The Point of No Return
"Sloppy joe's, great." Aimee said as she was going through the lunch line with Adonia. Adonia shook her head and laughed.
"You know, they're not that bad. You just have to make some adjustments to it." Adonia said trying to get her best friend to look at the bright side.
"Yeah, fifty pounds of catchup and cole slaw if they even serve it today," she looked around for it, "Of course. They don't even have it today. Whatever, I'll just throw it up later." Adonia laughed at Aimee's sarcastic joke. They grabbed their trays and headed towards their usual empty table outside. It was just a small, green, round table with benches branching out from it.
"I like your shirt by the way. I'll take it you made it yourself." Aimee pointed out. Adonia smiled and nodded.
"Thanks. I did. I think this is my favorite creation so far. It's not like anyone could find this anywhere and there's no way I'm making more for other Poe fans." Adonia was wearing a long sleeve, red shirt. She had very carefully sewn a raven with it's wings spread out on the bottom left corner. It expanded until about the middle of the shirt. The back of the shirt was a quote from her favorite poem Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe at the top of the shirt. She was also wearing black skinny pants to go with it. Adonia's mind traced back to yesterday's events.
"Oh, by the way, thanks for covering for me yesterday." Adonia blurted out to Aimee.
"What are you talking about?" Aimee said confused.
"After I dropped you off at the café. My parents said they saw you and asked where I was. Ring any bells?" Aimee took a sip from her milk carton.
"Oh! That... I wasn't really thinking. All I said was that you went for a walk, but I didn't know where to. I threw in a possibility that you were at your usual places. You didn't get in trouble, did you?" It was true. Adonia never did actually mention to Aimee where she had gone, but she would have expected to her to lie about her whereabouts. No, she wasn't at the cemetery, the art gallery that she worked at or at the park.
"No, I just walked upstairs and said that I didn't really want to talk about it. They're going to have to take this leash off of me eventually. I'm sixteen, almost seventeen already. I think I'm old enough to take walks and returning home before curfew without investigation afterwards." Aimee nodded in agreement.
"So, where did you go anyways?" Adonia smiled.
"I'll show you after school. It's the most amazing place I have ever seen. I just have to go back. It's one of the abandoned mansion on the other end of town. Well, sort of abandoned. I might have gone inside and gotten caught by people living there."
"Addie! What were you thinking? If your going to sneak into a house, at least make sure everyone's asleep or not home!" They both laughed.
"Okay, I'll go. You just better hope we don't get caught." Aimee said. Adonia smiled and they continued eating. Then, all the soccer kids walked by. Adonia watched as Aimee was glancing at one of David's friends, Brian. She could see the little hearts beating in Aimee's eyes. Aimee isn't really like Adonia. Aimee dresses a bit differently, not as artsy. Aimee is definitely classified as normal in other people's eyes except for the fact that she associated with Adonia.
"You might want to put your eyes back in your sockets." Adonia said trying to get Aimee attention. Although, she saw no response from her. She was still eying Brian and she even saw them dreamingly wave at each other with smiles. Then, Aimee's head snapped towards Adonia.
"I think he likes me!" Aimee said in a loud, whisper. Adonia rolled her eyes. Aimee just turned back around and giggled while gazing at Brian at another table.
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"This is it?" Aimee said in amazement as she gazed at the mansion. Adonia smiled to herself.
"Yeah. Isn't it amazing?" Adonia then walked up to the gate and pulled on it to see if it was open. She yanked on it a few times.
"It wasn't locked yesterday." Adonia as she observed the gate.
"Well, maybe you made the people that live here a little worried. So they locked it so people can't break in." Adonia laughed.
"They obviously don't know me that well." Adonia added. She walked up to the gate and began to climb it. Aimee was hesitant at first, but gave in and followed suit. As they got over the tall, old gate, they began walking up the long driveway. They noticed that the grass was not very lively and the trees hung low as if they suffered a broken heart. The sky also always seemed to be cloudy and grey around there as well.
As they approached the porch, Adonia stopped and told Aimee to wait a second. Aimee was confused, but stood still anyways. Adonia walked over to the side of the mansion to where the garage was located. She went to see if the Mercedes that was resting there last time and thankfully, it wasn't. Adonia came back around the corner and assured Aimee that the coast was clear. They walked up to the door with the floor boards creaking underneath of them. Adonia reached for the door handle and it was locked. Aimee sighed.
"Did I happen to mention that this isn't the easiest task I've had? If not, I am now. Why can't they be naive new people in town that leave everything unlocked. That would make things so much easier." Adonia shook her head and laughed. Aimee had her straight, brown hair hanging down on her a little below her shoulders. She had her bangs pulled back in a low "puff" on the top of her head. Adonia looked at Aimee's hair and noticed that bobby pins were holding her bangs back. She smirked and took on of the bobby pins out.
"Hey! Be careful." Aimee said trying to make sure her hair was still decent. Adonia paid no attention and began picking the lock with the bobby pin. Within seconds, the locked snapped open and they were in. Adonia walked in like she owned the place. She had already been through the amazement stage. Aimee, however, has not.
"Oh my gosh. This place is amazing!" She exclaimed. Adonia turned around and shushed her.
"Do you want someone to hear you? That guy might be upstairs. Only his dad or whoever that older man was is gone."
"Sorry," Aimee said with a softer voice. Adonia gestured Aimee to follow her up the stairs. They took all the same halls that Adonia did during her first escapade. Then, they stopped in front of the door where Adonia was last caught. She put her finger up to her mouth, signaling Aimee to be very quiet. Aimee nodded in understanding. Adonia bent down and peeked through the key hole. It was starting to get dark out, so it was a little hard to see anything. All she knew was that she didn't see anyone in the room.
"Okay, I think the coast is clear." Adonia said in a whisper. At that, she gently turned the door knob and opened the door. They slowly walked in.
"There's barely anything in here." Aimee pointed out.
"It's a guy's room. What do you expect?" She laughed.
"So, how cute is this guy?" Aimee said breaking the brief silence. Adonia laughed.
"Aim, is that the only reason you came with me," she sighed, "Well, I only got a glimpse of him while he was sleeping, but from what I saw, he was gorgeous. Pale, long, shaggy, dark hair, soft skin. He was actually quite flawless. Something keeps drawing me to him. I don't know what it is. Although, I have this strange feeling that he followed me home last night. I don't know. I just thought I saw a man standing on my lawn while I was playing my keyboard. It was really weird." Adonia explained.
"Wow, that sounds weird. He sounds amazing. Maybe instead of breaking into his house, maybe you should actually knock on the door and try to talk to him." Adonia laughed.
"That's okay. I'll have to pass on that one." They laughed slightly and suddenly stopped when they heard footsteps coming down the hall. They're hearts were racing so fast that it was like they were barely moving. They panicked and thought of hiding, but realized they had nowhere to hide. They looked around frantically and then Aimee rushed over to the window and Adonia followed. They quickly opened the window and climbed out of it, onto a big, thick tree. They didn't even bother closing the window. Aimee began climbing down first. Adonia moved slightly, preparing herself to climb down as well, but looked up back into the room. There in the middle of the room, stood the handsome guy she saw before. The lights were on in the room and she could see him perfectly. He was even more beautiful than when he was sleeping. He was tall and wasn't too skinny, but not big either. Their eyes caught each other's attention. He had blue-green eyes and she had pure green ones.
"Adonia! Hurry up!" Aimee shouted from at the base of the tree. Adonia looked down quickly and when she looked back up, he was gone. Adonia wanted to climb back through the window to find out what happened, but instead she climbed down the tree and ran down the driveway with her friend and made an escape.
Adonia couldn't stop thinking about the guy as she rested in her bed that night. She wanted nothing more, but to sneak out again and go back. She wanted to talk to him and see who he was. It was like there was this spell that was casted on her to make her want to go see him. All she knew, was that she wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it until she went back and confronted him. Adonia slowly began drifting off to sleep. She hoped that maybe she would dream of him, just so she could see him. As she was on the edge of slumber, in the distance, she could hear the faint sound of a violin, but then, she fell asleep.