AUTHORS NOTE: Started feeling inspired again and want to finish this story it has been a very long time. Please let me know what you think as this is still my first fanfiction and want to improve my writing.

Chapter 2

I wished I could forget seeing Melissa again I could not make any sense of it. Was she a real apparition or just a figment of my imagination? When I thought that there would have been a group of concerned friends and family downstairs. Instead it was just my aunt and uncle; I was staying with them whilst my parents were away for a long business trip. My parents for a strange reason weren't comfortable with leaving me in the house alone, although I am nineteen and it would have only been for two weeks before my older sister Michelle came back from university. My mothers' sister, Aunt Marie, lives on the La Push reservation with my two younger cousins Laila and Nate who were lively. Therefore waking up to a quiet house on a Sunday mid-morning was strange. I could hear the low hum of the television from the living room and nothing else. I felt strange, somewhat offset as I got out of bed and into the bathroom.

"Ally, so what happened yesterday? The neighbour said you left the house quickly and seemed spooked and came back even more so." Auntie Marie said voice filled with concern whilst she sat opposite me at table whilst I ate some breakfast.

"I needed some air yesterday afternoon, I was reading some Stephen King and freaked myself out a bit and lost track of time, I ended up all the way at the end of First Beach, lucky Seth came to get me." I replied as smoothly as possible, I enjoy hiking so it was not so far fetched that I could reach that distance.

"You and those books, well as long as you're okay now?"

"Yes, I'm absolutely fine; a good night's sleep fixes everything. Thank you for asking. Where is everyone today?"

"You know I'm here if you ever want to talk. Oh they went to the Clearwaters' to help set up the for the first summer cookout, I fairly sure the whole town will be there and I'm missing it to go to work! Jason said he would pick you up at two o'clock, he's such a lovely boy."

I almost forgot about the cookout today, well at least I had time to get ready and out of my lounge wear. I helped clear up the kitchen after putting together the potato salad, marinated prawns for grilling and pasta salad. Whilst I sat alone waiting for Jason, I thought about what caused me to leave the house in first place yesterday.

The sun was shining through the window whilst I was reading my book, I was engrossed. I was home alone whilst my cousins were out having fun with their friends in town and my aunt and uncle at work. Suddenly, I felt goose bumps on my skin as the temperature seemed to suddenly drop. How strange? I thought I put my book down as I stood to get up to get the throw from the long sofa I felt something cool touch my left wrist. In fear I jumped back thinking it was just me over reacting the cushion falling but it wasn't. I felt a strange presence near me, but I knew I shouldn't be scared of it but I was. I could feel my heart rate increase slightly as I tried not to freak out and rationalise. Whilst this happened the presence slowly took the form of a person, I could see the outline of the profile with a light glow, no facial details. I blinked repeated to make sure I wasn't seeing things, sure enough I wasn't. Then I heard the familiar voice say "You're always reading you'll be the smartest of us all" I looked around wondering where the voice was coming from, then at the presence, it looked at me directly I stepped back and kept walking back until I got of the room and out of the house. There was no way that what I was seeing and feeling was real, I must be mad! It was warm outside in the afternoon; I took in my surroundings as I walked to clear my head of these thoughts!

I shook my head from the memory; I'm sure it that what happened yesterday was not real; I just needed to forget it happened, probably just an overactive imagination after reading. I was going to enjoy the evening the town celebrating community and tradition.

A double knock came at the door following calling out of my name, I knew it was Jason and Jacob at the door to take me over to Sue Clearwaters' house. I ran out and hugged Jason closely before kissing him and letting him go I'm not a fan of public displays of affection in front of friends but, I really loved him.

"Hey Ally, I'm sorry I had to bring Jake along to pick you up." He jokingly said whilst rolling his eyes at Jacob, one of his closest friends.

"I resent that Jay, you know I'm her preference right because I'm the better driver" Jake said as they followed me in to help take the packed food to the car. The food was the best bit of the first cookout because everyone who bought food made the spread amazing and delicious. Luckily as I had savoury food packed it was safe from Jason and Jacob who usually ate anything sweet made by anyone.

"I really looking forward to this, I almost forgot that it was happening. I can't wait to see the girls we're always working opposite shifts and I never get to work with them" I said excitedly

"Alyson, I think there is a reason why you all work opposite shifts and not together, Sue wants her employees to work not stand around and gossip!" Jake said with Jason nodding along in agreement. I stuck my tongue at them childishly, because they were right, but I knew that after the first few weeks of us being back in town and hanging out we could be trusted to work well together. Leah and Kim were my closest friends from school and since they had gone away to Seattle for university it was exciting for us to all be together again, girl time is important.

When we arrived at the Clearwaters' most of the town was there, helping put the finishing touches to the garden seating and laying food out along the table. Sue's garden is quite large and the best for this function. Every summer as children we would hang out here under the supervision of a couple of parents, the garden was a large rectangular type shape and led out to the forest line. I helped the guys take the food over to the table and lay it out and greeted Sue who was like a third mother to me.

"Hey Ally, I'm glad you're here, make sure you take some food home for Marie she rang me earlier cursing about having to cover a shift today. Seth and Leah are around somewhere but eat and have something soft to drink, don't want a repeat of last year, that son of mine is a bad influence." She chuckled. I thought and chuckled about last year when us older ones hid out right by the end of the garden with a small fire in the middle of circle of chairs. We shared various alcoholic beverages which Seth and Quil had ingeniously collected in the days before the cookout for us to try alcohol for the first time before starting college. We all got bit a drunk by nightfall and our parents weren't too happy.

"Of course soft drinks only today Sue" She nodded and went back to hosting in the amazing way Sue does.

Jason and Jacob got pulled into helping with furniture so I went to find my cousins and friends. Although in the back of my mind whilst I was alone I still had the thoughts of everything that happened yesterday.

"Alyson, you're here! I've missed you" Leah said as she hugged me like she hadn't seen me earlier in the week.

"Leah! I saw you on Monday and Tuesday, but I miss you too, when will your mum let us work together again?"

"Hopefully next week, seeing as we have all evening to catch up." Sue owns and runs the café in town, which is very busy during the summer.

"Thank goodness, we make the best team when the three of are working and if Duke is in the kitchen its golden!"

"Indeed it is, so Seth told me yesterday he found you at the beach really upset, do you want to talk about it?" She asked as she walked us to the chairs towards the back the garden, I knew she would want me to tell her but I knew I needed to forget it ever happened.

"Leah, really it was nothing I just have an over active imagination, and I'm fine now. I promise if I'm not okay I will talk to you first."

"Okay, I won't push, so Jason picked you up today?" she said

"Yes he did"

"Ally?"

"Leah?"

"You're so annoying. You never tell me anything about your relationship with Jason."

"Because you know him you're friends with him and we've been together almost a year there is not much to tell you know what i want you to know" I said with a smile.

"Fine, Ally I'm going to drop this because my brother and his friends are heading over. But I want to know more about your relationship with Jason."

"Are we going to do this Leah, really? What about your relations with Jake? He went to Seattle for couple of weeks, Jason told me…" I knew that would get her she huffed and rolled her eyes. I had to find out from my boyfriend that the reason Leah was busy for two weeks and wasn't able to have me visit her was because Jake was seeing her, they all covered each other by saying he was helping fix her car and move and bought it until I noticed she had Jake's hoodie on when I visited her a month after she cancelled on me.

"Fine, we'll have a girly night soon, you, me and Kim and we can talk, I'll kick Seth out for the night." She said I could tell she was thinking about when and how as the guys came over.

Jason sat in the chair next to me and handed me a drink and held my hand, I thanked and over him a short and sweet kiss in the cheek. He smiled and squeezed my hand. It was great catching up with my friends. It felt normal, we ate, played games and it felt like summer had really begun, but I couldn't help but feel as though a real change was coming to town.

Three days after seeing a child, who was believed to be dead, I was still confused as to what actually happened and whys I couldn't get it out of my mind. I was terrified that I was going crazy. I could find no explanation for it; there were no recent major events in my life which caused me to believe what and who I saw. I tried my hardest to put it all behind me since that day. I was still having strange feelings of being watched or of some kind presence being around me. I was sat at the edge of the backyard closet to the fringe of the forest pondering all that had occurred over the last few days and how thankful I was for my family and friends. I sat there reading in the sun to escape the thoughts and feelings running through my mind.