Chapter 12
Author: Well I didn't get a lot of reviews on that last chapter!! Oh well…..I hope you guys like this chapter!! There is a lot of drama. Enjoy!
Before Kegan knew it, it was the Tuesday of the next week. She had finally been able to go home from the hospital on Sunday after the doctors took many tests to make sure she was ok and the bleeding had stopped. Her mother made her move back to the Danvers mansion. She was still mad at Caleb for 'bringing her back to life' She was actually mad at everyone. She didn't know why though. She would find herself in dazes just thinking about her life and how in just one year it was turned up side down. She found herself sleeping a lot, not really wanting to do anything. Almost every night she was have the same dream. She would be lost in the woods and she would hear Chase's soft voice helping her, then all of the sudden he just turned evil. She sometimes didn't want to open her eyes because of the fear of seeing his face. Something inside of her kept telling her he was still alive and that Caleb didn't kill him. Took block out the nightmares and the thoughts she would lie to her mother about being in pain just so she could have the pills to help her sleep through the night. But this particular night was different, she had found where her mother was keeping her medicine. Kegan sat in her bed with her knees to her chest staring at the bottle in her hands. Tears were forming in her eyes. She wished she had never moved to Ipswich or even got involved with Chase for that matter. Her life would have been better off if she hadn't of found out about the covenant. There was a soft tap on the door. She quickly hid the pills under her pillow as the door slowly opened.
"You awake?" Caleb asked opening the door all the way. "How are you feeling?"
Kegan shrugged her shoulders. "Are you in any pain?" he asked. She nodded her head, knowing that she really wasn't. When Caleb had healed her, he healed everything. He took all her pain away. "Do you want me to get you anything?" he sat down on her bed and smiled down at her.
"I just want to be alone." She whispered.
"You've been cooped up in this room for three days now. Don't you want to get out and get some fresh air?"
"No, not really."
"Well if there's anything that you need just let me know."
Kegan nodded her head. He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead, but she didn't move. He got up from the bed as she pulled the covers up to her chin and closing her eyes. She drifted off to sleep moments later.
"Tell me what's wrong?" a voice sounded in Kegan's head. "Don't shut me out." Kegan tossed over in her sleep to her other side. "I love you Kegan. I never meant to hurt you." She turned over again. "You were going to die, I probably would have died along with you." Kegan laid straight in her bed still dreaming. "Wake up!" he yelled. Kegan shot up in her bed, sweat trickling down her face. She looked around, no one was in her room. She cut on the light, still nothing. She threw her legs over the bed and walked to her bathroom. She leaned down over the sink and splashed water on her face. She grabbed the towel from the hook and put it to her face. She breathed in deep trying to calm herself down. She looked at her hand and saw that it was shaking. "Calm down." She spoke aloud to herself. "It's just a dream." She cut the light off and got back into her bed. She put her hands under her pillow and laid her head down only to feel the medicine bottle in her hands. She leaned up and pulled it out from underneath the pillow. She stared at them, the directions read 'take one every four hours needed. Do not abuse. Side effects may occur.' She got up again and grabbed her glass next to the bed. She filled it up with water, before pouring the pills into her hand, she looked down for a moment before putting some back into the bottle, leaving just on in her hand. She sighed before tossing her head back and swallowing. She laid back down in the bed. She turned over and looked out the window. She saw lights leaving the driveway. She slowly closed her eyes and let sleep overtake her.
The next morning she woke up with a major headache. She put her hand up under her pillow to make sure the pills were still there. She smiled to herself when she found they were still there. She threw her legs over the side of the bed and walked to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and saw that her face was paler than usual. She grabbed her makeup and dabbed a little on to make it seem like she was doing good. She heard a soft tap on the door. "Come in." she yelled. Pogue was the first to come in, he was still limping was able to walk on his own. He was followed by Caleb. "Hey there." He replied with a smile on his face.
"Hi." She softly replied. She moved back into the room and sat down on the bed.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"My head hurts."
"Yeah."
"Yeah, I just think I haven't gotten much sleep."
"You having dreams or something?"
"Yeah, more like someone is talking to me. I don't know it's weird."
Caleb looked up but turned away. "How about you get out of this room for a while? Get some fresh air or something." Pogue suggested.
"I'm not really up to it. I just want to stay in my room and sleep." Kegan admitted.
"Um….." Pogue moved towards the bed. "I don't think so." He picked her up in his arms and took her out of the room. Caleb began smiling.
"Pogue put me down. I just want to stay here." Kegan told him.
"No, you don't need to be in your room all the time. It's not healthy. Now Reid and Tyler are waiting in the car and we are going out to eat and then to Nicky's and you aren't going to argue."
Kegan groaned as Pogue carried her out of the house.
"Maybe we should let her change." Caleb responded. He looked at Kegan who still had on her pajamas and laughed.
"I like what I got on thank you." Kegan spat.
"Me too!" Pogue replied laughing. He carried to the car and set her in the back where Reid was sitting. Tyler was in the driver's seat. He smiled at Kegan as Pogue laid her down in the back.
"Hey." Reid replied softly.
"Hi." She whispered back.
"You guys need to learn a new word." Tyler responded looking through the mirror with a smirk on his face.
"You guys ready?" Pogue asked climbing into the backseat as Caleb made his way to the front.
"Yeah." Tyler replied starting the car. Kegan laid her head back against the seat and just closed her eyes. Pogue looked over at Reid with questioning eyes. Reid turned away and stared out the window.
"So are you going to go back to school any time soon?" Tyler asked. Kegan opened her eyes and stared at him through the mirror.
"I guess." She shortly replied.
"Well I think you should. You are missing a lot of excitement." Tyler responded sarcastically still smiling.
"I'm sure I'll get over it." Kegan couldn't help but smile. She was happy to be with them and hang out with them, but just something inside her was still telling her to be mad at them. "Where are we going?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" Pogue asked.
"It doesn't matter to me."
"Are you hungry?" he asked.
"No not really." She lied. 'Starving.' She thought to herself, causing Caleb to turn around. She looked up at him and smiled as he continued to stare at her.
"Well you need to eat something." He stated before turning back around.
"Hey Caleb." Kegan started.
"Yeah." He asked turning back around.
"When can I go see our father?" she looked at him praying he would take her.
Caleb looked up at Tyler who just continued to stare ahead, Reid didn't even move, Pogue turned away. "When you get to feeling better, I'll take you then." He responded as he turned back around. Kegan rolled her eyes before laying her head back. There was something that they weren't telling her and she wanted to know what it was. They arrived in town too soon for Kegan that meant she had to get out and actually be social. She opened her eyes and saw that Reid was staring at her. She smiled at him.
"I'm sorry that I was mean to you in the hospital." She whispered. Reid couldn't help but smile at her.
"Its alright, it'll cost you." He smirked.
"Like how?" she asked.
"I don't know. I'll think of something." He opened the door and climbed. He held out his hand for her. She smiled and grabbed it climbing out of the car herself. "Pizza." She replied smiling. "Are Kate and Sarah not coming?" she asked as Caleb opened the door for her.
"Sarah has a paper due tomorrow and Kate is studying for a test tomorrow." Caleb replied. They sat down in the booth. This began the process of Kegan getting back into her life she once loved. She looked around at each boy sitting at the table in front of her. They hadn't changed much. Caleb, looked older, probably because of all the power he used. Pogue was still his self, smiling, cutting up with everyone. Tyler was being his same self, not saying much only to take for himself when Reid picked on him. She could tell Reid was trying his hardest to get through to her, but it was like she didn't want any help. Their help caused her to almost die and then to be brought back from a place she felt at peace in. She turned her head away as a wave of anger shot through her. Caleb looked over at her, feeling her pain. "Hey you alright?" he asked laying his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I just don't feel too good right now." She lied.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah ill be fine." She gave a fake smile and began eating her pizza that she didn't notice was in front of her. Caleb looked over at Pogue who just shrugged his shoulders. Reid looked down at Kegan's hands as they began to shake.
As they finished eating, Kegan looked up and saw Chase standing at the door. "OMG!" she jumped up from the seat and stared at the entrance, but no one was there.
"What is it?" Caleb asked getting up as well.
"Chase." She replied still staring, her eyes wide, at the door.
"What?" Pogue asked.
"I just saw Chase standing at the door." She responded pointing at the door. A boy turned towards them. It wasn't Chase.
"Kegan, that's not Chase." Caleb replied.
"No, I swear I just saw him. He was standing right there." Her eyes began to fill up with tears.
"No one is there." Caleb replied.
"No!" she yelled. "He was standing right there and he was staring at me. I know what I saw Caleb!" She grabbed her coat and stormed out of the restaurant. Caleb was right behind her. He softly grabbed her arm to turn her around. As he did, he saw that she was crying.
"Its ok." He whispered. He brought her to his chest as she began to sob.
"I swear it was him. He was staring right at me." She sobbed.
"It's alright. You were just imagining it."
"I want to go home. I don't want to be out anymore." She lifted her head up and looked at him. "I just want to go back to sleep."
Caleb nodded his head. "Alright, we'll take you back home." He replied softly. He put his arm around before looking back at the boys who had emerged from the restaurant. They walked back to the car as she climbed in and just laid her head back against the seat. She immediately closed her eyes. Her mind went back to the restaurant. She had seen him. It was him. He was staring straight at her. Wasn't it? Her head began to hurt again. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut to make the pain go away, but it wouldn't. As the car came to a stop at her house, she jumped out of the car and took off running inside.
"Caleb, what the hell is going on?" Pogue asked as they watched her run into her house.
"I don't know. She's different." Caleb responded.
"Caleb, something is going on. You need to figure it out."
"She won't let me. She let me in at all. Its like she is punishing us for bringing her back to life."
"She was peaceful." Reid replied softly.
"Do what?" Caleb asked turning around.
"We took her from a peaceful place. She died Caleb. We brought her back."
"What the hell are you talking about Reid?" Pogue yelled. "You haven't said two words and now you are coming up with this shit."
"Its not shit Pogue." Reid snapped. "It's in the book."
"What book?" Caleb asked.
"The Book of Damnation. I was reading it one night to get caught up with the twins crap. It said that someone who dies can go to a place of peace. Everything in this place is perfect. No more pain, no suffering, no more of this world, just peace. I believe she was there. We ripped her out of there causing the pain and suffering to come back. She doesn't want to be here anymore." Reid responded looking out the window. Caleb looked at his friend, before sighing loudly.
"So what are you saying Reid?" Caleb asked. "I should have let her die? I should have just watched her life slip away from her?"
"No!" Reid yelled. "I wanted her back as much as you did, but we gave her the pain back."
"I took her pain from her!" Caleb yelled. "I have it in me right now. I can feel her every time something happens I feel her pain. She isn't in any pain because there isn't any."
"Not physical pain." Reid whispered. "We took her from a place she felt safe in. Can you just imagine being ripped from somewhere that was so peaceful, where every thing was perfect and nothing could happen to you there? Only to be brought back into a world where your brother and friends are witches. She's scared Caleb. She's scared to death that something is going to happen again."
"What do you want us to do?" Caleb asked.
"I don't know." Reid turned to look out the window again. "I don't know what to do anymore."
"Let's talk to her." Pogue suggested.
"And say what?" Reid snapped. "We are sorry we took you from a place of peace because we are selfish and wanted you back?"
"What else do you want to do Reid?" Pogue yelled.
"Will you guys stop?" Tyler finally joined in. "This isn't helping at all."
Reid threw himself back against the seat and just glared towards the front of the car. "I'll go talk to her." He replied opening the door. "Just give me a minute." He slammed the door and began walking up the steps to the house. He opened the door and the boys watched him disappear into it.
Kegan ran into her room and shut herself up. She dove onto her bed and grabbed the pills from underneath the pillow. She grabbed the pills and poured two into her hand and without thinking threw them in her mouth and dried swallowed them. She got up from the bed and went into her bathroom. She began splashing water on her face when she heard a soft tap on the door. She grabbed the towel from the rack before going back into her room. She watched as the door opened and in stepped Reid. "Hey, I was just seeing if you were ok. You looked really upset back there." He replied.
"I'm fine. I just need to get some sleep." She lied.
"You know you can talk to me about whatever it is that is going on."
"I know." She replied smiling at him. She moved over to the bed and saw that the pill bottle was open on her nightstand. She looked up at Reid, who didn't seem to notice. She went over and laid down.
"I just hate seeing you like this." He kept talking without taking his eyes off of her.
"I know that, its just going to take time." She replied. It was going to take time. Time to get everything back to the way things were. Time for her to stop imagining Chase is everywhere she is. Time for her to accept that she wasn't going back to the place she felt warm and safe in.
"I just wish it never had happened." He responded running his hands through his hair.
Kegan reached up and grabbed his hand and smiled at him. "Me too. But it did and its ok." She whispered.
"You know I love you right?" he asked.
"Of course."
"Good, I guess I just haven't said it a lot lately."
Kegan yawned meaning the medicine was starting to kick in. "Well if you need anything you know my number. Hopefully you haven't forgot it yet." He smirked. "Just call me and ill be over in a heartbeat." Kegan nodded her head.
"Thanks." She whispered. She tried to keep her eyes open as Reid bent down and kissed her on the cheek. As he was getting up he saw the open medicine bottle on her nightstand. He looked down at Kegan who was already fast asleep. He looked back up at the bottle, but shook his head from the thought. He walked to the door and turned off the light before leaving.
Author: Ok, so let me know what you think!! I know I know, its starting off slow with everything but I promise the next chapter you will get the drama that I was promising you!! Just let me know what I need to do to change it or make it better!! Be nice!! REVIEW!!