Hey sorry all for the slight wait for this chapter. Had a bit of a block but have had lots of ideas so I'm back lol. Thanks for all the reviews so far, they are much appreciated. Anyway this chapter is inspired by 'Alice' By Avril Lavigne. Hope you enjoy
Claire slept lightly again that night before checking out of the motel the following day. She had managed to get into contact with her cousin Rex, who had just been released and was staying in San Antonio. Claire left the bike in Dallas and managed to hitch a connection bus partway and then to go on a train the rest. Claire sat at the back of the bus and took out a small gold notepad. Claire opened it at a blank page and began to write down all the dreams that she had had so far.
Over an hour later Claire was reading through what she had written trying to search for a common factor in each dream and at that precise moment she was coming up with nothing. There didn't seem to be anything linking the dreams together. Claire shut the book in frustration before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
The rest of Claire's journey was uneventful. She managed to get to San Antonio downtown before trying to flag down a taxi to get to Westford. Claire leaned back into the taxi and sighed. She hadn't seen Rex in a while, mainly due to his prison sentence. After about5 half an hour the taxi rolled to a stop and Claire got out. After tipping the driver she started down the street looking for the address that Rex had told her. She stopped in front of a small house and stared at it. She could feel a small headache coming before the house in front of her vanished and a different image took it's place.
Claire looked at the house with the numbers 716 by the door. The house was big and looked like it had come straight out of the civil war with big graying columns, a wide front porch and two stories. It also looked deserted.
"Hey" Claire heard someone yell and she felt hands on her elbows "Hey, are you ok?" Claire yelped and jumped, nearly toppling over from the pain from her ankle. The girl reached out and grabbed her arm trying to steady her.
"I'm sorry! God, I'm such a klutz. Look, are you ok?" Claire looked at the girl and took in her appearance . She was a goth with dyed black hair, pale make up, with heavy eye liner and mascara. She was wearing read and black striped tights, chunky black shoes and a black pleated miniskirt.
"My name's Eve" The girl said whilst smiling "Yeah, my parents really named me that , go figure. It's like they knew how I'd turn out" Eve's smile faded as she looked at Claire
"Wow. Jeez, nice black eye. Who hit you?"
"Nobody" Claire said almost immediately "I had an accident"
"Yeah," Eve replied softly "I used to have those kind of accidents, falling into fists and stuff. Like I said I'm a klutz. You ok? You need a doctor or something? I can drive if you want"
"N. I, uh- look I'm sorry. It's been a really awful day. I was coming to ask about the room but" Eve clicked her fingers before saying
"Right the room. Great, I'm just home for a break, I work at common grounds, you know the coffee shop, and Michael won't be up for a while yet. But you can come in and see the house if you want.."
"I don't if I should" Eve inturrupted again
"You should. You totally should. You wouldn't believe the losers that were trying to get in the door. I mean seriously. Freaks. You're the first normal one I've seen so far. Michael would kick my ass if I let you get away without at least trying to get a sales pitch" Claire blinked before slowly replying
"Sure. Yeah, I'd like that" Eve smiled and grabbed the backpack by Claire's feet
"Follow me" Claire followed Eve and made her way into the house. Eve called out
"Yo. Roomies We've got a live one." Claire followed Eve down the hallway and looked through some of the doors
"I smell the chilli. I know you're here! Get your headphones out of your ears" Claire watched as Eve disappeared further down the corridor and turned to a door and opened it. Lying on the coach there was a guy, yawning and rubbing his head. He grinned at her and put his finger over his mouth to shush him.
The image vanished and Claire gasped as she saw Rex stand in front of her.
"Claire are you ok?" She looked him wide eyed, before saying shakily
"I think I'm going mad"
Now that you have finished click that little button below to review. The more reviews, the faster I update. Love you all
xoxo