Shawna's POV

"AAAAAAAGGGHHH!" I screamed as I awoke from my nightmare sweating.
No sooner had I screamed out, my door was slammed open and my mom and dad burst into my room, dad carrying a baseball bat.
"Shawna are you alright!" mom asked as she pushed past my dad and ran up to my bedside to comfort me.

I looked at her in a daze and nodded slowly.
"Y-yeah, I just h-had a nightmare that's all." I lightly smiled at her then looked at dad who had dropped his defensive stance and had walked over to me so that he was standing at the end of my bed.
"Gave us a damn fright kiddo, thought somethin' bad had happened to ya."
I smiled at him and snuggled back under my covers.
"It's okay Dad, I'm gunna go back to sleep now kay?"

Both of them looked uncertain but nodded and with a kiss goodnight from Mom, they were gone and I was alone in my dark room once more.
As I tried to get some sleep, my mind went back to the figure in my dream.
Who was he and why did he seem so familiar?

Two Weeks Later

"Damn, History was hilarious today wasn't it?" I asked as me and Lara excited the school doors with the rest of the students. She laughed as we walked to a bench that we both sat down on.
"Tell me about it. I couldn't stop staring at Mr Smiths crappy toupee. It was practically falling off his head."
I giggled unstoppably and reached inside my bag to grab a bag of Hershey's kisses earning a chuckle from Lara.
"Do you always carry a bag of those with you?" she asked as I offered one to her which she declined.
I nodded as I munched on the cookies and cream flavoured white chocolate and swallowed it before saying.
"Yep, I always have. Mom says that's why I'm so unfit."
"Really?" Lara laughed sarcastically as I frowned at her, scoffing down another treat.

We talked for another five minutes before I saw Lara's mom pull up in her SUV. We stood up from the bench and walked towards it. I hugged Lara goodbye and watched as she got in the passenger's seat then said bye to her mom.
"Bye Shawna, see ya tomorrow."
I smiled as her mom drove off and shortly after, Sam pulled up in his yellow and black car.

I walked over to him but as I began to get into the car, I noticed the same police car from two weeks ago. My eyes widened and a look of confusion and shock spread across my face.
'What the hell? I thought he'd gone away!' I thought to myself as I got into the car.
Sam must've noticed my facial expression because he looked in his rear view mirror at the cop behind us.

"What's wrong little sis? You got something ya don't want the cops to know about?" he joked as I looked at him with a frown temporarily forgetting about the car somewhat stalking me.
He chuckled and punched me in the shoulder lightly.
"Just kidding don't kill me." he mocked as I strapped myself in and looked into the mirror on my side. Seeing the cop still there kinda shook me a little but I tried not to show it in front of Sam so I focused on the road ahead.

"So, how was school today?" Sam asked to break the tension.
"It was pretty cool I guess. Why weren't you there?" I questioned as I looked at him.
He laughed at my question but continued to focus on the road.
"We've been given time off to study for our exam's. But never fear, I'll be back in school next week. I know how much you miss me."
I scoffed and looked away from him, crossing my arms across my chest.
"As if I miss you. I hardly ever see you in school. Your always hangin' out with your mates or trying to hit on that, Mikeala chick. Dunno why though, I mean she looks like a right bitch plus she's got that thick brained boyfriend of hers so your chances are shot." I stated, causing him to look at my quickly with an annoyed expression.

"She's not a bitch Shawna, she's a beautiful woman who-"
"Doesn't even know you exist."
"Yeah? What the hell do you know, you're just a freshman. Hell, you've never even had a boyfriend."
I growled and uncrossed my arms from my chest and looked at Sam with a defensive look on my face.
"I don't want a boyfriend I want a girlfrie-"I stopped myself and cupped my hands over my mouth, earning a smirk from my brother.
"What was that little sis? You like girls eh?" he scoffed and pulled the car into the driveway of our home, which amidst our talking we had gotten too quickly.
The cop car that had been following us disappearing around the corner unnoticed by me as I tried to cover up my slip of the tongue.

"I-I never said that. Stop making stuff up." I recovered as I grabbed my bag from the floor of the car.
Sam sneered at me and ruffled my hair a bit.
"Chill out little Shawna, I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to, just answer me this. Are you really into girls that way?" he asked me. I looked into his eyes with nervousness and then looked down, nodding slowly.
"Please don't tell anyone Sam, nobody at school would see me the same way again and I'll be picked on I just know it. Please please please don't tell anyone!" I whimpered as I continued to look at my bag in my arms.
I felt Sam bring me into a hug.
"Don't worry Shawna, I won't tell anyone, I promise."
I looked up at him with a smile and hugged him back.

'Best brother in the world' I thought as we continued to hug each other.
Whilst we were hugging, I noticed the symbol on the steering wheel of the car.
It was strange one.
One that I had never seen before on any other car before, yet for some reason, I felt like I knew what it was and what it stood for.
Sam shook me out of my train of thought by rubbing my back and pulling out of the hug.

"Come on, let's get inside, we both have homework to do, and I'm pretty sure mom wants to see you about something she found in your room" he informed me as we both exited the car and entered the home where we were greeted by mom shouting at some sales person on the other end of the phone before hanging up with an angry remark.
I laughed as Sam walked upstairs to his room and mom came into the hall to put the portable house phone away in its holder and hugged me.

"Hi sweetie. How was school?" she asked as I walked into the kitchen to grab a can of Dr Pepper from the fridge and sat down next to Mom on the couch.
"So, Shawna. I found something rather weird in your room this afternoon, and uh, I was wondering if you know anything about it."
I looked at her confused and shook my head, letting her lead me up into my room where I was given the surprise of my life.

Across from me was a blue wired cage and inside that cage were two grey female rats. One with black eyes, the other with pink. I squealed and ran over to the cage to look at my two lovely friends then ran back to my mom and crushed her in a tight hug.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!"I cried as she rubbed my back. The commotion had brought Sam into the room and after one quick gander at the scene in front of him, he knew that I was extremely happy with the gift and left without saying a word.
I ran towards the cage again and opened the gate, picking up the two fluffy creatures and placing them on my shoulders gently, letting them sniff my face and walk around freely.

I heard my dad laugh from the doorway and I turned to look at him with a big smile. He smiled back and placed an arm around mom watching as I allowed the rats to traverse across my tidy bed whilst I watched.
"So" I heard him begin. "What are ya gunna call 'em?" he asked.
I looked closely at the rats and replied to him.
"I'm gunna call the one with pink eyes Plum and the one with black eyes Sky." I giggled childishly as Sky nibbled on my fingers.
"Well, you've named 'em, now ya gotta take care of 'em."
I nodded and turned to see that Dad had brought in a huge bag of rat nuggets and some toys.
"The rat stuff was on sale so I thought it was cheaper to buy a bigger one today so that ya won't have to dish out fifteen dollars every three weeks. After all, yer payin' for 'em"
I laughed, trust dad to always go for the cheaper route.
"The bedding and cleaning stuff is in the kitchen cupboard under the sink, in a light pink box. The man at the store said that you need to clean them out once a week and give them loads of attention. Got that?" he stated as he brought the heavy bag of nuggets towards the cage.
"Got it."
"Good. Oh and before I forget, the rats came with a book, which apparently, contains everything you need to know about rats. I don't really see how it does seeing as its only got like twenty pages in it but it was free so what the hell."

I put the rats back in the cage and gave them a bowl full of nuggets which they happily munched upon as I walked over to my dad to give him a hug after taking the book from him.
"Thanks guys, I'll take good care of them." I promised as dad gave me a good old slap on the back.
"I really hope you enjoy them Shawna, 'cause they're your birthday and Christmas present. Which means you won't be gettin' anythin' till next year. It's too expensive."

I laughed and went to my desk to do my homework, whilst my Mom and Dad left the room.
After an hour of doing homework, Mom called us down for dinner and soon enough the day was over and it was time for bed once again.
As I crawled into bed and said goodnight to my little friends, I heard a tire screech outside and hurried to the window, my curiosity getting the better of me.
As I looked out of the window I saw a black and white police car speed away from our house, tire tracks and a small cloud of dust following in its wake.
The sight made me freeze in fear.

The police car had been outside.

A:N Okay so a little bit of a wait I know but I hope that its worth it.
Just went to see transformers 3 today and it was AMAZING!
Its also what made me want to finish and partly re-write chapter 2.
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