~*~Whispers From the Flame~*~Part 4

~*~Jeff sat completely still,watching the chair,he had been watching it for at least a good five minutes before Matt had arrived,the thought had occurred to him to start screaming bloody murder or better yet get up and haul ass out of his house,but there he still sat,simply staring,the look in his eyes was hard to read,because of the many thoughts going through his mind~*~

~Matt slid his hand away from his mouth,he then opened his mouth to speak but for the life of him no words would come out,all he could do was watch,for some reason seconds after he seen the chair cushion rising and falling it stopped,he slowly turned his head to look at Jeff trying to find the right words or even speak at all*~

~Jeff noticed the cushion stop moving,he looked over at Matt~

"It was the....puppy...."

~Matt raised his eyebrow~"But the puppy is..."~he motioned to the corner of the room where the puppy was now asleep~"and besides that..."

~Jeff held a hand up as if to say dont speak another word~"You know it wasnt the puppy.....I know it wasn't the puppy....But the puppy doesnt know it wasn't the puppy..."

~Matt slid his hands to his waist,trying to make sense of what jeff had just said to him,sometimes his brother could be so confusing and this was one of those times~

"Um...alright but Jeff....the puppy is ASLEEP...you know....eyes closed....dreaming about cute lil puppy women....all that shit."

~Jeff slid off the couch,but seemed to stay close to it,like he was afraid to go near the chair,his eyes still on the chair,like he was afraid if he looked away something would grab hiM~

"You and I both know the damn puppy is asleep Matt...but for MY own sanity it was the god damn puppy playing!"

~Matt held up both hands and took a step back~"Man all I am saying is the chair cushion was moving,AND when I came up close to the house in the yard I saw someone on it...saw the outline through the curtain..."

~Jeff slowly looked over at Matt~"Maybe...the puppy was...standing on his hindlegs....and you saw that?"

~Matt rolled his eyes then through his hands up on frustration~"You know damn well it wasnt Snowflake,jeff!We both know that,so what THE HELL was it?"

~Jeff shrugged his shoulders looking thoughtful as he glanced at the chair~"the...cat?"

"We do NOT have a damn Cat!!!"

~Jeff looked over at Matt~"You know...I stick with my story,it was Snowflake...end of story,case closed....you hungry?"~with that said Jeff headed into the kitchen,pushing the swinging door,which by some odd reason was already swinging tho noone had touched it before him,but Jeff's eyes were on the chair again,not noticing the door he went on into the kitchen~

~Matt watched Jeff head into the kitchen then looked around the room,taking a step closer to the chair,then another step,like small baby steps,he finally came beside it then kneeled down,looking under it he saw nothing,he ran a hand over the top of it for any string that someone could do that with,he found nothing so he stood back up and backed away~

"No damn way it was the puppy..."~Matt shook his head then glanced toward the kitchen door making sure Jeff wasnt there,seeing he wasnt,he then punched at the chair,just for good measure in case someone was there and he couldnt see them,he felt nothing but air~

"Over active imagination.....Had to be it...."~Matt nodded then headed toward the kitchen,steering clear of the chair again,he glanced over his shoulder at the chair which now stood still~