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Chapter Four.
I made it to the car quickly and without incident. For which I was grateful. Enough had happened today without needing to visit the hospital. My thoughts were now back on my problems. Great the peace and quiet lasted what, a few hours? It was about time to go home and sort out dinner for Charlie now.
Just as I pulled up to the house I noticed that my bracelet was missing. I had had it for years and never taken it off. It was a bangle style but it had imprints of broken hearts along it. It was a simply silver,no other colour. I panicked, scrabbling all round the floor and seats of the car seeing if I had dropped it. I couldn't find it any where. I felt like crying. It was the only jewelery I wore on a regular basis as it was my favourite and now I had lost it.
I sighed with acceptance, I wouldn't see it again. I made my way into the house to start dinner. That was something I loved about living with my dad,I cooked. It was something that had always relaxed me. I could blank out the rest of the world as I worked to create something that would sustain life. Yeah I know,strange way to describe cooking but it's how I feel.
I spent the next hour making a chicken stir fry, which was exactly complicated but it kept me busy. By the time it was finished Charlie had got home and changed and was now sat on the settee watching some sort of sport. I called him in and once we were both seated with food we lapsed into comfortable silence.
After eating Charlie went back to the TV and I put the pots in the dishwasher and headed up to my room. It didn't take me long to do homework seeing as I left early but then came the problem of what to do to distract myself from memories. I was sure that what happened today would cause a nightmare. I shivered at the thought of what that would consist of.
I had never been loud enough in my fright to wake Charlie up for which I was glad. I didn't want him to know anything of what happened. One because he was an overprotective parent, Two because he was the police chief and so his reaction would be worse and three because no one would look at me the same, especially him, if people knew.
I shook my head to stop where these thoughts were leading me. I quickly put some music on and the soothing,to me anyway,songs of Linkin Park, the first song to come on was Somewhere I belong which just seemed to fit me and my life at this moment in time. So much for taking my mind off things.
Just as I was about to lie down in my bed in the comfy confines of my quilt when I remembered I left the book I was reading in my car. I grudgingly got up and made my way back outside towards my car. Shouting to let Charlie know where I was going I made my way out to my car. I climbed into the back to pull out my book but when I came back out of the car, there was someone stood behind me.
I turned slowly to see who it was and paled instantly to see Him. He smirked when he saw my reaction to him. Just seeing him brought the worst of the memories to the forefront of my mind. My head spun and I couldn't concentrate on anything but how close he was to me and the memories swarming my mind. He took a step closer to me and I instinctively moved back away from him.
My mind ran with ways to avoid him, The feeling of the door frame of my car gave me an idea. I leapt into the back seat of my car, shut the door and had it locked in a matter of 30 seconds. His smirk turned to a look of outrage as he saw that he couldn't get to me. I motioned to him my house and mouthed police at him.
Realization seemed to spread across his face and I was pleased that I had the upper hand this time, until he mouthed the word later at me. I shivered at the implications of that one word and watched as he slunk into the trees on the other side of the road. I was still petrified though, the reason behind all my problems had just made my life even worse.
Still shaking I took a deep breath and made my way back out of the car with my book and keys safely under my arm. I literally ran into the house,again calling to Charlie to let him know I was back in the house. My music still playing, this time on Second chance by Shinedown. I sat down to read my book but I couldn't concentrate on the words on the book,they just ran around the page.
Sighing I gave up and settled down for the night. But again I couldn't sleep,my mind was too chaotic, I could see his face leering at me as I was pinned, smell his breath as his face came closer. The looks on everyone's faces as they came in and saw what they thought I saw. I fell asleep with all these images in my head but now the added pressure of the new girl Rosalie and her reaction to me and the expectations of the same reaction from the rest of her family.
I woke later at 3am my screams muffled by my pillow. I was glad that this had happened,there was no way that I could explain to Charlie why I was screaming bloody murder this early. I forced myself to breathe. In and out,In and out. Once I was calm enough I turned on my bedside lamp and picked up my book.
My mind was still chaotic but at least I could concentrate on my book. It was with thoughts of the book that I fell asleep about an hour later. I woke up to the usual sound of alarm and realised, Tuesday, that meant school again. I would also need to face the new students and see what sort of responses I get. Great, just what I need, first I lost my bracelet, then he turns up,now I've got to go to school and expect the unexpected.
