"We'll aren't you going to say anything?" she asked me still tapping her foot vigorously.
"Jasper is your husband?" I repeated back to her, the shock was evident in my voice "yes" she answered rolling her eyes at me. "Jasper?" I asked once again still not sure if I quit understood what was happening here. "Yes!" I could tell she was getting annoyed but I had to make sure.
Why was this guy the center of everything happing today? Did I somehow form a crazy obsession for him, and now I'm going delirious thinking about him. How crazy am I?
"Elizabeth" I heard my dad say my name as he opened my door peaking his head in my room. "Were you talking to someone?"
Crap.
I looked around and noticed I was I alone. "No dad. Just talking to myself, stressed out, first day of school and all" my dad gave a suspicious look around the room before looking back at me. "Well I brought dinner home."
I gave him a warm smile "I'll be out in a minute" after I find out where she went.
I looked everywhere in my room and couldn't seem to find her, or how she had even gotten out. The window was still shut; she didn't leave by the door. She wasn't in my closet or under my bed. How the heck did she get out without me or my dad seeing?
I left the room and went into the kitchen and grabbed the food my dad had brought home.
"School was that bad?" he asked as I slid onto the stole. I took a bite of food not wanting to answer him so I just nodded my head. After all it's rude to eat and talk at the same time.
"I have this big project coming up so I'm going to busy for awhile in the next few weeks. I hoped I would have had time to settle in but it seems like that aint going to happen" My dad's statement had shocked me, I knew he was a good architect, one of the best in fact, but who up in Alaska would know about that already?
"Who are you designing for this time dad?" I was very curious. "A government building. " he didn't give more details and I didn't push for more. "Oh" was all I could say, he continued on "I might have to take a few trips during the upcoming months but nothing too long. I've told them I have a daughter at home." He gave me a warm smile as to reassure me there was no way he was going to forget about me.
I continued eating and barely avoiding question related to school, not wanting to bring up anything that might lead to Jasper and Alice. I felt as if I had to keep it secret; that feeling felt weirder then anything that had happened today, I wasn't one to lie to my dad...
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
But I don't want the next best thing
So I sing and hold my head down and I break these walls round me
Can't take no more of your fairytale love
My cell phone went off breaking my train of thought. As I went to get it my phone my dad sighed showing his disproval of my talking while eating.
I smiled when I saw my Caller ID alerting me that Christina was calling.
"hello"
"LIZ I miss you."
Laughing, I said "I miss you to but it's only been a few days Chris"
"So this is the longest we have ever spent away from each other. I hate it. There is so much I need to tell you, Scott seems to be seeing someone. I know! How big of a jerk is he? "
Scott, cool Scott. The boy who I had a crush on since seventh grade and asked me out on a date the night before my dad drops the bomb that we've moving.
After I told him, Scott barley wanted talked to me. "Who's he seeing?" I asked feeling upset about this outcome.
"Amanda Peterson" I never had a chance even if I stayed. She's is tall blonde tan blue eyes and from things I hear pretty easy.
"It's cool, it not like we we're dating" I could picture Christina rolling her eyes and sighing as she painted her nails biting her tongue about telling me how wrong I was.
"So have you been watching the news lately?" her sudden turn in the conversation grabs my attention, she isn't one to be talking about the news. "Not really why?"
"Turn on CNN some crazy serial killer, anyways. My Mom says I have to go it's getting late. Stupid Different Time Zone." I laughed at her as we hung up.
I went into the living I turned the TV on and went through the channels not sure what channel CNN was up here or even if they had it, I mean they had to right?
After a few minutes of channel surfing I found it.
"They aren't making any speculation as to if this is a single person or more than one, however they are sure the target is gas station attendant who are alone, The crimes seem to have been in the most northern United States area's stretching outwards through Canada. They have stopped right now but police caution attendant to not be alone. "
As the lady on TV talked I couldn't help but shiver, my mind wondered back to the strange guy with the dragon tattoo.
I went to bed soon after that not feeling so well. Soon sleep took over my body and mind.
"Hello" I called out not able to see anything in the distance. The only light was from the red moon hanging in the night sky.
Carnival music started to fill my ears, soon the lights to the carousel lit up only a yard away from me.
I started walking towards it, hearing the sounds of children laughing, and games being played yet I was still the only one there.
As I got closer to the ride the music speed picked up.
"Hello?" I called out again.
As I stood in front of the carousel it stopped as if inviting me to join, the children laughter stopped as did the music..
I climb up on it, hoping someone was there to help me find my way home..
As I walked I came in contact with a great white horse, Used for one of the seats. It beauty grabbed my attention. I reached out touching the cold metal of its face; his eyes are what struck me first.
They were a beautiful gem stone. I wasn't sure what type, but it was the color of light honey color. It entranced me; I couldn't take my eyes off his face.
"It's beautiful." A deep voice said behind me, I turned around searching for his voice, a voice I knew but wasn't sure who it belong too.
"Who's there?" I called out, I waited, but no one answered. I turned my attention back to the White horse. Once more amazed by his beauty, they way he stood great and mighty as if he was my protector.
I felt someone stand behind me, pushing their body against mine my breath catching in my throat. Their arms reached out tramping me where I was, I was frozen in this spot.
I felt their breath on the back of my neck as they put their lips near my ear. Making my heart beat faster with every tick of the clock.
"I'm coming for you, if you run. I'll find you, I'll always find you" the voice whispered in my ear.
Before I could even react in fear flames encircled the carousel. I screamed for help, for someone to come and rescue me.
The held on to the great horse, unsure of what to do, everywhere I looked was surround by the flames, yet I felt safe with the horse.
The smoke in the air was chocking me death, I couldn't breathe. I felt myself fading away.
Away from everything.
I woke up, not able to breathe. I was gasping for air, feeling the smoke clutch around my lungs squeezing the air out of them. My chest was pounding in pain; I could feel every hair on my body stand up in fear of dying. I wanted to scream, to breathe out a rescue but it was no use.
I closed my eyes, tears streaming down my face. I was use to having bad dreams, but this was different. It was a new nightmare of sorts. One that scared me to the core of my soul.
For the fallowing weeks I felt as if I was standing on the edge of sanity. Feelings as if any more dreams, or one more coincidence happens I would slip into the world of insanity. At night I took low doses of sleeping pills so I could sleep soundly, not wanting to dream of anything.
Fears constant knock on my door was pushing me further back into my surrounding. I buried myself with school work, and constantly changing my room around, I had even began a friendship with Max; anything to keep my mind busy, not pushing for answers that I kept asking myself.
I hadn't even thought about the girl, Alice, who claimed to be Jaspers wife, I refused to even see him, constantly avoiding him in the halls. I knew he wasn't looking for me, but for my well being I wanted to avoid him and any reminder of him.
Max was more of a bonus than anything else. He would drive me to school, and take me home. We talked a lot during history, sat next to each other during lunch, he kept me busy on other stuff, though I kept getting mixed signals from him, but with everything going on that was fine. I didn't feel like having to deal with more stuff.
It wasn't until the day Max couldn't bring me to school that things got weirder, fast. I took my dad's car after plenty of begging and pleading did he finally allow me to drive to school. Though now I wish he didn't.
As I was driving down the road, suddenly all my craziness came back. Alice was sitting in the passenger seat!
"I need you to talk to him" The SUV swerved almost going over an embankment "How the hell did you get in here?" I screamed! Finally a rational reaction, though it was more to the almost crashing then the girl suddenly appearing.
"I need you to talk to Jasper for me- "she ignored my question and kept on talking "I need you to tell him that he did the right thing, he made the right choice!" her voice was pleading, I couldn't help but glance at her from the corner of my eyes.
She was really there in my car there was no doubt about it. She was also really upset but still why she couldn't tell him. "He's your husband you do it" my voice sounded colder then I attended it to be, but the stress was getting to me.
"DON'T YOU THINK I WOULD IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE" she startled me as she screamed, causing me to jump slightly. "Sorry, I just…please tell him for me?" She said as I pulled into a parking spot before I was able to reply she out of the vehicle.
During that day I still avoided Jasper like the plague trying to figure out what to do. Who is this girl, and why can't she tell him? Why would she come to me? I don't even know him. Was she really even anyone to him if and a big if she was even real?
As I was working up a plan how to talk to Jasper, I walked into something, something hard and cold I started falling towards the ground. Though I never made it, I felt strong cold arms grabbed me around the waist bring me towards there chest. I looked up into the Face of Jasper.
"Sorry" my voice was soft and low, hard to hear even to my own ears, but he gave me a smile "it's fine" I barely heard him as I gazed into his liquid topaz eyes, they captivated, pulling me in like a whirl pool.
He realized me from his grip; oddly I felt a sad sense of disappointment. "I'm Elizabeth" I said fast, not coming up with anything else to keep him here talking to me. Which is what I wanted? I needed to tell him something, right, that's what I told myself…
"Jasper" he said never meeting my gaze, though I was sure I hadn't took my eyes off of his eyes, his all too familiar eyes.
"It wasn't your fault" I blurted out to loudly.
"Excuse me?" he asked finally meeting my gaze, with a perplexed looked.
"Me walking into you, It wasn't your fault" he nodded his head; but kept looking at me, really looked at me. Studying me almost, As if he could tell I was lying.
"I should get going" as he started to walk away I called out "wait" reaching out grabbing his hand, and electric shock touched my finger tips. I quickly moved my hands
"Yeah?"
"There was this book I read-" book I read? What the hell am I talking about? "And in it this book this guy had done something he blamed himself for it, something involving his wif-girlfriend and for some reason he couldn't come to terms with what happened I guess. But his girlfriend wants him too... I mean too not blame himself that he had made the right choice, and well I guess if I could talk to that guy in the book I'd just tell him that sometime things happen, and you can't blame yourself for them, something the right choice comes with the hardest consequence"
He's going to think I'm an idiot, I don't even know what the hell I'm talking about, I really need to cover my butt in this one.
"So I just wanted to know if you have a pen I can borrow…because I need to write that down?" I said a bit confused by my own words. I really suck at this, don't I?
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