Life Goes On

Chapter 7: More Explanations and Jamie

I was really going to hate this.

I sighed agian. "Okay. What first?"

"Well, um, start with what made you learn about the souls." Mel said.

"Okay. Well, we first noticed when Dad came home from work with reflective eyes and a real cheery attitude. He worked in a factory and was never cheery when he got home. After dinner he didn't let us watch any movie that had action or violence of any type. I remember him saying something like 'Violence is bad for you, Meg.' Then he begged us to go to the hospital for a little checkup. Those two thing are something my dad would never do. He loved action movies and hated even the thought of hospitals let alone ask us to go to one.

"So I noticed this and told mom and Brittany, my sister. They all agreed. That may have been the last time Brittany ever believed me. In the night when what used to be our dad went to sleep, we packed our biggest bags full of food and water and other stuff we'd need. We got Mom's mini-van and drove away. And that's basicly everything that happened that night."

"Oh,well, they didn't try and get us in that fast." Mel said.

All I said back was, "Yeah."

"So I assume you are alone now, right?" Jared asked.

"Yeah."

"So what happened?" Jared asked.

I stared down at my hands in my lap while saying "Er, okay. So about a year later we were in Montana. We still had the mini-van and Mom was getting ready to go on a raid. We were running out of food and water and stuff. She never let us go on raids with her so she had to carry the two bags by herself back to our hiding place. This time it was in the woods. Mom was just telling us goodbye and keep safe and stuff like that. Then I got all worried for her and stuff. To comfort me she promised that she'd came back and made Brit swear to keep me safe. When I finally let her go she ran down that hill to the house she was raiding. But not before the Seekers jumped out and chased her. And they did finally catch her." I said saying the last part a little faster. It was the hardest part. 'Not before she turned toward us.' I added in my head. I'd never forget the look of horror, worry, and apologies all mixed together.

"Brittany had a time forcing me not to scream. And she did come back, just like she promised. I started having bad feelings and nightmares. They all involved her coming back watching Seekers come after us with a big happy excited face. And exactly that happened about 3 days later. I warned Brittany, but she didn't believe me. We narrowly escaped them." Mel looked at me with apologetic eyes when I looked up.

Before she could respond I continued, "That's been almost three years. Six days ago we arrived at this big house that Brit was going to raid. i started having bad feelings. The next day they grew worse while we watched them. I had fights with her all day cause she was too stubborn to move to another house and just ignored every thing I did. I had another nightmare that night. It was about her getting caught by Seekers, too. I warned, and warned her but she still didn't listen to a thing I said. Only when she started to go did she turn nice and comforted me. She promised me she'd come back! But she can't! 'Cause those damn Seekers caught her, too! She can't come back to me. 'Cause I ran away before the same thing could happen twice. But I ran here. No souls go here. She can't find me here. Never!" I said, my voice rising toward the end. Everyone exchanged looks like they knew something important that they wouldn't tell me. I thought I heard Jared whisper, "Jamie's really going to like this kid." again.

Looking down at her feet Mel said, "We are really sorry, Meggie." Her voice was filed with different feelings. Sorry, apology, and something I couldn't place. She really meant it. Sorry for everything.

"Sorry about that." I said. I shouldn't have said all of that. It had hurt Mel.

"There's nothing to be sorry about, Meg." Jared said. Wow, its the first time I remember him using my name.

"How old are you, Meg." Doc asked after a long silence. He hadn't said much this whole time.

"13."

They all whispered different things. Doc whispered "Wow", Jared "Jamie's age", and Mel after Jared whispered, "I know."

"You two know I can hear you, right?" I asked Jared and Mel. My loud voice sounded odd after all the whispering.

Jared started to say something but then the doors burst open. A boy about my age, obviously Jamie, stood in the door way looking around. And he was pretty cute. When he saw Jared, he continued walking, more like running, into the room. He said, "Hey, Jared. Jeb said you'd be here. When are w..." Then he noticed me. Staring, he leaned over toward Jared and said, "Who's she."

"Meggie" I said before they could answer him.

"Cool!" He said.

"Right," I said while getting off that cot. "Now that we're all done explaining can I please go on that tour?" I asked, now looking at Melanie. I was getting more excited now.

"Your giving her a tour? Can I come? Please?" Jamie begged, looking about as excited as I did.

Mel and Jared glanced at each other. Then Mel said, "Or you can give her the tour."

A/N:

Hehe! A Little cliffhanger. Bet ya didn't expect that! YAY! Jamie's here now! Hopefully this will let Jamie and Meggie get closer together.

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