Chasing Shadows

Part One ~ Chapter Twenty-One

            “Oh god.”

            I took a deep breath. “Mr. Grey is still alive.”

            “Damn.”

            “Damn? That’s really all you have to say?”

            “Well I’m kind of freaking out inside right now!” He took a deep breath. “Do you know for sure? Did you see him?”

            “Not exactly… But we basically spent the whole entire break trying not to die.”

“Are you really being sarcastic with me right now? How was I supposed to know you guys were ‘dying’ when nobody bothered to tell me!?”

“Calm yourself,” I rolled my eyes. “Once you hear the story I don’t think that will be your main concern anymore. We were just a bit busy to go around playing storyteller at the time.” I went on to explain the whole story with Mr. Grey’s little game on saving Matt’s dad. “In the end I think he won. I mean, Simeon ended up in the hospital and Matt was devastated. Matt and I ended up in the hospital too, but it was minor. I still have nightmares about it though.”

I realize I was admitting this more to myself than I was to him.

 “His car, driving up to us in the dark. I had seen it coming, yet it hadn’t really registered in my mind before the whole car flew into the railing and glass was raining down on us.”

            Andrew was quiet. I think he knew I needed his silence so I could keep talking.

            “There’s more. Ethan and Johnny received a DVD in the mail. It was this movie, Joyride. They thought it was a warning we had missed about the car crash. The next day Matt had got Mr. Grey on the phone and told him to leave us alone. Mr. Grey strangely agreed. Several hours later, Kelly was kidnapped.”

            “Kelly…?”

            “Yes, Kelly being Matt’s ex who was tormented by Tim. Tim, who you know…”

            “Amy, I’m sorry about what I said…”

            “I didn’t finish.” My voice has gotten stone cold for some reason. I cleared my throat, continuing the story. I told Andrew about what happened in the hospital room, how Mr. Grey had gotten my phone and given me a pill to make me forget it all. I told his about how we went from motel to motel searching for Kelly, until we did eventually find her.

And finally, I told him about how Tim was killed. “Maybe he was an asshole…” I whispered. “A big, fucking asshole. But he was my first. And he’s also dead. And I don’t know how I feel about that or why the hell I am telling you any of this. But I’m scared. And don’t tell me there’s nothing to be afraid of, because I damn well know there’s a shit load to be afraid of right now.”

            Andrew put his head in his hands and took a deep breath.

            “So basically our teacher is back from the dead,” I decided to crack a joke

The corner of Andrew’s mouth didn’t even twitch.

“I know it’s a lot to take in, so I’m going to go…” I got up to leave.

            “Amy-”

            “I’m all right. Really. Life goes on.”

            He got up and grabbed my arm before I could go. “I know I haven’t been the greatest company, but if you never need anybody to talk to, or just anybody to listen, I’m here. Ok? And I did worry. I still worried all vacation about what was happened to you guys.”

            I smiled. “It’s weird, seeing the nice side of you.”

            Andrew made a face. “Yeah, nice-guy Andrew doesn’t usually last very long. I hate you, leave my presence at once.”

            I laughed as he waved me away.

            “Nice to have ya back!” he yelled as I flipped him off.

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Heyy guys! I want to write more but it's dark and it's impossible to see the keyboard and it's just a struggle :P

Yay Kyle and Andrew are back<3

Also I have no clue what's going to happen in the next part... ideas?

Peace.

xx

Ella

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