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Chapter Seven
All I could think when I was being sucked through that great, grey, smoky hole was been there, done that. It was not even scary or exciting. But I did want to know where I would end up this time. I highly doubted Carrie would send me back to my normal time. I felt sorry for anyone who had crossed her path- they were probably still in Mexico or Ancient Greece.
Suddenly there was a jolt and I was lying on the road with cars screeching past me, trying to avoid me. Great place to land me Carrie, I thought bitterly as my hand was nearly run over by a passing cyclist. Plus my butt and back really hurt, landing on cement is no joke.
I turned around and saw I was in the busy part of Carmel. The place with no traffic lights. I hurriedly picked myself off the road and ran to the sidewalk. I saw a shimmer and Jesse and Elizabeth materialised next to me. I must have come back to present time because they were both back to normal, well as normal as you could be being dead.
"Well that was a nightmare, wasn't it Jesse?" Jesse nodded in affirmation. "C'mon let's go home," I said not waiting for an answer and started walking briskly down the street. I was back in normal clothes, thank God, but I felt as if I hadn't washed in weeks, or should I say years.
For a few minutes me, Elizabeth and Jesse walked along in companionable silence. My mind was churning with all the possibilities of my little time trip. How long had I been gone? Did I recover from being shot? Was I even shot in the first place?
I soon got my answers when I walked in the door to my house. My mum was lounging on the sofa, her feet up and reading a magazine. Andy was in the kitchen cooking, what I presumed to be lunch.
'Hey, everybody. I'm home." I said but I didn't quite expect the reaction I got. My mum turned dead white and sat up really quickly. From the kitchen I heard a pan drop. My mum swivelled her neck and when she saw me she fainted. Yep, fainted. What had been going on while I was gone? My mum has never fainted in her life.
Andy rushed out from the kitchen. "Suze, is that you?"
Of course, it's me. Why do people say stupid things like that? But instead of snapping irritably- I had just been through an ordeal alright? A little snappiness was allowed- I just shrugged and said, "Of course, it's me. Were you expecting someone else?"
"But Suze, you went missing a few years back while you were in hospital. After all this time we accepted the fact you were never coming back. But you're here-" It was at this point Andy broke off sobbing, which wasn't a little bit embarrassing. And I began to notice things I hadn't noticed before that I probably should have. More wrinkles on Andy's face, how the spa outside was completely finished and seemed to have extensions but when I stepped in the front of the mirror I didn't see any changes to me.
Sure I had a little bit of grey dust in places (no doubt thanks to Carrie's tunnel of fun) but I didn't look older, taller, slimmer or fatter. I looked like the same 16 year old girl I'd been when I'd left. Surely I should have changed in a few years?
"Andy, do you mind if I go to my room?" I asked Andy, who by now had gone to revive my mother with some cold water.
"Sure Suze, but don't go anywhere." Like I would, it would probably give them heart attacks if they thought I had gone again.
I trudged up the stairs eager to just relax on my bed and let this nightmare be over. As I stood on the landing, I looked with disbelief at my room's door. It had been boarded up. I guess Andy had forgotten about this. I crumpled to my knees outside the door, suddenly overwhelmed with tiredness from my journey through time and the exhaustion at what circumstances Carrie had landed me in. The door down the hall creaked and Doc poked his head out. At first I didn't recognise him since he had grown so much and his ears didn't stick out as much.
"Suze? Is that you?" Doc asked in a timid little voice. Then there was this blur and Doc had his arms around me and as talking to me in a snuffly voice. "We missed you so much, Suze. We thought you were never going to come back."
I wrapped my arms around Doc tentatively. ''Where did you go?" Doc was asking. Oh crap, what would I say to that? But I didn't have to worry since Doc started dragging me to the phone.
"We've got to phone Brad and Jake." He explained, dialling the number. "Where are Brad and Jake now?" I asked curiously. "Well, they both moved into college after you had been missing two years."
My mouth must have dropped open right at that point. I had been gone for at least two years? I felt really closed in right about that point and like I couldn't breathe. Jesse stepped in behind me and gave me a short hug. I had forgotten he was there. I started to sniffle, which was really, really embarrassing. Elizabeth, who had also followed me up the stairs, went to my other side and gripped my shoulder in a sign of support.
Don't cry Suze, keep it together. But I couldn't help it and soon the tears were spilling out like a water fountain. I didn't even notice Doc talk into the phone. The questions were rushing through my head at the speed of light. I really needed to talk to someone, but who?
I knew just who to go to and I turned on my heel and climbed out the window. I forgot about Andy telling me to stay put and jumped from the roof and just ran, the tears streaming down my face. I grabbed the bicycle in the garage, knocking over a few things and then I was off pedalling like a madwoman.
Chapter Seven
All I could think when I was being sucked through that great, grey, smoky hole was been there, done that. It was not even scary or exciting. But I did want to know where I would end up this time. I highly doubted Carrie would send me back to my normal time. I felt sorry for anyone who had crossed her path- they were probably still in Mexico or Ancient Greece.
Suddenly there was a jolt and I was lying on the road with cars screeching past me, trying to avoid me. Great place to land me Carrie, I thought bitterly as my hand was nearly run over by a passing cyclist. Plus my butt and back really hurt, landing on cement is no joke.
I turned around and saw I was in the busy part of Carmel. The place with no traffic lights. I hurriedly picked myself off the road and ran to the sidewalk. I saw a shimmer and Jesse and Elizabeth materialised next to me. I must have come back to present time because they were both back to normal, well as normal as you could be being dead.
"Well that was a nightmare, wasn't it Jesse?" Jesse nodded in affirmation. "C'mon let's go home," I said not waiting for an answer and started walking briskly down the street. I was back in normal clothes, thank God, but I felt as if I hadn't washed in weeks, or should I say years.
For a few minutes me, Elizabeth and Jesse walked along in companionable silence. My mind was churning with all the possibilities of my little time trip. How long had I been gone? Did I recover from being shot? Was I even shot in the first place?
I soon got my answers when I walked in the door to my house. My mum was lounging on the sofa, her feet up and reading a magazine. Andy was in the kitchen cooking, what I presumed to be lunch.
'Hey, everybody. I'm home." I said but I didn't quite expect the reaction I got. My mum turned dead white and sat up really quickly. From the kitchen I heard a pan drop. My mum swivelled her neck and when she saw me she fainted. Yep, fainted. What had been going on while I was gone? My mum has never fainted in her life.
Andy rushed out from the kitchen. "Suze, is that you?"
Of course, it's me. Why do people say stupid things like that? But instead of snapping irritably- I had just been through an ordeal alright? A little snappiness was allowed- I just shrugged and said, "Of course, it's me. Were you expecting someone else?"
"But Suze, you went missing a few years back while you were in hospital. After all this time we accepted the fact you were never coming back. But you're here-" It was at this point Andy broke off sobbing, which wasn't a little bit embarrassing. And I began to notice things I hadn't noticed before that I probably should have. More wrinkles on Andy's face, how the spa outside was completely finished and seemed to have extensions but when I stepped in the front of the mirror I didn't see any changes to me.
Sure I had a little bit of grey dust in places (no doubt thanks to Carrie's tunnel of fun) but I didn't look older, taller, slimmer or fatter. I looked like the same 16 year old girl I'd been when I'd left. Surely I should have changed in a few years?
"Andy, do you mind if I go to my room?" I asked Andy, who by now had gone to revive my mother with some cold water.
"Sure Suze, but don't go anywhere." Like I would, it would probably give them heart attacks if they thought I had gone again.
I trudged up the stairs eager to just relax on my bed and let this nightmare be over. As I stood on the landing, I looked with disbelief at my room's door. It had been boarded up. I guess Andy had forgotten about this. I crumpled to my knees outside the door, suddenly overwhelmed with tiredness from my journey through time and the exhaustion at what circumstances Carrie had landed me in. The door down the hall creaked and Doc poked his head out. At first I didn't recognise him since he had grown so much and his ears didn't stick out as much.
"Suze? Is that you?" Doc asked in a timid little voice. Then there was this blur and Doc had his arms around me and as talking to me in a snuffly voice. "We missed you so much, Suze. We thought you were never going to come back."
I wrapped my arms around Doc tentatively. ''Where did you go?" Doc was asking. Oh crap, what would I say to that? But I didn't have to worry since Doc started dragging me to the phone.
"We've got to phone Brad and Jake." He explained, dialling the number. "Where are Brad and Jake now?" I asked curiously. "Well, they both moved into college after you had been missing two years."
My mouth must have dropped open right at that point. I had been gone for at least two years? I felt really closed in right about that point and like I couldn't breathe. Jesse stepped in behind me and gave me a short hug. I had forgotten he was there. I started to sniffle, which was really, really embarrassing. Elizabeth, who had also followed me up the stairs, went to my other side and gripped my shoulder in a sign of support.
Don't cry Suze, keep it together. But I couldn't help it and soon the tears were spilling out like a water fountain. I didn't even notice Doc talk into the phone. The questions were rushing through my head at the speed of light. I really needed to talk to someone, but who?
I knew just who to go to and I turned on my heel and climbed out the window. I forgot about Andy telling me to stay put and jumped from the roof and just ran, the tears streaming down my face. I grabbed the bicycle in the garage, knocking over a few things and then I was off pedalling like a madwoman.