jordanhoward-awesome: if you find this to be a bit boring well don't worry this is just the setup chapter, just wanted to let you know that owne and abby have a rocky road relationship and that they're being watched. enjoy and review.
The newspaper says the sun will set at 7pm tonight, Friday night to be exact; feeding night. Abby made it clear to me that there are rules to this game if I am to be a part of her life; if she will turn me that is. Rule #1: Don't kill more than you need to; it will cause suspicion, which is partly why I moved with my dad.
Tonight I have something different planned anyways; I hope she won't be mad. I meet Abby at the place she designated as our meeting spot, I would argue with her but she has been doing this much longer than I have. I don't know where she sleeps, who her "Guardian" is, what her situation for food is; but it seems to me she is doing just fine, better than me that is, everything she does is better than me. She shows up and I know I must speak up and know is the time for such actions.
"Hey, good, you made it." She is looking at me more intently than ever.
"Are you alright? Your heart is beating a little faster than normal." I hate when she does this stuff, it makes me feel like I have no control of myself.
"I had an idea, I know you have to eat but I was thinking, I was thinking we could go to the movies" She's trying to read my thoughts, and I honestly don't know if she has that ability. "Okay, stupid idea, you're probably hungry; let's go get you something."
"No let's go, you earned a night off. Besides I already ate." I don't want to know what she meant by that.
We get to the movie theatre and it's packed, well packed for a small town like this. We see that movie about the guy who gets stuck in his arcade game. I thought it was decent enough so did Abby. She then recalls from her past all the plays her parents took her to.
"Don Giovanni was the last play my parents took me to before I was turned."
"What do you remember from back then?" I might be pushing my luck with this question.
"Owen, if you're going to be in this with me for the long haul, I need to know that I can trust you and that you will always trust me." Her change in the topic isn't very subtle, but the fact that she has issues with our trust takes me back a little.
"I have to know that you would be willing to sacrifice anything and everything for my secret, for my... our protection." We're walking home and everything is a little jarring at this point. We get to our designated spot, before we depart, I have to ask her.
"Where do you go at night, what do you do when you're not with me?" This is one question that is burning inside my head.
" Owen, everything will be answered in good time, like I said before, there is parts of me that need to be hidden from you, but i promise you will get the truth." She departs into the night leaving me standing alone under a street lamp, if this is what love is it sure is confusing.
I walk along for a while, maybe even past my curfew I have no idea. I go through all the thought in my head trying to make sense of tonight. I chew down a wad of the candy in my jeans pocket and I look at the stars while laying on a picnic table in the middle of the park. i wonder to myself; when was the last time Abby looked at the stars, when was the last time she lived without actually living?
Target departed movie theatre at 9:15, continued down street at 9:30. Target continued conversation with an unknown accomplice until IT departed at 9:45. Accomplice wandered through park alone until 10:20.I must continue my investigation at discretion of this new accomplice. Tatum files number fifty seven will be continued when I restart my investigation next weekl.