I was scared.
No, I was beyond scared. Way beyond, it was not even funny.
I was petrified.
"Reed what are we going to do?" Noelle asked me calming down a bit.
"I have no fucking idea." I said under my breath. I walked over to all of the doors, locking each and everyone that I could.
"Noelle! Help me lock these! What if they come back after whatever they are doing to everyone, and they get back in?" I asked her, Noelle just nodded and rushed over to the doors. I locked up the windows, my hands shaking. I never felt this way, every since the days before winter break. When Sabine shot me.
"I've got this side covered." Noelle shouted through the house.
"Ok, I'll go upstairs you take the basement." I told her my voice shaky. She didn't hesitate; she just waltzed down to the basement as if she was walking to the kitchen to get something to eat. On the other hand, I darted up the stairs as if it depended on my life. Which I guess it rather did. I ran to my room first, locking the French doors, shut the longs blinds closed and then moved on to Noelle's to the right. There I went to the other ones. Noelle was soon at the top level and I was on the second still. It took me a while because it was getting darker when I got to the last room, the one next to mine. I looked out at the last room's balcony. Then a big Cling was echoing through the house. I jumped.
"Noelle?" I shouted, my armpits where starting to prickle with sweat and I instantly had to pee. "Noelle?" I repeated.
"Reed?" She answered back.
"Noelle, what was that?" I asked her as I walked out to the hallway. I heard a big swoosh right next to me. I snapped my head to the right. Nothing.
"Noelle!" I shouted again. I ran up the stairs to Noelle's level. She was already running down the stairs, we almost would have slammed into each other if I did not stop walking.
"What where those sounds?" She asked me. She went down the stairs beside me and down to the main floor.
"I don't know." I replied. We finally made it to the kitchen. I got a glass of water and slowly drank it, trying to calm myself down. Noelle was all but scared or worried. I couldn't see it.
"Aren't you scared? They could come and kill us!" I chocked out the last part.
"Reed, it can't be them. Maybe everyone was called somewhere." Noelle shrugged and turned on the TV.
"Why can't it be them?" I asked shocked by decision.
"Because their locked up in a mental facility somewhere. They would never be able to get all the way to St. Bart's." She told me.
"Ok," I said trying to calm down. "You're right." I lied. I didn't think she was right; this was just too easy for them to pull of. Putting a knife or gun to everyone's head and leading them outside onto a bus or something. Then driving them to the middle of nowhere, and then…
I can't think of things like that. I just can't.
"Have you called your mom?" I asked Noelle.
"I'll try again," She grabbed her phone and dialed her mother's number.
"Mom, mom. Where are you?" Noelle asked. Fuzz just came from the other end. Then a click,
"Noelle?" I could hear.
"Mom? Mom, where are you?" She asked again looking very worried now.
"Noelle! Your father and I gave everyone the day off. You know the small help, like the gardeners and people like that. However, George and the other butlers and house cleaner brought their families here. I wanted to have a pre- Christmas for them. I'm sorry I didn't wake you. You looked tired. Anyways, if you where here I know you wouldn't let them have the rest of the day off. So you just go find something to do. The house is yours for the next three hours." Her mother laughed at something in the background and Noelle gave the phone a look. Then a smirk crossed over her lips.
"Three whole hours?" She asked. Crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yes, three whole hours." Her mother repeated.
"Ok, I'll talk to you later mom, bye." She quickly hung up the phone.
"You can unlock everything." She said.
"What? I'm not your personal maid." I snapped.
"I'm kidding Reed! Geeze, take a joke?" Noelle laughed.
"Whatever, what are we going to do for three hours?" I asked her.
"Well, I know I am going to be catching up with Dash. In my room." She gave me a big smirk. I quickly got what she was planning.
"Oh, ok. I guess I'll go down to the beach and hang out there for a while." I shrugged. I could call my dad and everyone back home. Scott was there, visiting for the holidays with his new girlfriend. He wanted to introduce her to the whole family, but she would only meet 2/3 of the rest of the family.
"Ok," She smiled.
Dash was there two hours later, I was on the couch looking at the guide on the TV. I was watching some soap opera. It was about a guy and a girl. She just cheated on him and he finally forgave her. I let out a big ugh and changed the channel. Nevertheless, there was yet another soap opera. I didn't even stop to see what it was about, aren't they all about love?
"Dash!" Noelle shouted. She ran up to Dash and threw her arms around his neck. Her legs wrapped around his waist. She looked so happy. I fluffed my hair a little and walked over to the foyer.
"Hey Dash." I told him quietly.
"Reed, it's great to see you again." He smiled then he came over and hugged me. I smiled and patted his back. He released me and smiled, walking back over to Noelle. He hugged her and kissed her before he smiled and asked,
"Let's get something to eat! I'm starving." He smiled and we all walked into the kitchen laughing.
We where all in the kitchen laughing and talking about everything. Easton, college, things that have happened to Dash in Yale. And then we got onto the subject, of me and Josh.
"Little Reed over here is madly in love. You can tell whenever she looks at him. No scratch that, hears his name!" Noelle teased.
"Noelle, you feel the same about Dash." I pointed out and pointed at him.
He smiled looking up at her, there was a flash of worry in her eyes. Then it disappeared. She took his hand and he kissed her. When it was over, I pushed my chair away from the table and got up to walk to my room.
"Well I'll let you two 'catch up' I'm going down to the beach." I smiled and turned around.
"Bye Reed!" They both said in unison then I heard Noelle say something but I couldn't understand. Then it was silent down in the kitchen. I was happy they where reunited again. I smiled as I walked up to my room.
There, I gathered everything I needed into my beach bag and headed out. When I got to the kitchen, no one was there. So I just walked over to the deck door and went outside. The sun made my skin feel like it was burning. I already put on a little bit of sunscreen, so I didn't really need to worry about burning. I walked over to a space on the sand. The girl next to me was listening to her iPod. I got out my towel and spread it out straight. I laid on it and got out my phone. I pressed Josh's contact number.
"Hey Reed!" Josh greeted me like always on the phone.
"Hey!" I smiled.
"How's St. Bart's?" Josh asked me.
"It's so warm. And I'm on the beach right now." I said matter-of-factly.
"That's great!" Josh chuckled.
"How's New York?" I asked.
"It's still snowing. I hope your flight doesn't get cancelled or anything. I would be the first to complain about my girlfriend not coming here." He told me.
"My flight won't be cancelled! It can't be." I told him.
"I hope." He mumbled. "So anything new?" He asked.
"Not really, Dash got here this morning." I told him shrugging. I watched as the waves crashed over each other and how surfers gracefully rode the waves. I sighed.
"That's good news. Why aren't you hanging out with him and Noelle?" Josh asked, a little bit of tenseness in his voice.
"So do you not like Dash anymore?" I asked.
"Why would I not like Dash?"
"Because of what happened at the Legacy." I pointed out, he was silent for a minute. "Josh?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's because of what happened at the Legacy." He mumbled.
"Why? It wasn't our faults." I told him.
"But Reed, I had to see you two together. It's just, I can't get that out of my head." Josh winced. I felt a pang of guilt when he said that.
"But Josh, I had to see you with Cheyenne, and Ivy." I pointed out.
He was silent again, "You're right. I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"It's ok!" I told him, he beats himself up too much for me.
"Alright, we should just not talk about it ever again." Josh said.
"You're right we shouldn't." I agreed. "I can't wait for New York. We've been doing the same thing everyday here. What are we going to do in NYC?" I asked him bringing my knees up to my chest and wrapping my arms around them.
"We are going to whatever you want to do. We can go, shopping, or go out to eat, or just hang out. And I think my mom would love to spend time with you." Josh chuckled thankful for the subject change.
I laughed, his mom wanted to spend time with me? I got a nervous feeling in my stomach. I didn't really want to spend time with her… alone. It would be too awkward.
"Really?" I gulped.
"Yeah, but I don't think she will because I'm going to be by your side the whole time we're there." He said I could practically hear his smile on the other line.
It was a few hours later and we just got off the phone. I was so tired that I dragged my sore and restless body into the house and over to the elevator. I was so tired I didn't even want to take the stairs, I was pretty sure I would fall asleep on them.
I pressed the shiny and bright number 3 button. Within seconds a ding was ringing through my ears, my eyes shot open a little more and I walked through the open doors. My arms where like Jell-O when I opened my door. I found a big bow on my computer, what was that for? I already had to TV.
I turned it on to see if there was anything, I walked over to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. My phone rang, I looked at the computer, only my home screen was up. Nothing strange.
"Josh?" I asked him, his caller ID was the one that popped up.
"Are you in your room?" He asked.
"Yeah…" Was he behind this?
"Did you see the new thing on your computer?" He asked chuckling and me.
"Yeah, it's a bow." I said confused.
"Take the bow off." He instructed.
I ripped the bow off and he laughed. There was a new camera rested on the top of my computer.
"What is it?" I asked.
"It's a camera, so now we can talk like almost in person." Josh told me proudly.
"Really?" I asked he was so sweet. "I love it Josh! But it's too early for Christmas presents."
"It's not a Christmas present, it's just a present that you need really bad." He told me.
"Why do I need this really bad?" I giggled.
"Because I can't last another day without seeing your face." He told me, with a smile in his voice.
I was touched, this boy truly loved me. He always would, I swear I felt tears prickle the corners of my eyes, I wiped them away. "Josh, that's so sweet!" I gushed.
"Turn it on!" Josh laughed.
I pressed the On/Off button and a green light appeared on the camera. I took a step back and saw a blue screen.
"It's all hooked up right?" I asked.
"Yeah, I told Noelle about it and she had someone hook it up for her because you know Noelle, she wouldn't do it on her own." Josh smiled.
I smiled too and then gasped, his picture filled my computer.
"It's works!" He shouted.
I started laughing. "It's works!" I echoed but not as loud.
"We don't need to phone anymore." He told me, I hung up my iPhone, sat on my computer chair and looked at him. He was sitting on a computer chair also, smiling just as big as I was.
"So what gave you this crazy idea?" I asked him.
"It was completely random, me and my brother went to radio shack in the city and I found these and their supposed to be like, really good. So I bought them." He smiled.
"Thank you. Now I can just come up here and talk to you and not have to be on the phone." I smiled.
"Yes you can. But call me when you want to talk on here." He told me smiling.
"Ok." I replied. I started to play around with the mouse on the laptop. I watched as the mouse went crazy around the screen.
"How many more days?" He asked me.
"Until I come to New York?" I smiled.
"Yeah."
"5 more." I said sadly.
"I can't wait that long. Can't you come here any earlier?" He asked me pleadingly.
"No, I couldn't do that to Noelle, maybe I could like 1 or 2 days earlier but I don't know, I would have to run it by her." I told him.
"Oh. Well you should come home earlier because I can't wait like a week." He told me.
"I know, I can't wait either." I said.
"My parent's didn't even make up a room for you. I told them that I wanted to you stay in my room." He told me.
"That's good, now do I have to really sleep in a queen sized bed?" I joked.
He started cracking up, "Yes, you do. I could go out and buy a king if you want." He said.
"No, it's ok I'll survive." I laughed.
"Ok," He smiled.
A wave of exhaustion came over me. I yawned and blinked a few hundred times.
"Are you getting tired?" Josh asked.
"Yeah, I had a big day." Then I stopped. "Which I didn't tell you about! Ok, so when I woke up Noelle came in my room so sad because no one was home. It was just me and her. And apparently her parent's took the housekeepers and butler and such out to a party. And they like brought their families, and apparently everyone had a good time. And they got back while I was out at the beach." I told him.
"Wow, so what did you guys think happened to them?" Josh asked.
"We thought it had something to do with… Sabine and… Ariana." I chocked out their names.
"Well you did a lot more than I did today, all I did was hung out with my family." He smiled, he began to pick at some paint on his finger.
"You so did more than that." I told him.
"Why do you think that?" He asked.
"Because you only pick the paint form your fingers when you made a good painting. It's like your own way to congratulate yourself." I laughed.
"Ok, I painted a few pictures too. So, we went to the city the other day, as you know. And my brother took the most beautiful picture, I had to paint it. I think it turned out great!" Josh said with a proud smile pasted on his face.
"I can't wait to see it." I told him.
"I know, I can't wait for you to see it." He told me.
"I just can't wait for the day to come when I go to New York with you!" I smiled.
"You have no idea how much I can't wait for that." He smiled.
"I can't do this anymore, I'm going to tell Noelle right now that I'm leaving two days early." I told him gripping the arms of my chair. "She won't mind, she has Dash. And a whole level to themselves… she'll be fine." I finally decided.
"Ok, I'll wait." Josh laughed and ran his hand through his curls.
"I'll be right back." I smiled and left the room, making sure to shut the door behind me.
I walked over to Noelle's room and heard her say something. I knocked on the door, then I heard a big squeak and she was at the door looking good, except her buttons where all messed up.
"Hey Reed, is there something you want?" She asked me.
"Yeah, can I talk to you in the hall?" I asked her. She looked back at Dash, put up her pointer finger to tell him she would be a minute, then we where out in the hall.
"What's up?" She asked.
"I was wondering if I could leave two days early for New York." I blurted.
"Why?" She asked.
"I miss Josh." I told her.
"That's fine with me, as long as that's what you want to do." She told me shrugging.
"Are you sure?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I mean it's not like I'm going to be alone." She smirked.
"That's what I figured." I smiled big laughing a little.
"Yeah, we'll spend your last day here at the spa, so you can look great for New York." She told me.
"Ok, sounds like a plan." I told her.
"Ok, well I'm going to go back and hang out with Dash, are you talking on your new present?" She asked smirking.
"Yes I am." I smiled.
"Good, G'night Reed." She smiled and walked back into her room and shutting the door behind her. I didn't even want to think about what their up to in there. So, I just ran back into my room and found Josh still sitting there.
"So what's our plan?" Josh asked.
I smiled, "Looks like I only have 3 days left here!"
"Oh, thank god!" Josh smiled and tilted his head back quickly.
"Well I'm going to go, I'm getting tired." I told him.
"What time is it over there?" He asked.
"It's 9, I know early but I had a big day." I told him.
"Nah, it's ok. Well I'll let you go sleep in your king sized bed." Josh laughed.
"Ok, G'night Josh." I told him.
"Good night Reed, I love you." He told me smiling.
"I love you too." I told him smiling even bigger. Then I almost went into the computer screen to kiss him. I stopped myself and then waved bye and turned off the camera. My computer was soon shut off and I crawled into bed. The mattress quickly brought me to my dreams.
Hey! Ok, so long chapter! Sorry I haven't updated in a while! But I got extremely busy! But this was like 6 pages long! So I hope you enjoyed it! Please update your stories or I won't update mine!! LOL!!!
peaceout,
Lauren