Chapter 4 Voices...

Randy

Well, at least I had a good night's sleep. Hopefully things are normal today. Maybe I even dreamt it..

I get ready for school and head upstairs.

'Hi sweetie. Feeling any better?' I smile at mom and watch her lips. Ok, she really said it and nothing else follows it. Good start so far.

'Uh, yeah. I guess I just needed to get some sleep.' I take some fruit juice and reach for a plate with waffles. I look at dad sitting at the table, but he shakes his head no. I smirk at him and grab a bowl of cereal instead.

"You'd think after all those cookbooks she got, she would have learned to cook better. Maybe I should get her a jackhammer next time, then she could cut the waffles into pieces before she makes me eat them."

I chuckle and shake my head. Dad looks over to me.

'What?'

'I can't believe you said that out loud.'

'Said what out loud?'

'About buying mom a jackhammer to cut up these waffles.' His eyes grow wide and his look shoots to mom. 'What?'

'He said what?'

'How.. I didn't say that out loud.. Did I? No, I didn't.' My smile fades and I groan. 'I was joking, honey. These waffles are fine.' My mom gives him a look and goes back to cooking.

"How did he know that?"

Oh for gods sake.. So I guess it wasn't lack of sleep.. I grab the bowl of cereal and put it in the sink.

'I'm leaving for school. Where are Mark and Brad?'

'Oh, they already left. Your grandmother and her sister took them. It was very early, they didn't want to wake you.'

'Great. I guess I'll just go by myself then.' I get more annoyed by the minute as this day already started great.

'I could take you. I have to leave for work anyway.' Dad offers. I give him a look. 'Oh come on, it could be fun. Just the two of us cruising around in the Nomad.'

'No thanks dad, I'll be fine.' I walk out the door. I don't mean to upset anyone, but all of this is again, driving me crazy. I just don't know how to act anymore.

I head to school by bike. It might take more time, but at least I can blow off some steam that way.

When I finally get to school, I head straight for my locker and try to avoid basically any conversation. I'm just not in the mood. But as soon as I take some books and shut my locker, voices reach my head. I turn around and want to yell out for everyone to shut up, but as soon as I look, I realize.. no one is talking to me....

Oh no... Please don't tell me it's happening here now too.. For a moment I shut my eyes and the noise is gone. Thank god.

I walk a few steps, but then the voices are back. At first it started with just a few, but now there are dozens, hundreds and multiplying.. growing louder every second... I try to drown them out, but they won't go away... They keep getting louder and I feel like my head will explode.. I need to leave, now! I notice Lauren Summers coming up to me, but I don't have time. I start to run to the door and run further outside. I rush towards my bike, but the voices outside are even worse.. More thoughts of people are added to the ones already invading my head and I can't make it stop. It all becomes too much and I close my eyes and hold my hands on my ears tightly. But it doesn't work..

I drop to my knees and try to make the voices go away... People must have noticed me. Maybe they're even trying to talk to me right now, but I'll never hear them.. Somehow it even seems like someone is trying to pull away my hands, but I hold on tight. I can't let go. Then I finally hear a voice coming clearly through all the other voices.

"Randy.. Randy! Listen to me. Try to focus on my voice alone. Open your eyes." I do as I'm told and I look into the eyes of grandma.

"It's ok. Just focus on my voice. Come on, I'm taking you home. Brad is letting the school know you're sick." She takes my hand and in a soothing voice she takes me to her car and takes me home, all the way "talking" to me and making sure I focus on her.

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A/N Hi! Here's another chapter, that I hope you'll like. Next chapter I'm thinking of skipping ahead a little. Would you mind that or would you like me to continue this chapter?

Let me know and in advance thank you to Randy Taylor for giving me some great ideas for this story. You'll find out later what they are ;)

Anyway, thank you for all and Love, Baxxie