Thanks again for the reviews guys! Thank's Stephanie for your input, I will def fix the paragraphs! Enjoy Chapter 9!
That night after the weird feelings I was having in the bathroom I was having the weirdest dreams. I didn't dream of the red eyes and scraping claws. Instead, I dreamt of Jerry. In the dream I was crying and I had the worst pain in my heart. Then, I felt arms encircle my quivering body and I turned to face this person who wrapped their arms around me; it was Jerry.
In the dream he looked at me with caring eyes, eyes that almost looked black. I felt him grab one of my hands and squeeze it. I looked down at our hands and saw the claws and screamed. I woke up in a cold sweat and was breathing heavy. What the hell? I thought. Is Jerry this monster I had dreamt about before? I calmed down and reminded myself it was just a silly dream. There was so much I didn't know about this man, though. Right now, to me, he was just my odd next door neighbor who tried to kiss me at my doorstep earlier. I rolled onto my left side and drifted back to sleep.
Beep. Beep. Beeeppp! I rolled over towards my end table, picked up my cell and shut off my alarm. I hate getting up early but, I wanted to call the grocery store that emailed me the other day and inquire about a job. I needed a job bad and maybe keeping myself busy would stop me from being upset all the time and keep my mind from wondering about Jerry. I pushed the black quilt off of my body and got up to go to the bathroom. I came back to my room, sat down on the bed, and dialed the number that was given to me in the email yesterday. It was a rather quick phone call. I'd be going for an interview tonight at 7:30. After hanging up, I lay back down on my bed but, then decided to get up when my stomach rumbled with hunger. I walked down the stairs and noticed someone watching Saturday morning cartoons with Serena. Was this the Charlie Serena mentioned a few times. I walked up behind them and tapped them both on the shoulder. They jumped and screamed in fright. They both turned around to find me laughing.
"What the fuck!" Serena yelled at me. "What's your problem?!"
"Sorry but, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to disturb you two love birds." I was really digging myself a very deep hole with Serena after that comment. "Is this Charlie?"
"Yeah, Charlie this is my annoying cousin, Brooke."
"Hey." He said, with a shy smile. He was cute I had to admit but, way too young for me and way too innocent looking. I like a guy who's a little rough around the edges.
"Could you do me a favor?" Serena asked.
"What?" I rolled my eyes. Charlie laughed.
"Can you run outside and get the mail for me. I'm expecting a letter from school." She gave me her best 'pretty please with a cherry on top' smile. I really didn't want to go out there though, after last night. Jerry could be outside and I didn't want to run into him. He could have seen me naked last night. I could feel the heat rising to my cheeks from just thinking about it. Was it embarrassment or lust heating my cheeks?
"Do I have to?" I whined. She ignored my pleading and continued to watch TV. Bitch. Why am I the one always going out to get the mail? I sighed loudly and ran upstairs to put on my flip flops and a sweatshirt. It was dark and chilly out there, today. I ran back down the steps and to the front door. I opened it and as soon as I stepped outside I looked over to Jerry's house. I almost choked on my own spit when I saw him, not under his porch but, by his black pickup truck. He opened his car door and turned to me as I was walking back up my driveway with a wad of mail in my hands.
"Hey, friend." He had that million dollar, sexy as hell grin on his face. I couldn't help but, smile back.
"Hey, Jerry. What's up?"
"Eh, nothing really just making my way over to Walmart… maybe looking at some curtains while I'm there. My windows are looking a little… creepy, don't you think?" He was referring to his blacked out windows. I couldn't agree more but, couldn't tell him that because I was secretly freaking out inside. Why did he say that? Is he joking? Did he see me in my window last night? The only thing I wanted to do right now was run into the house and hide under my bed. Before I could make that move I felt someone roughly grab my arm and yank me all the way into the house, slamming the door. I turned to see who dragged me in the house and it was Charlie. He had the most terrified look on his face.
"Charlie what did you do that for? What's the matter?" Ignoring me, he ran to the living room window and looked out at Jerry. I looked over Charlie's shoulder to see what he was looking at. Jerry was giving Charlie a death stare. I looked at Charlie's face and he had the same expression. What was with these two?