Nosebleeds

I walked down the hallway of my apartment, gazing at the luminescent show of light before me, outside of my window. I came to a stop at my bathroom, I walked to the sink, the cold tiles sending shivers down my spine. I went to the bathroom this hour of the night because I was rudely awoken by a stream of blood pouring down my sleeping face, I recently went to a tropical climate, I thought I had a nosebleed because the humidity change. I grazed the tissue under my nose hopefully stopping the flow. It continued for what seemed like 1-2 minutes, I was annoyed now. I hesitated then stuffed a little bit of the tissue up my nose, I hoped it would stop. All I got in response was a slight tickling in my nostrils.

The day went on, of course I kept on getting the nose bleeds sparratically throughout the day. My work day in the office was over, I needed to work overtime. I walked along the empty rooms, like I was expecting someone to pop out at me, of course it never happened. Thats not how my story goes. Anyways I got to the elevator pressed the lobby button and the elevator slowly descended with a thunk. It was a very slow elevator and I was on the 16 floor. I got a nosebleed again. I had no tissues this time so I unfolded the wrists of my suit and wiped to blood there. The nosebleed suddenly stopped; just in time for the elevator to reach my stop, I walked out, the secretary stared at me, and her eyes dreadfully followed me on my exit. Shortly after I exited the building I pondered what the woman was staring at.

"Was there still blood on my face,?"

"Surely there wasnt I wiped it all off."

I looked into the side mirror of my car and saw that my nose was swollen up, the upper regions were the size of a grape. Oh god that's why she was staring at me. I drove down the lonely highway at about 10:34 PM making my way to the hospital I noticed that the swollen region was getting bigger. I know started to speed because my nose was throbbing with pain. When I got there the woman at the front desk stared at me and when I met her graze she whispered something unintelligible into a phone. Shortly after, a nurse with a stretcher came out and asked if I could walk, I responded with a polite yes and she pushed it to the side. I walked down the hallway, staring at my own reflections eyes in the marble tiles.

The doctor examined my nose and asked If I had any allergies. I declined and did some quick blood tests. A few minutes after he rushed into the room, he was clicking his pen rapidly, he was worried. He asked me if I had went on vacation anywhere tropical.

"Yes, I went on vacation in Cuba about 5 days ago." I responded

He then told me that an unknown species of parasite must have entered my nostril while I was vacationing and layed eggs inside. I was horrified, he then told me that the larvae must have hatched and feed on my nasal tissue for food. I was then in the emergency rooms, I was getting surgery on my nose, they couldn't reach them by a slice of the skin. I was then put on a hospital bed then injected with some drug so I wouldn't feel pain. When I woke up the nurse said that they were correct and that they have removed 4, large parasites from my nasal cavity. The nurse continued blabbing about how they've discovered a new species. But what I was focused on was that the tray, with the insects on them wasn't a container and that the, wormish like creatures were writhing away quickly towards the open window. They all escaped into busy morning streets and I was the only one who noticed.