AN: Here's chapter three!

Eleanor's Darkness

The Innocent Murderer

Chester awoke to the sound of an alarm going off. He shot up and looked around himself in a frenzy. He appeared to be in some one's room. His shoes were layed beside the bed and the jacket that he wore was on a chair on the other side of the room. Chester grabbed the side of his head in pain.

'What happened…?'

His vision was a little blurred but he wasn't blind enough that he couldn't reach over to the bed side table and shut the alarm off. He swung his feet over the bed's side, stood up and decided to explore the place. Chester quickly recognized the place as an apartment. It wasn't half bad, it had enough room to accommodate two to three people. As Chester entered the living room area he noticed that the T.V was on. It was on the cooking channel. It must have been early morning because it was on channel three. Chester smelled something cooking, he looked into the kitchen area and saw a girl that could be no older than sixteen. It seemed like she was trying to learn how to cook.

"Ummm…excuse me?"

"AHHHH!"

"AHHHH!"

The girl screamed because she was startled, Chester screamed because she was wielding a giant butcher's knife.

"Oh… its you!" The girl said, smiling sheepishly. Chester rubbed the back of his head. He was never good around pretty girls, this one was gorgeous. She had raven black hair that came to about shoulder length, her lips were pink and full, her skin was extremely pale but that just made her ocean blue eyes stand out even more. She didn't have a bad figure either. All in all, this had to be the most beautiful girl that Chester has ever laid his eyes on.

"Umm are you ok?" the girl asked in what sounded like a British accent.

"Umm…yeah sorry, my names Chester Davis. Uh not to be rude but where am I and who are you?" The girl smiled.

"Well this is my apartment and my name is Eleanor Lamb."

Eleanor. The name was pretty. But wait…

"How did I get here in the first place?" Chester asked Eleanor.

"Well I found you washed up on the shore of the beach behind my apartment complex four days ago."

Wait… four days ago?

"FOUR DAYS!" yelled Chester. The girl jumped a little at the volume of his speech but he quickly apologized. Four days. He was out for four days.

"Wait what state are we in?"

"New York."

Chester's eyes widened. How the hell did he get all the way back home.

"Did you see anything else? Like I don't know a huge cruise ship?" asked Chester.

"No…but a cruise ship crashed in Florida, it was taking a bunch of vacationer's back home from their trip to Hawaii. It was really sad."

What about Justin and all the people on the ship?

"What happened to the people on the ship?" asked Chester even though he already had a pretty good idea already about what happened to them.

Eleanor look towards the ground.

"They all…died. There were no survivors." She said in a solemn voice.

"…Shit." Chester just couldn't believe that Justin was dead. The guy has been his best friend since the fourth grade. Chester couldn't help but let a few tears slip from his eyes. He just lost his best friend in the blink of an eye. And that little girl. Chester shivered. He would have nightmares about her for years, he could still see the blood spurting out from her neck like a fountain. Eleanor put a hand on his cheek and brushed away his tears.

"Its ok. Someone important to you was on that ship right? I know how it feels…to lose someone close to you." She said in a soothing and calm voice.

Chester couldn't help but believe her, she just had this air of purity around her that just made you want to believe every word that came out of her mouth. Chester however still blushed at the contact that she gave him. Eleanor just smiled that beautiful smile of hers.

"Um, Eleanor I have to go and make sure that my folks know that I'm alright." said Chester. Eleanor's eyes seem to sadden.

"Ok but…can I go with you? You see I live alone here and…it gets pretty lonely by myself. I'm ok when school starts though!" said Eleanor with a smile.

Chester wanted to ask about her family but decided against it. If she didn't bring them up then it was probably because there was a lot of bad memories concerning the subject. But to live alone? A girl like her? You would think she would at least have a boyfriend.

"Sure you can come. By the way, what school do you go to anyway?"

"New York High, why?"

"That's the same school I go to! How come I've never seen you around?" asked Chester curiously. Eleanor rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"I just moved over to this part of town." Chester nodded and looked out of one of the apartments windows.

"Its still pretty early, if you want to wait until later that's fine-"

"No that's ok, I'm interested in meeting your family!" Eleanor said with enthusiasm. "But first lets eat!"

Eleanor went back into the kitchen to fetch the food that she was preparing. Chester really didn't know what to make of the raven haired beauty. How could someone like that not have a boyfriend and be living alone? And in a city like New York no less! It wasn't uncommon for rapists and murderers to prowl the city streets and since she lived by herself plus the fact that she was only about his age… Chester would have to beg his family for her to stay with them at least for a little while, of course it meant extra work for him but he just couldn't for all intents and purposes leave her here by herself. Of course she has probably been living by herself for ages now he just wanted to help her anyway he could. Eleanor came back in the living room carrying two plates of omelets.

"Ok lets eat!"