The Unknown
Chapter 6: Understanding Lauren
"Fox are you c…" Lauren stopped talking as she saw Fox with her binder in his hand. "Ohh it fell & I just picked it up from the floor." "Don't worry about it Fox I know that you were just curious. Many people that come by to just harass me read that binder & then the stories end up in a news paper 2 days later." "I'm slightly curious about something Lauren." "What? Why I'm a freak?" "No Lauren, I don't think you're a freak." Lauren looked at Fox & then her eyes soften towards him. "I was wondering why did you choose to live the rest of your life here. Couldn't you just find another island…" "I CAN'T BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE…" "Lauren I'm pretty sure that these people can't possibly want to torture you because of you're…not like them." "I want you to read this." Lauren ran up stairs & after a while ran back down with the diary that Fox read earlier. She turned it to the page that she wrote in April 12th late one night & read it. "Dear Diary April 12th 2003 11:55 p.m., I had a nightmare that scared the hell outta me. I heard a noise down stairs & so I checked it out. It was the sheriff of our island. He & 2 other people were talking about me. They were saying that I would've dies with my parents because my life here is now no longer important. I don't understand my Messiah why do these people talk bout me? Am I the worst creature on 2 legs? Am I just that insignificant? Please save me from this isolation of fear & cold hearts because life has gone here & I don't think I can or any one on this island or this planet to be exact. Take me away from here! The next time that I write in you will be the last because that will be the time that I plan on ending my life! I have had 2 strikes & this one is my last. The day you surprise me will be the day that I'm saved from my life." Lauren then looked at Fox teary eyed & Fox embraced Lauren as she began crying again.
Lauren stopped crying eventually & then she picked up her diary & closed it. "Yeah I know, some very psychotic shit you don't see often, but it felt like it was normal to me at the time." "I never said it was psychotic. I can't say that I know what you mean but I know that you were in pain." "Ha! Were? I STILL am in pain. Every day I FUCKING wake up I feel DEAD! You couldn't see that Fox? I thought you could see that I'm alone & what I NEED is what I don't have!" Fox blinked rabidly & then asked, "So you won't feel truly vindicated until you're physically dead." "So you know that I'm mentally dead, I can't believe that you figured that out. So many people thing that I am just crazy & enjoy torturing animals because they feel my pain, but I really just want…what every one wants." Lauren put her head down & then she walked to the window. "Lauren, that day we met, did you have any intentions of letting me go?" "Nope, something said keep ya. I was going to take care of you regardless Fox, but when you said that you leaving I did want a sign from my Messiah to go away." "Does your Messiah have a name?" Lauren looked at Fox & then she smiled a half smile. "Yeah he does, his name is Fox.