Knock. Knock. Knock.

She groaned into her pillow as her head pounded in pain. She just wanted to sleep and forget this pain in her heart and soul. She wanted the darkness of her dreams so she wouldn't remember what she had done. Cutting off her beliefs, cutting off her father, her last connection with her father.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

The knocking was hurting her head and she wanted it to stop so she can sleep and forget the pain in her heart and forget about the harsh cold reality that was awaiting for. She wanted to forget about the white haired boy who she now knew was just a figment of her imagination, even if she was crushing on him hard like a drug addict.

She wanted to forget.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Shut up," She murmured as she got up from the bed, her body battered and bruised from the inside from her emotional state the last few days. She didn't even have the will to walk towards the door to tell them to leave her alone. It was too much of an effort.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

She froze, heart stilling, blood cooling as she realized that the knocking wasn't coming from her door, but from behind her in the window. Slowly, she turned around and her eyes widened with confusion and fear and terror as she saw Jamie knocking on her window quite excitedly, smiling like he won the lottery.

What the hell was going on?

"Jamie!" She hissed angrily as she forgot about her weak, emotionally drained body as she got up and ran to the window, nearly tripping over her sock clad feet as she threw the window open, the cold wind biting at her exposed skin.

"What are you doing out here?! Get your butt back in this minute! You can hurt yourself!" She reached for him but something tugged him back, like an invisible string. She felt a tug in her heart, a flicker in her vision as she saw someone behind Jamie flicker before disappearing.

She couldn't understand what was going on and confusion and worry warred in her heart as she saw Jamie floating in mid-air.

"Get back in here!" She hissed, leaning out towards the window, ignoring the cold, only heeding to her maternal instinct to get Jamie to safety, to get him back inside before he got hurt. Nothing else mattered. Just Jamie.

"We need your help, come on!" He exclaimed as he bounced in the air. Every time he moved an inch, terror seized in her chest like a boa constrictor and she couldn't breathe. Jamie was going to get hurt.

"Get in here!" She reached for him again but tripped on her shoe and nearly tumbled out of her window before her hands and arms instinctively grabbed onto the ledge of the window.

"Kailani!"

That voice. She knew that voice and hope began to bloom in heart, turning on the light in a place full of darkness. Her heart raced with fear and worry as she clung to the railing, her stomach smarting from the pain when she hit the edge. Adrenaline was still running in her veins and she couldn't seem to move.

"Come on, Kai. We need your help." Her brother said before he was flying off in another direction and she screamed his name out into the open.

"JAMIE! JAMIE!" She screamed over and over again, fear and worry turning into anger as she contemplated on going after him. She was going to kill him for doing this. What the hell was he thinking? He was going to be in so much trouble when she got her hands on him.

"Hi, Kai!" She heard a chorus of her name being shouted out at her as she saw Jamie's friends sliding down the ice-covered street on their sleds in the middle of the night.

What the hell was going on?!

"WHAT ARE YOU KIDS DOING?!" She screeched at them while they laughed joyfully.

"Jamie needs help!" They said before they disappeared down a corner. This had to be a dream. There was absolutely no way that this was happening. She pinched herself until a bite of pain exploded in her arm. Pain or not, this could not be happening. There was no way Jamie was floating around in the air as his friends followed him, saying he needed help.

"I'm going to kill him." She murmured as she slammed the window down violently, causing it to rattle. Dream or not, she was going after Jamie and dragging him and his friends back home. Who knows what could happen to unsupervised children in the middle of the night on dark and lonely streets.

She yanked on her white sneakers, tossed on her grey sweatshirt, and grabbed a baseball bat from her closet. She had no idea why she grabbed the bat but probably thought it was best if she was armed for any danger.

She wasn't going to swing it at Jamie's head.

Not yet, at least.

She pulled her door open and ran down the stairs, yanked open the front door before slamming it shut and ran out into the street where Jamie and his friends headed. The cold wind bit her at her exposed legs and thighs and she cursed her self for not putting on some sweatpants to give her warmth, but she was too worried and angry at Jamie to even bother.

What the hell was Jamie thinking? Leaving his room to play in the middle of the night. What was wrong with him? He could been kidnapped or worse! She shuddered at the thought. Not on her watch was she going to let Jamie get away with this.

Nuh-uh, no sirree. She was going after him and hope that he was praying because when she caught up to him, she was killing him, then she was going to bring him back to life, then kill him again for causing her to worry about his safety and concern. She started running, the bat swinging from her hand as she gripped it tightly, feeling the burn in her thighs and legs. She no longer could feel the cold, but that was simply because she was running on adrenaline and anger was warming her veins like fire.

The fire in her heart and body was glowing fiercely now, illuminating the dark and lonely places in her heart where her beliefs had fractured like broken eggshells.

She was determined as ever to get to him. She was not letting him out of her sight. But something nagged at her as she ran, hearing thunder crack up ahead.

He had said, "We need your help."

Who was we? What did he mean by that? And who was that person who called out her name and holding Jamie up before her window? She knew Jamie wasn't flying by himself because she saw the back of his shirt tugged up high. But she was so blind in her worry and terror that she had overlooked that detail. She only wanted to get him to safety.

Her heart raced as her legs burned with her running and her breath came out in gasps, puffing out small white clouds from her lips. She stopped, a stitch burning in her side. She was tired. Emotionally, physically, mentally.

But Jamie needed her. He needed her. Not their mother, her. He needed her help and someone else, too. She wanted to stop and sleep on the ground until it enveloped her but she pushed those feelings aside, focusing on the image of Jamie pleading for her help.

He needed her and she'll be damned if she let him down. She was not going to do that. Not in her lifetime. Not anymore. Spotting a skateboard propped up on a porch, she snatched it and dug in her pocket of her sweatshirt to find at least ten dollars and left it in the mail, apologizing mentally for the theft.

Jumping over the rail of the porch, she placed the skateboard on the street and got on, pushing with her right foot as she followed the frozen ice ramp that led to Jamie and his friends. She pulled up her hoodie to cover her head as she picked up speed and she balanced on the board.

There was something nagging at her about the way the ice ramp froze over the street as she rushed past the cars and the wind whipped at her thighs and face. It looked almost unnatural. Almost as if it were done on purpose.

She continued down the street, pushing aside all her worries and fear and thoughts as she pushed with her foot to get to Jamie.

He needed her and she was going to help him.

Then she was going to kill him.

Perfect plan.

Help Jamie, then kill him.


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