Do I know you?
Chapter 2
Author's Note:
I know nobody has reviewed this piece yet but maybe one will once I write further. I at least hope so.
It was around 1 am. Lori was still out with Amanda and Hillary.
"Hey folks, it's getting late, I'll go home." Hillary said grabbing her stuff.
"Yeah sure Hills, you will go home. You are just ditching us for that guy." Lori said rolling her eyes, her arms crossed in front of her. "have fun…" she added smiling and tilted her head, clearly indicating that sex was going to be in the picture.
"Alright then Amanda." Lori said clasping her hands in front of her as she swiftly turned around. "It's just the two of us now."
Amanda looked uncomfortable. As if she knew Lori had a history of getting drunk and that was just what was going to happen in the next hours.
"You know, Lori, why don't we just grab a drink and then go for a walk outside?" Amanda said, innocently as ever.
"Sounds like a plan." The other retorted. She was tipsy already and Amanda was afraid this evening could go south after all that happened with Declan. She knew what it felt like so she wanted to protect her in a way. Make her feel better.
"Alright so here we are, out in the dark walking around in…nowhere?" Lori said, unfortunately wobbling around a little. Maybe that 'grab one last drink wasn't that good'.
They walked down the street, lights dim and dogs barking every now and then.
"Ok this was a horrible idea. Let's get a cab and go home!" Amanda suddenly exclaimed. She hated the dark. She always had to leave one window without the blinds down so the moon would shine in.
"Alrighty then…" Lori slurred, still holding the plastic cup with whatever alcoholic stuff was inside.
"You know, I think you and Kyle have too many issues."
Amanda couldn't hear her as she had stepped away from Lori in order to make a call for a cab.
"He'll be here in about ten minutes." Amanda said tucking her phone away. "Want to sit down at that bench?"
"Sure." She slurred once again and stumbled closer to it, clumsily sitting down.
"You know…" Lori started but was interrupted by a young man walking by who suddenly sat next to them.
"Hi ladies. Mind if I join?" he said seductively. He was no good that was for sure.
Kem was lying on her bed, reading some teen magazine. Kyle disgusted them but it was not like he had a say in that matter. She wanted to read it she would read it. End of the story. Kyle was busy repairing Stephen's laptop. Josh had apparently downloaded a lot of stuff that clearly had brought a lot of Trojans with it. He had an idea what he downloaded. Either way he was stuck with this task.
Suddenly he felt Kem acting weird, as if she was tensing up. That feeling left within an instant though.
"I'll go for a walk. We've been sitting around here for too long." She said hopping off the bed and heading for the door.
Kyle felt something was wrong but the harddrive was giving him more concern so he never noticed that Kem picked something up he hadn't.
Amanda and Lori were in danger.
Running as fast as she could – she wouldn't dare steal Nicole's car – she made it to the place. She had had that feeling all along, but knocked it off as nothing. Lately she had had headaches and Josh's remark that "You guys don't get sick" made her think that it was really nothing.
But then she saw it. A man, probably late teens, dressed in a green jacket with black trousers tucking at Lori's arm.
Kem got angry, as it had happened to her before. Horny guys trying to get down your underwear, or was it pants? She couldn't remember. Either way she had to step in.
"Hey!" she yelled. "Get away from her!"
"Oh…" he said seductively "another one."
Suddenly Kem lost it and threw him against a car. Shocked as how she managed to do this, she kept staring at her hand, missing the fact that he had already gotten up with something iron in his hands ready to hit her.
"Kyle you ok? You look stressed out." Jessi said, having entered the room about 5 minutes ago but not wanting to disturb him. He seemed focused.
"Kem…" he whispered. Suddenly he turned around, concern written all over his face. "Do you know where she is?"
"No…" Jessi replied shrugging her shoulders in her usual manner.
Kyle became desperate. He felt something was wrong and that she was straining herself. He had to find her. But right now he was too confused to make sense of anything.
"We have to get to her." He said. Jessi stiff as a statue reluctantly crossed her arms in front of her chest and said "Fine. Where is she?"
"Somewhere dangerous. Somewhere south." His voice trailed off. 'She's getting weaker as we speak…'
One whack over the head. Disoriented for a moment but still, Kem got back to her feet. Lori and Amanda were holding each other a few feet away.
She had lost it, gotten pissed and therefore pushed herself too far. Kem pinned him to the floor with one foot on the chest. As he tried to raise one foot she grabbed it and held it in place and yelled "Call the police!"
Lori did as ordered to but before the police arrived another car pulled up. It was Kyle.
"Kem!" he exclaimed rushing to her side. Her feet were wobbling. Kyle with concern written all over his face drew Kem away and hugged her. It was shortly after that she collapsed. She had pushed herself too far.
She was back in her bed, sleeping. Kyle couldn't help but feel responsible. Had he only noticed what she was up to. She still hadn't come to and it had been 3 hours. The worry was driving him crazy. It was then that he was called into the hall.
"Adam's here." Stephen said almost in disgust. He was their son…
"How is she?" Adam asked in his usual calm.
"She is asleep." Kyle retorted as if he felt invaded. But why? Why by his own father? Creator?
Suddenly Kem was in the room. "Kyle I did this because you had other things to do! You don't need to watch me 24/7. You act as if you were responsible for me. Know what, you aren't!"
An oppressing silence was lingering in the room.
"I just…" Kyle started but was cut off.
"Yes ok, you care about me, I get it!" Kem exclaimed, wrapping her blanket tighter around her. "But you also got to understand that I can watch my own back. I may have acted out today, but that was for a reason!"
"What reason?" Adam interfered.
"He could have raped the-…"
"Cut the crap!" Kyle yelled almost storming at her and shaking her back to her mind, but Adam held him back, gently placing a hand on his shoulder."
"You…." Kyle stammered, tears making its appearance.
"I just wanted to protect them because they can't the way I can. That's all." Kem said storming away and shutting the door loudly as she went back into her room.
