Hello again everyone :) well heres chapter 4! Something is going to happen thats gonna blow your mind! lol well idk blow your mind but something will happen! Well I just really hope your enjoying the story and i love getting reviews :) tell me your thoughts! what do you think about the story so far? Do you even like it? Do you think Eli should be with Clare? Just tell me your thoughts :D I also don't mind harsh criticism.
Chapter 4: Back Where We Belonged
"Where are you taking me?" Eli asks, suspiciously looking at his surroundings. Esmeralda smiles, trying to find the place she was heading. "Oh you'll see." She keeps driving, still trying to remember where she was going. They then arrive at an abandoned park that was over populated with trees and moss now. She places the car on park and turns the engine off. "Do you remember this place?" she asks, hoping he would.
Eli looks at it closely, then his eyes open wide. "Are you serious? This is the abandoned park we used to hang out at when we were six! How did you remember? I'm really stunned that you even remembered where it was." He tells her, still surprised by where he was. They exited the car and started walking inside the park. "How can I forget? This was our sanctuary when bad stuff would happen to us. I can never forget this place."
Esmeralda laughs, "I don't think we can ever forget this place." She starts to twirl around with the moon beating down on her. Eli stares at his best friend who was dancing in front of him. He couldn't help but smile at her enjoyment. He was happy to see her happy for once, it had been awhile since he's seen her like that. Ever since her break-up with her ex, she was taking it hard, just like he would. He knew the guy was cheating on her, but she just wouldn't listen to him.
"Eli you're being ridiculous. Liam would never cheat on me. He says he loves me." Esmeralda tells Eli over the phone while she was making some food for her and her boyfriend that was visiting her from Canada. "Yes and I love hamburgers, but that doesn't mean anything. It's not real love Esmer. Please? You just gotta believe me."
Esmeralda stops what she was doing and leans on her kitchen counter. "Eli, you have to remember this. You over exaggerate a lot. I highly doubt Liam is cheating on me." She then hears her doorbell ring. "Oh speak of the devil. I'll call you later ok? Take care." She hangs up her cell phone and places it on counter.
Eli grunts angrily and hangs his phone up as well. He got so upset that he threw his phone at his wall, and in the process it broke. "Dammit! Why doesn't she ever listen to me?" he starts breathing heavily and walks in circles around his room, which he could hardly do with his room being over crowded with junk that he doesn't want to throw away. Realizing he had no space to walk around in, he just sits back down on his bed and starts shaking his head repeatedly. "She's going to regret not listening to me."
Esmeralda was about to open the door until she heard Liam talking on the other side. She presses her ear up against it so she could hear better. "Don't worry baby, once I'm done here, I'm gonna take a plane straight back home so I can be with you. Ok talk to you later. Bye. I love you too."
Esmeralda started feeling her face turn red from embarrassment, not believing what she heard. She tried to calm herself down, trying to remember what her therapist had been telling her to do. She breathes in slowly and exhales the same way. She puts on a fake smile and slowly opens the door, revealing her boyfriends cheating face. Liam smiles wide when he saw her, "Hey baby! Ohh I've missed you soooo much."
Esmeralda stares at Liam with a are-you-freaking-kidding-me look. "Don't baby me. I heard your little conversation just a few seconds ago. So what's her name?" she questions, crossing her arms, leaning on the doorway. Liam started to get nervous, "I- I don't know what you're talking about babe." He replies, stuttering a bit. She started clapping, "Oh bravo Liam. You know how to play dumb. Well I'm not going to anymore. Goodbye Liam." She then closed the door in his face, feeling a part of her start to crumble.
"Eli was right. How could I be so stupid!" Esmeralda hits the wall, making a very noticeable dent in it. She gets her cell-phone out and dials Eli's number. "Yes?" Eli replies with no emotion. "Eli…. I'm sorry." She apologizes, feeling as if she was about to cry. Eli sighs, feeling sympathetic. "It's ok Es. I forgive you."
Eli shakes the memory away and limps towards Esmeralda. She stops when she sees Eli walk up to her; smiling that he was. He stops when he reaches a few centimeters away from her face. She looks up, staring into his emerald green eyes that gleam in the moonlight. He smirks his usual smirk, grabbing her, pulling her into a hug. She raises her eyebrows from confusion, "You ok Eli?" he nods his head while holding onto hers. "It's just been a long time since we've actually hugged like this. When was the last time we hugged like this?"
Esmeralda smiles and hugs Eli back. "It had been awhile." He smiles happily, "You're a really good friend Esmeralda. You're more than a friend. You're my twin. Even if we have different taste in style." She lets out a giggle, "Of course. Someone has to be the girl here." He moves back, "Ouchh." He grins showing his perfectly white teeth. "Oh just keep hugging me." She demands jokingly.
After a few minutes of hugging in silence they finally released each other and started looking around the forest some more. While they were searching throughout the park, they came across old swing sets and rotten benches. "Oh wow, look Eli. Some of the stuff is still here." She touches the old rusty swing, leaving some of the residue on her fingertips. She wipes it away on her pants and continues walking.
Eli heads towards the old playground, looking around it. "Wow, I can't believe this old thing is still up. I thought it would've broken down by now." He hits the slide with his cane, and in the process, making it fall to the ground. Esmeralda looks back at him, who backs away from the debris. "Nice going Elijah." He faces her, "I didn't do it." He jokes, laughing while hitting the ruble on the floor with his good leg.
Esmeralda rolls her eyes, she then notices a darker area of the park and sees a trail leading into a forest. "Hmm." She starts walking to the trail curiously, but stops when Eli pulls on her wrist. "Where do you think you're going?" Eli asks, still holding onto her. She sighs tiredly, "Exploring. Duh?" he shakes his head, "No, no, no, no. You are definitely not going in there. Are you crazy? It's pitch black in there, how in the world are you going to know where you're going."
"My cell-phone." Esmeralda pulls it out and shows Eli. Eli arches his eyebrow, "Seriously?" she nods happily. "Come on Eli. What's the worst that can happen?" He looks at her with frustration, "With my luck, something will happen." She shakes her head, "There you go again being over dramatic. Come on." She pulls his hand now, dragging him into the forest. He starts to groan, "I'm gonna regret this." She just laughs, "It won't be that bad. I think we used to hang out there." she walks on the trail. "Yea when there was sun out." He points out.
Esmeralda moves a lot of tree branches out of the way so her and Eli could get through the place easily. "I'm starting to remember this place now." Eli agrees, "Yea, now that you mentioned it, so do I." She gazes around the area, "Remember when we came here one day because your parents were fighting like crazy and we decided to do some mythological role-playing." Eli chuckles at the memory, "How can I forget that day? You were a nymph and I was a vampire. How old were we? Seven? Man do the years go by." He limps to where Esmeralda stopped.
"Yea we were…" Esmeralda trails off when she came across something that caught her eye on the grassy ground. She kneels down on the floor to see what she saw. She moves the leaves aside and sees something shiny as she get closer to finding out what's on the floor. Her eyes widen in horror. Eli comes up behind her, curiously wondering what she found. "Whatcha got there Es?" she slowly moves her head to look up at him. "I think we found a murder weapon." She moves to the side to show Eli the bloody knife on the floor.
Eli's eyes widen as well, "Are you serious? I don't you something was going to happen."
"But nothing has happened. All we found was a knife." Esmeralda says casually.
"With someone's blood on it! Es, we need to leave. Now." Eli reaches for Esmeralda's arm and starts dragging her out of the forest. Esmeralda stops when she heard something crack behind them. "Did you hear that?" she whispers to him. He searches to see what made the noise, "It was probably an animal. Come one Esmeralda." He continues to drag her.
They start heading back to the car to get away whatever was in the park that left the knife there. Once they got closer to the car, something or someone was blocking their way to get to it.
OMG :O who's that? a serial killer? or someone that they know or someone they're going to meet for the first time?
Tell me who or what you think it is! :D Reviews are very much appreciated :) Thank You!