Chapter Four

I realize that it has been a REALLY long time since I have added anything , but here is another chapter , I hope that you'll continue to read my story and hopefully leave reviews.

The heavy rain was hammering the roof of the house just as Kirstie finished signing her name. She carefully folded the letter in three places and wrote his name on the outside. Kirstie put the letter right below the keyboard. There is no possible way that ben could miss it.

Kirstie went downstairs to the living room and grabbed a black hooded jacket off the side of her couch and put it on. Then she grabbed the duffel bag and hurried outside to her car, not even locking the door as she did so.

It was about 12:30 not . Ben would be here soon, she needed to get going. Then she exhaled angrily.

"shit, how am I supposed to get somewhere that's not even on the map anymore without directions?!"

Kirstie threw the bag in the backseat and slammed the door. She ran back inside and back up the stairs to use the computer. Thank God for Map Quest. She printed the directions and hurried out the door. She got into her car and sped out of her driveway and down the road, heading towards Silent Hill, West Virginia.

Kirstie laid the directions on the passenger's seat for her to glance at when she needed them. The rain was coming down harder than ever, she was soaked from just running to her car. She sighed a bit impatiently. I'll change somewhere on the way there.

Ben had packed a little bit of stuff in his jeep. Clothes and what not. Which barely took up a corner in the back. I'll just tell mom we're coming back for the food and tents. He rubbed his neck again.

God it hurt.

His hood wasn't doing a good job of keeping the rain out. He got in the driver's seat, and closed the door. Ben grabbed his cell from the dash and flipped it open to call and flipped it open to call Kirstie. He dialed her home phone.

It rang once…..twice…..three times.

He frowned as he hung up.

Then he dialed her cell. Ben only got her voice mail.

'Hi this is Kirstie, obviously I'm not here so leave a message!'

"Kirstie," ben said, " Where are you? Your not answering either of your phones. Anyways, I'm coming over…………………………….I love you Kirstie…….Bye."

He pressed the end button and shut the phone and put in in his pocket.

He drove carefully through the rain to her house. When he didn't see her Saturn in the driveway he became more worried than he already was. He pulled into the driveway and parked.

He saw that Kirstie's door was partially open. His heart started pounding. Kirstie never left her door open. Then ben thought, well if her car isn't here, then maybe when she left, maybe she didn't shut the door. But that doesn't make sense, where exactly would she be going to to be in such a hurry as to leave her door open. Ben thought about it for a moment.

"Oh Fuck" he muttered.

Ben ran inside.

"KIRSTIE! KIRSTIE!"

There was no answer. He pushed his hood off and ran upstairs.

"KIRSTIE!!!!"

At the end of the hall, the door slammed to the room on the right.

"computer room" Ben mumbled.

"Kirstie?" He called as he opened the door. No answer. The room was empty. The screensaver was on the monitor. It was a picture of all four of them at the fair that came to town. Just before they were to graduate. A lump formed in Ben's throat. He shook the mouse to get the screen saver off, and saw the directions. Ben sighed.

"Kirstie…no..why are you so damn stubborn?" he whispered to himself.

He knocked something off the desk and bent to pick it up.

It was a simple white envelope, with his name neatly printed in Kirstie's handwriting. Ben stood up with the envelope in his hands. He took a deep breath and turned the envelope around to open it. He pulled the letter out and opened it.

Dear Ben,

I love you Ben. I know I'm not there to tell you that, but I do. I love you so much and that's why you can't go with me. You have to understand, I'm going to Silent Hill. By now, I'm sure you've figured that out. You won't be able to find me there. Not unless I'm let out. I can't explain right now. I'm so sorry, but I can't. But you should know this. Sara and Ryan are trapped there. Theres something wrong Ben. Something they did got them trapped there. I had a night mare. Sara was in it. She warned me. She told me not to go. I'm not sure whether they are alive or not, but I have to find out. I have to know what happened to them. I have to know whether they are alive or dead. If I come back, I'll explain everything, Maybe they'll be with me. Don't try to find me. Don't go to Silent Hill. Please ben , just this once listen to me okay? Thank you for everything.

I'll Love you Forever,

Kirstie,

Ben blinked. He put the letter back in the envelope and sat it back on the computer desk. He sat down in the chair and exhaled when he realized that he had been holding his breath. Of course he was going after her, There's no way he's letting her go. She could get hurt. Someone could hurt her.

What if Ryan and Sara were alive? he shook his head. That's not possible, If they were alive, they would've been found by now.

He pulled his cell out of his pocket and called his mom.

"Hello?"

"Hey mom."

"Oh hi sweetie how are you?"

"Mom, we won't be able to come over. Somethings come up, something we need to deal with , sorry."

"Is everything alright, sweetie?"

He paused a few seconds.

"Yeah Mom, everythings going to be fine"

He hung up.

Ben smiled as the screensaver clicked back on. He remembered that day. He had won a big stuffed bunny for Kirstie. It was sitting on the shelf above the computer. That was the last time that the four of them were together. He sighed.

The rain was coming down hared than ever, he saw as he looked out the window. Ben printed the directions and went downstairs and out the door to his car. He made sure that her door was shut and locked before he got into his car and pulled out of the driveway.

Kirstie drove for six hour straight before stopping for gas at a truck stop. After she filled her tank, Kirstie parked in the parking lot in front of the truck stop's restaurant. It was almost dark now. She was just going to go inside just to change, but her grumbling stomach eagerly protested. After Kirstie ate and paid her check, she went to the bathroom to change her clothes.

When she walked into the bathroom, all the doors in the long room of bathroom stalls were open except for the one at the end. Kirstie walked into the first stall and locked it. The lock echoed through out the room. She dropped ;her bag on the floor and unzipped it. She grabbed her clothes and and started changing. She pulled out her boots when she heard the tinkle of something being wound up. Then she heard the melody of Sara's locket. Kirstie sharply drew a breath.

" Sara?" she whispered.

The music stopped and silence once again enveloped the room. Kirstie set her clothes down and unlocked her stall to look. All the stalls were wide open. Not a single person in sight. She frowned as she returned to her stall.

I so hope I was just hearing things because that was just fucking creepy.

When Kirstie changed, she wore dark hip hugger, her boots and a soft white turtleneck with a white undershirt. She brushed her hair and stuffed her other clothes back into her bag. She unlocked the stall and walked out of the bathroom and the truckstop , her boots clicking on the pavement as she walked to her car.

"Not much longer now." she whispered as she drove along the main road.