Disclaimer: Why, oh, why?
Emily: Because the sky is blue!
Christine: You're happy again!
Emily: Yes, I am.
Christine: Justin still won't talk to me…..
Me: Can I finish please?
Emily: Oh yeah, huh?
Me: Right. I'm sorry that got a little confusing in the last chapter; I forgot to add some stuff. What was supposed to happen was Justin sees the first Christine leave and the real Christine comes and they kiss….But I forgot to add it. I'm sorry for the confusion! Oh, yeah, and my dad restricted me to two hours a day….I hate parents!
Tuesday's Prophecy
Christine's P.O.V.
When I raced out of my dorm to find Justin, (I saw him walk outside) I found him standing in the middle of the clearing.
"Justin…" I whisper. He turns and looks at me.
"Christine, I….I think…" He mutters sadly. I take a few steps closer. He turns and looks at me slowly. I take another step forward and so does he. We're only inches away from each other. My heart begins to beat wildly and I feel the breath catch in my throat.
"Yes?" I ask slowly.
"I think….I'm in love with you." He whispers, moving just a little closer. I lean in and close my eyes, and then I feel his lips on mine. It's like heaven. I hear a sob, but I can't let go of him. Then I hear a slow, sad laugh come from the trees. I pull back and eye the trees wildly. I see a shadow flit across the edges of my vision. I take another step toward the trees and feel Justin step next to me.
"What is it, Christine? What's wrong?" he asks me, sounding worried. I feel him hold me close and hear a bitter laugh come from the trees. I pull away from him and step away again. It's him. The one from my nightmares.
"Christine, what's going on?" he sounds so anxious, and I want to comfort him so bad. But I know that He'll take Justin. I turn to look at Justin. His face is covered with half-shadows. I feel a tear slowly make its way down my cheek, cold and likely to freeze. I see something red drop onto the pure, white snow a few feet away and turn away to pick it up. It's a rose. Deep red and tied with a black silk ribbon. The signs have begun. I look at Justin helplessly and move away from the circle of trees. He stares after me and starts to walk to me. I shake my head and speak the words I wish I didn't have to say.
"I'm sorry, but it can never be." I turn and run away before I have to see his heartbroken face.
The shadows envelope me and pull me away from him.
Mania's P.O.V.
Why can't I fall asleep? I toss and turn in my sheets and try to sleep. This virus is scaring me. What will I do? What if it's contagious and I give it to Will? I sigh and sit up. There's no way I'm getting to sleep. I might as well go to the old Factory and try to fix it. I pull on an old pair of jeans and a t-shirt so I can go outside. I glance out the window and notice the snow blanketing the ground. I grab an old red sweater and go outside. The snow is thick and makes it hard to see, but it's still pretty easy to find the manhole. It half-off and frown, wondering who left it up. I peek under and see nothing. I pull it the rest of the way back and see a body at the bottom of the steps. I feel a scream rise in my throat and clap my free hand over my mouth. I hear a rustling noise behind me and turn to see Christine running by.
"Christine! Help me!" I scream helplessly. She stops so fast she slips and falls. I drop the manhole cover and run over to help her.
"What is it?" She grumbles, brushing off her pants. I see a rose lying on the ground in front of us and pick it up. She snatches it from my hand and crushes it in her palm. The petals slowly spiral down into the snow as she drops them, one by one. Then she turns to me.
"What happened?"
"Oh…There's someone's body at the bottom of the steps!" I shudder. What if they aren't alive anymore? Christine stares at me and kneels next to the manhole. She slowly lifts the cover and sees it. Then I hear a wild, feral scream, like an animals. She's the one screaming. Not me. I hear more footsteps and someone else slips, grabbing my shirt on the way down. It rips and falls the rest of the way off. Since my sweater was already off (I had thrown it down on the body in the sewers), that left me with just my sports bra on. I shrieked and tried to cover myself.
"Who screamed?" Asked Justin as he stands up.
"I did! Look what you've done, you stupid little….." I stop before I say something really rude, "Christine, throw me my sweater from down there!" It's freezing down here and I'm half-naked. Christine climbs up the ladder and eyes me carefully.
"What happened?" she spots Justin and almost falls back into the sewers. "Justin! What are you doing here? Did you…Were you…" She stops, seeing me glaring at her. "Oh, right, your sweater. Sorry." She mutters, and starts to hand me the sweater. I put out my hand to take it, but she stops and stares at my stomach.
"What-what is that!" she asks, obviously shocked. I grab my sweater quickly and put it on, covering up the scars. Justin turns around and stares at me.
"What?" I ask them angrily. They just stare. I shake my head and go down the ladder. If they're going to be nosy, that's their problem. I get to the bottom and gasp. It's Tyler!
"Quick! Get someone! It's Tyler…He's been knocked out!" I yell back up to them. They scramble into action and I can hear scuffling noises from above. Justin drops down from above and lands on his hands and knees. I stare at Tyler.
"Do you know CPR?" I ask Justin. He shakes his head. I stare at him. You have to be kidding me. I stare at Tyler for a few seconds then tilt his head back. I lean forward slowly and bring my lips to his. I feel him take in breath and jump backward as fast as I can. His eyes are open and staring at me. Justin's watching me as well.
"What? It's not like I had a choice!" I yell angrily. They're still staring at me. I glare at them and start back up the ladder. As I walk back across the sparkling white snow, I notice something that makes me angry.
The cuts on my stomach are bleeding again.
Justin's P.O.V.
After Mania runs off, I just sit and stare at Tyler. I remember the horrible cuts on Mania's stomach and shudder. Who did this to her? Or did she do it herself? I sigh, knowing I'll probably never find out. Tyler is still staring at me and I realize he's just asked me to help him up.
"What? Oh, yeah. Sorry." I tell him, trying to pull him up. He's a lot heavier than I thought he'd be. Plus Christine is still on my mind. She's always on my mind these days. These girls are tearing me apart! I help Tyler up the stairs and find that Christine is gone. I sigh and kick at the snow sadly. Those few seconds I had holding her were the best in my life. But then she pulled away. I realize now that she probably never liked me anyway. Just my luck. I fall in love and she doesn't love me back. Tyler stares at me again and he's just told asked me if I can help him back to his dorm. I grab his arm and pull him through the snow. It's stopped falling and the sky is cold and beautifully clear. The sky is such a dark blue that it's almost black and the stars shine like diamonds in the sky. The snow glitters and shines as we walk past it. When we get to his room, he immediately gets into his bed. I glance at his clock on the way out and notice the time.
It says 12:01. Tuesday morning.
Emily's P.O.V.
I awoke to the sound of Christine's insistent knocking. I pulled myself out of bed and pulled her inside.
"What are you doing! It's…." I check my watch, "…Tuesday morning! Very early Tuesday morning."
"Tyler fell down the manhole!" she says in an excited whisper. I stare at her in horror. He's going to die…And I never said goodbye…What have I done?
"Well, then, let's go!" I tell her, grabbing a sweater and pulling it on. She stopped me.
"Well, I saw that one P.E. teacher patrolling the halls. I'm not allowed to be up here! It's the boys' dormitory! We have to wait for a little bit before we go." She tells me, grabbing my hand and pulling me back down. We sit there in complete silence for a few seconds. Then she pulls me up yet again.
""Let's go, but we'd better hurry! If he catches me I may get expelled….."she trails off sadly and I shake my head. She's one of the richest people in France and she thinks she's going to get expelled. What an idiot. I pull her through the door and soon we're back in front of the manhole. There's no one around. She stares at it, confused.
"I left Mania and Justin with Tyler, where did they go?" she asks, talking to herself. I shrug and start to climb down. Near the end, I slip and try to catch my balance, but my feet fall off the ladder and I hear a loud crack. Pain erupts in my ankle and I fall to the ground, gasping for breath.
Tyler's P.O.V.
Something made me wake up, but I have no idea what. Only a few seconds after I'd fallen asleep, that something had pulled on me, making me want to get up and go back down there. I drag myself to my feet and limp to the door. Halfway there, I fall. I try to reach the door, but I've seemed to have lost all of my strength….