Sorry for not posting for a while, I've been so caught up with homework and revision lately. Unfortunately it is going to be like this for a while until my exams are over, which should be at the end of May start of June. I'll try my best to update as much as possible and make the chapters slightly longer to make up for it!
Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 4
I stepped warily out onto the cobbled pavement and took a needed deep breath of the fresh air. I turned to face my right and began to make my way down the long stretch of concrete. I rarely got chances like this, especially on my own. I usually had to have my mum or dad with me or a friend at least because they thought I'd do something stupid. They usually stopped me before I'd reached the front door but fortunately I got away with it this time. I glanced sideways just in time to see a pair of two brightly coloured robins hopping quickly along the brick wall, before returning back into the bushes which shrouded them from view.
After about twenty minutes of non-stop walking I reached a crossing, which is when I realised I didn't actually have a destination, I'd been walking aimlessly for a couple of blocks and hadn't been paying any attention whatsoever about where I was going. However, I headed towards the crossing and waited silently at the traffic lights. I stared out at the heavy, gloomy clouds above me, feeling a few drops of rain fall and splash onto my face. I watched as the array of dull coloured vehicles which had been travelling noisily past, began to slow, pull up and stop as the lights changed. I briskly walked over the worn road and hopped back onto the safety of the pavement just in time before the obnoxious machines sprung back into life behind me. I continued down the pavement, carefully avoiding the holes and cracks where the weeds had grown up through the cement which threatened to trip me up. I didn't need a repeat of what happened when I was with Danny. We were walking down to the town square to go to the gym and instead, I ended up lying unconscious in A&E for five hours to be told I just had a bruise and that I'd probably been sleeping for ages. In fact, they were right about the bruise and I had a pounding headache for day afterwards, it wasn't fun.
I was brought out of my daydream as I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I dove my hand into the back pocket on my jeans and grabbed my mobile, I fully expected my parents to be calling in a wild panic and shouting at be to go back home, but wasn't. Not even a text message, just a notice saying my battery was low. I pushed the small button on the top of the device and returned it to my pocket. After another few minutes of walking I turned up yet another unfamiliar street, and wondered down it. I began to think a bit more about where I was going now and I decided to continue to the end of the road and turn in the general direction of which I had come; at least, I thought I had. I came back to a more main road again; however it was completely deserted apart from the one old man that was walking towards me. I decided that it'd be a good idea to ask for a few directions just so I didn't get completely lost.
"E-excuse me, sir? Can you tell which way the town centre is, please?" I said quietly. The man turned slowly, slightly creepily towards me and raised an arm shakily to the right.
"...Thank you." I squeaked, smiling weakly and moving quickly in the direction which he had pointed.
I walked for a while longer before pulling my phone back out and tried to turn it back on in an attempt to get some sort of help, but nothing happened. I groaned in frustration and shoved in back. I ran my hands through my messy hair and rubbed my eyes gently. I began to panic slightly at the thought of actually getting lost and having to spend the night on the street for the first time. I sighed and continued down the path. I had no idea where I was or where I was going, I just needed to get back.
I continued on for what seemed like an eternity until I heard the normal roar of the engines coming from the line of trucks and cars lined up at the traffic lights. I breathed a sigh of relief as I began to recognise where I was again, however it wasn't anywhere near where my parents lived, it was miles in fact. I followed the steady flow of cars which led me to the town centre, but not the one of was thinking of. Finally, I knew where I was. I was near Tom's house, someone I knew but absolutely miles from my parents. I practically sprinted through the line of shops, pushing my way through the crowded square and back onto the pavement. It was beginning to get dark now, I'd been on the go all day and I was so tired but I had to get to Tom. I ran up the small cul-de-sac and stopped at the gate which marked the entrance to the small mansion. I flipped the catch which held the gates together and slipped through, letting the metal doors swing closed. I made my way up the gravel driveway and climbed up the few steps which led to the door and pushed the doorbell weakly. I watched as the door opened and a tall, athletically built man was revealed.
"Tom..." I whispered, collapsing into his chest and feeling his strong arms wrap me into a tight embrace.
"Dougie! Dougie, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at-?" he hesitated slightly as I let my entire weight shift onto him.
"Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?" I heard him panic, as he held me closely. Although I felt so happy to finally see my best friend again, I had suddenly began to feel awful, like all my energy had completely drained from my system and I felt feeble, weak. I closed my eyes tightly and felt myself begin to drift off. I tried to fight the weariness but it was no use. Tom's grip on my waist increased and I could almost feel his panic radiating from him. I slumped completely as I fell unconscious in his arms.
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