Done and loaded!

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CHAPTER 6

My heart was racing so fast that I thought I was going to die right there with a heart attack. My mind was racing but I knew I was thinking, Where is Troy? I was telling myself to run but my legs couldn't move and I couldn't stop trembling.

"Please let this be a dream", I whispered nervously and kept repeating it over and over but it was no use because I was standing in the same spot and I wasn't in bed. "Tr-Tr-Troy?". I was quivering in fear, it was so dark inside that I didn't know where I was but the door still open behind me. I turned my head back to the direction of the open door but the door closed shut and I didn't know it then, that I had fainted.

I began to slowly wake up and felt the light in my face when everything came flooding back that I woke straight up. "Troy!", I gasped.
"Hey", he said, he was staring at me. "What's wrong?".
"How did you get back?", I asked immediately, wondering why he was acting so calm.
"What do you mean?", he asked, looking so confused. "I was with you all the whole time, but when we got to the abandoned house, you fainted right there before we could get inside".
"W-what?!", I scoffed. "We saw the aura and we went in, only when I held your hand as we went in, you were gone!".
"I don't remember that", he replied slowly. "Besides, you know how much hard work it was to carry you back here? Luckily no one saw you otherwise people would be wondering why there's a girl floating while she's unconscious".

I just felt speechless even though I had so much questions ramming through my head about what happened last night. How could he not know that he just vanished when we went inside together with me, standing there?! It seemed so real to me, well, as far as I know, but Troy's memory of what happened, seemed to have been cut short. How many days do I have to go through this crap?

"Cass!", Joe knocked on my door. "Breakfast is ready! You awake?".
"Yeah", I called out. "I'll be down soon, thanks".

"How's your head?", Troy asked. "You look stressed and pale". Oh yeah, you don't say.
"I'm fine", I quickly said and rushed to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I looked in the mirror and I really did look pale, I even looked like I hadn't gotten much sleep. Obviously.

After I had finished kissing Troy, I rushed downstairs. I realized I had still been wearing the same thing as last night, but it didn't matter, I hope.
"Wow", Joe said, sitting at the table. "You look ready to go somewhere".
"I woke up earlier", I said. "I was just reading a book". These lies just keep coming out.
"How are you feeling?", Grandma asked as she sat down with both our cup of tea. "Any better?".
"Yup, I'm good", I nodded as I blew gently into my cup of tea.
"I don't know if you want to come, Cass", Joe said, in between eating his toast. "I'm going to study at my school library, I know it's not fun but do you want to come with?".
"Sure", I smiled. I wanted to know more about this abandoned house anyways and I had to be prepared when I face the abandoned house again, without fainting.

At the library, Joe had sat himself down with his books and notes and was automatically buried in his studies while I went to use the computers.

The homepage showed up as the school's website.

Welcome to:

Junipera Serra Mission Academy

Underneath was a small sized caption that read:

Site Created by the Coolest Guy Ever: Xavier 'X' Williams.

This Xavier or X dude, sure knows how to make a cool website, I was wondering whether Sister Margaret had seen it.

I typed in a URL: Abandoned House + Carmel + California

A lot of sites came into view but I couldn't be bothered checking them all, I selected first choice of websites with my finger onto the touch screen. There were a number of different abandoned houses but I saw they were just houses that were abandoned not so long ago, probably only ten years ago or something. I looked carefully at the number of houses when a hand came across my shoulder and pointed at a house which made my index finger stop scrolling and my back straightened up.

"The abandoned house on Pine Crest Road is what your looking for, right?", a voice said and I recognized it immediately. It was the guy I had bumped into yesterday around the dark area of the library.
"Um, yeah", I replied. "Thanks".
"Your welcome", he said smoothly and when he drew his hand away from the screen, I turned to look at him but he had turned round and walked away. Seriously, who is that guy?

After a while, I turned round back to the screen and saw the information I needed about the house.

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Nineteenth Century Abandoned House of Carmel, California.

The abandoned house on 99 Pine Crest Road is currently to have said that the house is haunted, though there were no sightings of paranormal events or ghosts. Though the only mystery making this house stand, is the aura shielding the house.

Many questions have been risen around town, but have not been accurately answered. Researchers have found out that the last family to have lived in that house was the Ackerman family. Though some of the kids are said to have moved out except for one.

The last child had gotten married though their surnames have not been verified but are most likely known as Susannah and Jesse. The people of California believe that these two are back for revenge for which is unknown to us all. Researchers were not able to locate any of their children or descendants from which they believe, they have the answer of why the house won't go down.

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I sighed, taking all that information into my head. What if it was that Susannah girl who was in my dreams, came to warn me about something…? Which is totally weird and still freaking me out. But then it said that they were lurking around for revenge, but revenge on what?

I looked down at the touch screen keyboard and tried to think up of something else but nothing came to mind when someone said, "Did you find what you were looking for?".
I almost jumped but I turned around and looked up into the eyes of that mysterious guy again. What is it about him that got me so attracted to him, I wondered.
"Uh yeah", I nodded. "Thanks".
"Your welcome", he grinned and he was doing it again. The walking away thing, I mean and so I quickly stood up.
"Wait", I said. God, it felt like I was desperate or something. "What's your name?".

He turned around and looked unsure for a moment before replying. "Christian", he replied. "And you are?".
"Cassandra", I replied. "Cassie or Cass, whichever".
"Nice to meet you, Cassandra", he said and it almost looked like he did a half bow. "If I may ask, will you be attending school here?". The words coming out of his mouth sounded so smooth and sexy, I just couldn't make my ears stop tingling. I noticed he had a faint British accent.
"Uh, no", I replied, breaking away from his gaze. "I'm just here for the summer holidays".
"Oh, I see", he said, still staring at me. "I didn't realize you had a mix of hazel and green in your eyes, your auburn hair and your light skin brings out the color of your eyes". Oh God, he's hitting the soft spot. How the heck does he do that?, I thought. I had dyed my hair red before but then I couldn't decide on which color and so I tried to dye it back to my original hair color, brunette. Now it just annoys me.

As though he was reading my thoughts, he chuckled and then said, "About that house, please be careful. Just…". I looked at him and his face looked unreadable. "… try not to get hurt". And with that, he turned around and walked away.