Rivals

Chapter 6: I'll Protect You

            After about a half an hour of joking around while I was in the shower and while I was getting ready we were finally ready to leave. Scott opened up the passenger door for me and I thanked him while I got into my seat. He made his way over to the drivers side and got in then put on his seat belt. "Alright so can you describe to me again what you saw the other night when you touched my arm?" Scott asked looking over at me as he started the car. I signed leaning back in my seat as I tried to remember all of the details. "It was this house with a crack on the window right in the middle. It was completely vacant and I remember the door being slightly open. The house had very few pictures but the ones that were hanging were crooked. And I'm pretty sure I got the number but I'm not positive but I think it's 183." I described to him. Scott looked over at me shocked and asked me,"Wait say that again?" "There was a crack on-" I began to say again but Scott cut me off. "No no no, the last thing. The numbers." Scott interrupted as he shifted in his seat so that he was facing me. I gave him the 'oh' face before saying,"183." "That's Isaac's old house." Scott explained as he grabbed his keys out of his pocket and put the key to the car into the ignition.

While I was putting my wet hair up in a bun I looked over at Scott who looked clearly nervous. "So wouldn't the first place the hunters would look be Isaac's house?" I asked curiously. Scott shook his head and said,"Well actually Isaac hasn't lived there in a long time ever since his dad passed away. He bounces between living with Derek and I now. Everyone pretty much knows that he wouldn't be there so I'm hoping they skip his house." "So am I." I said almost in a whisper as I began to think of any altercation with the hunters. Scott started to slow down the car and explained to me,"Im going to park across the street so that it doesn't seem sketchy." I nodded my head as I began to mentally count how fast my heart was beating. I was scared of going into the house and seeing that freezer again. The car stopped which caused my heart to stop for a moment before beating almost out of my chest. Scott reached over and placed his hand on top of my hand,"It's okay. We will be just fine. Don't be nervous. I'll be with you the whole time." "But what if my vision changes and he's not here anymore? Visions always change." I said as my heart began to race faster. I was never wrong about my visions but it is possible for them to change. "Then we will look somewhere else for Isaac but we will find him and this is a good spot for us to start looking." He said giving my hand a comforting squeeze. I smiled slightly at him and nodded my head at the fact that he was right. It was funny how I was able to get calm so easily around Scott. He just made my anxiety seem as if it were nonexistent. When Klaus would try to get me to relax when I was having anxiety it would take him awhile which was pretty difficult for him since it would get worse every minute.

Scott and I walked up to the house and sure enough the door was cracked slightly. I looked behind us to see if anyone was watching us or following us but I didn't spot anyone. "Psst. Come on." Scott whispered to me. His breath tickled my neck and I instantly turned around to watch him push the door open with his foot. We walked into the tiny living room before maneuvering down the hallway towards where the bedrooms would be. I let Scott check the bedrooms while I stood in the hallway. I looked down at the ground and noticed a picture frame had fallen face down. Stooping down, I picked up the picture frame and wiped off the broken glass from the picture. It was a picture of the boy, Isaac, and he was wearing a lacrosse jersey. My hand brushed at the corner of the picture and I gasped. An image of Isaac was placed into my mind of him sitting inside of the freezer. I dropped the picture and shook my head to get rid of the image. "He's not in any of the bedrooms so let's check the basement." Scott said as he emerged from one of the bedrooms. My breath got hitched in the back of my throat as I thought about the basement again. "Hey, remember what I said. It'll be okay and I won't let anything hurt you." Scott said as he reached out and lightly touched my arm. I nodded my head and took a deep breath,"Alright I think we can do this." "That a girl." He said while he excitedly grabbed my hand and led me down the hall. Butterflies flew around in my stomach at the way Scott was holding my hand.