Chapter seven

the chapter is shorter than the rest but, I have another chapter that will be posted soon! please comment how you dare! -Rose

"Well don't you look dazzling," Nate announced.

"Thanks," I replied. I looked silently out the window for a while until I saw a black figure almost running in the same direction as me. Then it just, stopped. I saw a pair of deep blue eyes staring at me. The eyes were familiar, but distant.

"So," Nate said to break the awkward silence, "what movie were you thinking of?"

"I don't really know… you can pick," I replied.
"Okay. It will have to be a surprise then," he chuckled and threw a friendly glance at me.

"Then to the movie theaters I shall wait," I played along. The car raced through the town until we arrived. I threw open the door and saw Nate standing next to me.

"Ready?" he breathed into my ear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Thoughts raced through my mind, unusual thoughts, questioning my judgment on Nate…

"Two for… hmm… The apocalypse please," Nate told the cashier. She handed him the tickets with an unusual smile and then after he grabbed them a light flirty laugh. Wow. I was about to scream in her face, 'You are that desperate enough?' But, I soon controlled that urge and ignored her.

"Which theater is it?" I asked Nate to make sure we were going in the right direction.

"Theater 2," he replied politely and held open the door to the theater next to us. The movie was a… disaster. Apparently, in twenty years the zombies will come and eat us! How lovely? It was nearing the end when Nate put his arm around me… great. He looked at me and leaned in. I could feel his breath against my neck. It was cool and had that musty scent to it. He was lightly touching my face when he got a text from his mum.

"Oh my god," he said in a low sad voice, "I gotta go. My sister is in the hospital…" he didn't even finish before he got himself up and left. I huffed now realizing that my ride home was a thirty minute walk through dark streets, this night couldn't have gotten any better! I left the movie theater shortly after Nate left me and started on my journey. The streets were rather quiet except for the occasional passing car. I reached for my phone and called the house, and of course, no one was home. (She didn't believe in cell phones so no can do there.) I then called Giselle and no answer either. I guess I would just have to embrace it.

The walk was rather lonely, even though I had only been walking for five minutes. I tried to keep my thoughts on walking home, but I just couldn't. I thought of Nate trying to kiss me. I thought of the horrible movie. Then, I thought of the blue eyes. How they looked so familiar… I chased those thoughts out of my mind and continued on. Suddenly a slow moving black car came rolling down the street. The passengers rolled down the windows and revealed themselves obviously to be drunk out of their minds. "Heeyy its you," one of them slurred at me. I walked away and tried to ignore them. Too bad I left my pepper spray at home… An angry voice suddenly came from the car, "YOU BETTER GET BACK HERE!" Great. Now I am probably going to be chased my drunk men, how can my night get any better? I fled the scene only to be chased by the men. They were apparently really fast for being drunk, or I was really slow.

I was abruptly thrown to the ground by one of the guys. He started pushing me and saying words I could hardly understand, nor would I want to understand. The others soon caught up to him and I was in hell. I just stared in the sky hoping for something. But, all I could hear were the crickets. One of them finally reached me and started looking to see if I had a cell phone to call the police. They eventually found that and took it. "Leave me alone!" I screamed into their faces. "Now why would we let a perfectly good girl go to waste?" the leader replied. I kicked him from the ground as hard as I possibly could and brought him to the ground with me. He got up sooner than I hoped though… He gave me a sour face and looked at me with eyes full of hate. He kicked me and punched me and soon, all of them started to join in. A sharp pain struck me and I cried in torture. I was slowly drifting away from the scene and the last thing I saw, in the distance were the blue eyes.