Pieces of You - Chapter Two
Dreams …
"Jamie, where are you?" Susan Hale called.
Jamie put down her chemistry book gingerly and put a strand of hair behind her ear. She walked down the stares without making a sound and was in the kitchen before her aunt called upon her again.
"Ja- oh there you are, god you're as white as a ghost you should get some colour into those cheeks. Anyway, Will is on the phone he needs to talk to you" she said her head swiveling towards the cordless phone on the desk.
Jamie went over to it and picked it up. "Yes Will?"
"Hey Jamie, um, have you talked to Rose?"
"No, not since school on Friday"
"Because I can't reach her and her mom said she's sick, but I mean…"
"I know I'll go over there" Jamie said, putting down the phone and putting on her jacket.
"Where are you going" her Aunt asked.
Jamie sighed."To Rose's, she's sick". Jamie walked out the door and down the patio. She passed her mailbox and went down the sidewalk towards Rose's house.
"Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!" a young man called in an affected British accent, throwing his arms in the air. "Lucy, don't go near him I swear".
Jamie walked cautiously around him and stared at him. He looked around, eyes widening and appeared in front of her suddenly. She stopped abruptly, trying not to scream and closed her eyes. She reopened them to find him still standing there.
"Miss?" He asked.
"Yes" she said swallowing. "Is everything alright?" she said calmly, swiveling her eyes to the woman's door he had been belting at.
He growled "No. Wait..how?"
"Look can I help you because I really need to get to my friends house?" Jamie answered impatiently.
"Yeah…you can. You need to tell my wife…well ex-wife… to stop seeing this guy. She's in there…wait I don't know how you can tell her but…leave her a note yeah. Please?" he asked pleadingly.
"Why, what did he do that makes him not good for her?" she replied.
He looked at her and swallowed then turned his head to look at the house. "He murdered me" and then he disappeared.
"Hey Jamie, come on in" Rose said, opening the door.
"I heard you were sick" Jamie asked skeptically, walking in.
"Um yeah I just didn't want to talk to Will. We got into a fight because I thought he was going out with Amy Larkin" she said walking into her bedroom.
"Even Will has better taste than that" Jamie smiled.
"Yeah, just guess I was jealous. I hope that didn't cross his mind" she said, biting her lip nervously.
"Na, he wouldn't even think it."Jamie paused."Why don't you tell him?"
"'Cos it would ruin our friendship"Rose answered.
"Yeah…"Jamie sat down on the bed."But my mom used to always say If you try you might get what you want, if you don't," she paused and smiled" Then you're a dumbass"
"Ha nice one, so have you any news?" Rose asked.
"Yeah I'll tell you about it tomorrow though. I gotta go bye". She gave Rose a hug and walked home.
Jamie started her homework. She gave a quick text to Will saying Rose was fine and went to sleep…
"Help me, you're the only one" the red haired woman called.
"I don't know what you want?" Jamie cried.
"My son…watch out for him, keep him safe…" then she vanished…