIL I HAD! however my DVD's were fine....if you like box-less soot covered crappy DVD's. i also had OST 1 2 3 7 and the movie one...
plus everything else in my room...
I decided to do this because i had a nightmare the other night that made me wake up run for the door feeling lightheaded again screaming "its happening again!"
im not looking for sympathy but im looking for some thoughts on this situation.
aside from losing everything
we lost 3 cats of the 4 we had
R.I.P- Salem-S.J. and Hoshi (Mother, Daughter and Great Grandson)
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That's horrible ;.;
All I can think to say is at least you recovered well from it and didn't let a horrible thing like that scar you for life. I know a lot of people who would've completely folded in from situations like that.
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i know at least thats good.
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I'm glad you felt you could confide this in us - and that you and your mom made it out ok! I can't imagine how rough that whole experience must've been for both of you, I myself always had a fear when I was little of my house burning down.
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really? i had a fear of running into a wall...
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RIP three kitties
I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to talk about this, Kissing, and I hope that being able to talk will help you heal even faster. You have my good wishes, dear.
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I'm seconding the other posters in the thread, it's great that you're not letting this ruin your life or traumatize you. That's a horrifying experience to live through, but you're taking it so well. Utena merchandise can be replaced, but you got out safe and that's what's important.
I wish the kitties had made it though. Poor kitties.
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this is Salem
she was the one at the top of the stairs and wouldnt come down
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This is very sad... thanks for sharing it with us though. I can't really think of anything original to say but I'm glad you're alive and well or we wouldn't have known you. We love you and we'll do whatever we can.
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i knew i could do this and feel confident in it.
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Man, that is so sad! Sorry you had to go through all of that, and lose the cats. So happy you are alive and well now, though. Gee, that's tough! Hurray for sharing - talking helps healing.
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I'm glad you can talk about it -- like everyone else says, it's so damn great that you can share it with us. We may not know exactly how it feels, but as you can see, we care. [hugs] And I am so sorry about your cats; when I was little I used to freak out about my budgie because while I thought the cat could get out, the budgie was naturally in a cage and I always thought if the house went, so would my bird. [sighs] So...yeah. Kia kaha (stand strong) and you know we're all here to listen if you need us.
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