Sam's POV
I woke up the next morning against my bedside table. I groggily reached out and grabbed it. I slide it open and smiled; it was a text from Mitch.
Mitch9:47:Hey since I'm leaving tomorrow we should go to central park. Maybe we can have a repeat of last night ;)
I walked downstairs, almost tripping over Harley, our German Shephard, on the way to the stairs. Mom was in the kitchen, pulling out a box of Honey Nut Cherios. Her blonde hair was tied up in a messy bun but her bangs were getting in her face. She looked up at me and slightly smiled.
"Good morning Sam" she chimed as she went to the fridge and pulled out soy milk; she was a vegetarian like Emma.
"Morning mom, is it okay if I go to Central Park with Mitch?" I asked as I took a banana and started peeling it.
"Only if Ali goes" she replied as she poured milk into her bowl.
"Mom that's not fair! Why can't I go alone with my boyfriend?" I groaned as I bit at my banana.
"Because Emma and I are sick of you two fighting night and day!" she snapped.
"She hates me! And I hate her! It's been like that for 16 years!" I retorted, my eyes narrowing.
"Just deal with it!" she growled, sounding like a terrible parent.
"Fine!" I groaned as I stormed upstairs. I pushed past Emma as I walked into Ali's room. She was writing in her journal, not noticing that I was there. "Hey! We're going to Central Park and you have to come" I stated. Ali glanced up and glared at me.
"And why would I go anywhere with you? I'm tired of being dragged everywhere because of you" she snarled.
"Because mom makes me do it. You think I enjoy having to take you everywhere I go with my boyfriend" I growled before walking back to my room.
Ali's POV
Ten minutes later I was waiting in the kitchen eating an apple. I was tapping my foot impatiently against the black and white tile flooring, still pissed that I was being dragged to this little outing. Finally Sam walked downstairs wearing an Evanescence concert shirt with a pair of black basketball shorts and black converse. Her dirty blonde hair had been straightened, making the bright red highlight she had stand out more.
"What took you so long?" I questioned as I walked outside.
"Perfection takes time, not that you would know anything about it" she sneered as she followed. Mitch was waiting on the side walk. He was wearing a light blue University of North Carolina flat bill that covered his chocolate brown hair. He was wearing a Rob Zombie shirt and jeans that covered the top of his sambas. Sam practically jumped him and latched faces with him; I honestly thought I was going to see that apple I had eaten earlier again. "I can't believe you are leaving me for the entire summer" I heard Sam say once they were no longer sucking faces.
"Sorry babe" Mitch replied before lacing his hand with hers. Sam pulled out her 64 gig iPod touch and put a headphone in her left ear. Mitch took the other headphone and put it in his right ear. Slowly they started walking down the street, talking about who knows what. I followed against my will, trailing a few feet behind them.
After about twenty minutes of walking, we were within the large area known as Central Park. I passed the two since they decided to stop in the middle of the path. I looked around the park, loving the scenery of it. Traffic seemed to have been bad since you could hear taxi cab drivers screaming at each other to go faster. I sighed heavily and looked up the path and saw a familiar face. His straightened hair was getting into his face no matter how many times he would try to push it out of the way. He had a Rise Against shirt on with black skinny jeans and was only a few yards away; it was Nico.
"Hey Nico!" I called, trying to catch his attention. He looked up and smiled at me. I slowly walked faster to catch up with him but the closer I got, a look of terror shifted onto his face. I turned and saw a huge black dog that was about the size of a school bus pounding over towards us. "What is that?" I screamed in horror. Nico pulled out a pure black sword and charged towards the monster dog. Sam started running towards me, and for the first time ever I saw she was actually afraid. Mitch had ran to help Nico with a bronze sword of his own.
"Run!" Sam yelled as she passed me. I ran after her towards the exit of the park. I guess whatever that thing was heard Sam scream and began running after us, leaving the guys in it's dust. Sam tripped and landed on her ankle in an abnormal way, causing her to scream in agony.
"C'mon! Get up!" I growled as I tugged on her arm. She tried to get up but just fell back on the ground.
"My ankle….I think it's broken…" she muttered through gritted teeth. I groaned and helped her up and made an attempt to move to the exit as fast as Sam could. I heard a roar come from above us and the black dog was in front of us, drool hanging from it's fangs. Sam's body slowly felt like dead weight since she fainted. I stood in front of the path, knowing that this was the end.
"Ali watch out!" Nico yelled from behind. Before I could look back at him, the black sword he was using earlier had been thrown and lodged itself into the monster's chest. On contact the monster turned into golden dust and the sword fell onto the ground with a loud clanging noise. Before I could say anything or do anything, I fainted right on top of Sam, going into a universe of darkness.