Moving on

I appreciate all of you that have told me how much you like my story, it really helps! And I really love reading the reviews. I just think that it is so fun and interesting to write about things such as this, it's weird to describe lol. Well, here's the next chapter you all have been waiting for :) I own no Slender rights.

"C'mon, we need to get the first load to the cabin before noon." Charlie puffed out her breath as she hefted my mattress into the car before slamming the door shut, "I'll be back withing half an hour, if you need me use the walkie talkie. I won't be far." She nodded and went inside to finish gathering the rest of the stuff and I hopped into the car, sighing as I turned the key and it started a bit noisily. I checked both ways for cars, old habit, before pulling out onto the road and I carefully made my way to the gravel path that led into the woods and too the cabin, it's been a while since I've thought about this place. Probably because I used to associate it with nightmares and fear, but now I'm actually glad that I know it's here. As I saw the gravel path ahead I slowed down and carefully turned onto the path, making my way to the gate and stopping the car so I could open it. But I noticed a problem...I didn't think that my car was going to be able to go through these woods so easily, the trees got more compact the further in you went.

"Well isn't this just so fantastic, how the hell am I going to get this stuff there in a reasonable time?" I leaned against the gate as I thought about what I could do to make this an easier move, I really should have thought this through but I suppose my impulsiveness got in the way...again. I shrugged and decided that I had better start moving what I could there so I didn't completely waste all my time, I would just take all that I could and report to Charlie in a bit. Thank god we didn't actually have a load of stuff some of it was just a bit bulky, like my mattress. I decided to take the duffels full of clothes and weapons first because they seemed to be the lighter of all in here, but just as I was passing the gate line with my bags I heard my walkie talkie crackle to life and Charlies annoyed voice came through. "Jesus Orella tell your boyfriend to lay off! He's all up on my case because you went to take all that stuff alone- Hey you leave him out of this he's just a dog! Ugh, you see what I mean? Control him or something." I ground my teeth as I walked along the path and made sure I saw the markers on the trees, "First off, he's not my boyfriend! And second, what do you want me to do? Yell through the radio?" I didn't feel like listening to her retort so I clicked it off before hooking it back to my belt and I picked up the pace a bit, even though it only takes about 15 minutes to get to the cabin (If you don't get lost or paranoid) it felt like forever by the time it was in my sights.

I placed the items just inside the door and took a swig of my water, feeling close to exhausted already even though I was only bringing items to the cabin. I guess my body was still in the after effects of the sickness I had a few days ago, I should probably take it easy...but I wasn't going to. On my way back to the car I heard footsteps behind me but instead of freaking out and turning around I just continued on, ignoring the noise and focusing on the task at hand. After about 5 minutes I noticed that had come closer and I glanced to the side, not surprised as I saw the Tall One walking casually beside me, he was probably angry he couldn't scare me. "So, why were you harassing Charlie?" "I would have thought that with you just getting over a sickness she would have thought to come with you just in case. It was a careless mistake and she should be reminded of it." "It was my choice?" He didn't seem to like that answer to much and he took on an annoyed tone, "And why would you come up with such a stupid idea such as this?" "Because I can look after myself and I hate feeling useless." We had come up to the car once more and I reached in for the last three duffels full of something weighty and I huffed under their weight, Slender merely took two from me and I gave him an annoyed look.

I went to grab the mattress, it wasn't a large one just smaller version of a futon honestly, but again he took it upon himself to take that as well, making me give him a frustrated look. "But is wanting to be helpful worth risking your life and well-being?" "I walked past him and grunted, "Since when is my well being so important?" "Since now." I didn't acknowledge him as I trample through the woods, just wanting to get this to the cabin and go back for Charlie and the rest of our things before it got dark. "...you know it's not your job to help me." "Is it such a problem that I wish to help you? If you prefer I could just drop everything here." I shut up after that and walked on in silence as he probably let his victory wash over him, bastard. By the time we arrived to the cabin again it was about 1:30 and I figured I should radio Charlie to let her know I would be back in about forty minutes or so, "Hey, I'll be back soon so be ready to leave." "Alright, roger that...do we have to leave?" "...Yeah...it's safer this way." As I hooked the radio back to my belt again I opened the door to the cabin and set the bags beside the others on the floor, at least it was spacey here so there was more room for the three of us. I took the futon from Slender and placed it on the floor for now, then I placed the bags with the canned food on the counters before walking back out and shutting the door. Nothing was said on the walk back to the car and he disappeared as I pulled the gate shut and got back in the car, why was he acting so weird lately? I let the question bounce around as I drove up the path and I thought about it a bit, maybe he just felt pity for me so he was just going to stay around because of that...then again he did say he cared about me. The thought brought a bit of heat to my cheeks and I wondered it that was really true or just something he said to console me...but why would it affect me so much? I felt my eyes widen as a thought went through my mind just for a second, what if I was crushing on The Slender man...Slender man, the child killer and one of the most feared things out there.

Oh my god...I totally was and why was this happening, I decide to fall for someone who doesn't even like humans and he probably would be repulsed if he knew about what I was thinking right now. Why did I feel a pull towards him anyways, sure he was actually a sarcastic and a bastard most of the time but when he wasn't he was actually...well gentle. He was never really hurtful towards me and he was always looking after me...But my train of thought was cut as I had to swerve to avoid a few of the dead walking in the road, my breath hitched for a moment and I stopped the car for a moment to gather myself. My heart was hammering against my rib cage and I felt like I needed to focus a bit more, so I took a deep breath and continued to drive until the shack came into view and Charlie had just finished plopping the last bag outside. As I pulled in Bongo jumped around and spun in circles happily while Charlie just smiled and opened the door when I stopped and began to throw the last bit of stuff in the back while I hopped out. "I forgot to ask when you left but how did you get all that stuff there so quickly?" I shuffled my feet a bit and looked around, not really wanting to tell her that Slender helped me because then she would go into a rant about he's always around me and yada yada. "Hey...he showed up and took care of it for you didn't he?" "Not exactly...He just took most of the stuff from me, what was I supposed to do? Take it back?" "Uh yea. How come he helped you and not me?" I shrugged and threw the last bag in the trunk before whistling to Bongo and letting him hop in the backseat, "Well...lets make sure we have everything before we go." She sobered and nodded before walking in the shack with me and checking to make sure we took what we wanted, although she hadn't been in this place long she had come to think of it as home as well. After the check we both hopped into the car and I drove off without looking back, it was time to move on and get things together, I couldn't make the mistake of putting Charlie in danger again.

(Later that night) I sat up in bed restlessly, I always had some type of trouble sleeping in the complete dark. I decided that this was a perfect time to try and use one of the lanterns I had found in the storage space earlier so I took it out from under the bed and I lit the wick, smiling as it immediately illuminated my face and a little bit of the room. I set it on the side table so I could see around me more and I decided that this was a good time too write in my journal, I had a few things I needed to get off my chest. 'I really hated to leave my home but I knew it was getting risky with the increase of dead in that area, it's better to be safe than sorry...well, most of the time. I also noticed that I have these strange...feelings. Whenever he's around I just feel, well, I don't know how to describe it. Having a crush on the Slender man probably won't go over well, I thought back to something Charlie said and she's right, he's not human and that could make problems. Sure we can be considered friends but he probably only keeps me around for something to do...but what if it's more for him too?' I let my pencil trail off as I wrote the last sentence slowly, thinking it over as I wrote it and it made me question how I looked at my life. Sure I've come to realize the importance of companionship but I hadn't put much thought into how a love life would work out now. Woah woah woah woah woah...did I just think the word love? Ok now I know that I'm really tired, love has rarely ever been in my vocabulary and I've only ever mentioned it when I had talked about my parents...that's it. I threw the book on the other side of the bed and wondered how Charlie was doing, she had insisted that she just throw my futon on the couch and sleep on it so I let her, no use in arguing over that. Maybe we can take a walk in the morning, I would really need it...

Sorry this one is a bit short I know but I couldn't write anything else without ruining how I wanted to do the next chapter :( Please review I can't get enough of them!