Chapter 3, strange night and off to school

Sunday, 5 PM. I had called the police after trying to find my brother. They had put yellow police tape all around me house, front yard and inside aswell and were now taking pictures and investigating. Heh...figures huh? All of my life has sucked like hell and after two weeks of my life actually being good...my mom and dave had been murdered on my 16th birthday...and my brother, Kei...was no where to be found. I now sat...on the end of the back of an ambulance truck with a blanket around me. I don`t know what to do anymore...why...why would anyone want to murder my family? I don`t have any enemys...exept Olivia and April but...they would do that sort of thing...even IF I hated their guts and they hated mine. To be honest...I don`t even know what to do anymore. And I`v realized...that when I said I liked being alone...I didn`t quite mean it like this and as I sit here...I can`t seem to comprehend it all. As people passed by me, police, FBI and other people...everything just seemed so...so out of the normal. As the people passed by, they just seemed so...distant...so...blury and it all seemed to pass by so slow. Then something clear became into focus...I saw Lilly and her mom May...walking toward the scene.

~Lilly`s POV~
I heard about a murder in RoseRoad and it scared me and my mom...but, once I found out it was at Jen`s house...it scared me even more, I practicly flew off the couch, to the hall way and out the door, running toward Jen`s house. My mom soon caught up and when we got there, I saw Jen sitting on the end of a hospital truck but...she looked so...lifeless. I looked at her and blinked. She was looking at the ground almost emotionlessly, she looked like she was drained of every emotion she had but sorrow. I saw her slowly look up, she noticed I was staring at her and...I almost just ran over and hugged her but I knew it wasn`t a good idea right now. She looked at me with so much sadness...or was it something else? She looked so sad...and lost looking. I didn`t know what I would say to her...but I knew I had to go over to her. So I did.

~Jenna`s POV~
I looked at Lilly and saw her walking toward me...the look in her eyes looked like she felt sorry for me...I didn`t like it but at the same time...I was glad she was walking to me...it gave me a slight filling of comfort...knowing I had atleast someone around. "H-Hey Jen" Lilly said in her usual quiet voice. I tried to say something but...its like i couldn`t open my mouth to speak. I looked down at the ground...what do I do? I could feel Lilly`s eyes sadden then...Lilly hugged me tightly. I didn`t know what to do...but it gave me a safe feeling. "You can stay at my house t-till you can go back into your house if you want.." Lilly said. "...Thank you...Lilly" I said in a low, quiet voice. I could barely tell if I had actually said it at that point...I just have no idea what to do anymore.

Later that day, I was allowed to enter the house and pack afew things and after that, I went to Lilly`s house. I had sat my school bag and my bag from home next to their couch as Lilly helped me unfold the couch bed. "Worse...birthday ever" I thought. Lilly came into the room with some wrapped box and held it out to me. I looked at it then her, blinking. "I-its supposed to be y-your birthday present.." Lilly said quietly. I blinked as I slowly took the box in my hand and nodded "thank you...Lilly" I spoke low. I sat down on the edge of the couch fold out bed as I started to un-wrap the box and open the box. Lilly sat next to me as I pulled out what looked like a book from the box. I blinked and opened it up to see the pages but it was all blank. "I-its a journal...for...incase you want to write something" Lilly spoke softly as she handed me a black pen with the same insigna I have on my skate board on the side of it. "I...had it specially made for you...b-because I`v seen that symbol on your skate board and your chain choker" Lilly said. I gave a small smile "thanks Lilly" I loved it, even more now with my symbol on it. I loved that symbol and my skate board because my real dad had gotten my skate board specially made with that insigna. Lilly gave a soft smile and hugged me from the side. I looked at her and blinked. I wasn`t sure...but I thought that maybe, she thought of me as a older sister. I put the book and pen in my bag and patted her head. We both stayed up for along while, we watched afew movies, ate pop corn and played on my X-Box 360 aswell, since I grabbed it from my house along with most of my games. We both played Halo Reach on Firefight for along time, I even helped her create her own profile. It made me feel abit better, being around someone I know. "Oh! 5 head shots in a row!" I said excitedly "Ooo! I got something called a...beatdown?" Lilly said as she looked at the screen oddly. "Beatdown is when you bash one of the covanunt with your weapon insead of shooting them" I told her "oooh! ok!" She said as we continued to play. It was kind of funny, Lilly was one of those non-violent, quiet girls and here she was, killing aliens and having a ton of fun. After playing a couple hours we both desided it was pretty late when we looked at the clock and saw it was 12 at night...and so, I put the controllers away and turned it off. We both got into our night clothes and brushed our teeth. I layed down on the couch bed and covered up while Lilly went to her own room. "Good night Jen" Lilly said "Night Lilly" I replyed as I turned out the light and closed my eyes and started to fall asleep. "J-Jen? Jen?" I opened my eyes, hearing and now seeing Lilly leaning over me. "Lilly?...what...what are you doing up?" I asked as I looked at the clock, seeing it was 2 in the morning. "W-well...um...I keep seeing a strange man in a black suit outside...h-hes watching me...through the w-window..." Lilly said with a slight tone of fear in her voice. I blinked and realized how scared she sounded. I slowly got up out of bed and grabbed my black pocket knife from my bag and flipped it open. Lilly looked at me abit wide eyed as I went toward her room. Lilly followed close behind. I stood with my back toward the window as I slowly pulled part of the curtains back to look outside but...no one was there. I looked at Lilly as I let the curtains go and closed my knife. "Lilly theres no one out there..." I said "and...why didn`t you just tell your mom or dad about it?" I asked curiously. She looked down and began to speak "um..w-well...I`v told them before...and they never see him...but he was there! I sware!" she said as she looked back up at me. I stared at her for a moment then blinked "...how...how long have you been seeing this man?" I asked. Lilly looked at me and I could see her hesitate "...4 days n-now...". I looked at the window then at her for a moment and sighed. "Why don`t you just sleep with me?" I suggested as I headed for the living room. "A-alright!" Lilly said as she got her pillow and her blanket. I layed back down in bed as she got on the bed on the other side and sat her pillow down, covering up with her own blanket. "Night Lilly" I said sleepily "night Jen" she said back as we both slowly fell asleep.

Monday morning, 6:20 AM. I and Lilly had woken up at 6:10 and started getting ready for school. I did my normal routine, got up, brush teeth, got dressed in my normal outfit and such as Lilly did the same. We both ate breakfast and when we got done it was 7 AM. Time for the bus. We both rushed to get our bags and then practicly flew out the door. "Bye kids!" Lilly`s mom, May called out to us. "Bye mom!" Lilly called back "bye May!" I called back after. Me and Lilly ran to the bus stop as the bus had just pulled up. Both of us got on the bus as the other kids on this street got on as the bus driver closed the door and started driving. I normally hated riding the bus but I`m riding with Lilly and Olivia isnt on! so yea, it makes it abit better. But, anyway, as me and Lilly sat down, we chatted abit with each other as we were now headed to school.