After the screaming stopped a while ago, I went to the kitchen while Mom, Nick and Alicia were still at the living room. I pulled out my phone and dialed Ian's number,
"The number you reached is not available."
I sighed and hung up. I glanced at my phone screen for a moment before turning around to see Alicia walking in. "Hey, you okay?" I asked my sister. She looked at me, "Yeah. Great," She said sarcastically. I sighed and then frowned when I noticed that she studied my face, "What?"
She crossed her arms and had a sly smirk on. "So, are you going to finally tell me who is he?" I frowned, "What are you talking about?" I asked. "You know what I'm talking about," She said, rolling her eyes at me playfully. "You think I don't know you calling some guy?"
I looked down, biting my lower lip. She chuckled, "So what's his name?" She asked, leaning against the table. "His name is Ian," I replied. She nodded, "How did you guys met?" She asked, smirking.
"We met through Maggie," I replied, shrugging. "We started as friends for a little while and then it started ... You know." She nodded again. "You have a picture of him on your phone?" She asked, grinning.
"Yes, I do. I just hid them very well 'cause of Nick," I said, making her laugh. "Yeah, good job," She said and I giggled. I'm not closer to Alicia like I'm with Nick. But sometimes, Alicia and I do have our own moments.
After a few moments, Mom and Nick came in. "So, what do we do if he doesn't come back?" Nick asked. "It's been like six hours. How bad can traffic be?" Just then Alicia walked out of the kitchen. "Well, he -" Mom was cut off by the lights turning off.
"Alicia, what did you do now?" I joked as Mom turned on a flashlight. "Shut up!" She called, making me and Nick smirk while Mom rolled her eyes, but a small smile played on her lips.
Nick turned back to Mom, "Mom, you know what's out there. We can't stay here. I'm not trying to be an asshole," He said. "Good," Mom said. "He went to get his ex-wife," Nick pointed out.
"He went to get his son," Mom insisted. "Yeah, his family," I mumbled, yet they both heard me. They looked at me and Nick pointed at me, "See," He started, looking at Mom. "Even Tay get it."
Mom looked at him and then at me. I hold up my hands as defense, "I'm just saying ..." Mom sighed. "We're his family. He'll come home," She insisted. Nick looked down, "Maybe he went home," He said quietly. Mom turned her head to his direction again, "You know that thing you were saying about not being an asshole?"
"Hey, I'm sorry. I just don't -" Nick started but then Alicia came back in with a flashlight, "It's happening again," She said. The three of us followed her to the living room and me, Alicia and Mom went to the window and looked through the blinds. "Is it Mr. Dawson?" Alicia asked.
"Shh," Mom whispered. We looked outside but no one was there. "I don't see anything," I said, shaking my head. "Okay," Nick started as he came up to us and started pulling us away, "We need to get away from the windows."
He took me and Mom to the side "We need to tell Alicia what's out there," He whispered. "No, she hasn't said anything yet. She might not have to," Mom said. Nick sighed as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder. "Alicia, come on down here," Mom said.
Alicia went to stand beside me and we looked back before we all looked at the backyard door with Mom holding the flashlight at the curtains that were hiding the door, hearing noises coming out there.
Nick slowly walked to it, "Nick?" Mom whispered. "Shh," He whispered, putting a finger on his lips at us. Alicia wrapped an arm around me, pulling me close to her protectively. "Don't open it!"
He pulled the curtains apart, reviling a dog, trying to get in. "It's just the dog, it's just the dog," He told us and let the dog in, "Hey, hey. Hey, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Hey, hey, hey." The dog snuggled to Nick's side and Mom hold the flashlight at him, showing blood on the dog.
"What is that?" Mom asked. "Is he hurt?" I asked as Nick looked at his hands, looking at the blood. "I don't think that's his blood," He replied. Suddenly, the dog began barking frantically as he left the living room. Nick ran to the window and looked through it.
"Nick, what is it?" I asked. He turned around, "Nothing," He said but I knew he was lying so we won't worry but it didn't helped. He walked pass us, "Okay, the Trans have a gun. Shotgun. I tried to steal it once."
We went out the door for the backyard as Mom turned to me and Alicia, "Stay close, girls. Don't stop," She ordered as we walked out, following Nick.