Wide Awake

by Ecto-Girl

This story is set from the end of the second book, Linger. I only own the character Annabelle who is my original character. Annabelle has moved to Mercy Falls to start over. She moves next to a boy Sam who has a strange mix of roommates. He is sure that there is something strange about her and he's determined to find out what it is.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1

After driving through miles of trees and wintery snow; I was confronted with small, beat up houses. I wound down the window a little to feel the cool winter breeze against my face. I sighed feeling and closed my eyes. This was going to be a fresh start. I could sense it. I inhaled slowly and put the window back up.

We drove through what I guessed was the main street, passing cafes, bookshops and small stores. We turned down a road to the left and after another 5 minutes of passing small houses and flats; we stopped.

I paid the cab driver for the lift and got out of the car grabbing the one small bag of luggage I had brought with me. I walked up the front path of the house before stopping halfway to the front door before stopping to look up at the house. It was slightly bigger than all the other houses I've seen her and had a less eerie feel to it. It looked like it had lived in and that was slightly reassuring.

I continued toward the door pulling the key out of my pocket. I clicked the lock open and threw my bag inside the hallway. I was about to follow it in when something caught my eye. I looked over at the house next door and saw a boy looking at me from the front yard. He caught my gaze and flinched, stating to head back to his house. I waved at him and went inside.

The image of his eyes was flashing in my mind. They were yellow and piercing. I had never seen anything like it before. There was something mysterious yet scary about those eyes. From that second that I held their gaze, I saw many things. Those eyes had seen a lot of things; bad and good. He was different to the other people in this town.