Part VIII
Hey, sorry this took so long, my muse had took a break... but she's back, yay! :)
"Now remember" Craig told the two teenagers opposite him in the taxi. "Everything will be fine, just go in there and say that I couldn't make it...Say I had some sort of project due, okay?".
The taxi pulled up and Craig pulled out some money. "This is your stop, the pub's right over there..." he pointed before handing a 20 to the driver.
Sophia and Jared climbed out of the taxi; pulling out their two bags.
"See you kids" Craig added, shutting the door behind them. "Back the way we came" he told the driver, who turned and slowly drove off.
Sophia and Jared stared blankly at the pub in front of them. Sophia sighed softly.
She had long wavy white blonde hair and a pale face. The black liquid-eyeliner curved under her eye, gracing it with a ghost-like complexion. Sophia had on gothic tights, heeled-boots, a black rippled skirt and a simple black and red tank-top. Her arms were covered over in skull-arm warmers and hand-drawn Celtic designs. She glanced over to her brother, who had his brows drawn together in thought.
Jared tossed his black shaggy hair to the side, revealing his jade-green eyes, outlined with black guy-liner. He wore black jeans, converses, a skull-printed tank-top, and a black demin jacket. He carried a dark-green converse bag across his body.
They walked silently towards the pub, blank expressions on their face.
Newt and Lauren's heads shot up as two emo-teenagers strolled into the pub easily.
"Sophia! Jared!" Frankie screamed in joy. She ran from behind the bar and hugged them tightly. This did nothing to make them respond and they let the crazy blonde woman hug them.
"Where's Craig?" Frankie asked eagerly, looking behind them.
"He said he couldn't bear to look at your pasty face again" Sophia said softly, her voice making shivers appear on Newt's neck.
"He also said if he even thought about Hollyoaks again, he would slit his wrists or take a rope, tie it to the ceiling and break his neck by hanging himself" Sophia whispered, her eyes glinting with a madness that they couldn't quite place.
Newt and Lauren stared, as Frankie did.
"Well" Frankie straightened up "Let's get you inside then".
Jared followed Frankie into the pub, Sophia standing there.
"Something wrong, death-girl?" Darren smirked.
"I'm waiting for it to ring" she told them simply.
A second later, a phone began to ring and Sophia pulled out a black phone.
"Hello?" she asked softly.
There was silence and then she hung up and walked after Frankie and Jared.
"Whoa" Lauren muttered "Major freak-voids".
"Is a bit weird, isn't it?" Newt replied quietly.
"A bit!?" Lauren laughed "It's even freakier than me seeing dead people!".
Newt frowned at her and she suddenly looked awkward.
"I eh..." she muttered "Watched a horror movie last night".
"Oh" Newt nodded.
"Anyway" Lauren stood "I need to go, mum will never drop it if I'm late home, tell me all about them later, kay?".
Newt nodded and watched her stand and walk away.
Frankie, Jack, Newt, Sophia, Jared and Darren sat at the dinner table, eating pasta.
"So what planet are you from, then?" Darren joked.
"Darren!" Frankie scolded.
Darren rolled his eyes.
"So, how is your mum?" Frankie asked.
"Shacked up with a male porn-star" Sophia replied with a smirk.
Darren stifled a laugh.
"Right" Frankie added awkwardly "And your father?".
"On drugs, probably" Sophia added emotionlessly.
There was an awkward silence before Jack coughed,
"So" he began "How long do you think you'll be here?".
Frankie gave him a look and he shrugged.
"Just until we turn 16" Sophia informed them "And then we're travelling to Jarim".
"Jarim?" Frankie frowned.
"It's Satan's City" Sophia told them.
"Lovely!" Darren cried.
"Ready for school tomorrow?" Jack asked them quietly "Me and Frankie took the opportunity of enrolling you".
"We know" Sophia replied simply.
"What, are you psychic?" Darren joked, smirking.
"Yes" Sophia said blankly.
His face fell "Alrighty then!".
"Anybody up for seconds?" Frankie asked desperately.
"It was a total disaster" Newt talked into the phone. "Sophia said she was psychic and then Frankie asked if anyone wanted seconds, and obviously Darren did, so when she reached over to hand him the pasta bowl, it fell and landed all over him, it was so funny, though Darren seemed to curse a lot...".
Lauren laughed. "Are you serious!?".
Newt nodded "It was so funny...But I have to share a room with Jared, he quiet and silent; like a serial killer".
"Imagine if he was" Lauren grinned "Are they coming to school tomorrow?".
"Yeah" Newt replied "I seriously doubt us having any other connection to them except loving cemeteries".
"Oh gotta go" Lauren added "Dad's calling me down-stairs...See you tomorrow, bye".
Newt disconnected and put his phone away. He flopped down on his bed and sighed. School tomorrow with the insane twins. He thought they were insane. Guessed.
A knock at the door came and Frankie walked in, Jared following after her.
"You can share with Newt for now" Frankie added "I'll set up the spare bed later on, of course..." she hesitated "I'll let you two get to know each other".
Frankie walked out, leaving them both in the silence. Newt was gonnah say something to break the tension but suddenly Sophia barged in.
"Sorry" she offered, although Newt wasn't sure she meant it.
Newt shrugged.
"We're off for our ritual-ceremony" Sophia opened Newt's window "You're welcome to come if you want".
Jared went to the window and hooked his leg out and then hoisted his other leg out.
"Ritual-ceremony?" Newt frowned.
"The universe converges when the three phases of the moon connect" Sophia explained "At the stroke of midnight, you light a candle and chant the old English...Then you feel it".
"Feel it?" Newt asked.
"The power" she whispered "We connect in blood, passion; our auras...It's all around us, and all you have to do is open your eyes...".
Newt watched as she followed after her brother, climbing out the window. He walked to the window and saw Sophia and Jared walking away, towards the Hollyoaks cemetery.
Newt looked at his alarm clock and clocked the time: 1.30am. He felt a little bit obliged to make sure Sophia and Jared got in okay but then again, he shouldn't have to feel responsible...
It was 3.32am before his window slid open from the outside and Jared and Sophia climbed in.
"Feel free to use my window" Newt snapped.
"You didn't need to stay up for us, Barry Newton" Sophia told him.
Newt stared. "How did—".
"I just know things" she cut him off.
"Goodnight, Barry Newton" she added before quietly opening his door and walking out and closing it behind him.
Jared flopped down on the bed that Frankie had set up for him hours ago and turned over, falling into sleep.
Newt sighed, reached out and turned off his bedside lamp, surrounding them in darkness.
He closed his eyes.
"Whoa, that is messed up" Lauren commented.
Newt and Lauren walked to school, a couple feet ahead of Sophia and Jared.
"I know" Newt replied "Then they came waltzing in at half 3, nearly shocked me half to death".
They entered the school gates; Newt glancing back at Sophia and Jared.
"The office is that way" Newt told them "You'll probably need to sign in or something".
Sophia and Jared turned and walked in the direction that Newt had pointed them to.
"Does he like, speak at all?" Lauren asked.
Newt shrugged "As far as I know, he hasn't spoken a word since he got here".
"Maybe he did a deal with the devil" Lauren laughed "Like...; voice for eternal youth".
Newt shrugged "They pin as the sort".
"Eh, so do we" Lauren nudged him.
The school bell rang and they all rushed into the school.
Newt and Lauren looked up from their work as their head of year opened the door, followed by Sophia and Jared. The class stopped working and looked up in shock and amusement.
"Sorry to interrupt your class, Mr. Owen" the head said "But we have some new pupils arriving".
Russ smiled and let him continue.
"Class" the head added "This is Sophia and Jared Turner, they're new so let's all be friendly...Mr Owen, I'll let you..." he turned and left the classroom.
"Well" Russ said "Take a seat at the back and I'll get you some work-books".
Sophia and Jared made their way to the back, aware of everyone's eyes on them. They sat behind Lauren and Newt and Newt heard Sophia sigh softly.
A blonde girl turned over to Jared and smirked. "I heard you don't talk, are you like Newt? Cause I heard that he can't read".
"Shut up Vicky" Lauren told her "And Newt can read".
"To answer your question Victoria Joanne Smith" Sophia began, her voice husky "He can't talk...I made a bet with him and he lost...So I cut off his tongue".
Vicky, Lauren and Newt all looked shocked.
"What?" Vicky gasped.
"Something going on other than work?" Russ asked them loudly.
"No sir" Vicky told him sweetly.
They all turned back to the front.
Jared smirked.
"She cut off his tongue!?" Lauren cried.
She and Newt sat at a lunch table outside, Lauren carrying a tray with orange juice, a baked-potato, and a chocolate muffin and Newt carrying a tray with pasta, apple-juice and a chocolate cookie.
"I doubt it" Newt rolled his eyes.
"And with the whole 'Victoria Joanne Smith' thing...I mean how did she even know Vicky's full name?" Lauren frowned "I don't even her full name and her mom went out on a date with my dad once".
"She said was psychic" Newt shrugged.
Lauren laughed "Please, Newt! Don't tell me you believe her?".
"She knew my full name" Newt shrugged again.
"Well, she probably went through Frankie's adoption papers for you" Lauren suggested.
"Who would do that?" Newt frowned. "And, how did she know Vicky's full name?".
"School Year-Book!" Lauren cried "It has everybody's names and photos in it!".
"I don't have a year-book" Newt replied.
"Oh" Lauren mumbled "...Then, I'm out".
Newt nodded and they continued to eat their lunch.
"Good first day?" Darren asked as Jared and Sophia walked into the pub.
"It was great" Sophia said in that mystical voice of hers.
"Great?" Darren mock-frowned "Aren't normal people and general society against your people?".
"My people?" Sophia retorted "Like who, you? Who would love the gamble more than his family? Or would sleep with your ex-girlfriend's best friend while you were still together?".
Darren stared.
"Oh no your right, Darren Osbourne" Sophia added "Your people are better" she strolled upstairs.
Jared stared at Darren.
"Oh what are you looking at?" Darren scoffed "Tacky-wearing-black-loving-emo-freak!" he stormed off.
Jared just smirked.
Newt and Lauren walked to the pond and sat down.
"I still think it's well weird" Lauren commented.
Newt pulled out his sketch-book and started drawing the pond.
"Yeah" he agreed "But it isn't like they're evil or anything...".
"How do we know?" Lauren asked "We thought Niall was this real nice bloke and suddenly it's; Hasta La Vista, Lauren, would you like some heroin? No? Well here, I'll just kill you instead!".
"Alright, Lauren" Newt interrupted "Just calm down...".
"Sorry" Lauren sighed "He's just a jerk".
"Or psycho-path?" Newt suggested.
"Yeah, let's go with yours" Lauren nodded. Suddenly, her phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?".
"Lauren, I said come right home after school!" Valerie shrieked "Are you with Newt!? I said—".
Lauren hung up and sighed "I should go home...She'll be angry again...".
Newt stood as Lauren did and they waited awkwardly.
"See you tomorrow then" Lauren turned to go but Newt pulled her back and suddenly without thinking, his lips found hers.
It was soft at first and she was kissing back but then it got more intense and Newt urged his tongue inside, slipping it onto Lauren's. He pulled her closer, his hand running down his back craving her to still be closer.
Then Lauren pulled away and the whole dream turned into a nightmare.
"I can't..." she gasped, breathless "I gotta..." she turned and ran, leaving Newt standing there.
With his regrets.