A/N: Italic is Poppy's dream...
(Poppy's POV)
"I can't do this!" I screamed as my feet fumbled for the breaks but I didn't know which pedal it was...
The girls I was in the car with had no names, there were two of them. For some reason we'd driven from mcdonalds through town and now we were heading down the ring road but instead of the normal houses and businesses it was waste land.
"I really can't do this! I don't even know how to drive! You'll have to take over!" I told the girl in the passenger seat
She just giggled. "Yeah you can, you'll have to I've been drinking!" She laughed
"You had a coke in mcdonalds!" I yelled
"Exactly I can't drive" she replied
I fumbled again with the pedals, pressing down on another one. But the car just sped up.
"She's making it worse! That's the wrong pedal!" The girl in the back told the girl in the passenger seat and they laughed together.
"Look there's Tyler's house" The girl next to me said "Pull in"
I pressed down on the third pedal and we stopped at the top of the drive, we all climbed out the car and walked down the long winding drive to the old house. We passed a boy all I seemed to notice about him was the red checked shirt we was wearing, I was wearing the same shirt, with blue jeans that had elastic around the bottom. Anyway he was playing baseball...Alone.
"Hey Tyler" One of the girls yelled but he barely acknowledged us
We walked over to the porch where an old lady was sat in a rocking chair blocking a door, which had a bolt on the outside. It was white yet the paint had worn away from the wood. The other two girls took off their shoes and went through the door, up the stairs. I slid mine off and the old lady got to her knees brushing dirt off the bottom of my pumps down a ditch between the porch and the door. I followed the girls through the door and it shut behind me. I walked about halfway up then stopped.
"Guys I don't like this" I told them
"Don't be a baby we're up here" One of them told me, she was stood up at the top of the stairs.
Then I saw it, it scurried across the floor.
"What's that?" I questioned
"Oh yeah, she has rats" the girl at the top told me
Somehow I just knew and I blurted it out.
"They're flesh eating rats!" I told her
"Don't be stupid!"
There was a scream and the other girl came to the top of the stair, a chunk of her arm missing.
"She's right it bit me!"
"Let's get out of here!" The girl I'd been speaking to said
We all ran down the stairs and banged on the door...But it was bolted from the outside.
"Let us out!" I screamed
"Hold on dears! Tyler is just warming up his motorbike to get you girls outta here" The old woman called
I looked out the tiny window in the wall and Tyler was still playing baseball...Alone.
"You liar!" I screamed
I backed away a bit and kicked the door with such force that the bolt just dropped off the door and the piece of wood opened. But as I went to run, she was there blocking my way...
"I can't deny them fresh meat!" She laughed evilly
(Rachel's POV)
With Poppy's permission Adam had stayed over last night and we both woken up by her screaming...I pressed the light on the clock. 1:30am. Adam sat up.
"Do you want me to go and see if she's okay?" He asked
"No I'll go. Poppy gets scared of men after what she's been through...If she wakes up and sees you there's a good chance you might lose an eye" I told him
I climbed out of bed pulling my dressing gown on and went out into the hall. I went into Poppy's room, switching on the light. She was thrashing in her bed and screaming, but crying at the same time. I went over and shook her...
"Poppy!" I said
She didn't seem to hear me and continued to thrash. I took hold of the tops of both her arms and shook her again, a little harder this time.
"Poppy wake up!" I said a little louder
Her eyes snapped open and she quickly retreated into the furthest corner of her bed, she was shaking like a leaf and breathing heavily as tears streamed her face quickly.
"Where are they?" She demanded
"Where's what?" I asked
"The rats! The flesh eating rats!"
"Poppy, there's no one else in her but you and me" I reassured her
"No rats?" She questioned
"No rats" I promised
I pulled her into a hug and held her there, her heart was hammering against her ribs...I rubbed her back softly soothing her.
"It was just a dream" I told her
(Adam's POV)
When the screaming stopped I assumed the coast was clear and I climbed out of bed pulling on my black tshirt and my jeans. I walked to Poppy's room and stopped in the doorway, Rachel was sat on Poppy's bed, holding her and trying to calm her down the best she could. I stood there for a minute trying to think of the right thing to say but in the end I stuck with what I knew best...The kitchen.
"Hot chocolate?" I asked
Poppy looked up at me and Rachel smiled at her softly.
"With mini marshmallows?" I offered
Poppy nodded and Rachel stood up towing Poppy behind her by the hand.
A/N: This was actually a dream I had last night and it scared the crap out of me so just thought I'd put that in there...Let me know what you thought, you know I value all your opinions. Reviews most definitely welcome! :) xxx