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Author's Note: Here is chapter 4. You know what to do.
Ch. 4 Different Wavelength
At school the next day, I did my best to talk to Adam. We didn't have any class so I was lucky if I could see him at. Finally, during lunch I was able to catch up with Adam.
"Adam!" I called after him.
"Oh, did I just hear someone?" Adam said childishly.
"Adam come on," I said groaning.
"Where the hell where you? I called you several times?" Adam asked clearly pissed.
"I'm sorry. I got preoccupied with stuff," I said. It was the truth but not the whole truth.
"Are you on drugs again?" He asked me. I glared at him. He was one to talk. He was one of the people I us to do them with. He stopped but it was still irritating no of the less.
"No. God why don't you stamp "Tweaker" on my forehead," I snapped.
"Don't get mad. It's just that you always do that when you're using," Adam shrugged.
"Look I'm really am sorry. I was just being stupid and forgot," I told him.
"Ok but warn me if you're going to go all Charley on me," Adam said rolling his eyes. That comment stung. I know what he couldn't know about Annie but it's still stung.
"I promise. I'm nothing like Charlie. I don't ditch friends for a chick," I told him.
"Good, because I'm freaking out. What if that guy saw us?" Adam said.
"He didn't. Don't worry we will figure stuff out. We need more evidence for Peter Vincent," I told him.
"How about tonight. You busy?" He asked. I shook my head. We agreed to meet afterschool. School seemed to drag on forever. One of the things that changed was that posters for the prom came up. I wondered vaguely if I should even bother asking Annie. It was lucky that I drove to school. I usually parked in the back parking lot where almost no one parked. I didn't think that anyone knew I parked that I parked back there. Obviously I was wrong.
"Why look who it is?" Annie said smirking.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her.
"Just decided to stop in. I know you hanging with Adam tonight," Annie said.
"Why Annie Walsh are you worried about me?" I said smirking and giving her a kiss.
"Can I have a ride? My car broke down," She said.
"Hop in," I said. She got in the car.
"You know Adam asked where I was on friday night," I told her.
"Ed, please not now," She begged.
"Why not?" I asked her.
"Look, If someone finds out about us, it will get rough for you," She explained.
"Like it isn't rough now." I mumbled.
"Why are you pushing this?" Annie glared.
"We've been going out for a while and no one even knows about it. It's fucking ridiculous!" I snapped. We haven't fought for a while.
"Ed don't say things like that," She begged. We reached her house. I parked and looked at her sternly.
"You're embarrassed to be seen with me," I said accusingly. The accusation had been in my head for a while. Annie sighed.
"Don't be silly, I love you crazy," Annie said.
"You love me?" I asked her. She nodded.
"I love you too. I just wished other people knew that," I said. She sighed. She looked at me seriously. She sighed and grabbed my hand.
"Everyone knows everything about me. It's nice to have something that just mine. It has nothing to with my mom's depression or who I hang out with. I don't want you to become like Charley," She said putting her hand my shoulder.
"Fine than but your running out of excuses," I told her. She shook her head in understanding.
"I need more time," She said.
"Fine. I got to go by Adam's." I said not looking at her.
"Call me later," She asked. She kissed me. "Please don't be mad at me," She pleaded. I nodded. She opened the door and walked up to the front door. I sighed. This secret girlfriend thing was seriously becoming a big pain in the ass.
After a night at Adams, I was glad to get home and get some rest. Adam and I got some good evidence last night.
"Edward," A voice called to me. I groaned turned around.
"Hey," I said. I dropped my bag and walked into the kitchen. Like everything in the house the kitchen was neat and tidy. There wasn't a glass out of place.
"Sit down," He instructed. I looked at him curiously but sat down. My dad didn't look as serious as he usually did. I figured it must not be something too bad.
"Your mom and I had a discussion last night," My dad told me taking a sip of coffee.
"And?" I said wondering what they talked about.
"Your mother thinks I'm too hard on you." He said. I didn't trust myself to speak.
"Got to loosen the chain sometime Dad," I said in agreement.
"That's why I agreed to let you stay here for the weekend by yourself. Your mother and I are going to visit her sister." Dad said. I looked at him. Was he serious? They hadn't allowed me to stay home by myself in over a year.
"You're serious?" I said wondering if this was kind of a trick.
"Yeah. Though I have rules," He said.
"Of course," I said.
"No parties and you're allowed to have one visitor," He said. I nodded.
"We're also going to leave you money for food," He said.
"Ok," I said not really knowing how to respond. It was hard to talk to my dad most of the time.
"You know I don't say this enough but I'm really proud of you," He said. I didn't meet his eyes. What was he proud for?
"Thanks," I said awkwardly.
"I can't believe you're a senior and graduating this year. Seems like yesterday I was taking you, Charley, and Adam trick or treating." My dad said reminiscently.
"I remember that year. That was the year that Charley's dad left," I said without thinking. It was always awkward talking about Charley's dad. I remember my dad ranting about what a loser he was for leaving his kid.
"Yeah and you said don't worry, Charley. We can share my dad," My dad said chuckling at the memory. I blushed. It was nice to actually talk to my dad. After the little talk with my dad I went up to my room and fell asleep within moments.
School the next week was a blur. Adam's couldn't come over because his family was going away for the weekend. I promised Adam that I would not do any vampire watching. I was alone for an entire weekend. After I put all the videos from the camera to my laptop, I made a cup of soup. I didn't know so much freedom could be so boring. I was so bored that I decided to delete files on my laptop. My desktop was a mess, which mirrored my life perfectly. There were videos that didn't even have names on it. I opened the video dated March 6, 2009. My eyes widen as I realized what it was. It was of Me, Charley, and Adam in homemade costumes. We had made up our own superheroes, well in my case villain. I was brought out of my musing by a door bell. I got up to answer the door.
"Annie?" I asked in shock. I didn't even she knew where I lived.
"Oh good, the rumors of your demise were greatly exaggerated," She said smiling. I laughed. One of our former history teachers would say that whenever someone came back from a long absence.
"How did you find out where I lived?" I asked her.
"I can't reveal my sources," She said smiling.
"Sorry I've not been answering your text. I've been…" I began. She stopped me
"Busy being angry at me?" She asked.
"Not totally," I admitted. She nodded in understanding. She looked around the house with interestedly.
"You have a nice house," She commented. I smiled in thanks. I should her around the house. Finally I showed her my room.
"Wow your room is kind of boring," She said in surprised. I looked at her confused.
"What did you expect? Naked girls on the walls? My mom would kill me then bring me back to lecture me about respecting woman," I chuckled.
"Well one never knows what would happen when you leave men to decorating." She said sitting on my bed. I sat down next to her.
"I'm sorry about the other day," She said suddenly.
"Look you don't need to…." I was cut off by the ringing of a phone.
"I'll be right back," I said. I knew it was my parents. I was right. After convincing my mom that I was indeed fine, I went back to my room. I heard laughing. Annie was holding my laptop. I remembered what I left open. This was embarrassing. A lot of excuses formed in my mind. I was forced. No I would plead insanity.
"I was 15," I said lamely.
"That is the cutest thing I've ever seen," She chuckled.
"Cute. No it's not, it's dorky," I said.
"I should show this to Amy, she would get a kick out of it. Why is Charley, Squid Man?" She asked me. I was not expecting this. She seemed interested in it.
"His dad called him Squid," I said. She laughed.
"My favorite part is when you start laughing evilly. The world is kid comeback's!" She said laughing.
"I was 15," I shrugged again.
"I think it's sweet. Very creative. What did you use for the blood?" She asked. Suddenly it dawned on me. she wasn't making fun of me.
"Ketchup," I said.
"I guess I know why they call you evil. Gladiator Man and Squid Man. You bastard," She said laughing hysterically.
"Well I'm kid comeback. Damn it," I said laughing.
"You miss him?" She asked. I didn't need to guess who. I shrugged.
"Yeah. Guess we're on completely different wave length," I said trying to show that it wasn't a big deal. She looked at me sadly. I was glad when she got off the subject of Charley.
"You know, you shouldn't be alone in a big house. Who knows what kind of things you will get into? You need supervision," She said smirking.
"Oh really. I need supervision? " I asked her.
"Well I'm making a huge sacrifice but I shall stay here for the night. You know just so you don't burn down the house. I told my parents I was staying with Amy of course," She said pretending to be serious. I smirked. My dad said I was allowed a visitor. He didn't say that I couldn't have a girl over.
"Well if you insist," I said smirking. She grabbed me and pulled me into a kiss.
I was awoken by the sound of Annie talking in her sleep. She sounded as if she was having a nightmare. I lightly shook her.
"Ann. Come on wake up," I said. I looked at the clock. It was 3:30. When she opened her eyes she was terrified.
"Bad Dream?" I asked her. She nodded.
"The alien dream again?" I asked trying not to be insensitive. I never really understood why she was terrified of them. She didn't respond but checked her phone on the bed side table. I noticed a light scar on her bare back.
"How did you get that," I asked. It was the first time I noticed it. She looked at me confused.
"Oh that," She said realizing turning to face me. "This is going to sound crazy, but I don't remember how I got it. I had it as long as I can remember," she said. I looked at her. It better not be what I think it was.
"How can you not know?" I asked incrediously.
"My mom said I had it the day I met them," She said. I looked at her confused.
"Oh, I never told you this did I. I'm adopted," She said.
"Adopted? Since when?" I asked.
"Since I was three," She said answering me. She had a dreamy look in her eye. I decided not to press the subject. She obviously didn't like talking about it. It didn't take long to get back to sleep.
"Why do you insist on getting up before noon," Annie groaned.
"It's good for the brain cells. Plus you're supposed to be at Amy's," I said smirking at her. She groaned then put the covers over her head.
"Your right. Don't need dad finding out where I was and what we did last night," She said. I laughed.
"Nope. Some supervision you are," I said chucking. She threw a pillow at me. When she finally got out of bed, she was leaving already.
"See you on Monday," I said. She kissed me.
"Yep. Love youm" She said. My response was lost. Adam was staring right at me.
"Adam," I said. Annie looked at him nervously.
"Why is she here?" He asked. For the first time, he looked really angry.
"I should go," Annie said quickly. She grabbed her back and left. Adam and I stared at each other.
"Please say something," I pleaded.
"Our flight was cancelled so we had to stay in town. Got bored at home so I decided to stop in. if I knew you had visitors, I wouldn't have bothered," Adam said.
"I can explain," I said.
"How long?" Adam said angrily.
"A while," I said. I didn't have the guts to tell him it's been two years.
"Annie Welsh. Seriously, Evil," He said incrediously.
"What's that suppose to mean?" I asked him.
"She hangs out with Mark and Ben. The same people that tormented us since 4th grade. She wasn't a princess either. How could you go out with her?" He asked.
"It's not that big a deal," I said. Adam shook his head.
"She use to make fun of you and you're going out with her. You're just like Charley," He said angrily. I glared at him.
"No I'm not," I snapped.
"OH YEAH! SNEAKING AROUND, LYING, BLOWING OFF FRIENDS. SOUNDS LIKE A DEAD RINGER TO ME," He said loudly.
"I didn't blow you off," I said.
"Whatever. She doesn't even tell her friends that you're dating. She's using you Ed. Probably just a cruel joke between her and her friends," Adam said.
"She's not like that," I said in defense of my girlfriend.
"Sure she isn't Evil. Just remember this is the girl that yelled at you because you simply bumped into her," Adam said angrily. He walked away angrily. Looked like my relaxing weekend was over and that I potential lost another friend.
Next Chapter: Ed tries to talk to Adam. They both start to realize the danger of hunting vampires.