Thump...thump...thump...
Ring...ring...ring
Wake up Madeline; you can't be late for school on your first day!
Echoes are all I’m hearing today, but then I think of Reality...The Alarm clock blasts it's sound in my ears, I sit up, "Ah!" I plug my eyes looking the out let to unplug my alarm clock. snap! Well there goes my three year old alarm. I moan and I walk to the bathroom, washing my face with warm water on a soft wash cloth. My eye's blood shot, and my skin whiter then it usually is. What happened last night? I can't worry about that right now; I have to get to school. I get dresses in a plain white T-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans, with my new leather combat boots, untied because if I tie them I will lose circulation in my feet. Hop in the truck, trying to keep my eyes open, come across to a star bucks. Thank the lord. "Grab my wallet and I wait in line looking around to get the world back in my mind. “Next." Says the girl taking orders. "Hi, I’ll have the Cacaramelpacino please." I give her the money and I go to the next line to get my drink. Ten minutes of standing in star bucks got my eye site in check. I arrive at my school. Seems decent, not gross looking. Looks pretty modern actually.
I Hop out of my white truck and I grab my bag from the back, walking up the steps slowly trying to figure out if I’m late or not. If I wasn't late there would be people out here chit chatting. I must be late; no teenage body has been seen until I arrive at the school office. I walk inside the office and to the attendance lady or whatever they call the person who gives you tardy slips. The woman looks at me, and she gives a warm smile. "Hello, how may I help you today?" I look around the office. "Hi, I'm new here so I had some trouble finding the place. May I have a slip so I’m not tardy?" The women nods and writes my name down sending me to room 308. I open the door; great...my first period class is Physics. "Welcome! Take a seat where you can find one. I look around and I see an empty seat by a boy. Dark Brown hair, freckles, dark green eyes, very tall. Just my taste. He looks at me, like he knows I’m going to sit by him. Well, I have been standing in front of the door for about a minute after the professor told me to take a seat. I sit next to him and I drop my back pack on the floor next to me.” Took you awhile to find a seat, when there was only one seat open…" he says. "I look at him, or maybe I’m just nervous coming to a new school?" He shrugs and starts to right in his journal. "You like to write in a journal?" I ask. "If you want to pass Physics...then yes." he laughs and continues to write. "Oh, were suppose to be taking notes?" I say. I throw my notebook on the desk and I start writing. "My names Jackson by the way, Jackson Ronald's." Jackson slightly smiles and looks at me. "Nice to meet you, my names Madeline, Madeline Roberts."
The classes pass by, and lunch arrives so kindly. Glad I brought my own lunch, because the lunch menu wasn't so appetizing. Greasy Pizza, cold hamburgers, and uncooked sausage. Sitting out in the front of the school, on the half way dead, half way living grass. Eating a bowl of un-cooked carrots with some ranch dressing. Someone pokes my back and I turn around, I guess Jackson couldn't get enough of me in Physics. "Mind if I eat with you." Jackson looks at me. "Oh no thanks, I'm a very independent person." Jackson throws my back pack behind me and sits in its spot. "Well, too bad, you need some friends." Jackson smiles. "Did you know that having no friends, could lead to someone going insane?" Insane...I wouldn't mind Jackson, not at all... It would take me out of reality or as I call it Prison. "Fine, only because I love your eyes, honestly I could look at your eyes all day." We both laugh and talk for awhile. Then lunch ended. We swapped numbers, shook hands and said goodbye.
I drive into my parking space at home, and there are about six other cars by my house. My dad was hanging out with some hunters, giving them some free beer and chit-chatting on the front porch. Should I go do my homework? Nah, I think I’ll go talk to Jeremy, I'm feeling fairly lonely right now, and Jeremy really knows how to turn a girl on. Even though he doesn't actually do anything to turn one on. My car door slams, and everyone on the front porch looks, of course I have to attract attention when I don't want it. "Madeline how was school sweet heart?" yells my dad. "If the definition of good to you is getting hit with a locker, looking stupid, and sweating like a goat then yes I had a wonderful day at school!" He smiles and talks with the hunters again. I roll my eyes and I walk over to Jeremy's house. Knock...Knock...Knock. I wonder why he's not answering, maybe he's working. I turn the knob, his door isn't locked. I open the door and i walk inside taking a look around, it smells like a campfire in here. Footsteps approach me and I turn around seeing Jeremy in the door way. "Oh, Jeremy your door wasn't locked so I figured you were here." I examine him and his left hand catches my eye. Blood covered his hand everywhere. My eyes widen. "Oh my god Jeremy, What happened?" I walk up to him and I grab his arm. Does he want me to look at it, because he's not pulling away. Jeremy lifts up his jacket to his elbow. His wrist was cut. "Jeremy you have to get stitches right away!" I demand. "I have a med kit in the bathroom." He looks behind him at his truck. "I'll go get it, and I’ll stitch you up. Just go sit on the couch."
Jeremy groans as I stitch his wrist. "What the hell did you do Jeremy?" Jeremy shakes his head. "I was out hunting and this guy ran up to me and cut me, well he tried to kill me." I look into Jeremy's eyes. "What did you do?" Jeremy looks deeply into my eyes and swallows a huge glob of spit. "You can't tell anyone Madeline..." I nod my head. "I won't, who do I have to tell?" Jeremy grabs both of my tiny wrists. "I...I killed him, his body is in the back of the truck, I’m going to dig the guy a grave somewhere." I try to pull away, but Jeremy is holding onto my wrists to tight to let go. "You can't tell anyone Madeline." I feel like my mind is taking control now, my body begins to tremble when he pulls me closer. "Or do I have to make you keep it between us?" Jeremy brings our body's close together and I rest my hand on his muscled chest, and I slide it up to his neck. Jeremy presses his lips to mine, all the sudden it felt like the world froze in time, and it was just me and him. The kiss continues as we let our bodies fall onto his leather couch, him on top in control of my body. Letting him move my body wherever he wants it. His blood staining my white blouse, from his wrist touching my side. "Stay with me tonight Madeline." I nod, and I take control of the lip motions.
His strong hands pulling at my hair and my nails digging into his sweaty tanned back make up smeared and my face sweaty. Lips chapped and Jeremy kissing my neck. Soft kisses made my body tingle even more, him teasing me with him barely touching my neck with his soft pink lips. Jeremy throws my body down onto the couch so I'm on my back. He covers me with a blanket, and he walks outside and out of my sight.

The Evil Man (Chap. 3) Death Unexplained

Blurry vision, arm hair sticking up, and my head is pounding. Every morning this is happening to me. My father told me when i was fifteen that i should talk to my doctor about it. I always told myself that it would get better on it's own.
"Well good morning Madeline, you slept well." Jeremy is sitting at the dining table eating pancakes with Rex, and drinking black coffee. Something was different about him. His neck, there was a bandge on it. A little blood stain made his neck stand out. Should i ask him about it? Or just ignore it and act like i didn't notice? "Hi, where did you go yesterday?" i question him. Jeremy bit his lip, I just went out for a little walk, I had to get my mind off of something." he said with a tremble in his voice. Jeremy takes a mouthful of Pancakes and drinks some of his coffee. "Then what happened to your neck?" The question pops out of my mouth like a firework. "I went out hunting, and i ran into a bear, it scratched my neck, Just Barry." Jeremy looks at me and plays around with his pancakes. "I don't think you should go to school today Madeline, honestly i think it's a big waste of time for you." I raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean a waste of time for me?" I snap. "Whoa there girl, calm down. It was a suggestion." I get off the couch and i open the door. "I'll call you later." I say while walking off his porch to my house to get ready for school. I walk inside the house, my dad chatting with one of the hunters his was with yesterday. "Madeline! Where have you been? I have been worried sick!" My dad demanding an answer. "I was at Jeremy's house, we were watching movies and i accidentally fell asleep during the last movie." I actually lied to my father. I don't even remember the last time I lied to daddy.
In the bathroom, brushing my hair and tieng it into a bun, I walk downstairs to pack a lunch while brushing my teeth, still wearing the same outfit from yesterday. I stop right in the middle of the living room, and i look at the left side of my white blouse. The blood! I forgot that Jeremy got his blood on my blouse last night! I run back upstairs and i throw my toothbrush into the sink, i throw my shirt off and I hide it under my bed. In search of a new shirt, someone knocks on my opened door. "Ah, get out whoever you are, if you haven't noticed i don't have a shirt on!" i scream. "It's Jackson! I'll cover my eyes. he says with laughter in his voice. "Oh my god! I'm going to kill you!" i say struggling to put a blue long sleeved shirt on. "Literally or Mentally?" Jackson says joking around. I look at him and i roll my eyes. "How did you know I live here?" Jackson does some weird hand motions pointing downstairs. "I ran into your dad while walking to school, he asked me if I knew you and i said yes, so he told me to come here and say hi." Jackson looked left to right. "He didn't look so clean either if you know what i mean..." he whispers. "There's no one here besides me and you Jackson." I say with no expression on my face. "Well, that's my dad...him and his morning breakfast."
"Do you want i ride so you don't have to walk to school?" i ask politely. "I thought you would never ask." Jackson smiles and walks downstairs and out to the truck. I grab my bag and i sprint downstairs and outside to the truck. Little sprinkles of rain begin to drop from the smokey sky. I turn and look at Jeremy's house and i see him standing on his porch watching me. I wave and i raise in eyebrow. He waves back and walks to his backyard calling Rex, and they vanish down a trail. "Who was that Madeline?" Jackson asks. "Who, him? Oh that was Jeremy, he lives there." I sigh and i look at Jackson. "He's really nice, just don't get near him okay?" I tell Jackson. Jackson nods and hops into the passenger seat. I throw my bag in the back and i hop in the drivers seat turning on the engine and heading for school.
Taking a left from Trenton ave, two blocks from school. I look in the mirror in front of me, and i see the truck behind me. Jeremy was in it. I turn left and so does Jeremy. "What the...Is Jeremy following me?" I ask myself. "What, is that him in the truck behind us?" I nod and my eyebrows squint together. I drive to the curb and i hop out of the truck waving at Jeremy as he pulls to the curb behind my truck. I walk up to Jeremy's truck and he rolls down his window. "Are you following me Jeremy?" Jeremy sighs. "I had to see if you were okay, i don't want you to be angry with me over some ridiculous thing i said." Jeremy shakes his head. "I didn't know you cared about school so much, and i really wanted to get to know you more." I stare at Jeremy and i smile a little. "I'll come over after school tomorrow, I'm going to hang out with my friend Jackson after school to study at his house." Jeremy smiles and kisses my cheek. "Okay, I'll call you tonight to say goodnight." I nod and i walk back to my truck. "I'm coming over to your house today okay?" Jackson raises and eyebrow. "Says who?" he asks. "Me, because i already to Jeremy that i was, because he's starting to freak me out a little." I smile and I drive into the senior parking lot.
Walking to my locker with Jackson. "Well, maybe he likes you a lot?" Jackson says. "I take a long drink of my coffee. "I feel like Jeremy is going to make me super stressed." Jackson raises and eyebrow. "How so?" My shoulders drop in annoyance. "Well...First he told me I should skip school to stay with him and secondly he's following me around in his truck." I take another sip of my coffee. "It's creepy, and after awhile it gets annoying, just like in those movies!" I explain "You know when the guy stalks the girl and then the girl gets really annoyed and starts yelling at the guy, and then she loses the chance to have a really hot guy friend, and then have really cute big blue eyed blond babies." I pout with my bottom lip hanging out. "Madeline...Your being ridiculous, your like...acting like a teenage girl." I hit the back of my head with my locker. "Jackson...I am a teenage girl." Jackson rolls his eyes. "The younger version of a teenage girl, like around thirteen. When your just leaving middle school." He smirks, and i open my locker and fly it into his face, grabbing it before it hits him in the nose.
Leaving the building to drive over to Jackson's, with Jackson. Carrying pounds of homework. "Here, let me carry it." Jeremy grabs my homework and i get behind the wheel, while he puts everything in the back of my truck and gets in the truck. "Okay right when we get to my house, we have to work on our physics homework, or we will never hear the end of it from Mr.gape tomorrow. I nod, and my phone vibrates. It's Jeremy, I grab my phone and answer it. "Hello?" Hey, where are you? "I'm just about to leave school, and head of to Jackson's." Oh, alright...well *cough* I'll call you tonight. "Alright, i won't be home until like eleven." I say. I'll call you around eleven thirty okay? "Fine" I agree. Jeremy hangs up and I head for Jackson's place. "You live in one fancy neighborhood Jackson." I say. "That's what everyone says, sure the neighborhood is looking fine, but the people are just plain jerks." Jeremy sighs and he points what house he lives in. "The grayish one, with the Black Chevy, you can just park in front of the lawn." I do as I'm told and we walk up to his house and walk inside. The floor was marble and his whole house on the inside was white, almost everything was white. "Yeah, my moms favorite color is white, but some of those house is multi-colored." Jeremy laughs. "Your house looks amazing Jackson, I am oh so jealous of you." My eyes wide as i look at the ceiling, the chandeliers catching my eye. "Are those real diamonds on the chandeliers?" Jeremy nods, "Yes, my mom loves expensive things, and my dad loves my mom, So...there you have it."
Up in Jeremy's room, His walls are painted light brown, with a tan ceiling, plaid bed sheets, and a marble floor as well with the rest of the house. Flat screen TV on his wall, with a kings sized bed. I hop onto his bed and I lay out all of my homework. Physics, Tech 98, Calculus, and Honors Health. I didn't even know Honors health existed. "Physics can kindly kiss my anus." Jackson blurts out, braking the silence. I look up from my Physics book and I raise and eyebrow. "Through out the whole time we have been working, that's all I thought about. Where has your brain been?" I laugh and i write down my work for Physics. Say goodbye, bag in the back, cell phone in my hand and driving home. Should I just go to Jeremy's house again? Or should I try to Ignore him and see what happens. So many questions in my mind, it just wants to explode. I can feel the pressure, almost like a tumor growing in my brain, or venom numbing my brain. Jeremy's venom...Park in the same muddy spot, grab my bad and I run inside in hope Jeremy doesn't see me.
"Madeline, how was school today?" The voice wasn't my fathers...I turn around, It's Jeremy.
"What are you doing in my house Jeremy? Where is my dad?" Full of demand in my voice. Jeremy puts his hands up like he's been caught by the police. "Calm down, your dad let me in, besides he wanted to chat about hunting with me." Jeremy smiles, "He seems to have a real interest in hunting with other men." he explains. I look up at the ceiling. I walk up to Jeremy and i slap him right across the face. "Ouch! What was that for?" Jeremy's voice boiling with anger. "For scaring me, and for following me before school!" Jeremy shakes his head in despair. "I thought we were past this morning Madeline.." I throw my bag at the couch. "Well maybe you were, but i wasn't and I'm still not!" My voice raising. I don't know why I'm acting this way, but it feels really good right now and I'm going to continue with it, until...until i want to stop. "We only just met and you are already following me in the morning, was it because of what happened a few days ago?" I ask. "Or is it something else, what happened to your neck really Jeremy? If it was a bear you wouldn't be here right now!" I scream right in his face, still feeling good. Me popping all these questions out on him, I'm actually starting to feel bad now that i think about it. Maybe he's trying to protect me from something. Maybe there is some evil monster out to kill innocent young teenage girls. No Madeline! That's insane...Insane. There's that magic word that I tend to think about often.
Maybe i should say crazy? Instead of insane...No...no, I like the word insane, it lets me know that there is actually a me, I'm actually real...
"Just please calm down Madeline!" Yells Jeremy
"Then tell me the truth Jeremy!" I scream, tears coming out of my eyes.
"Fine, I got cut by a man with a knife on my neck, because I tried to kill him!" He yells
"I followed you to school because I didn't want him to hurt you, because i care about you Madeline, he saw you drive away and he knew that I liked you, so he smiled and ran off. This is why I'm all over you Madeline, there's a man that could be looking for you in revenge of what I did, and I don't want anything to happen to you!" Screamed Jeremy, breathing heavy.
My eyes wide open, tears drying up, but not to dry. Some escape because of the truth. I run up to Jeremy and I hug his body letting my tears fall into his clothing. He squeezes the life out of me making my body weak.
"I'm sorry...I didn't think that what actually..." Jeremy interrupts me,
"I know, it's alright Madeline..." says Jeremy
Complete silence takes over the old dark room, not cold...Warm actually, very warm. Jeremy is the warmth of this room right now. I don't want to let go, but then again I do...He tried to kill a man...I have to ask why he wanted to kill the man. My body is trembling with fear, but it's also making me fall with weakness in the knees, I just want him to hold me in his arms forever and let me just dangle there.
The door slams shut, I rip out of Jeremy's hug and I look behind me to see who shut the door. No one was there. My heart is pounding, and my arm hair is sticking up. Jeremy looks around and he bites his lip. "Your staying with me at my house tonight, and I won't take no for an answer." Jeremy grabs my hands and my bag dragging me to his house. He throws me in to his house and he shuts the door locking it behind him, closing all his blinds, turning every single light off in his house, and lighting candles next to us.
"Jeremy what's going on?" I ask nervously
"There's something I need to tell you, This part of Seattle isn't the best place to live. Many people died here and there spirits are haunting this part of Seattle, everywhere. You probably think I'm crazy, but I don't care if you do. You are not leaving my side."
"Your right, I do think your crazy. Now tell me what's really going on..."
Jeremy slants his head down and shakes his head.
"You have to believe me..."
Bam!
Somewhere in the house, the sound of glass breaking fills my ears, and needles are what my body is feeling at this very moment. Glass going through my back and piercing my skin. The window behind me somehow exploded on it's own, with nothing to set it off.
"What the hell was that!"
I run over to Jeremy and he throws me behind him, glass pierced in his left cheek, blood running down his face, he grabs a pocket knife from the dining table. Right when I turn to my right something attacks me. It's black, fingers as long as twigs on a dead tree, digging scratches into my left cheek. Before the thing could finish it's fun Jeremy sliced it hand off and the thing screams, making both of our ears bleed. The thing runs and jumps out of the broken window disappearing into the dark woods of Seattle.
Jeremy falls to my side and he grabs a bottle of alcohol and dunks it on my face. I scream form the burning sensation the alcohol is causing. Tears streaming out of my eyes and onto Jeremy's bloody arms.
"It's okay Madeline, your safe now."
I whimper as Jeremy comforts me, Myself paralyzed with fear of what only happened a few moments ago, I must sleep...I have to get this off my mind for at least a little while.
"That's right, Just rest Madeline...Shh...Calm down and rest." Jeremy whispers in my ear.