I carry on like I always have, I get up and peer out of the window, and look upon the moors, I can almost smell the damp, dead leaves from here. I turn away from the window, almost reluctantly, and skulk across my room to my wardrobe, but before I get dressed, into that disgusting rag of a uniform, there's one thing I have to do, I flick the switch on the wall and turn my stereo on.
How will I know if he really loves me
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
The heavenly tune is blaring out of the speakers as I get dressed, shirt, trousers, tie, all flung on as my body finds the rhythm and I start dancing.
How will I know if he's thinking of me
I try to phone but I'm too shy
(Can't speak)
Falling in love is all bitter sweet
This love is strong why do I feel weak
The house is quiet…empty, when mum and dad went, the calm serenity is blissful, and sweet to my ears.
School is a bore, as per, surrounded by these malicious predators….their all so…..inferior to me. The only person who I'd even consider giving any attention to is Shannon, who's sitting right next to me, and is oddly silent. "Someone's quiet today." I poke at Shannon's shoulder, but the look she greets me with is one I wouldn't look upon my worst enemy with. "Come on, Shan. Why so grumpy?"
Shannon turns to look at me again, not looking so disgusted as before, "Nothing, just a bit under the weather." She smiles, but I don't buy it, not for one second. Shannon's always been a terrible liar.
The walk home from school is so relaxing. The world slips away as the same soulful vocals pull me into peace,
Oh, wake me, I'm shaking
Wish I had you near me now
Said there's no mistaking
What I feel is really love
I get caught up in the beat at one point and start dancing before I realise I'm in the middle of the village and proceed to walk as normal.
When I get home I sink into the soft cushions of the sofa, and no sooner to I switch the T.V on, I find there is absolutely nothing on, what else can I do but switch on the downstairs stereo.
A few stolen moments is all that we share
You've got your family, and they need you there
Though I've tried to resist, being last on your list
But no other man's gonna do
So I'm saving all my love for you
Suddenly my phone rings, knocking all the atmosphere away, It's Shannon, I have to turn the speakers down to hear what she's saying.
"Maddy, Can I come over, I need to talk." The tone in her voice told me she wasn't coming round for a girly gossip,
"Sure." I tell her, what else can I say?
Shannon skulks through the door with a sullen look, "D'you want a coff-"
"I know your secret." She says matter-of-factly, I freeze.
"What?" She can't have found them, but then again, she's always up on the moors…
"I know, I know you're a wolfblood." She says again,
"wh-how?"
"I've known for ages, and all my evidence is going straight to Dr. Whitewood." She tells me with that shaky, weak voice.
"Oh, Shan." I wrap her up in a big hug, you made me do this, Shan, it didn't have to happen but you gave me no choice, just like the rest of them. "You're my best friend, I love you so much."
"I'm still going to Dr. Whitewood." She's adamant of that fact…I almost feel sorry for the girl…..almost.
"Wait, before you do, I need you to see something." Shannon must notice the indifferent look on my face, she knows my body language has changed, I have to, It has to be like this….I need to shut her up. "Come with me." Shannon agrees to come with me,
"Why are we going in the car?" She asks, "Your mum and dad are gunna kill you when they get back from Paris." I highly doubt that.
"Oh, they're not a problem." Just get in the car! Almost reluctantly she gets in the car,
"Where are we going?" She sounds scared,
"Up on the moors, I want to remember the good times we had there. Together."
The music is the only thing that breaks the silence.
Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I've done alright up till now
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls, the loneliness calls
My eyes never leave the road, the stony look on my face never leaves, but still I say to Shannon, "You know I've always had a thing for Whitney Houston."
Shannon doesn't say anything, her fingers still fumbling to overlap themselves, and looks over at the shovel in the back seat with unease.
I stop the car on a secluded hill on the moors, this is it, this is where it all started.
"I don't recall ever coming here." Shannon says confused, she's got her back to me, fool, it's all over in a second for her, not like the others, I made sure I hit her hard, so hard she'd never get up again, and even as I dig her grave, even as my shovel scrapes against stones and mud, that same sweet sound is still playing loud in the car,
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
It's not as deep as the one I dug for mum and dad, but more deep than the one I dug for Rhydian, She's with them all now, mum, dad, Rhydian and Tom, she's buried next to Tom. It saddens me that it had to end like this, if she wasn't so stupid enough to confront me….. but as I pile the dirt back onto her lifeless corpse, I know it was for the best…I wish I was sorry, Shan.
The drive back to my home is bittersweet, but I carry on, the way I always have, and think about nothing but the enchanting melody as my fingers tap at the leather of the steering wheel.
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
AN: This idea came to my had all of a sudden last night and I HAD to write about it, It's so creepy haha, please review.
Immortalgothgirl
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